| Show PRESTIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG COMES Anderson Fairview Utah Non-Professional Third TO SANPETE Place Division Anecdote The little band of Mormon Pioneers had survived the severe winter of 1849-50 in Sanpete The members of the colony in this prinitive land were looking with such anticipation to the first visit of their beloved Prophet The opportunity started to materialize on the last day of July That afternoon the Prophet with Elder Heber Kimball and several other leading brethren of the Church started south wWith their horses and carriages The first night they encamped at the Cottonwood Settlement south of Salt Lake City The next day they spent most of the time on the road to Fort Utah now Provo About 11m the following day the party started for Peteetneet Creek now the site of Payson making the journey of 18 miles by evening After breaking camp the next morning they found the road infairly good condition until they reached Nephi but the six miles up Salt Creek Canyon were rough and slowed them down so they encamped for the night at the last crossing of Salt Creek The next morning August 1850 Brigham Young entered Sanpete for the first time At noon the company halted atlarge spring where they had lunch and rested briefly then pressed on to arrive at Sanpete Fort now Manti aboutD where they were saluted by the firing ofcannon Brigham Young and his party spent the next the Sanpete Fort inmost enjoyahle manner three days at They held meetings in the School House sawed-log building twenty by twenty-six feet built for school purposes and public worship Leaving Manti on August 8th President Young and his party by comfortable travel were able to reach Salt Lake City on the 12th of August Source The author is indebted to Preston Nibley Church Historian for facts and dates 79former |
