ing Calle et Me . DUP — gepk 18-179! , ; bt - $ og. a ’ see amp were The Morgan County Camy Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Wednesday a meeting held evening at 7:30 p.m. in the DUP the PAN, ‘ »d repairec bottoms, and casters She pul thanked Romania was read by Veloy Dickson, county ‘ camp historian. All four camps in the county joined for tnis mecting and social 1881 Year ‘‘The lesson The party. was given by Ruby McMillan of Mt. Joy Camp. Some items from | newspapers of those days were given and other stories. _ Mis. Barbara Porter the new ‘county president conducted the a warm gave and mecting welcome to all and asked that we gct acquainted and have a good time together. 12, 1881—1IS5 lives were January lost when terrible snow slides occured in Little Cottonwood and They Fork Canyons. American also caused $60,000 in property damage. That winter many bad snow slides occured. February 16—the trial began of Fred Hopt for the murder of John Turner. On February 19 the jury found him guilty. On April 4th he was sentenced to be shot on May 20th. It didn’t take long then for justice to be served. on October 25 Jack Then Emerson was arrested and found guilty of being an accomplice of Fred Hopt in the murder of John Turner. , | Prayer was led by Edna Carter, singing was directed by. Edna Carter with Vanna Carter at the piano. Roll call of Camps was taken by secretary, Helen Olsen, A financial report was given by treasurer Louise Waldrow. She reported the building had been painted on the outside and the roof -reshingled. Lois Peterson, Custodian of Relics, reported on the work one the the relic room and showcases. The room was painted, new display shelves built along one wall, new curtains and new tile on the floor. All the show cases Croydon Cemetery, written by Horace Thackeray was read by Margaret Thackeray. The Croydon Cemetery is locted on a 40 acre brush flat on the road leading to Henefer. It was donated to the Croydon Ward by W.H. Toone Sr. About three acres of the original forty encompass the actual burial site. In the 1930s this three acre plot was fenced to keep animals out. Mark Thackeray, in the year 1969, began improving the cemetery. Water was pumped and piped from a nearby spring, and grass was_ planted. Many people helped also in these projects to make this a lovely hillside resting place. | The lesson was given by Gail Birt. It was ‘‘Important Journals.”’ She told about William H. Kelgore, who recorded so vividly his trip to California. April 12, 1850, they left Lee County, Iowa. reshments \It was cold and windy. Oats cost 35 _ " a Beth Rich and® | Pg SOK ; i s. . . : we > s E LS a> 7 4 + + AP 2 : : tcSesHe, ‘ , Arn - ao Pr . 5 AON oe PAN BE ah SF ADI eee IP OP net AS Sa> fo 4 ne WF ee OE « row : etre a - sa SteOS By .: oi x : 3 : - ie We ~* nals n Pk >. yh eee R te a a5 oy -_ Se oo EA: we “5 et = ER ha . me Ge eR Pe! 7 26 + Op Se be 2 ee Pe ~ sot Dn eZ =< NN a, Ken ye phe . a : « yh B. Pratt. boards like tennis rackets. He hit night vr edeteaite was 1 ar. It will be held in May with date being set by the Central mp in Salt Lake City. She said the LaRue lunch was served Be oRaine and » U to drive them farmland and beautiful tree and was the first locust tree in Utah. George was a successful farmer and was very active in the LDS church all his life. He died Oct. sang two songs 1906 in American Fork and was buried there. _ The lesson ‘‘Pioneer Museums Waldron Wilkinson directing at the and | job was Relic Halls’’ was given by Lois Peterson. She told about our Morgan Pioneer Relic Buildings. The old log cain that is on the Morgan First and Second Ward lot was the first home built in Weber Valley, the place now known as Peterson and this was where the first male child baby was born. He was Charles Russell Stevens, born Sept. 23, 1857. This log cabin was built by George Henry Peterson in 1857. | It was moved to the present site in Morgan in 1931 and was dedicated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers as a relic hall in ther George Jackwas born in England in As a young boy he worked P’News bought home. letter he received from his in England was the seed locust tree. George planted this in his yard and it grew into a Camp decorations by Hardscrabble? Camp of Porterville. they built a In a uncle from a of? the Weber jah Johnson read the history Mountain Green dnd the beautifu cr grandfa River tried candidates elective Elma'€ members by he was paid 2% cents per day. George came to America in a sailing vessell in 1862 and drove an ox team across the plains to Utah arriving in October 1862. He went to American Fork to work. He married Ruth Wagstaff but their efforts to put out the fire®S at the April meeting. benediction ~~ ' toward an old barn. For this he to the alarm nt were to no avail. “«* them together to scare them. At a most beautiful spot, a park t r camp was to furnish the will forever be a credit to Salt Lé icken salad for the lunch. The Par Libery became later City (It icers will make the salad and May 7, 1881—The transf{ ask each member to pay 25 al Pacific Union the of Depot ts toward s expense s. Central acific Railroad Companit his is election year for the burned to the ground in Ogdet Tienty cars of merchandise wer(P and Capt. Dickson asked 1 ird the nominating committee | Firt Ogden The ‘consumed. responded % Friday, March eld their meeting After finis Pioneers to scare the cloth. The lesson explained how the pion prepared leather for use in mz their shoes, hinges, harnes etc. The shoemaker in making shoes, made no distinction 1931. tween right and left feet so It was not long until a larger customers faithfully interchang place was needed to hold the their shoes from day to day. relics so plans were started and it Weavers were very necess; was to be built on the grounds of and important workers at t County courthouse. Alice time. The lesson told of Lr the Wilkinsen and Elsie Bell worked Wilkinson Norton and her s Alanson Norton, a weaver by tra very hard and long hours raising with his own looms and corder. | ‘money for the building planning and his wife and children, | projects for funds and planning the building. Ground was broken widowed mother and her childr: in 1948 and Mr. Walter London joined the church in Néw York a began construction of this new were part of the exodus of {| relic hall. members from Nauvoo. Th Alice Wilkinsen was county endured the hardships and per: president and she moved away cution of the Saints, coming and Elsie Bell became county Utah and helping settle the are president. The officers of the using the looms and weaving county camp and of other camps make their living. in the county worked hard serving dinners to raise money to pay for the building. A dedication ceremony w Elma Dickson gave the blessir and closing prayer. Refreshmen were served, delicious pumpk pie, by Glenna Porter, Louix Waldron, Catherine Tucker an Clara Beth Rich. , held April 26, 1953. It is a beautiful building and holds .most of the relics. A few are still in the log cabin. The _ Thelma were served Deleen Sommers. nn Io pee? crows oft crops with. two large flat of the cream and all kinds of top. Ice pings. On the committee were Doroth y | Wright, Clar rt rene ; “The South Morgan Camp of Daughters The Morgan Camp of The Daughters of The Utah Pioneers held their meeting Friday with cents per bushel. Corn 40 cents Captai and scarce. Traveling with him . The n Elma Dickson conducting. was his father, Matthew Kilgore -Rowseopening song led by Doreen r and LoRaine Wilkinson and R.D. Kepley. was and prayer was by Leah His day by day record told of Johnsosung n. Lois Peterson gave a traveling through heavy storms, history camping sometimes without wood Ether of her grandfather, Joseph Butters, born June 23, 1862 and very poor water. Provisions in England. and grain were scarce and very He came costly in some places — $2 a 1869. Her to America Sept. 22, grandmother, Isabella bushel for.corn and $9 a hundred Eliza Welch Butters was born here for hard bread. They arrived in in Morgan Oct. 29, 1865. They had Salt Lake City June 23, 1850. They ten children and led active lives in stayed nine days and his record community and church affairs. tells of the accomplishments the A practice song was sung pioneers had made in three years followed by the lesson. since their arrival. Flora Tonks presented the He was not a Latter-day Saint lesson, *‘Early Clothi ng Manufacand so they continued on to ture.’ She told of the process of California, crossing the Grat making cloth out of flax. It was American Desert and the Sierra very laborious work. She also told Mountains. Aug. 5, they reached about wool. How, after the sheep Placerville, Calif. Provisions were were sheared, the wool wouid be plentiful. Men are coming here washed and picked clean, then from the plains, searching for carded so it could be spun into gold. Even digging here in the yarn. The yarn was then worked middle of the streets. There is on a loom making it into fabric. much sickness also. His journal Bark of trees and bushes and other ends upon reaching the Sacra- natural products were used to dve mento Valley. At the end of the mee ting, ref Ida O'Driscoll led in Pledge of Allegiance. A history of the on Wigs { ounty News Morgan, UT 84050 Friday, January 30, 1981. 7A The Morgan Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers held their meeting Friday in the DUP building. Captain Elma Dickson conducted the meeting. Prayer given by LoRaine Wilkinson. Singing direc‘ted by Dorene Rowser with LoRaine Wilkinson at the piano. PDA Spdetee, . for the benefit of the citizens. The Sp ok a the class, the women were apart and blessed by, Presi Jos. F. Smith to practice | vocations. May 7, 1881—The SLC ¢ purchased a tract of land know the Mill Farm. It is to be conve into a park and pleasure grou Brigade e W. D DUP Club News " et ’ March 1, 1881—A clas midwifery was, given by on all of those who had volunteered their time and work. A history of Louisa Tonks Jones Building. oe prayer Bell. given by _ served kiby Manilla Carter, Deleen Sommers, Flora Tonks and : _ was Refreshments were Veloy Dickson. ; +