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Show 1852-1853 spent the winter to the beat'advantage possible, E. W. tlo'"1poon (;0 t a. job \'lor?dng on e mill t wl111e rt!Jf' ff-. the1" l'l['.lJ lutl wood. U1 looked uftql' the toclc. Thi s lst wa3 no 11@:ht task. There ,\'"'0.;;1 n;'._ ell :;;n071 , nd 3 to.ck had to be kept in the beat places to prevont them from peri filling. Ees:t<le0 , thero were many CC1.t tle thioV0g who pickod up Bny Ql'1imnl 1Jhat cp:penl"ed to be vrl;tllout an I \1(nt to' school owner. during 'the winter 1Ii,(;,11 my siters, Jexul! 'and p,.f_ma, ':"'aZ'iD. :10 had e. good t eacnoz but e. mi!hrablc house. '1:'110 o\O't, 'tJ.o lo.rge nnd. op on, bui 1 t of logs 'to r a. mee t,ine house. One end ·W·.3 lJS'4rti tionod. off wi th a. wagon cover to:", OlJ. echo 01 e .... . Th.o wen. ther was extremely cold and the soholn,ra suffered not learn as muoh as they wol.lld have done nd(;r bt ter accolJodo.tions. It dld not fall to the 10 t of tb ch11dre;,n o: t:'1e Sainta to have i. carl ae.y that good school houses. I nevez- nttonded a acho o L in all r.1Y life waere the room rra.s fi t for a. ochool ncusc By the dim light of a fire in the nIunmey corner I had, ,to learn mvny things that should have been taught at echoo L, if 1 had had the oppor'tuni ty- of going more", Vle left Provo the 15th of April, lOGS fOl: l"\a:ro\'7a.n, Iron County Beo auao of, the h:"lrd win·te our stock waa poor and our :pl'ogress was Our company consi$ted of six mlo·;v,. :Bro. Wood.ruffs (so wo,goDG. named the l'X'ophet Joseph, am. generally nown as th.e :Fagan Prophe t J was wi th us, 04'1d lH:ed to use his ebili ty to swear' VGry frequently Olld profusely.' ;.t 1'tounc' Valley we encountered a very hec.vy snow rJtcrm and bt"id. much trouble gettil'!g over -tho mountain to Fillmore .Pl11t:lOr8 W&.S nC?lly 1)c·tlod., th: only settlement between Salt Cle(k and i."t:!rowan7 'Jl'ld 150 nrl Le o f:CO!'fl Sal t J-Iako C:l ty. l e arrived s: Farowan April 30, 1853t '-' gouniey of 250 railes from Galt :1.,:o Gi t:l. The clay 'rile trri veti was one of tho windief;t 1 have o vo r seon In fact, Pa,1·O\7"U1, whe n fi.rBt Gcttled., was 0. very bad plt.tCe for w;i.nd. L:a ter, when oha.de t:rce and build.ings 9J:ppearedj these ter'riblc {lint! starl:ls from the south vrel'e not felt a o much In the winter of 1849 e nd P. Pratt with &. company 18!)Q;,,:}!?'Srley of men exPlored. Iron. C0U11ty. Tl'ley trav'clod. up the Gevier Hive!" and en tot-cd the valloy' fron1 the north end. Wnen he j,,'O turned to Sal t !Jako Oi ty ho gb.1le Co !'avo"rable' report of the valley, and in the fall of 1850 :)rGcdderrti Young called' a company to settle the country. 'George A.- :3mi th was appointed t o tke ohargo of thin corrpany , which o onad s t ed of about 100 wagons and 114 men al1d boys. The company left 'S:lt IJ(tkc City in December and arrived a t the place, wrlich they :'l:....tled. )?e.rov.ran tho 13th of -.ranun.ry f 1851. of the c ompany ve:r' ')JIa.ny disaat:tsf'icd with tho- site on the grounds tht there was no tirooe)):and the soil wan, unprc due ti"'fO Partles sent out by G. A. Smith to oxplore the canyons found. that the Lo ca tion waa fully as dcoirable an Parley '\. l':cf).. t t h..d 'reported. A fort nhout fifty rods square WEM3 allil t ll.t the liiouth of what ·i"B.8 called Ce:nt'ex" Creek Canyon •. Houses wert! built on t11is li1:Je fu"1d tr.c spaces between 'filled VIi th :pic1:ets so as to €m(;loe the nquare. l:J.l the hOU60S faced the square, ,Qnd thx'e were no t001·S or Vlil'SdoVla in the back of them.. Gl"eat caution wa5 taken -Co guard .. agf..inst the lndiam;.. lJeu were not permitted. to ramble about tL'l.lone, end 9.11 the otock wus brought 1111:.0 the enclosure a.t nigb.to A field conto.ining about 11,000 acres \'Vas soon enclose 1, 'but as tl.t1s pI'oved too large, its sIze vras reduced to 1100 &01"136. Roada were made a. saw atld 'gliat will were erected.. and the canyons, nto _·00 nil cccordin{?;lJ, and . diq, , ' • 1>:'( k. .. 0 ' , - , .. , •. .. , e- • . ' ' |
