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Show HISTORY OF EMERY COUNTY. 606 the pioneer Sheriff of Sanpete, succeeded in capturing some of the desperadoes. -Tames Burns, late lamented Sheriff of Sanpete, was shot by some characters whom he attempted to arrest, and who have since eluded all pursuit by hiding in these impenetrable canyons. In '97 that buhl Emery county Sheriff Azariah Turtle was shot and made a cripple for life by a noted outlaw. Since then some have been killed, others captured, and the band almost broken up. The official census of "95 showed that Eniery county had 552 farms, of which 523 were free of mortgages. There were 15,622 acres under irrigation, 2528 acres of pasture lands under fence, and 28.574 acres unimproved and susceptible to reclamation and cultivation by the construction of new irrigation canals. Emery had in '95 the following animals: Milch cows, 1736; range cattle,. 4231; horses, 2829; swine, 1560; goats, 770; sheep, 36,061, with a few mules. The farm products reported were: Wheat, 69,543 bushels; corn, 8041 bushels; oats, 54,547 bushels; barley, 660 bushels: alfalfa, 10,524 tons; wild hay. 619 tons; potatoes, 12,653 bushels. The fruit acre- age was 150 acres of different varieties. There were 2173 making 25.690 pounds of honey. The inconcerns numbered ten, and there were fifteen hives of bees, dustrial stores in the county. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. The following list comprises the names of those conwith the official history of Emery county since '78. Hon. Orange Seely was chosen in '77 as bishop of the whole country east of the mountains. He was a Selectman of Sanpete county and secured an appropriation of -S500 to assist in building a road over the mountains in the fall of '79. The first Countv court, or- nected |
