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Show 21G HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. center, but as a church gathering place - tainment. In 1875 Rev. D. J. and city of enter- McMillan delivered the first Pres- byterian sermon in Mr. Pleasant, using the Liberal Hall for holding services. He procured rhe use of the hall for a mission school and after making desks and benches, began a school April 20, 1875, with thirty-live pupils. A Sunday School was soon organized and January 11, 1SS0, the church organization was perfected. The present society has a good membership, a house of worship and active pastor in the person of Hugh H. McCreery. Since the organization of the church the following ministers have been assigned to Mt. Pleasant: lievs. William Willson, J. H. Kyle mow United States Senator from Sourh Dakota). A. R. Crawford, E. N. Murphy and H. H. McCreery. The Sunday school has always been an important assistant to the church and has an enrollment of about seventy-five pupils. Miss Ella C. Herron is the presenr superintendent and performs her duiies in a most creditable manner. The Wasatch Academy under the direction of Prof. now known as the most popular educa, G. H. Marshall, tional institution in central Utah, is the growth of the mission school established natural out- This in 1875. elegant three-story brick structure was completed in 1891, and has since been most appropriately furnished with library, music room, maps, charts and necessary equipments for a modern school. The academy is com ducted under the auspices of the Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions of New York, and it was through their efforts, aided by energetic citizens of Mt. Pleasant, that the building was erected. A boarding department is conducted in connection with the academy and many young ladies from Utah and adjoining States |
