Tee ee = 4. ies not i NG aE By DON BAKER | HARRISVILLE — Lot 4. —, ys rq Ae / | . J* — ) ; During/the next ty years —|on a mission fo the Salmon In largeja turbulent time for the LDS|River area in Idaho with ‘\measure, the early history of;Church — Martin moved around|several other missionaries. \Harrisville is also the history of|doing various ithe man for whom the town was| ti} lnamed — Martin Henderson he kinds of finally work| made _|Susquehanna River. higher ground and worked fo roll Pioneer, educator, religious \leader, businessman and _ the town’s first animal control liofficer, Mr. Harris played a }/ vital role in the development of \this community trom 1851 until his death in 1889. His chronicle began Sept. 29, |Mahoopeny He? | Creek and the|Harris ON FARMS moved other ‘Phe son of Emer and Deborah|™¢ his farmers farm during to moved on a series of farms |Pennsylvania and Ohio in By 1852, Mr. Harris am-| 4 hie as <|requested a change petition his:organized the ©|Harris : | Keeper. — 1868, _ it! directorship. in status; granted During the same and the — eee Re. other Pas month, he: neighbors in erecting a sawmill powered by! as the first molasses pound mill in the con-| of 1876, Mr. struction project. A member of the district road In the spring < —_;commussion, Mr. Harris was! Harris planted a’ grove of shade << active in laying out numerous|trees in commemoration of the © /Key Weber County roads and < |participated in the construction |nation’s centennial p |of the Utah Northern Railroad. land In addition to his many ac- | tivities for the church a number of district that birthday fandmark- | 3 — still Fo Called to a mission to the records|Eastern States one year later, te and statistical teports for his/Martin Harris was stricken with area. | Paralysis Agitans and returned When the United Order was’ home in 1878. School : | and{{/ourishes today. district, Martin Harris also kept| Court Tighth by was = ‘| |precinct was officially named Four Mile Creek and included a m |Harrisville — with Martin munity had enough people for a school and the County had and \_|from district to precinct; the!joined = pao Als example, _the constitution of the company, continued to) Mr. Harris was also elected toa “|prosper Within two years, the com-| 1 212 BUSHELS where was om house are ae farm) harvest|}OuOWe@ for enough grain to get Lott Harris, young Martin grew) “tough the winter. — jup the mission bushed by Indians; twoj missionaries were killed and the ill-fated Salmon River Mission was abandoned. Martin Harris arrived home} in April only to find Weber) County residents in the process of moving to Utah County to avoid possible contact with Johnston’s Army. Upon his return from Utah County in July, Mr. Harris 11820, in a smail Pennsylvania -jtownship near the junction of | The community In February of the following} © | the|Yeat, decision to move to Utah. He left St. Joseph, Miss. on April 29, 1850, and arrived in Weber County some five months later where he built the first log house north of Four Mile Creek and immediately sowed eight acres of grain. His first harvest was a disaster. Attributing crop failure to “salt in the soil,” Martin H Harris. the new branch presidency. implemented in the Ogden area} For the next 11 years, J : | the jhe attended school winters and farm well into production, | District. Started a Town during May of 1874, the pioneer/dread spread throughout jtended to farm chores the rest|harvested 212 »ushels of grain} While a school house was appointed assessor and clerk, a/W@S appointed treasurer for|his bodypalsy— rendering him an jof the year. _ |and generally paved the way for|under construction in the town post that he held for eight Harrisville’s district. invalid and finally claiming his | After a run of tough luck with| other i crops, the Harris family moved the pioneers who settled in square, Martin H. Harris taught area. jon to a county in Missouri! But the thriving little com- an eveninga school |where they were immediately munity of about seven families|home without pay. jwarned to leave or face the/abruptly left their homes the| jconsequences of a gubernatorial |following jorder legalizing the ex-\Indian year troubles in the wake and ‘|Nauvoo legion and participated settlers Mr. moved tification inside but the the , A other neighboring |Harris also served as a families}: was eventually baptized in 1842.| p Martin was immediately called | t - : Sr * ; life on Feb. 14, 1889. of Ou in to personally drafting 3 lve Harrisvile;” SS Se ’ Sa ® A / S ERR af the a l Latter-day : ; | ‘ ae : | | | no of the Infor- Melvin T. Haymond, Utah Historical Society. Representing the Beehive House were Jean Dunn and Mrs. Mildred Bradley. The Beehive House was the formal residence of presidents of the Church for many years, . aso,’ McKay Committee; and Jay Later it served working home, girls and as a home away about for from 10 years ago it was restored to its original pioneer character. Elder Hanks noted that designation of the Beehive House was an “appropriate and pack appreciated recognition Mel », of one of the most significant 4) an beautiful buildings in the West.” aS © . — The Beehive © House House was Was the Cie a ¢, é ~ : yak te " “ ; 4 we - e ¥. Le , . < - P . = es , then, 12 more sites have bee so ~ , . ~ ss ee elv:n T. Smith of the State Histori cl Merion Hanks and ‘ Robert McKay a unveil newoe ee historical plaque. : Lake Count y to be designated historic site. The designation on the National Réelaten as a Was made a year ago. Since eee & Second such building in Salt ek E ~ yas ~ 5 “4 x : ae < , a 2 ex. yo 7 designapd. ee - a 7 ‘ s 6 8 » Sai - : ’ oe * - * ' ef ne : “ -—— we s - as 2 Woe ’ S , <*.< : “it ~ “, iy we DLS Mae ; an woe e . ~ SS EY ‘ pas: . Ps a. <7. wt oe 4 « e * ah SOE Nie * -~ . . Vor, ao ata OT - Se*s Sate eS i a : en® COUR s: ; ae S Saints, and a rep- Robert cae Gag} resentative of the Church Information Committee: Elder mation Smith, tr a e - AA aS ee ee J Present at the plaque unveiling were Elder Marion D. Hanks, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve, The Church of Jesus Christ of 5 . and In 1863, the little settlement| formed the ‘Manufacturing and was organized into a branch of|Industrial Co-operitive In- 5 designating he residents 1856, the Beehive House is But it was a short stay... =e plaque year, area located at South Temple and State Streets. It was refurbished and restored about 10 years ago and has become a major tourist attraction. SHORT STAY {bodyguard to Joseph Smith and} other ir anes inBuilt by Brigham Young moved out of the fort and back'|! who gained fame as one of the following Was unveiled this week, Three Witnesses to the Book of onto their farms. +Mormon, young Martin H. ' The several Beehive House in Salt Lake /tY as a national historic site _ Finally, é in 1857, Martin and| A cousin to the Martin Harris : Noe, was}. cultivation. CAIDER EAME: yee: was set apart as first counselor in addition Ce jin the construction of the LDS'remote enough that they were |} |temple there. able to keep their farms under; fe own Harris for-| , conflict his When the district was fully|the LDS Church and Martin was|stitution of organized, termination of Mormons. inside Bingham’s Fort. AH '| Young Martin’s family moved! The Walker War of 185455! . pen te Sees erieee - kept Martin Harris and _his|, lyears later, Martin joined the fellow in ae.= op CO : oa PEERS LS eek ca Oe erent ~~ !