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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 42 2481, Spring- City 1226, Sterling 347, Fairview Wales 305. The following places are incorporated cities: 1494, Eph- raim, Fairview, Manti, Moroni, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City. The towns are Fountain Green and Gunnison. April 24, 1885, the first newspaper was published in The paper was called the Home Sentiand was issued from Manti, James T. Jakeman being editor and publisher. This paper was published for several years by various parties, and finally suspended in Sanpete county. nel, 1895, Ward Stevenson being the last editor. In June, County Kegister was issued at Ephraim by James T. Jakeman. After some years the plant was sold In to M. F. Murray, who now conducts the Enterprise. November, 1890, the Pyramid was started at Mt. Pleasant by A. I>. Williams. The paper is still numbered 1890, the among the enterprising county publications, being pubOctober 13, 1893, the Messenger lished by J. M. Hoyden. was issued at Manti, Joel Shomaker being the ediThis publication is now under the management of P. A. Poulson. In June, 1898, the Sanpete Democrat was started at Manti by L. A. Lauber. The Sanpete Valley railway, the pioneer road of this county, length fifty-one miles, connects with the Oregon Short Line at Xephi and extends through Juab and Sanfirst tor. pete counties to Morrison. This road was surveyed and partly graded in the 70's by residents of Salt Lake City, then sold to an English syndicate, who constructed the line to Wales in 1881 to tap the first coal beds opened in the Territory. The coal not possessing sufficient commercial value to pay high prices for mining and expense of loug freight hauls, the mines were abandoned, and in 1884 the track from Draper to Wales was taken up, a new grade made to Moroni, thence to Chester, which was the terminus till 1893. Theodore Bruback, the president, |
