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Show Pg. 86 building. Among the first school teachers were: Alexander and David J. Ross, Elizabeth Crouch, Esther Francis, Mary Ann Burn, Mrs. Richard Rawle, James H. Mason, Gunda Anderson and Charles A. Welch. Pg. 87 Civil and Political History of Morgan City. Morgan City was incorporated in 1868, by an act of the Territorial Legislature. The Legislature outlived the boundaries of the city as follows: “Commencing at the bridge on the county road crossing East Canyon Creek, thence down said creek one mile, thence north-east two and one half mils, thence skirting the base of the mountains in ta south easterly direction to where the Weber River enters Weber Valley, then skirting the base of the mountains on the south side of the said Weber River two and one half miles, more or less, to the south east corner of the Bradt survey, thence west ¾ of a mile to Canyon Creek, thence down said Canyon Creek to the place of beginning, shall be known and designated under the name and style of Morgan City.” The first election was held on the first Monday in August 1868. The officers elected were: William Eddington, Mayor Richard Fry, Wyman M. Parke, Robert Hogg, Charles Turner and Abiah Wadsworth, Counselors, Samuel Francis and David Robison, Justices of the Peace. L. R. Welch, City Recorder, George A. Davis |