| Show publication Perhaps Paulletter to the Ephesians said it best where he said they were no more strangers and foreigners but galllow citizens Perhaps that would be the best identity of them Personal interview with Mrs Maggie SorensenMarch 1977 Saga ofthe Sanpitch Vol 22 125 Silence inWinter Evening Saga ofthe Sanpitch Vol 23 55 Joumeying Forward Personal Joumal 22 June 1988 Manti Temple Centernial Committee The Manti Temple Community Press Provo Utah 22 Ephesians19 SETTLEMENT OF SANPITCH RIVER BASIN Robert Nielson Professional Second Place Historical Essay The Sanpitch River named by the native Paiute Indians was an important watershed It was the main source of water for the entire Sanpete Valley The availability of the water from this river was one of the major factors attracting the pioneers to settle in the valley This report is about the entire watershed and the environment as it existed before 1925 The Sanpitch River was over 50 miles long from its upper northern origin at the summit of the Wasatch Plateau to its confluence with the Sevier River near Gunnison Its course was varied and its flow erratic depending on winter storms and snow melt There were broad areas called the swamps where there was low stream flow The main swamp was as much as two miles wide and extended northerly for ten miles above the narrows near what is now Manti The swamp supported dense growth of sedges bulrushes and grasses on the muck soils built up over many years It provided excellent pasturage for grazing animals after the water receded from the spring flooding During the flooded period October to June and before and after the cold icy winter migrating waterfowl were seasonal occupants en route to and from their winter habitats 126 |
