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Show Layton J. Ott Henrieville Garfi eld County May 19, 1-95 barrier , with a certain feeling of antipathy between the two groups. Mr . Heaton f elt that proper developnent .along social, educational and financial lines could not be ccrnpassed under such conditions, and he tonk action \ to bring a.bout a virtual constidation of the two groups . He platted a. village , sold lots at the exact price: the land cost him , a nd the name of the new \ to'wn was determined by popular vote·, and of the three names presented .Alton was the one chosen. Alt offered suggestion of high altitude, which the I town could justly claim, and the final syllable of the surname of Mr . Heat-on was adopted as the sec~nd syllable of the town name, as a ccrnpliment to him. The scattered people f ran the two sides of the ridge came into the new town and have. here developed a ccmmunity of high grade , with excellent educational , :i,atigi.ous and general civic advantages •. Nearly all WO of t he men and some of the/men of Alton have given mission service for - t e Church of Latter Day Saints, and some thus served in foreign l a nds, so -that they were able to bring the ben,e:t t~·- o~ ::their broader experience to the community of their hane . The location of this attra ctive townsite was formerly known as Oak 'l a t . The village schools prove of exceptional _,_. -- value in the winter seasons, as roads are often impassa ble on account of heavy snows . An endurint .monument to Mr . H!3aton and to his civic loyalty is offered in the village he thus founded . As .~ z~ember of the Church of Latter Day Saints he served & number of years as a member of the Bishop's Council at Orderville , and had served on the High Council of Kanab Stake. He gave . several terms of ser'fice as a member of t he Board of Canmissioners of Kane County , and he was one of the organizers of the Southern ~tah Wholesale Company at Marysvale , Piute County. "'"In the year 1875, at Ordervill e , Mr . Heaton wedded Miss Clarissa Amy Hoyt , who was born at Nephi , May 6 , 1860, e. daughter of Israel and Hannah E. (Cook.) Hoyt , natives respectively of Ohio abd anada . Israel oyt -3- |
