Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us 'together Myron Spencer Higley and His Eldest Son, George Myron Higley was born December 27, 1801, Leeds Cornaske. He met and married Pricilla Eberson, and here they first heard and embraced the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and were soon on their way to Nauvoo to join the Saints there, arriving in 1841. After the death of the Prophet and the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo, they immediately began preparations for the move West. After a long and perilous journey across the plains, they arrived in Salt Lake City in 1852. Staying there only long enough to rest their worn out animals. They were advised to join a colony of Saints who were going to settle at the mouth of Weber Canyon, then called East Weber, now Uintah. As their teams were all so tired from the long journey across the almost trackless plains, it took three days to travel from Salt Lake City to East Weber, a distance of less than forty miles. Here they made a dugout for shelter until they could cut and haul logs from the nearby hills to build a small house for himself and family, which then consisted of two sons and five daughters. His son, George, married Veincy Wadsworth in 1855 in East Weber. While living there Mr. Higley built a shop wherein he worked at his trade as a wood-turner. He turned all kinds of wooden bowls, from hard wood, which he hauled from the nearby canyons. He also turned many other useful articles, such as bedsteads, legs for tables and chairs, and many small dishes such as mixing bowls, butter bowls, and small bowls, which were used as we now use crockery and earthen ware, and his son George was a very good carpenter. They soon made a good living. They moved to Mountain Green in the early 1860's where he was a very active worker and builder, both in Church and civic affairs. In 1865 the Indians were causing the settlers trouble, driving away their animals and threatening the people. Brigham Young advised them to move to Morgan. They reached Morgan in 1865, where they lived in a small house near where the grist mill now stands. Here he again built a shop and produced many needed and useful articles. Housewives appreciated his work as dishes were becoming very scarce and hard to get. He received very little money for his labor, but traded for food stuff and clothing for his family. They lived in Morgan until 1868. His son, George, remained in Mountain Green to work on the new railroad which was then under construction. They watched the first train pass over the new railroad, which was a thrilling event. George soon moved his family to Hooper. Myron died in Hooper in August 1887, and his wife, Pricilla Eberson Higley, died in February 1892 in Hooper. George worked as a carpenter until the time of his death. He was father to twelve children. MORGAN COUNTY OLD FOLKS PARTY First Row Seated (Left to right) William Hemming, Emma Sanford Hemming, Mrs. (Richard) Susan Fry, Chris Hansen, John W. Rich, Lyman N. Porter, Julia Arthurs, Thomas Grover. SECOND ROW Standing: Sophronia Ann Bull Harding, Susannah Heiner Jackman, E.P. Hardy, T.Iiza Hardy. William Henderson Dickson, Angelina Kilhourn, Daniel A. Heiner (Stake President), Gillispie Waldron, Andreio Poulson, David Coolbear, James J. Peterson, Albert D. Dickson, Mrs. (Charles) Anna Turner, Harriet Clawson, Amelia Croft, Harriet Nash Welch, T.R.G. Welch, George Heiner, Mrs. Ephraim Robison, Ephraim Robison. THIRD ROW Standing at right back: Daniel Bertoch, Henry Florence, Mrs. Daniel Bertoch, Anthony Heiner, Annie Heinz, Johanna Anderson Olson, W.H. Toone. (Taken about 1911) 101