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Show HUNTINGTON Huntington ery county. the only incorporated town in Emon a mesa on the banks creek, and occupies a beautiful site, is It is situated Huntington surrounded by the foothills of the Wasatch mountains. The names of town and stream were given in honor of an old and well-known Utah pioneer, William Huntington, who explored this section years before any settlement was made. The first attempt at forming a colony was made in '78, by Elias Cox, Jehu Cox, William Avery, Ben of A postoffice was estabJune 14, 1S80, with Hon. M. E. Johnson postmasuntil ter, and no change was made in that appointment '98, when George M. Miller was appointed. The town was surveyed and divided into lots in '80 and incorporated October 3, 1891. The first town board Jones, David Cheney and others. lished consisted of D. C. Bobbins, J. P. Johnson, G. W. Johnson, E. Johnson, Chris Wilcock, E. H. Cox and W. A. Jr., J. Guyman. At present the population is about 1,000, being the largest town in the county. The people are industrious, enterprising and economical farmers, stockraisers and woolgrowers. The town has six general stores, furniture store, machine agencies, blacksmith shops, hotels and other places with a of business. fifty-barrel capacity is dustries. The water A first-class among of Hunting-ton is roller mill the prominent in- controlled by one incorporated company, and distributed in ditches as required on the town lots and fields. A Latter-day Saints ward is maintained with Peter Johnson, bishop. The first bishop was Elias Cox, who was succeeded by Charles Pulsipher, and he by the present incumbent. |
