Andrew Madsen's Journal Excerpts 1862

This segment tells of Delegates sent to the Utah Convention, the prevention and punishment of polygamy.  Andrew tells of the building of his own home, the simple entertainments of the day, the simple fashion and humility of the Saints.  He also tells of those who were volunteers to go help incoming emigrants cross the plains and mountains.

1862 - 

Delegates were sent to Salt Lake City to attend a Convention held on Monday, January 20th, for the purpose of establishing a State Government.

The Convention of Delegates chosen by the people adopted a State Constitution for Utah and a Memorial Congress, praying the first time for the admission of Utah into the Union, as a state, with the name of Deseret.  George Q. Cannon and William H. Hooper were elected Delegates to present them to Congress.

April 8th, Mr. Morrill of Vermont, introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives at Washington D.C. to punish and prevent the practice of Polygamy in the territories of the United States. It was read twice and referred to the Committee of Territories.

This Bill also made it unlawful for any religious or charitable association in any of the United States Territories to own real estate worth more than $50,000.00.

The Anti-Polygamy Bill was approved by President Abraham Lincoln on the 8th day of July and signed.  Lincoln at the time of the signing the bill, stated that it reminded him of a large stump which stood in the middle of his father's farm that they could plow around.

The principle of Celestial or Plural Marriage had been revealed many years ago by the Prophets of old and practiced by Abraham, the friend of God and revealed by the Prophet, Joseph Smith, of the latter days, The Saints who had taken unto them more than one wife did it by mutual consent and in accordance with the teachings.  There was no law prohibiting it up to this time and they felt that they had broken no laws and were in now way interfering with the rights of others and that they had the right to obey that principle in worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience.

Early in the Spring I and my brother, Mads, began to build me an adobe house.  Material was very scarce and hard to obtain.  The house was built after the pattern of my brother's and was one and one half story high, with a dirt roof.  It has since been remodeled considerably.  The roof has been taken off and rebuilt with an addition to the back and porches in front, adding much to the appearance.  It is now one of the most modern up-to-date dwelling houses in the city.  It consists of nine large comfortable rooms, bathrooms and closets fitted with water and lights throughout.  It is overshadowed with large pine trees, which were planted at about the time the house was first built, extending into the air fully forty feet, intermingling with the poplar and locus shade trees and beautiful lawn borders on the south and west side.

Andrew Madsen Sr. Home located 300 North State East side

of the road.

Andrew Madsen Sr. Home

as it looks today (2013)

At the time I was erecting the house, I made a trip to Payson, where there was a nail factory.  They manufactured nails from scraps of iron picked up and gathered together from broken down wagons and carts found along the emigrant's road across the plains and mountains.  The nails were very clumsy and brittle, but answered our purpose.  I secured what I needed at a cost of twenty five cents per pound.

These goods were occasionally brought in by peddlers and emigrants who brought with them occasionally a small surplus.

It is surprising to reflect upon how well and satisfied we felt under these trying circumstances.  One reason was that we looked to the future and had faith that better times were coming.  We were united in performing all public work and improvements.

fashion of 1901

In these days there were no fashion books for the ladies to be guided by and no choice in cloth.  Sewing was all done by hand and consequently everything was made up in the simplest styles, guided only in the economizing of cloth.  There was no class distinction and we were all considered equal as brothers and sisters.

The people would often gather together in one of their humble little dwellings to feast and dance and  enjoy themselves.  Oft times singing the good old song of "Hard Times Come Again No More," feeling that God had blessed the Saints who had come here to worship him giving them health and strength to endure the hardships which they were daily combating with.  The feeling and spirit which existed at this time will never be fully realized by the reader as it was by those of us here, who have passed through the ordeal.

President Brigham Young fully realized the conditions of the Saints, their great need of clothing.  Therefore he called many of them to go and settle the St. George Country in order to grow and produce cotton.  There were but few sheep within the territory and consequently we did not raise much wool.  

President Brigham Young at once ordered a cotton mill built at Salt Lake City in order that the cotton could be spun into yarn.  The wool the women spun into yarn by the use of spinning wheels, which was mixed with cotton and woven into cloth, but not of a fancy type, the same being commonly known as the "Hard Times Cloth".

President Young also advised the people to organize co-operative canneries throughout the territory and requested the shoemakers to remain at their trade in order to provide men, women and children with shoes.

April 20th, there was a call from President Brigham Young for men to go to Missouri to assist the poor emigrants in crossing the plains to Utah, and in May, 262 wagons, 293 men 2,880 oxen with 143,315 pounds of flour at once started across the mountains and plains for the emigrants.

They traveled in six companies under Captain Horton D. Haight, Henry W. Miller, Homer Duncan, Joseph Horn, John R. Murdock and Hansel P. Harmon.

Mt. Pleasant was always willing to shoulder its share of burdens, so it sent the following men who braved the journey with their other comrades:  Joseph Page, Orange Seely, Neils Waldemar, Wm. Barton, Magnus Ferando and Peter Adolph Fredericksen went along and acted as Night Guard.

Some of the Saints furnished one ox, others a yoke of oxen, and others would furnish the only yoke of oxen they had, while some of the people remaining at home would volunteer to do their work on their farms for them during their absence.  By this method they were fitted out for the journey.  This afforded the poor emigrants better acomodations in crossing the plains and mountains than was afforded those who were compelled to work their way over the deserts and plains during the previous years, drawing their hand-carts with them, which contained their rations and ofttimes their little children and clothing.

Merry Christmas 2013

     Merry
Christmas 2013

     Kathryn and I hope this Christmas will
be a special time of year for each of you and your families.

     As I think back over the many Christmases
of my life, many of them are especially memorable. Mostly, memorable because we spent them with you our treasured family and friends.

     I can remember some details of most of my
early Christmases, there was a windup tractor, a glass washing machine (there is a story about that but I’ll save it for another time), my tricycle, the tinker toys, etc. But the Christmas of
1942 stands out as one of the most memorable, and I owe much of that to my “teasie”
Uncle Bruce. who never missed an opportunity to make things “interesting” for his nieces and nephews.   

December of 1942 found our family staying with Aunt Hilda and
her nephew, my mother’s brother, Uncle Bruce in Mt. Pleasant. A fire at the site of the Duchesne Tunnel^[1], where my father was working as an engineer, had destroyed the generator and compressor plant. Because of WWII, the damaged equipment couldn’t be replaced and work on the tunnel had to be postponed.

As we left our home in the mountains a heavy snow storm moved in, effectively cutting of all access to our former home until spring. My father was reassigned to the Salt Lake office, but from
Thanksgiving to New Years, while my parents were searching for a place to live in Salt Lake, (not an easy thing to do in those wartime years)  our family
stayed in Mt. Pleasant.

As Christmas approached, Uncle Bruce
repeatedly cautioned me that since we had moved so late in the year, I shouldn’t be prepared to have Santa miss me at our new address.  

On about the 15^th of December, Dad asked me if I wanted to go with him and Uncle Bruce to the Mountains east of Mt. Pleasant to find a Christmas tree and I readily agreed.  But as I remember it, I just stood, cold to the bone, at the bottom of a steep hillside in mud not quite deep enough to cover my boots, listening to Dad and Uncle Bruce argue the virtues of various tree. (I really don’t know why Dad worried about the shape of our trees. He always remade them when we were decorating them anyway, adding branches or taking them out as he felt necessary.)  I
did, however, take the opportunity to learn some of the great sounding new expletives
I was hearing.

When I got home, I was anxious to show off my new vocabulary and got my mouth washed out with soap for my efforts.  Dad and Uncle Bruce got scolded but they didn’t get the soap treatment. I remember of thinking that maybe Mom and Aunt Hilda had just given up on them.

A few days before Christmas, Uncle Bruce really started to give me the business, he explained that I had probably waited too long to let Santa know that we had moved so he could re-arrange his pack to deliver my presents in Mt. Pleasant, and that my presents would probably be left in our old snowbound house and worse yet, before we could get there in the spring to pick them up, skiers or snowshoe hikers would get there and find my presents. Thinking them abandoned, they would naturally take them home for their own children, who, unlike the children for whom they were intended, would appreciate them.

Well that really got my attention. Uncle Bruce promised to do what he could to “help” me in my desperate situation and he did. Mom and Aunt Hilda didn’t say much but they did assure me that Santa would find me as he had found other children through the centuries.

To understand the rest of the story, you need to understand that, like other families, my mothers family used to have a cutter, complete with a set of sleigh bells.

In those early years of my life I didn’t know about the cutter or the sleigh bells, but Uncle Bruce did.

Early on Christmas Eve day, Uncle Bruce
came back home with great news. He had seen Santa and explained my situation.
Santa had agreed that my situation was desperate and that he would try to work me in to his busy schedule, but that I should remember that he might have to come by a bit early and that the strict roles could not be changed. Before he could come I must be in bed and asleep.

In the late afternoon of Christmas Eve, thing really started to happen. Just before dinner, I suddenly heard the sound of sleigh bells, but running to the window, I saw nothing. Soon afterward, Uncle Bruce came into the Kitchen and asked if we had heard the bells. We told him we had and he warned that I should probably have been in bed and asleep because Santa may not be able to make another run.

During dinner, Uncle Bruce suddenly remembered some important chore and needed to be excused for a few minutes. While he was out we again heard sleigh bells.

After coming back, Uncle Bruce asked if we had the bells and again warned that I should have been in bed and asleep, because Santa had already made two tries and may not be able to make another run for me. Aunt Hilda reassuringly said that I should just leave it to Santa. We heard sleigh bells again several times that afternoon and each time Uncle Bruce (after coming back into the house) would warn me that I should already have been in bed and asleep, because Santa could not just keep trying.

After Dinner, we held a family Christmas Eve Devotional in the parlor, where the Christmas tree was located and where I was to sleep. I was just frantic, but Aunt Hilda casually read from the Gospel of St. Luke and set
out a tray of goodies for Santa. We all heard bells once or twice more during the evening, but soon, excited as I was, I became so sleepy that I just couldn’t keep my eyes open.

When I awoke on Christmas morning, I found that Santa had been right there in our parlor where I had slept, eaten the snack we had left him and just as Uncle Bruce had arranged, built a “Toyland Town all around our Christmas tree”.

It wasn’t until many years later that I realized that every time the sleigh bells rang, Uncle Bruce was away on some important errand.

Uncle Bruce went to great of effort to make sure that we had a great Christmas that year and I love him for it. But, I think he had just as much fun as I did.

I don’t remember what Santa brought that Christmas, but I do remember that he made the effort to find me. Over the years I have come to see the symbolism in this and recognize how grateful I am that the Prince of Peace has made the effort to come to find each of us, regardless of race, religion or status just as Santa found me

  With Much Love, We Wish Each of You a Very Merry Christmas

                  David and Kathryn Gunderson

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[1]  The Duchesne Tunnel is part of an irrigation
project. It is located 18 mi east of Kamas, Utah.
We returned to it in 1949

List of Black Hawk War Veterans Made for the Years 1866 and 1867

List of Black Hawk War Veterans Made
for the Years 1866 and 1867

For the most part, the Indians and the settlers got
along well during the first two decades after the arrival of the settlers.  But, it is impossible for two peoples, with
such different cultures, to come together without difficulties.

In early 1865, when Congress, belatedly[1] decided
to normalize land titles in Utah, the differences came to a head, and from April 1865
to September 1872, Utah's Black Hawk War, the longest and most serious Indian-White
conflict in Utah’s history, was carried out. The first three years
were the most intense. The Records show that during the War, 72 settlers and at
least 122 Indians were killed and that the War caused the destruction of thousands
of dollars of property and cost the territory at least $1,121,037. [2]

Mt. Pleasant Relic Home

The final peace treaty was signed in Mt. Pleasant in 1872, at the home of Bishop W. H. Seely (currently, the Mt. Pleasant Relic Home.)

In an attempt to obtain
some recompense for members of the Nauvoo Legion from the U. S. government, George A. Smith[3]
had a list made of the men who had served during the years of 1866 and 1867. It
was ignored by Congress. However, it preserved a record of the names of those
who served.

   

 

Medal for Black Hawk War Service
Awarded to Andrew Beckstrom^[6]of Mt. Pleasant in 1905        

Medals^[1] of Honor for service during the “Indian
Wars” were authorized by the State of                

Utah on 9 March 1905[2], The Utah Legislature         

 also
approved pensions for this service in 1909.

             On 4 March 1917, Congress also approved a Pension
Plan^[3],
for veterans or their survivors^[4]

of “Certain Indian Wars”.

          The following sections[5]
give the name, rank, pay grade and assignment of the men of Mt. Pleasant who served during the Black Hawk War during 1866 and 1867.

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[1] Gottfredson, 345

[2]
This was 40 years after the start of the Black Hawk War and after most of its
veterans had passed away.

[3] Longsdorf, 139

[4] Gottfredson, 350, Indicates that Sen. Reed Smoot got
the bill amended so that it covered the services of Nauvoo Legion Troops

  who were technically in Church service.

[5] L. Tom Perry Special Collections at BYU on line at
https://archive.org/stream/indiandepredatio00utah#page/80/mode/2up.

[6] Andrew Beckstrom was a veteran of the Black Hawk War
and is the great-grandfather of Betty  G.
Woodbury   

         

 

Excerpts From Andrew Madsen's Journal

In this segment we learn about water disputes, a post office,  the calling for stone cutters and freighters for the building of the Salt Lake Temple, others being called to St. George to raise cotton.

October 31st 1860 our little baby named Hanna Louisa, took sick and died being a little over one year old.

.............

December 4th,the great noted Indian Chief Arropine, died  in Sevier County.

During this year marked improvements were made in the way of schools.  We had better regulations in governing our affairs, more complete organizations were affected in the Church and A. B. Strickland acted as Church Recorder.

..............

Early in the spring of 1861, my brother, Mads and myself erected a house for him upon his city lot, which house was one of the first white dobes ever built in the city.  The house has since been somewhat remodeled and still stands as a landmark of early days.

A post office was established and Wm. Morrison was appointed postmaster.  He was also Assessor and Collector for the city.

David Candland moved down from Salt Lake City on a spring east of the cemetery.  The people objected because of the scarcity of water and later a compromise was made and twenty acres of land in the field was purchased and given to him in exchange.

In June, Bishop Seely applied to President Brigham Young for the privilege of expending a portion of the tithing fund in building a road north through Thistle Valley and Spanish Fork Canyon, which would shorten the distance to Salt Lake City and the freighters and settlers would then not have to go by way of Nephi.

July 16th, a reply was received from President Brigham Young granting Bishop Seely permission to appropriate $4,000.00 of the tithing fund for the building of the proposed road and for the erecting of good substantial bridges over the river.  After receiving this reply a number of men were at once put to work on the road in order that it might soon be completed.

...............

August 10th, my wife gave birth to a girl,which we named Louisa Bodel Madsen and a short time later, myself, wife and baby made a trip with our ox team to Salt Lake City where I was ordained an Elder and we received our endowments in the Endowment House.

At about this time John W. Dawson was appointed Third Governor of Utah, succeeding Alfred Cummings.  He, however, only held the position a short time and left the territory under peculiar circumstances.  Secretary Frank Fuller succeeded him as Acting Governor.

John W. Dawson
(the following comes from wikipedia)

Abraham Lincoln named him governor of Utah Territory in 1861, but he left the territory and his post as governor after only three weeks due to tensions with the Mormon residents. Dawson allegedly made "grossly improper proposals" to the Mormon widow Albina Merrill Williams, who responded by thrashing him with a fire shovel. When he offered her $3,000 for her silence, she rebuked him and he quickly abandoned Salt Lake City on New Year's Eve 1861. 

Taking a mail coach eastward, he arrived at Ephraim Hanks' Pony Express station at Mountain Dell, Utah. There, Hanks assured Dawson he was now safe. However a group of young Mormon vigilantes named Jason Luce, Martin "Matt" Luce, Wilford Luce, Wood Reynolds, Moroni Clawson,  Lot Hungtington, and Isaac Neibaur followed the retreating governor, and during a night of drinking, they plundered the governor's baggage, and attacked him, beating and kicking Dawson about the head, chest, and groin (and allegedly castrating one of his testicles). The thugs later claimed they were acting under direct orders of the Salt Lake Police Chief. Four of the youths were captured but the other three were gunned down trying to escape from police and sheriffs.

Dawson later became famous as the first biographer of John Chapman, the legendary Johnny Appleseed. Dawson's 1871 article in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel of October 21 and 23 about Dawson's childhood friend is still considered the main source for biographical information on Chapman.

He died on September 10, 1877 and was interred at Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

.............

Early in the Fall David Holdaway and Washington Averett built a thrashing machine (separator) at Springville and brought it to Mt. Pleasant. P.M. Peel bought an interest in the machine and it was run for a few years.

A dispute came up among the settlers over the water, the same being settled later by President Hyde who decreed that one half of the water of Cedar Creek was to go to Mt. Pleasant and the remaining half to Spring City and that Birch Creek water should be divided likewise,one half for Mt. Pleasant and the remaining one half for Fairview.

September 8th, the following letter was received by Bishop Seely from President Brigham Young:

Bishop W.S.Seely

Mt.Pleasant

Dear Brother,

"We are preparing for assuming work on the Temple in this city. All the stone-cutters we can engage this winter will be employed this winter in preparing blocks for the building and in the Spring it is contemplated to vigorously pursue the work. We wish all stone-cutters desiring employment to report themselves and the time they will be ready to work. Teams and wagons suitable for hauling large granite blocks from Little Cottonwood will also be wanted. We propose hauling as many blocks as possible this fall and the coming winter.

Your Brother in the Gospel

(signed) Brigham Young

In response to this letter there were a number of Saints who responded. Some left toworksinglehanded while a few others went with their wagons and ox teams.

Sunday, October 28th, a call was made for people to move south into the St. George country in order that the same might become settled and also for the purpose of raising cotton. Those called from among us were: Joseph Clemens, Moses M. Sanders, Christian Widergreen Anderson, Appe Iverson, N.C. Sandberg, James Lemmen, Andrew Jensen, Peter Iverson, Oke Saulsburg and Amos Moss.

March 18th the church authorities made a call for six wagons and twenty six yoke of oxen to go down to Salt Lake City for the purpose of hauling granite stone for the building of the Temple.

April 16th,this request was complied with and the twenty six yoke of oxen were hitched to the six wagons, which were loaded with provisions. They, with six drivers and one guard on horse back, at once started for Great Salt Lake City, arriving there about one week later. 

This should be sent only to those whose level of maturity qualifies them to relate to it 1962: Long hair  2012: Longing for hair 1962: KEG  2012: EKG  1962: Acid rock  2012: Acid reflux  1962: Moving to California because it's cool  2012: Moving to Arizona because it's warm  1962: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor  2012: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor  1962: Seeds and stems 2012: Roughage  1962: Hoping for a BMW 2012: Hoping for a BM  1962: Going to a new, hip joint 2012: Receiving a new hip joint  1962: Rolling Stones  2012: Kidney Stones  1962: Screw the system 2012: Upgrade the system  1972: Disco 2012: Costco  1962: Parents begging you to get your hair cut 2012: Children begging you to get their heads shaved 1962: Passing the drivers' test 2012: Passing the vision test  1962: Whatever  2012: Depends Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the Mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list: The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1993.  They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.  Their lifetime has always included AIDS.  Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. The CD was introduced 2 years before they were born.  They have always had an answering machine..  They have always had cable.  They cannot fathom not having a remote control..  Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.  Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.  They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane.."  They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is. Mc Donald's never came in Styrofoam containers.  They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.  Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading..  So have a nice day!!!!! It is good to have friends who know about these things and are still alive and kicking!!!! -

Nephi Gunderson Family Dressed Up For The 24th of July Parade

 Folks,

A few weeks ago, I sent out a picture of
Uncle Nephi Gunderson and Aunt Maria and their family in the Mt. Pleasant July
24^th Pioneer Day Parade held in 1905.

I got it from the Mt.
Pleasant BLOG.

I quickly got several important
responses.

• My sharp eyed cousin Betty Woodbury pointed out that
  in 1905 Uncle Nephi and his wife were to young to have such a large family. She
  was right,. Uncle Nephi and Aunt Maria were not even married until Sept. 1905,
  and their first child (a girl) was born in 1907. They did have four sons , but
  one died in infancy. The result of this study is that these must have been
  "barrowed " children - nephews and a niece or maybe neighborhood children.
  Children love to join in parades, etc.

• Several people pointed that Uncle Nephi and the
  oldest "son" were wearing wooden shoes. I think that there is good reason to
  think Aunt Maria was wearing wooden shoes also. They looked very similar to
  Erick Gunderson's wooden shoes. The Relic Home in Mt. Pleasant has several
  examples of this kind of wooden soled shoes with fabric or leather tops.

• As a result, I changed the title on the picture and
  photographically enhanced the wooden shoes so that they are slightly more
  visible. In addition, I noticed that one of the "sons" seemed to be wearing
  "rags" on his feet. Pioneer records often reported that immigrants wore rags on
  their feet while crossing the plains. The other “sons” seem to be wearing boots
  and the “daughter” may be wearing wooden shoes like Aunt Maria but it there is
  no sure evidence.

• One of my "friends" thought that the tough looking
  kid on the far right looked just like me. What do you think?

I have also sharpened the picture and
attached the new version for your use.

More comments are welcome.

Thanks

David R. Gunderson 

Updated "Nephi Gunderson Family" Photo

 Folks,

A few weeks ago, I sent out a picture of
Uncle Nephi Gunderson and Aunt Maria and their family in the Mt. Pleasant July
24^th Pioneer Day Parade held in 1905.

I got it from the Mt.
Pleasant BLOG.

I quickly got several important
responses.

• My sharp eyed cousin Betty Woodbury pointed out that
  in 1905 Uncle Nephi and his wife were to young to have such a large family. She
  was right,. Uncle Nephi and Aunt Maria were not even married until Sept. 1905,
  and their first child (a girl) was born in 1907. They did have four sons , but
  one died in infancy. The result of this study is that these must have been
  "barrowed " children - nephews and a niece or maybe neighborhood children.
  Children love to join in parades, etc.

• Several people pointed that Uncle Nephi and the
  oldest "son" were wearing wooden shoes. I think that there is good reason to
  think Aunt Maria was wearing wooden shoes also. They looked very similar to
  Erick Gunderson's wooden shoes. The Relic Home in Mt. Pleasant has several
  examples of this kind of wooden soled shoes with fabric or leather tops.

• As a result, I changed the title on the picture and
  photographically enhanced the wooden shoes so that they are slightly more
  visible. In addition, I noticed that one of the "sons" seemed to be wearing
  "rags" on his feet. Pioneer records often reported that immigrants wore rags on
  their feet while crossing the plains. The other “sons” seem to be wearing boots
  and the “daughter” may be wearing wooden shoes like Aunt Maria but it there is
  no sure evidence.

• One of my "friends" thought that the tough looking
  kid on the far right looked just like me. What do you think?

I have also sharpened the picture and
attached the new version for your use.

More comments are welcome.

Thanks

David R. Gunderson



(See more of David's Posts here: http://davidrgunderson.blogspot.com/

Excerpts From Andrew Madsen's Journal

Erecting Homes ~ Settling of Spring City, Wales, Moroni, Fairview, and Fountain Green

Andrew Madsen Sr.

The latter part of August, (1859), Bishop Seely sent a letter to President Brigham Young at Salt Lake City, Utah, asking him if there would be any objections to erecting homes outside the Fort, it having been rumored and stated by Jehu Cox that this was the case.  The Bishop also asked permission for some of the Brethren to start a new colony on the stream six miles north.



Under the date of September 10th, 1859, Bishop W.S. Seely received a letter from President Brigham Young of which the following is in substance.


"Answering your inquiry to build outside the Fort, I will say that it would be very unwise to do so and as to starting a new colony north of your settlement, I will say that I can see no real objection to Jehu Cox making the settlement on the stream six miles north as proposed, provided he moves no women or children there until Forts are built".


Soon after receiving this reply Jehu Cox, James H. Jones, Henry W. Sanderson, Lindsay A. Brady, Isaac Y. Vance and others left their families in the Fort at Mt. Pleasant, moved to the new quarters and erected homes which were surrounded by a small Fort.  The colony was named North Bend and later it was Incorporated into a city under the name of   Fairview.

Settling of Spring City

The year of 1859 was favorable for locating new colonies because of peace having been concluded with the Indians.

A second attempt was now made to resettle Spring City which the pioneers were forced to abandon in 1853, and remove their colony to Manti.  The Indians made their work of devastation complete; on January 6th, 1854, by burning the Fort which they had left and dwellings erected by the settlers.  The leaders of the second Colony were Bishop C.G. Larsen, George Blain, R.N. Allred and others.  They erected homes and commenced to farm under many difficulties.

Settling of  Moroni

At about the same time of the settling of Spring City, a party of pioneers from Nephi came up and selected a site for the location of a Colony.  This party was composed of G.W. Bradley, J. Woolf, Isaac Morley, H. Gustin, G.H. Bradley, Neils Cummings, and N.L. Christensen.  After settling upon the hills in the center of the valley, the Colonists named their Colony Moroni.

Settling of Wales

The same year (1859)  about fifteen Welsh Families under the leadership of John E. Rees settled on the present beautiful spot and christened the Colony, Wales, in honor of their native country.  They set to work at once to operate the coal fields uncovered there.  The coal was hauled to Salt Lake City and elsewhere for market.  This was the first coal mine discovered in Utah.

Settling of  Fountain Green

George W. Johnson, having obtained permission from Brigham Young to locate a Colony and get settlers, immediately after July 4th, secured the services of Albert Petty, then the County surveyor of Sanpete County and proceeded to survey a site consisting of five blocks.

August the first, George W. Johnson, his wife and three sons, Amos, Horace and Oliver, reached the place designated.  They were joined by J.B. Holman and family.  John Green, Sam Allen, Christian Otteson and family, Jacob Miller, W. Gibson, Rees Llewelyn and  Abey L. Sherman.  They located on a small stream which they named Uinta Creek and the Colony was named Uinta, but later incorporated into a city and named Fountain Green.