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Show 5 THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY As families b.gan began 10 to move Inlo Into our ou,.. town on Ihe the east bench and also bought land there, the,..•• the Irrigation 1,..,..lgalion problem p,..oblem th.,..e. Jo,..dan Canal arose there. They were above the East Jordan so a company was formed and ·, a ditch was made 10 to carry ca,..ry the water wate,.. that cam. came from Bell Sell Canyon on to theIr thel,.. lands. Many plant.d f,.ult orchards orcha,..ds and farmed farm.d Ihe the lands lends. planled fruit there. They too much water seeped th.re. Th.y also found thai thaI 100 wat.r se.ped away as Ihe the ground g,..ound was sandy so they set aboul about lining the main ditch with wllh rock ",ock and cement ~Ich which saved them much water wat.... ~Ich which was otherwIse oth .... wlse seeping away·. away. This was expensive exp.nslve bul but paid off by saving wat.r. water. ThIs ditch This Is b,..lnglng culinary cullna,..y wat.r is stili In use and a pipe lin.. line, brInging water to Ihe the r.sldents residents was plp.d piped down In laler years. yea,..s. Many of the IIrst first settlers s.ttle,... dug \<\ \<\. .. .115 lIs for their thel,.. drinking wate,... As the town grew Ih. I"'es!dents felt f.lt Ihe the n.ed water. Ihe I"es!dents need fo,.. a plp.llne bring Ihe the Cleer, ctea,... soft wat.r f,..om .th. for pipeline to brIng waler from .Ihe mountain streams. st,..eams. Nels A N.lson. Nelson. James P. Jensen, J.nsen. WIllIam Wlillam T. Hyde and William Falrbourn Fall"bou,..n made a deal with Oraper Orape,.. to do this. So Anlone AnIon. Neilson and John O,..ape,.. plp.d wat.,. from Bear Smith of Oraper piped some water Beal" Canyon. But thIs this line was not v.ry very successful and Oraper O,..aper decided th. dId not have enough 10 she,... with us, us. 80 so they had theT to share T did W.lllngton was the flrsl first man to look .Is.whe,.... elsewhere. B. A. WellIngton In Crescent to have a drilled Next was d,..lIIed well. w.lI. wes WIlliam Taylo,.. and Wllllam In ·, Taylor WIlliam T. Hyd. Hyde and Alma Harrison. HarrIson. later years yea,... Sandy piped ol.lr culinary cullna,..y water Into our ou,.. wr-Itlng. Wllllam Fal,..town ~Ich we stili have at this writing. William Falrbourn, Jensen. Nels A. Nelbourn. William Wllllam T. Hyde, Hyd•• Joseph J.ns.n, Fr.de,..lck O. Jayn.s son and Frederick Jaynes we,... \Nere the boosters of Ihls this proJ.ct. proJect. The soli 5011 was very ve,..y fertile fe,..tll. and the farmers farm.... s could now plant and b. be sure thel,.. their s.ed seed '-"IOuld '-'\IOuld grow with the use of the Irrigation. 'How How busy th.y they we,...! were! Th.re weI". There were homes and sheds the farming. fa ...mlng. to be built along with Ihe My father, fathe,.. t as well as many olhers, othe,..s. went \Nent 10 to Ihe the mountains and cut trees t,...es and haul.d th.m down 10 to make mounlalns hauled Ihem Ihelr thel,.. sheds, sheds. granaries g,..ana,..les and barns ba,..ns and even .v.n used Ihe the small pol.s poles for fo,.. fences. Th.y They were w.,..e not nol afraid afraId of hard ha,..d work. Everyon. Everyone planled planted an orchard o,..cha,..d on their theIr farm fa,..m slle site so when the trees t,..e.s grew, grew. Ihere th.re was pl.nty plenly of fruit f,..uit to be stored sto,..ed for fo,.. winter. Th.,... was also a veg.table ga,..den and the vegelThere vegelable garden elth .... bottled, bottled. dried d,..led or pItied pItted for fo,.. Ihelr th.l,.. wlnl.r abies either wlnler use. family had a IIttl. Each lamlly little flock of chickens ~Ich which supplied them with eggs and If more mo,..e than Ihey they ne.ded needed they w.re were lI"aded trad.d at Ihe the store slo.... for groceries groce,..les needed In the home . home. A few cows suppll.d butte,.. and a few supplied milk and butter sheep were raised for m.at meat and the Ihe wool was carded ca,..ded and used 10 to line quilts. 8,..0.. 0"'' ' 0,.. .~. wco= was cuI fc·r fc,r w!nte:-w!nte~ 8;,d A pile of wco~ 8:'ld e rew few Ions of coal was stored for winter use. winters were very severe In those early times. Tho wInters Snow c:-lfts dr-Ifts as hIgh as the fence posts. Th.y were Inde.d Plon•• rs. They Indeed Pioneers. Most of the homes were very humble at fll"st fI ...st consisting of 2 01" 3 rooms but as their thell" crops Incr.ased Increased th.y they added more rooms. Up to this time the people belonged to the Orape,.. Draper Ward but so many were moving her. here that In 1890 18g0 the Presidency of the o,urch appointed Elder Soren Jensen as a Presiding meetings here under the P,..e.ldlng Elder to hold m.etlngs h.,..e und.r direction of Bishop Stewart dll"ectlon Stewa,..t of Draper Oraper Ward. Soon Sunday School sessions were w.,..e held al at the home of John Eddins and the Primary was organized. or-ganlzed. So It b.cam. became nece ••ary 10 meeting place. A site was Obtained oblalned to bulid a me.tlng at what Is now 11380 South and a on. one room bl"lc:k b ...lck buildconfirmed t 'It Is b.II.ved Ing was built. Although not confirmed, believed that the brick was furnIshed furnlsh.d by James P. Jen. .n who had a brickyard bl"lc:kyard dlr.ctly directly across the str.et street on the east side of State Street. He came ' from O.rvnark Oervnark and settle there and began making brIck brick ~Ich was his occupation In Oenmark. He came In 0... 187t. 1871. This picture resembles the church; This building was used ueed a. a church, church t school. for dances t for parties, danees, pal"tles, 'oWddlngs, YIo1Iddlngs, lune ...ats, etc., etc •• and I have heard funel""s, them tell of the good times time. they had there. the..... liThe population had steadily Increased until It became n.ces necessary .....y to or-ganlze ol"9anlze a ward. But \/\/hat It's name b.? be? Many, Many . names were \Nere sugwhat ehould 11'. s;ested but Nel. Nels August Nelson and WIlliam V. Morris MorrIs J.' ev.,..yone. They sugr.' suggested one that seemed to suit everyone. gested CRESCENT because our valley was shaped ge"ed 8haped C,...scent Moon was always on :' lice" . Cl"'e.cent erescent and the Crescent the Increa_ Incr-ea_ and so our ward wa,..d '-"IOuld '-'\IOuld grow and Increa InOl"ea. . ~. '-'\IOuld resemble a full moon, ~" It '-"IOuld moon. and so thIs this symbol ,Wo :':N( .' . at: .~ lliken laken to name the IInew "new ward In good faIth. faith. II .C"r.!iken ,!~en 'rom from Tales of a Triumphant People.) ,'So .~~ the new ward was organIzed or-ganlzed March 23, 23. 18g6. 1896. ",ow.-ver or-ganlzed August 19, "'ow.ever the Primary had been organized 1g , and weekly ,1..~.ltand \Neekly meetings were held In the North school ~e ~~e south_school each week. !Oi-$i.~,~ 'Oi~~ ~.,~ people banded together and worked for the good 1~ . community and It continued to grow until a larger largel" "'l "' ~ I . building The Bishopric >':~. '~ buildIng was necessary. BishoprIc secured secu,..ed fa1': f,..om Frederick Frede,..lck A. Olson at whal what Is now r~: , .,~ng site fl"om ;'" chul"ch was built con;" " , ,". !.,SoUlh ,South and In 1900 a new church ~L ~. ~, ~of an enlrance ent,..ance - hall, a large lar-ge chapel room and a 0' 1!!t..:. 14 . =:0' |
