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Show ., -·----- --··· ..• September Iasue - - - -- - ··· - BUCKfIORi\T BRS:il:ZE 1-------------------- - ------ -- ---· ---- --- - - - -·•··••------ ··•····-·--·-------'. - ...... . __ ____ _ __Page __;:;..__ 4 _ _ _ _ _ _-t '!his caused a sudden numbness and they walked all night through the storm to ward off death, which they feared was noar, :;.nd gained their wagons \mich had been left on tho ea.st side of the r:,ountains. After an almost _impossible trip, the men reached Castle Dale and Christmas toys and candy were distributed to the children. This is only one of the many incidents experienced by the courageous pioneers of Castle valley. In ttio··spring of 1880, many new settlers located .in different parts of the valloy and new irrigation canals were constructod. The Rio Grande Western railroad was graded into Utah. There was .plenty of work for those who Bought employment, and the prices of various .farm products was higher that fall than has ever been recorded in,Castle valley. Emery stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter O:ly Saints was organized during the fall of 1880, and th .:: several wards becar•.o a part of the new ecclesiasticc.l division. The officers were C.G. Larsen, · president; Orange Seely, First counsolor; and Rasmus Justensen as second counselor. The stake then includod all of Emery county. The Pioneer grist nd.11 wo.s built at Ora:1g0villo, during this yoar. Lumber was sawed from long loaf pine troos, cut clong the banks of Cottonwood crook, nenr whore tho mill stands. The sawing was done by -horsepower. A ponstock w&s lat or built •::.nd the mill run by water power. This In3.rked a mm opoch in the history of Emery county , as flour could now be procured at home. Tho leaders in this work wero So.muel Jev1kest J.K. Roid, J.C. Woodward and others. Tho grain was grown at every settlement and hauled to Orangeville to be mado into flour or cho~pod for stock food. In tho year 1881, times began to b0 moro prosperous for Emory county. Opportunities for building were groet0r, nnd several new hom~s wore built. The Rio 'Grande Western railroo.d wo.s graded ucross Buckhorn flG.t and in Sulinc canyon, but, in plcce of being routed through C~stlo valley os tho citiz,;;ns expected and for which ,they ht.d spent millions of dollars, tho lino was corupleted in 1882 o.nd was built along tho Price river 33 mil e s north of Ccstlo Dale. This was e groat disappointment to tho people, but they still hcpo to sec tho mr..in lino of tho D. & R.G.W. constructed on tho old grado through &:.lina canyon. ".And some do.y, no doubt, in tho not very distant future, Castle valloy will be tho main thorofc.ro a.cross the continent." Whon thG Rio Grando Western rnilro ud vn,s completed, the first car loa.d of farm mc.chinory thnt cume into Emery county was shipped to Ploas::.nt Valley Junction, a.nd from thoro hauled to Price by construction engine for ~.K. Reid, who assumed all responsibility in co.so of loss in p~ssing over the now road bed. Tho Star Route muil line was then ~bundoncd nnd mail for Emery county offices came to Price (by rail) and was carried by contractors to the sovoral offices. During 1882 u postoffice was established nnd every day except Sundi: y, mail pouch -js were delivered at Price. This placed all of Castle vnlley in dirodt communication with the world, and the gonoral nows was recqived through daily publications. In tho year 1890, tho Legislature passed an net creating Grund county, and all of tho.t portion of Emory county lying o,~ st of Green River and south of tho Brown Buttes was given over to tho new county. This division of the county took most of the rt~ilroad to.xation from Emory county, and ns lilC,ny of tho largc.:st cc:ttle oi:mors woro in this soction, much of the ori girn1l ccunty' s rovenuo 1:70.s cut off and became tho property of tho n~w count~. ( Continued on pngo 5.) |
