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Show THE PEOPLE I. THE PIONEERS by Marjorie R. McCandless and Alice J. [Any tender tribute or loving word that has been cut from these stories, written by the descendants of pioneers, has been done so regretfully because of space limitations. Each is fully deserving of greater coverage than we have been able to give families on friend and Wallgren the east side of the river. Joshua of the Cutler neighbor family Arnold, a York, Raymond in New joined their friends in Midvale in 1854. The family moved to Lehi in 1853, but the Cutler and Arnold families remained to help build up the city and become prominent citizens. Many of their descendants still live them. Our sincere respect and appreciation go to those who came with faith and courage, who did the impossible, who sacrificed beyond understanding and who refused to be stopped by the rocky road, but were inspired by a vision of here. accomplishment. MCJ] All previous histories of Midvale list Alonzo and Raymond and David and Emily Pettigrew as Clarinda PIONEERS the first settlers By Marjorie R. McCandless and Alice J. Wallgren In 1847, the Salt Lake Valley was just rolling sand hills covered with sagebrush, criss-crossed with Indian trails, virgin land bounded by the Rocky Mountains on the east and at Oquirrh Mountains on the west. The first people to settle present day Midvale knew each other in Nauvoo, Illinois in the early 1840's: the Pettigrew, Raymond and Cutler families. Harmon Cutler married Lucy, the daughter of David Pettigrew, Alonzo Pearce Raymond married Clarinda, the daughter of Harmon Cutler. His brother, William W. Raymond, married Almira, sister of Clarinda Cutler. So the families the east side of the Jordan River. the West Jordan (Midvale) area. ALONZO P. AND C[ARINDA C. R,AYMOND Alonzo Pearce Raymond was born at Bristol, Ver mont February 14, 1821, a son of Pearis and Rebecca Pearce Raymond. He was the first member of his family to join the LDS Church, and after his baptism he were went to Nauvoo to be with other members. He married being friends. While living in Nauvoo, they witnessed the burning of the Nauvoo Temple and the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. They fled Nauvoo and traveled west to related as well on However, research of available records shows David Pettigrew (no wife Emily) as living in Salt Lake and James Pettigrew and Alonzo Raymond both living in as Clarinda Cutler in Iowa. Winter Quarters on the border of Iowa and Nebraska. Here, David Pettigrew, his son, James, and Alonzo Raymond joined the Mormon Battalion to fight in the Mexican War. After their 2,000 mile march to San Diego, California, was discharged in July of 1847. The Pet the Battalion tigrews and Alonzo Raymond were anxious to go back to Salt Lake where they expected to find their families. They arrived in the valley soon after the original band of pioneers in July 1847. Most families had been left in Winter Quarters so Alonzo Raymond returned there to bring his family to Utah. Because of his "advanced age," David Pettigrew remained in Salt Lake and others brought his family' to him. David Pettigrew became bishop of the Tenth Ward and spent the rest of his life in Alonzo P. Suffering pioneer W. Price health, he was assured by Heber C. Kim joined made the march and after his release in California, he on foot. They nearly and his friends set out for Utah starved in the Nevada desert, but finally arrived in Salt City in 1847. His family had not come with the first pioneers so he set out at once to rejoin them in Council Bluffs. In 1849, he brought his family to Salt Lake City, where they lived until the fall of 1851 when they moved to the east side of the Jordan River. They were the first Raymond and James P. Pettigrew stayed in Salt Lake City for about a year. In the fall of 1851, they Alonzo Lake moved their families to the east side of the Jordan River thus becoming the first settlers of what is now known as Midvale. According to the records, the Pettigrews and Raymonds were the first and only settlers here in settlers of what is the winter of 1851-1852. Harmon 1951 the Mormon Battalion, he would make the march to Mexico and be in good health. He Salt Lake. the ill ball that if he Ra¥mond. courtesy Harold sons, Royal and Ben, and in 1852 and settled with their Cutler, with his Charles Brown came now Midvale. Clarinda Cutler was born in Amboy, New York in 1827 to Harmon and Susanna Barton Cutler. When crossed the 19 plains they in 1849, she carried their first child in |
