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Show EMERY COUNTY. EMERY COUNTY was organized by authority of an act of the Legislative Assembly, passed February and was a part of the vast domains of SanThe territory comprised all of eastern Utah now embraced in Grand and Carbon counties, and consisted of much unexplored mountainous country, rich in minThe name eral deposits and other natural resources. was given in honor of Hon. George R. Emery, then actingGovernor of Utah, and a much-respected Federal official. Samuel Jewkes was appointed Probate Judge, Elias Cox, Jasper Peterson and William Taylor, Sr., Selectmen. On the second Monday in March, 1880, the court met at the residence of N. P. Miller, on Cottonwood, and completed the county organization. The first officers appointed were Emanuel Bagley, Clerk and Recorder; W. J. Shelton, Surveyor and Prosecuting Attorney; E. Curtis, Sr., Sheriff; J. K. Reid, Treasurer, and Oscar Crandall, Assessor and Collector. At a later session of the court, held at the residence of J. K. Reid, James Woodward was 12, 1880, pete. appointed Justice of the Peace, being the only officer of All officers were appointed to hold until the general election, in August, 1880, when a full set of officials was elected. Castle Dale was made the county seat, and the new division took its place this class in the county. among the group of counties in the then Territory of and present most remarkably prosperous condition attest the fact that the pioneers were men of energy and determination. Utah. Its rapid progress |
