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Show 0MB No. 1024-0018, NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. 8 Page 3 Panguitch Historic District, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT Some pre-1871 log cabins may have been moved from the fort to city lots. Albert Delong and Samuel Henrie built the first houses on the city lots outside of the fort. The first meetinghouse was built inside the fort (demolished). It was used for meetings, church services and as a schoolhouse. The first permanent dwellings were built from logs produced in a saw pit. The earliest sawmills were built ten miles outside of town on Panguitch Creek. Joseph Cameron was an early logger. George Sevy, James Imlay, George Wilson, Joel Johnson, Elijah Elmer and the Miller brothers operated the first group of saw mills. The Butler brothers operated an early shingle mill. Hiram Church was a shingle cutter. The first industries were a gristmill, a tannery, a harness/saddle shop, a cooper, and a shoe shop. The commercial district began with a hotel, a co-op store, two blacksmiths, and the post office. The women of the settlement had home industries. For example, the 1880 census notes that Glaticia Golden was a midwife and Maty Heywood was a glover. The settlers raised mainly grains and potatoes in their fields, while on their city lots they planted family gardens, fruit trees, raised dairy cows and other subsistence livestock. The settlers found the high mountain grasses were suited to sheep and cattle production, and several families filed for grazing rights on large tracts of land in the mountains surrounding Panguitch. Panguitch Lake, eighteen miles south of Panguitch, was an early source for both fishing and recreation. Morgan Richards, a stone mason, built a stone house with rock hauled to Panguitch. He later had a lumber business. Members of the Lewis and Averetts families were also stone masons. The first carpenters were John Sevy, James Mclnelly, Ira Elmer, William Riggs, M.M. Steele Sr.. W. P. Sargent, Alfred Riding, Joseph Hadden, and Stephen Willis. The first brickyard in Panguitch was established by Frederick Judd sometime before 1875, at the southeast corner of the town site. The Prince home nearby was the first to be constructed of fired brick. The young people of Panguitch used to say: "Old Frederick Judd had many tricks, from black mud he made red bricks."20 Oliver Elmer also worked as a brick maker during this period. Samuel, James and John Worthen were all early brick masons. Stephen Walker was also a brick mason. Henry Excell, an English stone mason, quarried sandstone from the South Canyon that was used for the foundations of numerous Panguitch residences and other buildings. As Panguitch began to prosper, the residents began to build more substantial houses. The first institutional arid commercial buildings were constructed of brick during this period. Fred Judd began making the bricks for the Panguitch Tabernacle in 1881 (demolished circa 1945). George Dodds, a school teacher in Panguitch, drew the plans, and could be considered the town's first architect. The Garfield Exchange commercial building was built the same year. For many years, no one was exactly sure in which county the remote settlement of Panguitch was located. At first believed to be in Piute, the town was later determined to be in Iron County. On March 9, 1882, the territorial legislature created Garfield County and Panguitch was designated the county seat. By May 1, 1882, school districts were established and county officials appointed. The end of the year 1882 marked the beginning of a period of prosperity and growth for Panguitch, which early observer, William H. Packer* had foreseen, when he wrote: the Panguitch Valley has "plenty of wood, water, grass, and saw and building timber within easy access. The brethren are all wide awake to their best interests in building and fencing to make themselves comfortable. Panguitch will be one of the most thriving places in the mountains, especially when the railroad comes here."21 William Packer was only partially correct. The railroad never made it to Panguitch. However despite its isolation, Panguitch managed to survive and to thrive. 20 Panguitch Brick, [2]. 21 DeseretNews, January 10,1872. |
