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Show -, I I I A well .11. 2 carfZn 36 ft. deep is in the fort --wa t er. 8 t ers; and others on f arm; 2 needed. as saW-milf'Ot1 iSDi Thhearge spft but bracl'J. sh/ herders.' l'J.n th e garden; 1 shoemaker; he I mountains 40 miles distant of Sunset 'and Bri h Valley in the Mountains near the mill J.°n .eau J. , . J.n . 0 c During the flood, the water came to within'a and was kept out by a levee on the west s';de ter; wJ.se and much emaIl gral.n, not l:?arley and oats. o rod harested, at f th e F'l.e •• lOd s gxtB f rt. were un dO, er washed away or otherabout 500 bu. 50 bu. corn' and 40 bu wheat; ",' was .; " .' To st. . ga bam tJ..yful,arle ocatleasant Lon, • destroyedT--loss: Wm.C.McClellan C't' aJ.rJ.es ;'" , Joseoh " ,_,' ,. Sept. 24, l878:---At noon, Apostie Hatch' Snow with Nuttal and Lake S. Joseph, 25 miles up the river. 'A irlle eat an passed set, tey ,old Indian village ,where 50 Or, 60 dwellings' left Sunset for of Sun had been 2 miles farther on ,was the first location of erected. Smith's colony--3 miles from" SUnset of the 'b ottoms"---the location appears to ha w :-,:' been Under' water about 5 ft. ' " ' " . " 6 miles frm St. JO,seph, they passed the site of Old Taylor, settled .last February, 1878 by some 15 families. They made a Dam, and planted their erops; but the bed of the river and the banks not being ,solid, the water .wasbed the Dam aws;y. This caused 'much extra labor, and the settlers .. could not people s irmount, it. compelled t.o were In conseq tence , the crops dried up; and the vacate the place in the fore part: of August. farther up t h! ·ri ver, They located encamped :mostly at Snowfia h:e. r • 6 miies Joseph. meeting at 9:00 a.m. on the 25th. Joseph H. Richards was set apart by Apostle Erastus Snow to take charge of this settlement 'until further Natica appointment, with Isaac Turley as his counselor. The from Sunset party and arrived at that place some in time for west of St. a Pres. Snow and the brethren afterward proceeded with Bro Samuel G. Ladd, the surveyor, and surveyed a water-ditch and a location. very pleasant townsite 1 mile west f the present - I. .... Population:--13 In the Residences fort, are the . ,; _ 18 girls. men; 14 women; 22 boys; as in S nset. is Itstockade",. largely building l4xl6 ft. " 60 bu. 1878 Grop:-800 bu/ wheat; 500 bu. corn; 700 gallons molasses. " bary; and oats. , " trees and roots planted. 10 acres in gardens and vegetables; 1,200 in diameter; 1 corral 6 rds square; They have a round corral 10 rds. last year's wheat. bin 8xl6 ft.; l5x20 rds.; 1 stackyard 1 schoolhouse' 19x30 ft. whet with25 bU '" lo, f. It is 300 ft. labor. Cost of their Dam about $3,000.00 in 8 W2de, at endy400 ft. long, d 4 ft 4O'ft °d e, an. high---levees r ra e changed'J.ts th and 3-5 ft. high. During the heavy f'Lood a, ess. (? they now wo are wes Le Course , so that the Oem- Dam ani fixed it). rain damage. bU/ wheat by flood and also St. thereo! in in labor and proceeds b ut • . J?seph 10st.about.2?5 Theyll.ve separately Thei ha 'Ve l.n fl.es? ra \er an water from the hl . . a J ta for family use. |
