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Show THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY As famil lamilies ies began to move Into our town on the east bench and also bought land there, there , the Irrigation problem arose there. there . They were above the East Jordan Canal so a company was lormed formed and a ditch was made to carry the water that came Irom from Sell Canyon on to their Ilands. ends. Many pi anted Irult fruit orchards and larmed farmed the lands there. They al so lound found that too much water seeped away as the ground .was was sandy so they set about lining the main ditch with rock and cement which saved them much waler water which was otherwise seeping away. This off by saving water. was expensive but paid oil This ditch is culinary water i s stili In use and a pipe line, line , bringing CUlinary to the residents was piped down In later years. Many of the first settlers dug wells for their drinking water. As the town grew the res!dents lell felt the need for a pipeline to bring the clear, soft water from the mountai n streams. son, James P. Jensen. Jensen, mountain Nel s A Nel son. William T T.. Hyde and William Falrbourn made a deal with Draper to do this. So Antone Neilson and John th i s. Smith of Draper piped some water from Sear Canyon. Sut this line was not very successful and Draper decided the)' did not have enough to share with us, so they had they to look elsewhere. S. S . A. Wellington was the first man In Crescent to have a drilled well. Next was William Taylor and Will William lam T. Hyde and Alma- Harrison. In later years Sandy piped OlJr ol.lr culinary water Into our town which we stili have at this writing. William Falrbourn, William T. Hyde. Hyde, Joseph Jensen. Nels A. Nelson and Frederick D. O. Jaynes were the boosters of th i s proJect. this The soli was very lertlle lertile and the farmers could now plant and be sure their seed would grow with the use of the Irrigation. How busy they were I There wer. were homes and sheds to be built along with the farming. My father. as well as many others. went to the mountains and cui cut trees and hauled them down to make their sheds. granaries and barns and even used the small poles for fences. They were not afraid 01 of hard work. Everyone planted an orchard on their Ihelr farm site so when the trees grew. there was plenty of fruit to be stored for lor winter. There was also a vegetable garden and the vegelvegetables either bottled. dried or pitied abies pitted for their winter use. Each family had a lillie flock of chickens which supplied them with eggs and II more than they needed they were Iraded traded at the store for groceries needed In the home. A few cows supplied milk and buller butter and e a few sheep were raised for meat and the woof we. waa carded and used to line qUilts. 5 .!.. pii pii~ Ic·r w! w!nte:a~d e rew few I ons of ~ o! o! wco~ we e :: was ~ut ~u l le·r nte:- 8:1d coal was stored for winter use. Tho .... ,Inters ·.·.lere 'Nere ver)' vo'lnters ver>' Sillvere SoOlvere In those early times times.. Snow c:--lfIs c:--Ifts as high as the lence fence posts. They were Indeed Pioneers. Most of the homes were very humble at first consisting of 2 or 3 rooms but as their crops Increased they added more rooms. rooms . Uj:) U;:. to this time the people belonged to the Draper Ward but so many were moving here that In 1890 1890 the Presidency of the o,urch appointed Elder Soren Jensen 8S IS as a Presiding Elder to hold meetings here under the direction of Bishop Stewart of Draper Ward. Soon Sunday School sessions were held at the home of John mary was organized. It became Eddins and the Pri Primary So II necessary to bulid A site was obtained buiid a meeting place. at what Is is now 11380 1 t 380 South and a one room brick buildIng was built. Although not confirmed. It Is believed that Ihat Ihe the brick was furnished by James P. Jensen \/\/ho had IS a brickyard directly ccross the street on the easl east side of State Street. Street He came from Denmark and settle there and began making brick which was his occupation In Denmark. He came In 1879. 1879. This pictUre picture resembles the church; This building was used as a church. school. for \lV8ddings. dances. for parties. partie •• weddings. fun.rala, lun.ral., etc., etc •• and I have heard Ihem them tell of the good time. tlmea they had there. "The population had steadily Increa.ed Ina-eaaed until It II became necessary to organize a ward. But what Itls name be? Many, Sut \/\/hat should It's Many . names were sugs;ested but Nels August Nelson and William V. Morris s;eeted suggested one thai seemed to sull They sugauggested suit everyone. ge.ted geated CRESCENT because our valley was shaped like ·•a Crescent Crescenl and the Crescent Moon was always on the Increase and so our ward would \I\IOuld grow and Increase ."until until It would resemble a full moon. and so this symbol "~ w .. ' laken taken 10 to name Ihe the "new ward In good faith. faith."II , (Taken from Tales of a Triumphant People.) People . ) the new ward was organized March 23, 1896. 1696. ,;,HOW8Ver ,-~, However the Primary had been organized August 19. i+ 118~1< i~ ~~lo and weekly meetings were held In the North school ~'5l~the soulh_&cAool \~the south_&chool each week. ~;~. f' ,,~~e for the good ~~" .~~e people banded together and worked lor ,;O .<~e ,<~. · community and It II conllnued continued to grow until a larger .·' bUilding was necessary. "The ~.' ~I The Bishopric secured ~r~ ~~~ D~ng site from Frederick Frederld< A. A . Olson at what Is now ti' "" ~" "~ .,!t;South ,R1South and In 1900 1900 a new church was built con,.,a... ~." ~'. of an antrance entrance - hall. a large chapel room and a 0 ;.w" . ';';"""., :::50 :,:50 ,.,at |
