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Show HISTOKY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 119 Creek canyon at the lower sawmill for Barney In the spring of 1851 himself and Alex Cowan took a contract of Bishop Hunter and made the adobes for the old Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, which was the first church built, in Utah. It was constructed on the ground where the Assembly Hall now stands. In the spring of 1852 himself and brother James rented the farm of Apostle C. C. Rich at Centerville, which they worked for two seasons. When the Walker Indian war broke out in the summer of 1853 he was one of a company of about thirty-five called by Governor Young to go to Manti to strengthen and support the settlement. They were instructed to sell all their possessions so they would have nothting to return to. This company was gathered from the towns near Salt Lake and our subject in Mill Adams. made captain. They arrived in Manti the latter part of December, 1853, and found the snow eighteen inches deep. They spent the balance of that, winter in standing guard and building a fort. In May of 1855 he was called with about fifty others upon a mission to the Elk mountains to live among the Indians to try and civilize them. September 23rd the settlement was broken up and they were d liven out by the Indians, who killed James W. Hunt, William Behunnin and Edward Edwards and wounded A. X. Billings, the president of the mission. The Indians binned all their hay and stole their cattle. In 1857 he with Harmon T. Christenseu, X. Beach and R. Hall received a charter from the city to construct and maintain a toll road up City Creek canyon. This road they constructed about eight miles and the following year they built a sawmill in the canyon with a gig saw. They cut from 2000 to 3000 feet of lumber per day, Mr. Crawford being the sawyer. They owned and operated this mill nearly ten years. When the Temple was being built he ran a. lime kiln five miles west of town, burning nil the lime used for the Temple for nearly five years. During all these years his family looked after the farm and carried it on successfully. He has been engaged in the cattle and sheep industry and has now a band of about 1500 head of sheep. He is a. stockholder in the new Union Roller Mills, was a member of the City Conn- |
