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Show MILBURN Milburn is a most picturesque mountain village, situated about live miles north of Fairview, aud occupying the nicest little cove in the county. The village was first located about 75, when Richard Graham, the present postmaster, took up a farm. He was followed by others, chiefly from Fairview, and the present agricultural community was formed. The co-operative plan of constructing irrigation canals and forming financial companies was adopted, and a colonial farming town completed. co-op store was run for a time, but the town being small, it was closed. The Rio Grande Western railroad was completed through the settlement in '90 and a flag station established, giving a daily mail service and connecting the colony with the markets of the world. The people are engaged in farming, stockraising and woolgrowing, and have erected some neat homes. One of the most noticeable buildings in Milburn is the elegant schoolhouse erected a few years ago. The schools are equal to any in the county, being presided over by Prof. Eli A. Day, the oldest teacher in Sanpete county. The district has eightyeight pupils and the school propertv is valued at A $2,528.45. A Latter-day Saints ward was organized in '1)0, with James W. Stewart, as bishop. The several societies are all in a flourishing condition and peace, happiness and prosperity 'prevail throughout this rural settlement. The location is one of the best natural reservoir sites in the State, and, with capital and business management, could be made of inestimable value to the county as a source of water supply for the reclamation of thousands of acres of now desert land, and creating here one of the most delightful pleasure resorts in the West. |
