| Show UTAH ASSOCIATION PRESS ents of two children Between 1892 and 1898 he was the Treasurer and Judge in Colorado City and later served on the City Council In 1906 he sold the newspaper In view of his position in civic life and his community ties itdifficult to understand the decision he made in 1909 At that timeland boom was taking place and regional property was selling for 000 an acre Epperson had heard reports that the land around Green River Utah was as good as that in Colorado so he investigated It did look good and he took advantage of the Colorado boom sold out and moved to Green River P as he was known to contemporaries took his civic interests with him and soon established himself in the new community He wasleader in the drive to buildbridge over the Green River And fortime he assisted Miller publisher of the Green River Dispatch in producing the local newspaper But fate had apparently not intended that the Eppersons remain in Green River For three consecutive years early frosts wiped out almost all the areacrops and at the end of the third year Epperson was broke It was then he decided to give up farming and land speculation and go back to his first love journalism Early in 1912 he toldfriend of his decision If you see weekly around Utah thatselling cheap let me know he said few weeks later the friend dropped in to see him Therean old broken down weekly that nobody reads in Kaysville he said Itlosing money and its owners are anxious to sell On April 1912 William and his son Clyde stepped off the Bamberger train and for the first time set foot on Kaysville soil Mr Epperson had already made preliminary arrangements to lease the paper In later years recalling his arrival in Kaysville he would say that he was glad he had negotiated the lease after looking to the lofty mountains on the east the sparkling lake to the west examining the fertile soil and meeting the gracious citizens On this first day he would remember he formeddeep love for what he was later to editorially label This little 494 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
