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Show ., ., r------·-----------··-·-----·----·---- -- -September Issue Page BUCKHORN BREEZE 5 Moab was made the county scat of Grand county. In 1890 the census was ts.ken and tho popu}. s.tLn returns for Emery aggregated 5076, di vidod among tho se-i;ilement s a ~ ·. ;: llows: Blake, 375; Brocks, - 50; Emery, 240; For~~r,n 5 39 9; Hlnting-i:on : 'i:3; r.l oveJ.o.nd, 111; Ca.stle Dalo, 409; Lawrence, 107 ; Moler., 134; O:-;-u,.g 0 -.-i.1l3, 35::;; Price,502; Scofield• 680; Spring Dalo, 12; 2p ~·=.!lg Glen, l :/1, anj Vfollington, 230. In 1892 a fight was mad e to rGr:10-...10 the ~Otk':1"~:I soat from Castle Dale to Price, but tho chang e was not ai::,::omplished A fine brick court house was eract :J d in Castle Dale at a cost of about $5,000, and the question of moving th -;:) cot,.r,t y seat \7as settled permanently. The legislation of 1894 grantad the pet ~ti. ,m :r: c--: er oding th o co1,mty of Carbon. This again wee.koned tho :.:i-:· ~Jrao .:if ~£rr.Jry c ·:v 1t y by taking away much of the railroad mileage ,. c.~10 m.:my t usln '3bs hcuoes and herds of stock that had previously bo en a s se;::;e,., d :.:. n :: l i c on .sod :; :.u Emery county. The population of Emery county ,H s g:'.. ·1ro in l ~95 us 4390, after having beon divided twice since its fo,rmat ion i n _ir531), Castle Valley obt a ined its name from th o m:.:,ny ~a stl e-liko formations upon thu mountain ·penks, and rimrocks surrc ..L"lll ir:g th e vc:.lloy, in many instances theso spires e re visible for a dis cance of fifty miles and present most striking figures and characters. "Tho San Rafael mountains h c.ve long been r egarded as a s a fe retreat for thieves and outlaws, and Emery county h a s boen ehunnod by some because of t h o existence of the fnmous Robbers' ~ ~ost, but tho officers of tho lrJ11 h &vo almost exterminated theso outle.vis. "In the early dc. ys George P . Billings, the pioneer sl1oriff of Sanpete, suc·ceoded in capturing some of th e des,eradoes. Jams s B;Jrns, late lo.montod sh eriff of Sa npete~ wa s shot by some charact 0rs 1h cim he started t o :')r,-·:st, and who have since eluded all pursuit b y hJ. ,Hng in those i mpm, ,. ·•, r -_, J_e canyons." · "In H,~7 L1fat bold Emery ('ount y Sharifi Aza ;: i a!--. 'l:uttl o ';,2s shot and me. doc r.,·i rap l o for :. i:' e b:· c. not ed r;, ._,+,l c:ri, ::; i~ cn then s 0/1°·3 have been k:i_ll od. 1 other s c2p~u:c ::;d c,r; J ,:;h ,J b:;md al:n0 c·1 b·~ot JrJ ·,lp " Publi :=;~1011 in the Em o ~~- i;...,ur.:; ? Pr ce;r0ss on l"::'i0.n.y, i;. tl?''J.G r, / ~ ; 1939 • .,. .. ,, ~~·---..,- ·- - f, . I {II , ' ,( ~ · ~ ,.~ /Y'i, I ,, , 1_ ·; I , 1' ; : ' '/ / _?,. .! , I ! .,· . , !/ i /,"'.' / . ./I.. ,_,,/ ''/' ,, / /.'11', · ' · · - - -- - - - - - - - . I , I' , /,I .·, - -- -·· ' • _I • -- ··1 ···- - - (_ 1 \\ '4 /// , ,! ,I ' ' ,/(' 'lf:~. ·, ! ./•1 " I ' \' :"tif\ f ' -.f 1/ . ~--~1/I, /i"<',:..' ,. ~ . J _-. 1, ' ' P,i, ' -- - - - ,. /j,. - i / "'{J._,··,,. //11/I , .· - /-' . / - ••. · - ' 11 / . -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
