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Show 58 HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 1867. Jan. 7. John Lowry, Sr., one of the Sanpete pio- neers, died at Manti. March 21. Indians raided Glenwood, killing Jens Peter Peterson and wife and Mary Smith. April 20. Richfield and Glenwood settlements were abandoned, the settlers returning to Sanpete Valley. May 1. Gen. D. H. Wells released Gen. W. S. Snow aid placed Gen. W. B. Pace in command of the Sanpete Military District. June 1. Louis Lund was killed and Jasper Roberteon wounded by Indians, while herding stock near Fountain Green. June 2. Maj. John W. Vance and Sergt. Heber Houtz were killed by Indians on Twelve Mile creek. July 19. Grasshoppers came in great numbers and destroyed most all the crops in Sanpete. Aug. 13. Indians attacked Spring City, killed James Meeks and Andrew Johansen and wounded William Blain. Sept. 4. John Hay was killed by Indians, while burning lime near Gunnison. Nov. 21. First issue of the Deseret Evening News appeared in Salt Lake City, copies being sent to Sanpete. Dec. 17. Bishop Caleb G. Edwards died at Ephraim. 1868. Feb. 14. Ephraim was incorporated as a city, with an area of one and one-half square miles. Feb. 20. Mt. Pleasant was made a city, with an area of thirty square miles. April 6. Indians attacked a company, under Bishop Olsen, on the Sevier river, near Richfield, killed Lars A. |
