Daughters of Utah Pioneers Building [Pioneer Memorial Building] Morgan, Utah CONTENTS 1. HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION of D.U.P. in Morgan County -Louise B Waldron Page 6 ORGANIZATIONAL NOTES Page 8 MUSEUM NOTES - Bits & Pieces taken from the book "Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together" Page 11 Do You Know the History of the Morgan DUP Building? - Morgan County News, 2003 Page 12 D.U.P. PRESIDENTS since 1918 Page 14 DOCENTS - Circa 2000-2016 2. Page 14 MONDAY TOWN, from "Pioneering Morgan County"- Mrs. William Chadwick MONDAY TOWN - Annie S. Dickson - s "r History of the Organization 1 of Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Morgan County : "-'Tt. By Louise B. Waldron Captain of the South Morgan Camp V- Given in the Morgan County Camps Meeting on September 13, 1988, at 7:00 at the D.U.P. MemoriaI Bu ilding p.m. - ; -.iff I I thought it would be appropriate at-this time to give the.; story of the organization and purpose of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. It was founded for the purpose of honoring the thousands of Pioneers who crossed the plains during the 22 years prior to the completion- of the Union Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869. The purposes of this society is to perpetuate the names, dates, and achievements of the Pioneers, by preserving old-; land.marks, collecting relics. histories and records of the strong g character, pure life and heroic deed of the pioneers; by seeking to promote and carry out the objects and purposes of which they had in view when they sacrificed all that they possessed and turned their faces to the west to seek homes in the mountains and - "i^lfSS* ' barren waste of Utah, dates and advents are important in the history of the early days; by reviewing the lives of the "f 'Wtim pioneers, their lessons of faith, courage, and patriotism will create a spirit of fellowship among the posterity of the ... pioneers: The first record I have of the Daughters being organized in' Morgan County is that in April. 1918. Flora B. Horne of Salt Lake City presided at the meeting and Mrs. Ella Despain Boyce was the _ . first county president elected with Annie Waldron Clark and Annie Croft Heiner as vice presidents. On May 2, 1926, a camp was organize^, in Porterville by County President Isabelle Butters (my grandmother) and Second Vice President, Nettie.Durrant. The officers were Martha Porter ' ipSlI Captain; Mary Kilbourn, First Vice Captain; and Sarah Florence, Second Vice Captain; with Clara Carter as Secretary. Eight years later on January 30, 1934, a meeting was held in North Morgan for the purpose of organizing a camp. County President Clara Turner presided. The officers elected in Mt. Joy Camp were. Ethel Adair Tippetts, Captain: Jean Clark, First Vice Captain; Viva Terry. Second Vice Captain; Mary S. Smith, Secretary. v> -f :4' Note: North Morgan was settled in the year 1860 and wag, called Mt. Joy. On March 30, 1934, the South Morgan Camp was organized wij County President Eliza Rich taking charge of the election of officers, daughter Kate Littlefield was elected Captain; Almira Taggart, First Vice Captain; Maggie Tonks, Second Vice Captain; and Annie Sommers as Secretary. June 11, 1934, a camp was organized at Peterson. President Clara Turner presided and Mrs. Pearl Rollins was elected Captain. with Rachel Carrigan, First Vice Captain; Mrs. Dan Gamble, Second Vice Captain; Mrs. Mills as Secretary, In as much as one of the primary goals of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers is the gathering of relics and to preserve them. ' the first move toward that was when the Stake Presidency donated „i a room of the Opera House and the County Commissioners gave i j . $50.00 for remodeling and dedicating it for a relic room. The relics which were donated by the people in Morgan County were » stored here. Later the Stake Presidency gave another room in the Opera House which was used as a meeting room. The Daughters of V - the Camps were constantly being improved upon. February 23, 3 1934, President Clara Turner reported that each year the County Camps celebrated with dinners being served to the County Pioneers. The most important project the Daughters undertook was the construction of this Memorial Building. The idea was promoted while Alice Wilkinson was County President, the construction began while Leona Clark was President and completed while Elsie Bell was President, The daughters of the County Camps did everything to make a dollar for the building. They served dinners, had bake sales, shows, and bazaars, they started a drive of gathering old rags, papers, iron and old farm machinery and sold it to obtain money to start with. The cement cinder blocks used in building the Memorial Building was purchased by many individuals of the community at the price of 25 cents a cement block. When the building was started, September 17, 1948, they managed to raise $3,000. The work was done mostly by donat i on work from peop1e who were interested and the husbands of the officers. Walt London the Carpenter, donated part of his labor free. Lynn Geary was the electrician and plumber. The Veteran's of Foreign Wars put in the cement sidewalk and bridge across the ditch in front of the building. Morgan County Lion's Club shingled the building and American Legion helped lay the hardwood floor. Cleve Peterson laid the linoleum on the cabinets and floor. The first Elder's Quorum also gave their time and labor free. The chairs were bought by the members, each having their name or their parents 1 . . .. name placed on the back of the chair. The building was completed and open house was held March 17, 1950. It was built at a minimum cost of $8,000. ,v The dedication service for the building was held April 26, 1953, with many special guests being present. A fine program was '. presented, after which Kate B. Carter, President of the Central Company of Salt Lake City, gave an interesting talk on the r - . v: H if* organization and purposes of t,he Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Stake Patriarch George Sylvester Heiner offered the dedicatory prayer, after a social was held. C J On March 10, 1977. at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Erneline / -i-M Florence a camp was organized. County President Emeline Florence rr Jr " V" ' n' presided with Gale Birt, First Vice President; 01 if Smith, Second Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, LaRue R. Waldron. The officers elected in the Hardscrabble Camp were Emma Clark, Captain; Grace Kilbourn, First Vice Captain; Jane F. Porter, Second Vice Captain: Janis Helms, Secretary-Treasurer, " -S- Note: They named the Camp after the beautiful Hardscrabble Canyon in Porterville. Hardscrabble means rocky terrain. fteS' On September 19, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. a meeting was held at t home of Carol Gourley. The Weber River' Camp was organi2ed;v% County President Emeline Florence presided with Gale Birt, First* Vice President; Olif Smith, Second Vice President, and LaRue R. Waldron as Secretary-Treasurer. The officers elected in the Weber River Camp were, Carol Gourley, Captain; Delores Kimball,;, fj> First Vice Captain; Linda S. Turner, Second Vice Captain andi-: :| Carol McCain as Secretary-Treasurer. Note: They named the camp after the beautiful Weber River that flows the full length of Morgan County. There is a great feeling of joy being here tonight in this Memorial Building, there is a captivating fascination and charm in the stories behind the displays of pioneer articles of every description. We have pictures of Morgan County pioneers surrounding the walls of this recreation room and antiques filling the showcases and relic room. i To the County Officers and County Camp Officers, as well as * * ^ the members goes a lot of credit and satisfaction for helping preserve these antiques. All the data in this article was obtained from minutes of the D.U.P, meetings and other records. By Louise B. Waldron Captain of the South Morgan Camp September 13. 1988 (OrganiZdti Cna I N ote S DUP in Morgan organized in; April 1918 1926 Porterville camp organized / January 1934 Mr. Joy camp organized? Mt Joy made town in a\186D Ethel Adair Tiippetts Captain, First vice captain—Jean Clark Viva Terry Sec MaryS. South Morgan and Peterson followed. Needed a place for artifacts.. Given room at Opera House. Big Project—Building this building. Leona Clark Pres. Elsie Bell followed. Money difficult- They had bake sales, shows, and bazaars, Gathered old rags, papers, iron and old farm ,achinery and sold . Cinder blocks sold for 25 cents a block. Started Sept 17, 1948 Raised $3000 Lot of donation work, (husbands Ope n house March 1950 Cost $8000. Sylvester Heiner dedica ted it in i 953 The cement cinder blocks used in building the Memorial Building was purchased by many individuals of the community at the price of 25 cents a cement block. When the building was started, September 17, 1948, they managed to raise $3,000. The work was done mostly by donation work from people who were interested and the husbands of the officers. Walt London the Carpenter, donated part of his labor free. Lynn Geary was the electrician and plumber.. The Veteran's of Foreign Wars put in the cement sidewalk and bridge across the ditch in front of the building. Morgan County Lion's Club shingled the building and American Legion helped lay the hardwood floor. Cleve Peterson laid the linoleum on the cabinets and floor. The first Elder's Quorum also gave their time and labor free. The chairs were bought by the members, each having their name or their parents Let's took inside the walls of another building in Morgan. It is the cinder block building on State Street by the Courthouse. This was built by the Morgan Daughters of Utah Pioneers for the purpose of collecting and preserving relics from the people who came to Utah before the railroad in 1869. The first DUP group was organized in Morgan probably in 1918. As they first gathered relics the Stake Presidency gave them room m the old Opera House (now the Spring Chicken Inn) to store their relics. As the organization grew they needed more space and made plans for a building of their own. Fund raisers were held, plans were made the construction began in 1948. The project was organized and promoted when Alice Wilkinson was county president. The project began with Leona Clark as the president and completed under the direction of Elsie Bell in 1950. The cost of the building was $6,000. The donated labor helped make that possible. It included church groups, civic groups, husbands and many people from the community. Fund raisers of every kind imaginable were held. The cinder blocks in the building were purchased and donated by individuals for 25 cents each. Meetings are held in the building. Old pioneer pictures are hung on the walls. Relics are in cases and on shelves. Some stories are told about the items. And if the relics could talk many more stories could be told. DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS MUSEUM NOTES 2013 Bits and pieces of information taken from the book "Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together" by Daughters of Utah Pioneers-Morgan County. When Brigham Young came into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 all of the Great Basin belonged to Mexico. This included Morgan County. ^The earliest man named who had ventured into the Weber Valley was a trapper from Mexico, who was part French and part Cherokee Indian. He had an Indian wife. They settled in Stoddard and built the first home in Morgan County. This was located near Simon Spring, later call Stoddard Spring. We don't know much about this first resident beyond the statement that he was very kind and helpful to the first white settlers. In 1860 he sold his property and it is assumed that he left the valley and moved elsewhere. <Tbomas 3. Thurston of Centerville, Utah was the first white man to choose Morgan as his home. In 1852 he and his two sons werecutting logs in the mountains east oftenterville. Upon reachingthe summit they looked down upon this beautiful valley below. Thurston was reminded of his home in Ohio and promptly decided that he would make his home there. He and two friends camped in the valley for three days and were delighted with the beauty they found. But they knew that it would be difficult to get into the valley with their families to live here. Entirely surrounded by mountajn^, there was only one narrow^anyon through which the Weber River flowed. ^Using the most primitive tools consisting of shovels, picks, crowbars and small plows theyjoosened boulders^onjhejiigh ca n y_o nwalls of W e be r Ca n yo n. I n som e n a r row passes they created a^crude, though passable road into the valley. Men named Peterson and Stevens located a place later to be known as Peterson. While Thurston chose to settle on the west side of the valley in the future town of Milton. John H. Weber, a Danish sea captain traveled through this valley and wintered or camped in 1825-26 with his party on the river which has since borne his name. The name for the city and county was selected in honor of an early settler Jedediah Morgan Grant. He only lived briefly in Morgan but was a great help to early settlers in establishing the community. In 1864, Daniel Williams made a water ditch from the Weber River, The ditch was 9 feed wide and 18 inches deep. From the ditch every man was to make the ditch across his own land. This was completed in time to irrigate that season and a good crop of grain raised. The people paid Williams 200 bushels of wheat for his work. Page 2 Early trades in the valley were farmer, school teacher, blacksmith, brush cutter, sawmill operator, mason or home builder, road builder and hunters. Peterson first settled in 1855 by Charles Shreeve Peterson with his family and son-in-law Roswell Stevens. Mr. Peterson had resided in Nauvoo at the time of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The first white child born in Morgan, (Martha Ann Stevens Heiner,) was born to Roswell and Mary Ann Peterson, on December 4. 1855. However, the first white boy was born in the cabin next to the DUP museum. His name was Charles Russell Stevens. The next year they tried to raise grain but it was entirely destroyed by grasshoppers. Because of this loss they went without bread for three months. Food was supplied by digging wild roots and gleaning for edible berries in the hills. The first hard winter resulted in the death of many of the church-owned cattle that the group had brought with them to pasture in the fertile valley. The women gathered the bones of dead cattle, boiled them in a large camp kettle they had brought across the plains, skimmed the grease, combined it with beachwood ashes and made soft soap for household use. Weber City was the first name given to Peterson. School was held for approximately five months and was not divided into grades. "Readers" Fourth or Fifth Reader was the equivalent of our fourth or fifth grade as we know it today. In 1868 there was high water on the Weber River and all provisions were carried over the mountain to keep the people from starving. The early settlers tried to settle on the banks of the Weber River but they found that many times in the spring, high water from the river flooded these areas and their houses were severely damaged. ws Friday, January 17, 2003 Do You Know the History of The Morgan DUP Building? The Morgan Daughters of Utah Pioneers building in Morgan Let's look inside the walls of another building in Morgan. It is the cinder block building on State Street by the Courthouse. This was built by the Morgan Daughters of Utah Pioneers for the purpose of collecting and pre¬serving relics from the people who came to Utah before the rail¬road in 1869. The first DUP group was organized in Morgan probably in 1918. As they first gathered relics the LDS Stake Presidency gave them room in the old Opera House (now Larry's Spring Chicken Inn) to store their relics. As the organi¬zation grew they needed more space and made plans for a build¬ing of their own. Fundraisers were held, plans were made and the construction began in 1948. The project was organized and pro¬ moted when Alice Wilkinson was county president. The project began with Leon a Clark as the president and completed under the direction of Elsie Bell ill 1950. The cost of the building was S6.000. The donated labor helped make that possible. It included church groups, civic groups, hus¬bands and many people from the community. Fundraisers of every kind imaginable were held. The cinder blocks in the building were purchased and donated by individ¬uals for 25 cents each. Meetings are still held in the building. Old pioneer pictures are hung on the walls. Relics are in cases and on shelves. Some stories are told about the items. And if the relics could talk many more sto¬ries could be told. oo Mark Your Calendars Now For The Morgan County Fair! July 28th Thru August 2nd Watch The Morgan County News for Fair Updates The Morgan County Fair is always looking for volunteers and suggestions. Contact any Fairboard member for infor¬mation. See you at the Fair Once There Was A Snowman... From A Kids Point Of View By Tammy Johnson TMCN Student Writer Snow is the craziest element known to man. One minute small, melty specs are falling m blizzard formation and the next, large, lazy snowflakes are gently descending across the country¬side. There are so many differ¬ent kinds of snow: powder, chunky, flaky, pack-able, icy. slushy, dry and crusty. But 1 think the most unnerving charac¬teristic of "winter water" is the short expiration date placed on good packing snow. On the final day of last week's snowstorm, my brothers, my faithful dog, and I went out¬side to make this year's snow¬man. The snow was piled a foot and a half deep and we knew that this was top-of-the-line packing snow because we tried it out ear¬lier with a large-scale snowball fight. However, when we attempt ed to make a giant snowman we discovered one major problem with our snow supply... the snov. wouldn't stick. When rolling a snowball for a snowman, the snow would just fall off. While the snow was excellent for pack ing that day, its "excellent'' ness had worn off because of the cold. Dad suggested we make a snowman the "old-fashioned way",..with snow shovels (per¬sonally, I think he just wanted the walks shoveled). But taking Dad's wisdom to heart, we soon assembled a large, rugged moun¬tain of snow, only we weren't counting on the mountain's weight. After careful considera¬tion, we decided (he spot it was on was ideal for a snowman and ventured off to make a head. 1 found my brothers have a warped sense of humor and a distorted idea of how snowmen should look like. After we fin¬ished sculpting the mountain into a decent snowman, they turned it into... do 1 dare say?.,,a giant Pikachu (a yellow rat Pokemon)! Oh, the shame of it all! The next morning, we looked out the window and Pikachu was tilted sideways. I think he was hanging his head in embarrassment. After all, who would want a giant Pokemon rat in their front yard?! Snow is great, wonderful, cold, and fun. It's good for sled¬ding, boarding, fights and more...but take it from me, if you're using it to make a snow¬man, don't let your brothers help. Basic Computer Classes Offered to MORGAN COUNTY D.U.P. PRESIDENTS SINCE 1918 h 1918-22 1922-24 1924-29 1929-32 1932-34 1934-36 1936-38 1938-40 1940-42 1942-44 1944-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-51 1951-52 1952-54 1954-60 1960-62 1962-64 1964-68 1968-72 1972-74 Ella Despain Boyce (1st President) Jannetta (Nettie) Hogg Durrant Isabelle Welch Butters Maggie Taggart Francis Clara Hyde Turner Eliza Dickson Rich Ethel Hansen Tippetts Doris Marchant Whittier Mary Smith Smith Thelma Rollins Francis Amelia(Millie) Lamb Robinson Alice Woods Wilkinson Elsie Tonks Bell Leona Boyce Clark Elsie Tonks Bell Eliza Winters Halls Dora Clark Rich Elsie Tonks Bell Alta Calvert Thackeray Jessie Johnston Creager Emma Mills Harding Thelma Salmon Bell MORGAN COUNTY D.U.P. PRESIDENTS SINCE 1918 Continued 1974-76 Grace Bowen Kilbourn 1976-79 Emeline Hendricks Florence 1979-81 Gail Whitaker Young Birt 1981-83 Barbara Carter Porter 1983-87 Jessie Kilbourn Franich 1987-89 Veloy Tonks Dickson 1989-91 Dena Carter Rich 1991-93 LoRaine Bell Wilkinson 1993-95 Eloise Anderson Martineau 1995-97 Lolita Field McFarlane 1997-99 JoAnn Lovell Smith 1999-2001 Francis Burton Turner 2001-03 Fay Devey Hansen 2003-05 Valerie Hancock 2005-09 Connie W Carter 2009-13 Jennifer Larsen Archibeque 2013-17 ShaRon Lower Nelson Williams Morgan Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum is shown anytime by contacting the following Docents DeAnn 801-389-6180 Fern 801-829-3316 Fran 801-829-3577 Dorothy 801-829-6481 Betty 801-829-6022 Bonnie 801-829-6255 PIONEERING MORGAN COUNTY by Mrs. William Chadwick 1947 & e ?n their farms until ~ ^e Monday Tow? colony gave ffielsmerf Morgan t K Sifu of the famflies moved to Mon- their new settlement. Mr. Davff Coolbei^ys that il^r™T'oTe w^b^00lWenttoPort^e- Sf families—Edward Griffith.^sep? S ^d Bober d rLS had if w a? ^ ^^ Kgh water, Jbchardteon-were living on the hillside of Monday Tom ttCT ttmt sitt^ff valley was practically covered with ^ ttchardFry, William Hemming, Charles (Dadd? 8- Budd, Charles Turner, T. R. G. Welch, Ethan Knight, Thoma thSn^S6 ^ -H62 Several Bett^ who owned land ? ^ ^ thoae farther expeS. 3T fT « « «« he JSrssr?ssasss^^™- r^t^^^bSSrfs^^SLs^-E Ic^wer^™ t,- ^ nam^ Shole3- Be^e the railroad t honle seekers, and people kept settling month after month » flEwELfft? 1,6 Mnled wagons I the limited space at the SoSK?H™^ T^ S* i3 ix^STsi^' mat<?es sold 75 cents a would no longw furnish ample room for the peoS to hvl rvsiss/^ ® P™1* ca^co 75 cents a yard, fac- ^mfortably. Some of them were in favor ofmovmi 5? id fn^ftri i.' ^f8 ' 00 a pau"' tea ?6.00 a ponnd, wheat _tleton because therejwas more room. Most of the apt.]or-< « S llfiq a bnshel and flour for $25.00 per hundred. This : oWned land east of CsnyonG^k m 1863" A braS3 e was ?5.00. ing a town where SoS Morgl?now5s SeTJ^ °i?Cat at a lower price than that ofnZ'!' The was offere< decided to move there Littleton, so most of the peopl, TOSH " -.'.' - : " " ...:;. by Annie S. Dickson \-'-r ; Toran frets so naaed because it vsaa Monday when the first settlers moved there. This rata in 1852 ".ihsa several settlers who owned land close by decided to build .a tosn at the .aouth. of eland^y tgsn Hallow. v^i , T.R.G. ;Ralch, OUT Post Office Carrier's grand father, owned the land there and donated it for tho purpoSis of building a.to^u '. Tha Martday Tosn Colony gave the z^ns of Lorgan to their new settlement. .Anorg the first settlers was -Joseph Eean, Bohert Richard son and Edrard Griffiths who lived on the Hillside of Jionday. Terns, ~hile Ethan Knight, Richard Fry, Beaming, Eaday Bridd, Charles Turner, Thm-as JL'.R.G. Welch and others lived a little farther East, '-' V * " . . ' ' At Monday Town in IS32 & pest Qffiiii sas Established and T.R.G,welch -;as app^irrted pest i^gt-gr .fay Ahrp.hgn, SfasolB. 53 fcsld ths positicgi for ? years aird received 0SS.CO for hiaL-" services—per.xicit'U The first store in the valley s^s at Saedag Tosh and operated ty a . an .named Shales. Before.the xaiiraed goods bid to se ceiled in "sagons frcea tha Missouri Ritrt jnri^p ^^t aheat was $5 a czshel, flcnr ^5.00 per^ hundred, shoes $5.00 a pair, sugar $1.00 per pound, zav-cisd 7ients per hex ard tea Oo.CO a pemng. Bat the. Monday coicny thrivsd azn. pec^lB began "to come izare and sore , isonth after .month, until, the F^I7 space "aSUM na longer accaisBadated thsm Thsre was na bridge, aver Garden Orse^ 'ECsre is nos .is .and the people had to go denan to the. Bull ?ar3 to oross. . :: X Most of the settlers oaned -lend, east af Cazyon Gre^k end were no favor of either ^serving to Littleton, the County, Seat of S^orgsn or letting the toan where ^South Morgan now stands. ffee land ^as offered thss at a lower-nrioe than that of Littleton, so mostof rthe, people decided to UOVB there and families, in Monday , Town, trez^f errsd their residence to Sew ^ts^gsn.' and the town attracted attention 'andbsgsn to grew. , ' V'* But the n3e Isonday Tcwn X3 a dearly loved name to the people of Richville. O^? I A-DY- WHO WSB born her says—Jf^When I die please bury SLS in the dear oM toss, of Llanday - -