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Show 8 As more people came into the valley, he wrote to Orson Pratt in Liverpool saying: ~'/e want a co;clpany of wool m:.:..nufacturers to come with ;.sool and take our machinery and convert it into cloth. ~:e want a company of cloth manufacturers \'/110 ': /ill convert cotton into cloth :md calico, • • • we \·un~ :t c .~·;np::lny of potters, \-Ie need them, the clay is ready and the dishes needed. Send a company of each if possible next Spring. \ve \Hnc:. some men to 3tart a furnace forthwith, the coal, ~r0n and moulders are ready. President Yo'.mg \-I~S especially identified with carly mill building and many mills were built under his direction. Kate Carter. As President of the Church and Governor of the State during very critical times, it was his responsibility to keep the affairs of his people on a basis oest for all. He found it necessary to send capable peo~le to outlying places because of the service they could render. At the time Isaac gave up his interest in the Nill :property he was seventy years old. His life had been dedicated to quiet, generous service. He was a member of the High Council of his Church in which he was active and loyal to the end. He decided to retire and he turned over to his son, George Ogden Chase, the 110 acres of untilled land 3.t ~enterville, which he received in exchange for the mill property, and moved to h13 holte on, :'irst So~th and state Street where his . daughter, Louisa cared for him and his wife, Phoe;)e until their death. lived one year and died Hay 2, 1861. Phoebe lived until June 10, 1872 Isaac Botn ~ere buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. On April 8, Nayor William Jennings of Salt .Lake City, co;n.,:Jleted negotiations with the' Young family~ · , to purchase tne Hill Farm for use as a city park. Consider- ation for this transfer was $27,500.00. It has been beautified by the city and is one of the lovliest spots in the state. Through this transfer, the original C~se farm became known as Liberty Park. George Ogden Cha~e was the only son of Isaac by his Wife, Phoebe Ogden. He . .las fifteen years of age \>/hen they crossed the plains and during all the time) from the Fall of 1847 to l859]he \'ias associated . build the mill and the home. 'i~hile ~/ith his father. He helped his father still at the mill, on Christmas Day, 1854 he Um-I |
