Weber Canyon in 1860 was a very difficult one. The very crude road had been built just five years earlier in 1855 by Thomas J. Thurston and other helpers. Elder Jedadiah Morgan Grant sent three men with teams to assist in putting the road through the canyon. It was a very great undertaking with their primitive ways of building roads. Their tools consisted of picks, shovels, and crowbars, with small plows. In some narrow places, they had to go up on the side of the canyon and loosen large rocks and boulders, and then roll them down into the river below to form a foundation on which to build a road. At last, they were successful in completing this very crude, passable road. Even so, the road through Weber Canyon was so narrow and hazardous that most people traveling through it left their wagons and buggies and walked the narrow stretch which was commonly known as Horseshoe Bend. The driver would then lead the horses and wagons around the bend. This road was still hazardous in 1915. Trappers and Indians had traveled Weber Canyon by horseback, but this road was wide enough for a wagon. In the fall of 1860, David Eaton Henderson and Jonathon Hemingway located the settlement of Richville in Weber Valley. Weber Valley was later changed to Morgan, which was named after Jedediah Morgan Grant who so greatly helped the early settlers. This community of Richville is midway between what is now the town of Morgan and the community of Porterville. Sarah's father built the first house, a log cabin, down by the creek (now East Canyon Creek) about a half mile northeast, or below the present town. David Eaton Henderson had selected a place for a town near East Canyon Creek, but because of the flooding problems, he advised the newly arrived families to build on high ground near the base of the hills and west of the creek, where the town of Richville now stands. There were about a half dozen log houses built during the year of 1861. Nearly all of the first settlers came from Centerville. The land was rich and productive, and the residents claimed to own the best land in Weber Valley. They started at once to plough and plant crops. Work was immediately started on an irrigation ditch. It was built mostly with pick and shovel, some parts plowed, shoveled and leveled by eye. This ditch became known as the Richville Irrigation and Canal Company. A good crop of wheat, oats and vegetables was produced in 1861. A half dozen families spent the winter of 1861-1862 on the present site of Richville. Sarah Elizabeth's father did much to build up the town of Richville. He was active in church affairs, and in 1878 at age sixty-seven was called on a mission to the Middle and Southern States. .Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together The first schoolhouse in Richville was erected in 1863. It was a log building measuring 18x24 feet, with a fireplace at one end for heating. This building was used for school, church meetings and social purposes. This is where Sarah Elizabeth and her family attended church. Sarah worked hard helping her mother in their humble home and her father on the farm. I don't know how she met Isaac Conway Morris, but after their marriage on January 7,1865, they resided in Salt Lake City for awhile. After the death of Isaac's first wife Elizabeth, there were six children to be cared for. The family moved to Richville in 1865 or early 1866. Their life in Richville was typical of the early pioneers. Hunting and fishing were the main sports. Game was plentiful at this early period of time. It was an easy task to get enough fish for breakfast before the sun came up, or shoot enough chickens for dinner, or kill a deer. There were also wild animals such as bears, mountain lions, lynx and bobcats. Dancing was the social amusement. The dance would begin at sunset and last until midnight. Supper was then served. Candles were used for light, and the fireplace heated the building. Playing checkers was also popular in the wintertime. The people were frightened at the first kerosene lamp, so much so that the story is told of one fellow getting a long, dry willow, opening the door a little bit, and lighting the lamp with a stick through the crack. The Shoshone and Ute Indians sometimes made the canyons around Richville and Porterville their home during the summer months. Sometimes 500 Indians at a time would come through the valley. Once in awhile the Indians would ride through town with scalps hanging on poles. These were taken from the Snake and Cheyenne Indians by the Shoshone. The Indians were peaceful with the white settlers and did not bother them much, but did at times ask for food. President Brigham Young told the Saints it was better to feed the Indians than fight them. The only means of transportation before the railroad was a buggy or wagon, and bobsleigh in the winter. Not much traveling took place in the winter. Isaac Morris was a very good rock mason and did some rock laying in Salt Lake when he lived there. In the early spring of 1868, the railroad hired him to build a rock abutment for the railroad bridge at Devil's Gate, Weber County, Utah. It is still in good condition. A second bridge was constructed when the double tracks were laid in 1926. Union Pacific Railway was pushing its way westward and came through Morgan in 1868-1869. When the railroad was being built through Morgan, it proved a blessing to the people. Many men were hired to help move earth