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Show of THE TOWN OF CRESCENT and IT'S EARLY SETTLERS Crescent is a quiet little town between Sandy on the north esnd Draper on the South, (9800 (9600 South to 11800 11600 So. It's boundary on the east is the Wasatch mountains, and on the west the Jordan River. It is about 18 16 miles from Salt Lake City. State Street runs directly through the center of it, north and south. DEDICATION Th i s book is dedi dedicated cated to Ihe the Men and Women who came to this part of Salt Lake Valley and built their thei r homes. cleared and irrgigated the land , made it 'Blossom as the Rose.' that Rose,' thaI we. their decendants. decendanls, might enjoy the results o If any Pioneer off thei r labors. mentioned, it is a sl has not been mentioned. 51 ip of Ihe the pen. and not of Ihe the hearl. heart. . Tni s information has been obtained trom from the Church Arch i ves and records, family histori histories. es. and fond memories. memories . We are grateful to those who have contributed conlrlbuted I nformation or helped in any way to make il it Informalion possible to compile this book . the members of "Crescent A special tribute to Ihe Daughters of the Utah Pioneers", for their untiring efforts. that this efforts, thi s book could be realized. Complied by Grace B.,own .Johnson Johnson 1962-64 1 Sl62-64 23b7 l. When the Pioneers firsl first entered Salt Lake Valley,they Valley ,they naturally settled and made their hbmes where the mounlain mountain streams could be diverted into irrigation ditches to water where they could build saw mills to make the the land and vvhere timbers from the mountains into lumber for homes, stores. factories and numerous other things such a new frontier would need. Each year more emigrants came into the valley and the Mill Creek and Cottonwood ' areas were becoming more conjested so that Brigham Young advised more people to move west and south in the valley and reclaim the land and make homes. In the middle 50's a man by the name of Draper followed the foothills to the south east part of the valley seeking grazing land for horses and cows he cared for. Whether these were his own stock or whether he herded for others history did not state, but he found tall grass, "up to their bellies", and some small streams from 'Corner Canyon', flowing over the land. Soon a few families began to move ,after the into the area and they named it "Oraperville" "Draperville",alter man who first came there. .' Also about this time a man by the name of Bell, moved moved' a little north of there and homesteaded a piece of land and called It Dry Creek, as the Creek carried the spring runoff from the east mountains in the early spring but dried up after the run-off. This tract of land fand was between what is now 10000 south to 10300 south south.. He hauled logs from the mountains and built a four room two story log house as near as I can find oul. out. This was the first house north of the Point of the Mountain on State Street. He welcomed travellers and let them rest at his home. In 1860, as the people began to move South, Brigham Young sent four men to go to the Jordan Narrows to survey and see if it were possible to bring water from Utah Lake Into, Into. the-vaUey. the.-vaUey. Promoters of this project were James R . Allen, Henry Day of Draper area and Henry W. Brown, Brown. of the Cottonwood area. When this project became a certainty, then il it was that the people could begin to move here and settle. (This Is taken from 'Tales of a triumphant people'.A history of Sail Salt Lake County. 1847-1900) 1647-1900) |
