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Show BIBLIOGRAPHY [and] Commission, Minutes, Book Y 1927-1928. p.627. In 1930, voting district no. 158 was changed to no. 309. Salt Lake CoUIII Court [and] Commission, Minutes, Book Z 1929-1930, p.4B2. M Arrington, Leonard J. Great Basin Kingdom: Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1836-1900. (Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1966'> A 'clJ George Lee Sharp, "Fort Union." p.80!. 65 Ibid., p.804. 66 Doyle Green , [Research paper, sociological survey of Union, U~\ Brigham Young University? Photocopy, in author's possession, ca. 193!I),: ,;: , .,: ':'.;~ The annual Union Fort Days celebration commenced with a ~ judging contest. The queen and her attendants would later ride one of tht floats in the July 4th parade. On the morning of the 4th, each year, Edell: Fenstermaker and George Nowlan buried an anvil on the sand hill- wheri present-day Hillcrest High School is located. The anvil had a sizable Clvlt~ in the top of it, which was filled with blasting powder. Another anvil ... placed directly over it. Apparently, a fuse was attached to the explOIt..;, Between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a .m., the bomb or "anvil salute" went olf~ driving Unionites out of bed. A variety of activities were planned l~ ~ day: Greased pig derby, horseshoe pitching, open air dance, foot ra~ tug-of-war contests, baseball games, potato races (on horseback>, ~ pulling competition, fireworks display, raffles, rides, and concessions:I,..,; crowning event of the day was the parade. . ' ;1i ~' Long before the Union Lions Club began sponsoring Union Fort D.Ji;i parades were the main event on the 4th and 24th of July. Sarah M. "Sadie"·' Walker recounted that in the early days, a common attraction in tbI parades was a red bandwagon pulled by a team of horses. John H. Wa~; was the bass drummer in the band performances. Clara Walker Cole II1II. Henry Walker were among those that played cornets. ,;: 87 eouiiI' 66 Much of Union remains today (1981) unincorporated. Salt Lake Commissioner William E. Dunn classifies Union as a suburban SaIll.aU' County neighborhood. Telephone interview with William E. Dunn, ~ ber 14,1976. ::\ Because of its unincorporated status, Union is a prime target lor . . nexation into nearby cities. Midvale, Murray, and Sandy are trying to I... Union into their boundaries. Corey Peterson, " Midvale tries annexaUoe,,,_ lure on Union," Salt Lake City, Deseret News, November 4,1980, p.D-I. f -..,.46--;~.-: "Mississippi Mormons," Ensign, VIJ,·\ no. 6 (June, 197'p; ' Ballard, Henry. Journal, 1852-1885. Joel E . Ricks Collection of Transcriptions. I. (Microfilm A 345, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.) Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of utah, 1540-1886. (San Francisco : The History Company, 1889'> Bankhead, Mary Lucile. Salt Lake City. Interview, July 12, 1980. Beller, Jack . " Negro Slaves in Utatt, ~' utah Historical Quarterly. lI, no. 4 (October, 1929) ; \22-126. !...) '- - . Berrett, Lamar C.\ Down Berrett Lane: John Watts Berrett Family. 18311978. II. (Orem, Utah : John Watts Family Genealogical Organization, 1980) Bitton, Davis. Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1977.) Butler, Merlin A. "A History of Butlerville." [Printed in a booklet, edited by Arnold C. Pope, for the fifth anniversary of Butler Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, 1967.] Carr, Stephen L., ed. Holladay-Cottonwood: Places and Faces. (Holladay, Utah: Holladay-Cottonwood Heritage Committee, 1976.) Carter, Kate B., compo "Eight Pioneer Biographies," Our~j~neer Heritage. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1972.) XV, 65-132. - - - - , compo "The Division of Land in Pioneer Days," Heart Throi!S-Qf the West. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1943. PV;\301-336. - -- - ..::::, compo "The First Company to Enter Salt Lake Valley," Our pioneer Heritage. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1959'> Qi)477-636. , , compo "Monuments Erected by Daughters of Utah Pioneers (Continued)" Treasures of Pioneer History. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1953. X~~} 457-500. - - - - , compo " Old Cemeteries," Our j>.l9neer Heritage. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1977. ~1133-184. - - - - - , compo "The Origin of Pioneer Names," Our Piqneer Heritage. (Salt Lake City : Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1974. z.~~~.~I.) 113-156. . - - - - - , compo "Pion~r Forts of the West," Our Pioneer Heritage. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1966. ~~i 85-168. ,- - - - - , compo "Pioneer Undertakers, Sextons and Cemeteries," 142 143 |
