R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1926: including, Murray, Midvale, Sandy, Garfield and all the suburbs and suburban towns. Containing a complete alphabetical list of business firms, corporations and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city, county, state and United States officers; churches, clubs, colleges and schools, hospitals, fraternal and benevolent societies, and a unique map of Salt Lake City and surrounding territory. Also a complete classified business directory, householders' directory and the buyers' guide.

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158 ROM ANTIC SA LT LAKE CITY w e m ay colo nize in p eace an d s a fe ty C ity C reek canyon— th e m o u th o f w h ich * * P re s id e n t P o lk ’s a n sw e r ;to th e , is n ow b ein g c o n v e rte d in to M em ory P a rk p e titio n w a s th e su g g e s tio n th a t th e M or­ i — c o u fs e d d iag o n ally a c ro ss th e site o f th e m on B atta lio n be form ed. ■ p re s e n t city. On» its b an k s, a t a p o in t a p ­ E arly in 1846 t h l y s ta r te d w e st. T h at p ro x im a te ly co in cid en t w ith th e in te r s e c ­ sp rin g th e y m oved acro ss Iow a and w e re tio n o f F ir s t S o u th an d M ain s tr e e t and p re p a r in g to send an advance e x p ed itio n to e x ten d in g onto th e lan d now o ccu p ied by th e m o u n ta in s w h en th e ir p lan s w e re in ­ th e D e se re t N ational B ank b u ild in g , m e m ­ te r r u p te d b y a fe d e ra l re q u e s t fo r a volu n b e rs of th is ad vance g u a rd ag e riy en d e a v ­ te e r in f a n try b a tta lio n to m a rc h o verland o red to g e t in a cro p. O w ing to th e e x ­ to S anta Fe and C alifornia fo r serv ice w ith tre m e d ry n e s s o f th e so il, p lo w in g w a s a t th e A rm y o f th e W e s t in th e w a r w ith first difficult and m o re th a n one p lo w w as Mexico; T his M orm an B attalian , th o u g h b ro k e n in th e h a rd su n -b a k e d e a rth . B u t a h o s tilitie s h ad b een c o n clu d e d b e fo re th e ir dam h av in g been p la c e d in th e c re e k and a rriv a l on th e co ast, m ade an h e ro ic and th e su rro u n d in g so il w e ll flooded, th e w o rk m em o rab le m a rc h now co m m em o rated i w as re n d e re d c o m p arativ ely easy, and seed s an im p o sin g m o n u m e n t, on th e U tah S ta te o f g ra in and potatoes, w e re th e n p lan ted . C apitol gro u n d s. W ith in a few days of th e ir arriv a l, th e T he M orm ans re m a in e d th a t y e a r in th e co lo ny w as r e c r u ite d b y an in v alid d e ta c h v ic in ity of C ouncil B luffs fro m w h en ce Ig ien t of th e M orm on b a tta lio n m a rc h in g th e p io n e e r co m pany h ead ed b y ;; B righam ov erlan d fro m P u eb lo , C o lo rad o and by i Y oung s e t o u t th e fo llo w in g A p ril. C aptain B ran n an w ho h ad com e e a st fro m Indians and e a r ly # le t tie r s on. th e p lain s th e S acram en to a f te r s e ttlin g h is ship lo ad o f Iow a becam e, aw are o f a n ew p eople of M orm ons on its b an k s, m e e tin g th e d e ­ am ong th em , a p eo p le w h o on n ig h ts of ta c h m e n t n e a r F o rt B rid g er. b itte r e s t co ld sh o u te d “ H o san n as” and To th e la t te r ’s u rg in g s th a t th e m ain san g h y m n s to th e acco m p an im en t o f m u s ­ c o lo n y , p ro c e e d to C alifornia, B rig h am ic by a b ra s s band-; a p eople w ho liv ed in Y oung n e d an u n h e a rin g ear. L ater, w agon boxes, in g ro u p s th e y sty le d th e p e rh a p s, tua rfte r th e o u tco m e of p re s e n t m o v e­ “ Camps of Z ion” and w ho e re c te d odd s tr u c ­ m en ts h ad b een d e te rm in e d , h e w o u ld have tu r e s o f pole and w a ttle w h ich th e y called th e w hole c o u n try m San F ran cisco bay “ b o w e rie s” and in w h ich th e y assem b led to H udso n bay k n o fro to h is people . F o r fo r w o rsh ip . T hese w e re th e M orm ops the tim e he fav o redw nre m in g h e re w h ile b o u n d f<3^ th e ir “ p ro m ise d la n d ” b eyond th e th e m ain body o f th e c h au in w as b ro u g h t g re a t divid e. T h at w as in th e w in te r of up and w h ile th e colo nyrc hw as e rin g 184 6 -7 , w h en th e L a tte r-d a y S ain ts, th e ir s tre n g th in n u m b e rs as a g u a ra n te ge a th a g a in st r e tr e a t to th e m o u n ta in s d elay ed b y th e a g g ressio n . dem ands o f g o v ern m en t, r e s te d on th e A lm ost th e first th in g w a s th e selectio n w e s te rn f r o n tie r o f th e U nited S ta te s to asp le site , th e presen it T em ple sem lb e re s o u rc e s and g a th e r s tre n g th for. soqf u aare Tbem ein g in d ic a te d b y B rig ham Y oung c o n tin u an ce of th e ir jo u rn e y . and th e “ B a ttalio n B oys” a t h an d b ein g S im u ltan eo u sly dow n th e old S an ta Fe u t to w o rk on c o n s tru c tio n of a b o w e ry to tr a il and th e n c e alo ng th e a n c ie n t Spanish paccom m odate th e ir n eed s of a s h e lte re d ro u te th ro u g h A rizona to C alifo rn ia, a b a t­ talia n o f in f a n try com posed la rg e ly of th e place o f w o rsh ip . M eanw hile a su rv e y h ad com m enced to y o u n g m en fro m th e s e M orm on cam ps, s tru g g le d fo o tso re and w e a ry in th e d e s e rt lay off th e c ity in te n acre blo cks, each o f w h ich Should be m e a s u re d in to eig h t lo ts h e a t to jo in th e A rm y o f th e W e s t in th e w a r w ith Mexico; A th ir d w e s tw a rd m o v e ­ and se p a ra te d fro m each o th e r b y th e w id e s tre e ts and sp acio u s sid ew alk s p re s e rv e d m en t of thijg jsam e peo p le sh iv ered in th e I A n tarctic g ale s as th e sh in w h ich w as b e a r ­ u n til to d ay w h en th e le a d e rs o f th e. c o l­ in g th em fro m New Y ork, to th e San Jo ar ony assem b led to se le c t “ th e ir in h e rita n c e s .” In s e ttlin g h e re th e y ex ercised th e a n ­ chin v alley w a s b u ffe te d in th e h a fd y p a s ­ c ien t rig h t of p o ssesiso n . T his w a s still sage a ro u n d Cape Horn. M exican soil, and th e y fe a re d no a tte m p te d It w as th e aim o f th e le a d e r o f th e s e c o lo n ists to s e ttle th e P a c ific &ope, to e je c tio n b y Mexico. T hey w o u ld h o ld th is fo u n d a c o m m u n ity in w h ich th e y m ig h t land to w h ich th e ir fa ith h ad b id d en th em live and w o rsh ip as th e y p leased . B u t th e and, a fte r th e p a tr ia r c h a l c h a ra c te r o f th e ir delay in p a ssa g e Was d e stin e d to rem o ld so ciety , b u ild up a th e o c ra tic com m une o f th e ir p lan s f o r ^ .b y th e tim e th e y w e re co m m on-hold a d m in is te re d and gov ern ed by f a ir ly u n d e r w ay, o th e r co m panies seein g in th e ir e c c le sia stic a l ch ie fta in s. T h u s th e land w as p a rc e lle d o u t to each e ith e r C alifo rn ia o r th e Pacific n o rth w e s t a n ew h om eland s h o rtly to com e w ith in th e of th o se le a d e rs resp o n sib le fo r th e c a re and w e ll-b e in g o f fam ilies ad o p ted b y th e m te r r ito r y o f th e ir m o th e r c o u n tr y h ad se t d u rin g th e so jo u rn on th e p la in s a f te r w h ich th e ir faces w e stw a rd . th e le a d e rs d e p a rte d to g uid e o u t th e m am By th e tim e th e M orm on ad vance g u a rd re ach ed Old F o rt B r id g e t on\ th e G reen body of th e ir p eople w h ile ».%ose b eh in d te n d ed th e <la te and s c a n ty h a rv e s t and R iy er in w e s te rn W vom ing, it had becom e ev id en t th a t th e w e s tw a rd tid e of tra v e l th re w u p a fo r t fo r te m p o ra ry p ro te c tio n w o u ld s h o rtly overw h elm th em so h e re th e y a g ain st th e In dians. T hose flr$t y e a rs of th e ; colo ny w e re tu r n e d fro m th e O regon tr a il to ta k e u n to m ade d e sp e ra te by c irc u m sta n c e s a tte n d in g th em selv es th e m o u n ta in valley s o f Utah. th e re c la m a tio n of any n ew lan d b y v is ita ­ tio n of p e s ts and cro p fa ilu re w h ich lim ite d FOUNDING A CIT Y Hie ra tio n s a r d tax ed th e e n d u ra n c e o f th e On th e ir ad v en t in to th e V alley o f th e neople. On T em ple sq u a re sta n d s a m onu-, G reat S alt Lake th a t J u ly day in 1847, m en t to se a g u lls e re c te d in m em o ry o f th e y fo u n d a soil of excep tio n al ,• v irilitv th o se b ird s w h ich , w h en c ric k e ts th re a te n e d ro b b ed o f its p o te n tia l p ro d u c tiv ity b y lack d e v a sta tio n o f all v e g eta tio n , sw arm ed dow n o f m o istu re . Only alo ng th e b o tto m lan d s to d e v o u r th e d e stru c 'tio n ists. ~? o f th e sev eral canyon stre a m s w a s th e The co m m u n ity h ad been div id ed in to s e c re t o f th is a rid w a s te disclo sed in a co m ­ n ir e te e n w a rd s over each o f w h ich a b ishop p a ra tiv e ly lu x u r ia n t g ro w th . pf c h u rc h h a d ju ris d ic tio n , b o th in a W a te r! W a te r! eccle sia stic a l and s e c u la r a ffa irs , th e s e b is h ­ T h at; w a s th e n e e d o f th is la r d and— ; ops e x e rc ise d an a u th o r ity ov er th e ir wards» e v e n b e f o r e th e arriva l o f th e m a in bQdy th a t is one o f .th e m a rk e d d ev elo p m en ts of o f th is firs t tra in — m e m b e r o f i t s : a d van ce th e M orm on o rg an izatio n . gu ard had fo u n d so lu tio n to th e r id d le. T hese >s e ttle rs w e re A m erican c itiz e n s One fo rk o f th e s tre a m now k n o w n as sq u a ttin g on fo re ig n soil. T h ere w as, in