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Show Clark Lane Historic District. IIl C Brigham Young to proclaun a general pohcy reque stmg all M ormon commuruoes to wall themselves III as a protective measure. The site for the fort was selected sometime pnor to September, 1853, perhaps in conJuncoon WIth the town survey After beginning construcoon WIth stone, it was concluded that the f~rt be enclosed IIlstead by a mud wall. As origmally planned, the mud wall was to be ten feet high, four feet thick at the bottom, and two and a half feet at the top It was to enclose a CIty plot two blocks east and west by ab out SIX blocks north and south. These origmal plans were altered to include three and a haft blocks on the western extension of the bench, creating an ' L' shaped enclosure Within this western extension of the fort, Ezra T. and Mary S. Clark had already begun laying the foundation for the settlement of their family. It is likely that this western extension of the fort was encouraged by Clark- Regardless of his view on the issue, he was no doubt intimately involved in the process to extend the fort since his home was ~lRRCH 23, 2000 18 |
