Pg. 56 Stoddard. The first man to make a home in Stoddard was Ben Sigmon. He was located at the Stoddard Spring in early days it was called the Simon Spring. About 1860 Judson L. Stoddard of Farmington purchased the Simon property and the place was given its name in honor of Mr. Stoddard. He was a very progressive man and well to do, and brought large numbers of cattle and horses into the valley. He owned what is now the Hyrum Smith property. He was one of the men who, when Brigham Young and large number of people were celebrating on the 24 of July 1857, in Big Cottonwood Canyon, brought word of the coming Johnston’s Army to Utah.* Another noted resident of Stoddard was Lot Smith, who played such an important part in the Echo Canyon War. In the fall of 1857 he, and a small company of mountain rangers greatly annoyed Johnston’s army. They blocked Echo Canyon against the troops. To this end they constructed barricades and breastworks in the defiles of the mountains and took all possible measures, effectively, to impede *Col. Jesse C. Little, another early settler of Morgan County, was Marshall of the Day at this same celebration. Pg. 57 the progress of the army. At Sandy Fork they burned the supply trains and drove off the horses and mules. They stampeded the cattle and set the dry grass afire. But they shed not a drop of blood. All this was accomplished with the most meager equipment and a comparatively small force. Indeed, to deceive the enemy, Capt. Smith often had his men ride in file around visible hilltops and passes for hours at a stretch. It appear to the soldiers that the mountain were alive with Mormons. He thus accomplished by strategy what others might have performed by bloodshed. Lot Smith was utterly devoid of fear and with a physique and a will of iron he was immeasurably fitted for just such a doing and dangerous adventure. His house in Stoddard is now owned by Mr. William Lyons. At one time there was quite a settlement around the Spring. Perhaps a dozen families resided there. The road used to go farther toward the track than it does at the present time. Some of the families living there besides J. L. Stoddard and Lot Smith were: Philmon C. Merrill, Conard Smith, the Manhards, Henry Rock, Miller Parrish, John Hess, Thau Smith, a brother of Lot, Nick Barkdahls, Dave Saunders, Johnny Hayes and Jake Grover. The people engaged in farming and stock raising. At first the children went to