changed to Peterson in honor of Charles Shreeve Peterson. On Sunday, 21 October 1860, he was set apart as Presiding Elder over all the settlements in the western part of the Valley, In December of 1861, Charles Shreeve Peterson was set apart as Bishop. For many years the ward comprised the settle¬ments of Mountain Green, Peterson, and Enterprise. During that first Winter, 1854-55, Mr. Peterson and Roswell Stevens, worked with others in constructing a primitive road through the lower Weber Canyon. For months they worked with plows, shovels, picks, crowbars and axes, rolling huge boulders from the mountainside into the Weber River to make a firm foundation for the road bed. Devil's Gate was a treacherous strip of road that tried their cap¬abilities to the hilt. Tullidge's History of Utah states that Charles Shreeve Peterson was well ad¬apted to pioneering when the necessities of life were so difficult to acquire. He cured and tanned leather for shoes made by Peter Nielson. He engaged in fanning, stock raising and wool producing. He also operated his own blacksmith shop. At an early date a log school house was built which was also used for various community meetings. Morgan County held its first Court here. The first postoff- ice was established with Charles as postmaster. In 1856 the settlers suffered the loss of crops destroyed by vast swarms of grasshoppers. The half starved people lived on Sego Lily bulbs and wild plants. In 1862 Morgan County was organized and Charles was selected probate judge of Morgan County. Weber City was declared the county seat. Later the seat of government was moved to Morgan City. From 1864 through 1866 he served in the Terri¬torial Legislature. Then in 1868 was elected a selectman suceeding John Robinson. In the Fall and Winter of 1869-70 he visited his family for the last time in New Jersey. In the Spring of 1870 he married Margaret Crispin, who bore him two children. In January of 1872 Charles took as a fourth wife, Mary Thompson, who became mother of 10 children. In 1874 he again became a member of the Morgan County Court System. In 1878 he was released as Bishop, a calling he had fulfilled for 18 years. That Fall the family moved to Fielding, Box Elder County. Dissatisfied with the area, the Petersons moved back to the Peterson farm in the Fall of 1880. Two sons moved to Mesa, Arizona, and in August of 1883, Charles took his wives and unmarried children and joined them. In 1884 Charles Shreeve Peterson accompanied President Brigham Young and oth¬ers to Mexico where they negotiated with the Mexican Government for land for a 106