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Show HISTORY OF EMERY COUNTY. 636 the people are honest, industrious and lovers of amuse- ments and re-creation. Among the many natural resources Ferron possesses are inexhaustible measures of coal, fine brick clay, good timber in close proximity and the unexcelled climate of the entire Castle valley. The natural reservoir sites have been utilized and water is held back until a time of need instead of running to waste in early spring. The people of this town produce more wheat than any other settlement in the county and other crops in proportion. A good trade is kept up with the cattlemen and sheepherders on the southern and western deserts and business is always progressing. The town is connected with the commercial world with daily mail and stage line and public telephone service. PROMINENT CITIZENS OF FERRON. /Q ONOVER, ABRAHAM G., farmer, son of Abraham G. and Ann, was born in Provo July 24, 1858. He was raised in Provo and came to Ferron in '81, where he has since resided. He has a farm of fifty acres under cultivation and is engaged in farming and stockraising. Is road supervisor and has served as Constable. Was president of the Ferron Irrigation company for six He was married in Salt Lake City December 4, years. 1879, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Matilda Loveless, born March 7, 1861. They have seven children: Annie, Alta, Seel, Clyde, Wilburn, Jess and Chalmer. \^ FIELDSTED, PETER of Lars P. cember C, farmer and and Marian, was born 25, 1857. 02 and stopped for a cattleraiser, son in Denmark De- The family came to Utah about time in Mt. Pleasant, and in '63 |
