Pg. 80 The Monday Town colony gave the name of Morgan to their new settlement. Mr. David Coolbear says that in 1863 three families – Edward Griffiths, Joseph Dean and Robert Richardson were living on the hill side of Monday Town. While Richard Fry, William Hemming, Charles (Daddy) Budd, Charles Turner, L. R. G. Welch, Ether Knight, Thomas Murphy and others, were among those living father east. There was no bridge over Canyon Creek where it now is. The people had to go down to the Bull farm to cross. John Ager came to the valley in 1861 and lived in the field. In 1868 he was drowned in the Weber, and his body lay in the water for six weeks, but was finally found at the end of the island. The Monday Town colony prospered as well as could be expected. The spirit of colonization began to grow more and more. This valley became a favorite locality for the home seeker, and people kept settling month after month until the limited space at the mouth of Monday Town Hollow would no longer furnish ample room for the people to live comfortably. Some of them were in favor of moving to Littleton because there was more room. Most of the set- Pg. 81 tlers owned land east of Canyon Creek, and were in favor of locating a town where South Morgan now is. The land was offered at a lower price than that at Littleton. So most of the people decided to move there. The first to locate there were Ebenezer Crouch, Frederick Darke and Robert Hogg. It is said that Robert Hogg built the first house in South Morgan. This house was afterward purchased by Daniel Bertosh and moved to Littleton. In 1864, under the direction of Brigham Young, Jesse W. Fox surveyed and laid out the town site as it now is. The lots were 13 x 18 rods and contained one acre and 74 rods of land each. They went up on the hill on the east side of the valley, and the main street was laid off from a large boulder to a certain bush, the center one of three, on the west side of the valley. This accounts for our streets not running at right angles with the main street. The lots were individually purchased from Darke and Hawkins at the price of $25.00 to $35.00 each.