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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. August 509 1st the family, consisting of father, three sons, Amos townsite and P., Horace and Oliver, proceeded to erect a log mother and reached the house, cutting quakenasp poles for the purpose and using lumber hauled from Santaquin for flooring and doors. They were joined by J. 8. Holman and family, who built the second house, and John Green, Sam Allen, Christian Otteson and families, with Jacob Miller and William Gibson, two young men. These colonists built homes and put up hay for the winter, which was spent as pleasantly as the circumstances permitted. They were joined by Reese K. Lewellyn, Albey L. Sherman, Pleasant Moenche and others, and with the company of travelers en route to or from Salt Lake City, had enough diversion to drown the monotony of complete isolation. The first birth was Lester Holman, who was born soon after the houses were completed. The following spring William Gibson and Asbury Parks contracted to cut a set of quakenasp logs for a meeting-house, which was erected a little west of the place where the present house is located. The floor was made of lumber hauled from Santaquin, the windows consisted of two 8x10 glass put in lengthwise of the and the roof was made of dirt. During this spring the wife of Asbury Parks died, being the first death occurring in the new town. Aside from this death the health of the people was most remarkably good considering the rude houses and limited facilities for protection against cold. A small ditch was ploughed into the canyon and the water brought down in one stream building, to irrigate the little gardens planted as early as possible. was then thought that the colony was too large for the water supply and some families would be compelled to It seek homes elsewhere. |
