| Show matters regarding irrigation ditches etc He was intelligent enough to see that time and the Indians would be limiting factors in the upcoming settlement Early in the spring of 1851 the six-member Behunin family moved seven miles northeast of the Manti settlement to Pine Creek There they located west of what is now EphraimMain Street between Center and First North Streets Isaac hauled his belongings down the steep bank of the creek onto the wide bottom of the eddy room where the creekchannel turns frommostly north tonearly west course and unyoked his oxen Here the family was joined by the two elder boys from Provo 1851 temporary camp was made by digging into the nine foot high eddy bank and makinglong triangular shelf dugout for cupboard and sleeping quarters four feet above the eddy floor The excavated dirt was used to raise the adjacent floor about two feet shed was built in front of this dugout and was roofed by using their two wagon covers Isaacnext chore was to buildyard to control their livestock when not being worked or herded This was accomplished by constructing two fences from bank to bank across the 60 to 100-foot creek channel one-pole fence was built along the steep channel banks With the family located in this temporary camp and withyard to hold the livestock Isaac full time to grubbing brush and his two grown sons devoted their plowing and seeding the virgin soil plus all other necessary acts to assure grain and produce to supply food for the family It was probably the middle of June before they finished the planting and turned their attention from the crops expected to mature that first year Now their goal was to make the camp in the creek bottom intomore liveable home This was accomplished by buildinglog wall on the south and west sides of their present shelter This formedrectangular room 3014 feet more water-proof roof was next added The logs for the walls and the material for the roof were found along the creek channel After the new housing was finished the men spent most of their spare time grubbing and burning brush in preparation for the plowing of more land Isaacdesire forfarm on Pine Creek was not in conformity with church rules nor did it have any sanction from the Manti settlement Possibly he kept the idea to himself for fear that some other saint By person would summer of 1853 beat the him to it Behunin farm He wasrancher consisted of 40 before acres During August of that year Henry Green and his family came by and expresseddesire to settle Isaac told them there was only enough water Green for the Behunin farm and -19 was advised to proceed to Manti |
