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Show 54 The last place·of importance Wilsonville. low the This place was early settlement in Castle located from the faet that family a At about the in the previous same time Valley explorersi' in the Old SpanislrF Wilsonville received its settled at Valley conditions. and where they from Joe's v.alhad These two families GeDrge Biddlecome men responded spent the fo1- were and their families. This call took Valley. Conference held at Mant± and several This Wilsonville.± the authorities of the Mormon Church made settlers to go to Castle was Sylvester, George, Nick, Chris;, 1878· and west of Castle ve-adverse 1878- on SWasey family moved into Wilsonville b,y-WilliamHigby In the fall of for a right was group of Wilson brothers first settled there. Wsatch ountains winter under lowed thereafter call It which consist.ed of six brothers named Davis and Silas came to Castle ley early sttled early: was the Cottonwood Creek several miles be- o:r Castle Dale. Trail and the other routes of the name on Valley that place to the call. at a second a Mormon John K. Reid, Andrew Anderson, Samuel Jewkes, Peter Hansen, Hyrum Cook, Christen Jensen and several others from ountain Green, and FairvieW> to come to Castle to the Valley Manti, Ephraim, Mt. Pleasant, Spring City, were among those who indicated to make their homes. their valley, settled, brought Most of these they men to further the established between along Castle this the the Sylvester .Q.U. valley. in most of Utah and WiI'son only settlement IMcElprang, of the was in the cit., 101. came so was This route followed passed through Wilsonville in appointed postmaster valley materialy An overland mail route Ouray, Colorado and Salina, Utah. Spanish Trail Valley. was settling willing later families, and became prominent citizens. Also, in the fall of 1878 another event took place which helped were that had a at Wilsonville and post office, therefore, |
