MPS Va es a s TS 7 ay eNO . > .. ‘ - ; >De ~~ ‘ * oe + ‘. na z imate * : Pel a : J . i i = = bases . te A ‘ . 7 at kel ed % a e ~ ~ ? s : e< - . a a ~ ~ >... ; ' 4¢ . ers i \ 7 7" ~ Sg x . . wees.= = le e < iL : a 4 wae el ) eee . SA ie < ~ 2 _ ¥ ee As . “i >. : is : * Ps 4 ‘ ae pI q \ aoa ' Get ts o ele I, inept ah ih Se ela - oe - e “fA 8 a an : - pa x = OT7 « 7 ROR *j a fr 4 ' : * -. v - ; . _ The | Morgan of the camps the meeting. She announced the Christmas party. It willbe Dec. 18, at 1 p.m. It will be pot-luck so each Shelly and George and James in_ Steele, left: their homes American Fork in a light wagon months supply of. loaded with provisions and headed north to | find a land of greater opportunities — inIdaho. John F. was greatly impressed Dorene Rorviser with LoRaine Wilkinson at the piano. Many friends from his hometown Bea: had settled there. Daughters of the Pioneers held a meeting Friday, ‘D.U.P. building. Nov. 20 in the /7S7/ The prayer was by Thelma Bell. Captain Elma Dickson conducted f history of her husbands’ hae Aanme : four grand- | a children they when sailed They crossed the plains with the Samuel D. White Co., walking most of the way. They reached Salt Lake in Oct. 1863. The next year they moved to dugout, in the side of the hill. Later on they moved into a 2 room log house. “Samuels brother Thomas and ‘his family also moved to Porterville and they were very close. The brothers opened a brick John F. Shelley started a store and as he needed to build a house and livery stable, he asked the railroad if they would stop with loads of lumber for him. They said yes, if he would unload the lumber during the short stop. the first brick in Morgan County, which was used in the homes now owned by Marion Carter Fisher and the Martin Lee family. ‘race to the track. The the lumber off both sides of the track to get it done in time. The town grew and the families prospered. Within 12 years there ‘was a good school and the first load of potatoes was shipped out. . ay os : 7 LA . =< toh SS A wr eC : es . ) * b eeeOot. " LF GEIR :SNS ECT ATR ss ROA a —_— AS ich Sep w or ha Soa Porterville making their home in a John F. Shelley started a store ~ making plant in Porterville located to railroad stop when they » enroute Bud — north east of the present made _heard the train whistle so it was a they home. In 1865 Creager men threw a ae e : <— —. A ‘te id fy) me U : | When they arrived at Iona late © August, the land didn’t look so good. But they decided to stay. | One of the Steele brothers had a dream that he saw acres of grain growing on their land and when he broke a kernal he could feel its life giving elements. 1904, they asked the railroad to send in names. They wrote back, you can choose and keep the house. 2 F. ; Samuel worked hard and had many skills so provided nicely for his family which Elizabeth made for his family while Elizabeth ; ch place they lived en 0.-4e0rgo171 Court Morgan 10 a “Locality Histories’ LaRue Waldron. of Shelley, Idaho. whatever you wish, but the named it Shelley. name railroad has mm Y Z z 1s Me eS SRE a —Vonna Carter L (T8 qe" . s ~The Morgan County Camp A very interesting history of the the Utah put DUP Buildi Creek and the Bamhuger vallecad: All four camps were invited and lesson. ing interest It was a very the County President Barbara | The closing prayer was given by Porter conducted the meeting and Dora Rich. Delicious refreshments and warm welcome were served by LoRaine Wilkinson gave a cheery | . toall Vilate Francis, Dorene Rauser and was by Edna Carter er pray The 22 Thelma Bell. There were A of the Mount Joy Camp. cate ae. | present. of ge Pled and mony cere ‘patriotic -Allegience was given by Linda ‘Turner. direction 1882... 14, r” in March- Walke Qnera : Ee House, «< The’ June — in t concer d with a city of Echo, telling of the early —- opene er 1882. days when the railroad was being ph, Jose St. from A dispatcher through the canyon. It was of the Daughters of held a meeting and Pione _ LaRue_also gave short notes o socialersTuesday evening in the Devil’s Slide, China Town up Lost ng. 7 House A.M. UuUr News When the people decided to give their settlement a name in home to watch over the pig, the chicken, the cow, rear the children made bum" LA ‘Spud Capital of the world. at Almy and Elizabeth was left at _ Gone The potato industry grew. Today the town is known as the time Samuel worked in the mines IAN tite! they went back to turned out to wish them well. Liverpool, England May 30, -. animals along with them. It took a week to get there. For a > Po t | townspeople, even the brass band, In 1870 Samuel and Elizabeth and family loaded their belongings into a prairie schoener and headed for Randolph, Utah driving their _ | bring their families. When they left American Fork, all the Po y PER nod. homesteads, parents, Samuel Brough and Elizabeth Batt Brough. They had | - Tri-County Cerivention Mor PSs, 1:9 S| After choosing tracts of land for Margaret McKinnon gave the } aa en town nine miles one cooka food for this fun party. —_ with Iona, a small Idaho Falls. now is what of south The singing was under direction of ( Utah Dauohters of PAvOMCeS In the spring of 1885, John F. Missouri announced the news that the desperado Jessie James had of given by Jessie Mae Franich . Camp Hardscrabble The lesson, ‘’The Year 1882” been shot-on April 4, 1882. Many were other interesting the —_was given by Myrtle Rock ofMany given. — . Weber River Camp events special and_ place that year. Edmunds The | Anti-Polygamy bill was passed by the United ves States House of Representati Music was under ‘the of Gwen Adams and -~_ pw ao pret eer af - nS SS Pe > | i Pe important and development growth items The closing prayer and el blessSit ing — ae on the food was by Hazel Sims. — The refreshments were served by ae p, Cam an Morg h Sout the : ,