CONTENTS Forward Acknowledgement Chapter 1 Early History of The Saints 1 Chapter 2 Introduction To Early Days Location of 11 Pioneers Chapter 3 Arrivals and Their Locations 17 Chapter 4 Many Things Called For Immediate Attention 48 Chapter 5 Organization of Irrigation Companies 55 Chapter 6 Harvest Time 57 Chapter 7 Schools 59 Chapter 8 Religious Aspects of Our Pioneers 77 Chapter 9 Pony Express 110 Chapter 10 - Railroad & Industrial Developments 115 Chapter 11 - Pioneer Entertainment 132 Chapter 12 - Early Day Means of Travel 144 Chapter 13 - War Service & Effect on Community 146 Chapter 14 - Conclusion 149 -IV- Chapter 1 EARLY HISTORY OF THE SAINTS "By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles"? So asked the Redemer of the World. The LatterDay Saints, having accepted the "Restored Gospel"; derided, rediculed, persecuted, and had all manner of evil spoken against them; obedient to the command, gather together mine elect, those who covenanted with Me through sacrifice; large numbers of Saints under the leadership of Brigham Young, left their temporary abode on the banks of the Missouri River, April 14, 1847; traveled over trackless prairies and mountains, over desolate sand wastes and rivers, and through miles of wilderness, leaving much of their earthly possessions and many beloved dead over a thousand miles behind, arriving on the 24th of July of that year at a spot in the Salt Lake Valley to which they had been directed by their Prophet before his martyrdom and beheld in vision by Brigham Young before they commenced their journey. The story of the colonization of Salterville can never be told properly without first giving a brief sketch of the early lives and religious affiliations of the men and women who took part in that momentous event. Realizing that such a history is not new to the older members of our Church, many of whom may feel that a rehearsal of that history is of little importance in this connection; yet, a brief account of their past lives included here may serve to exemplify their previous experiences and participations in important business transactions, which, no doubt, qualified them for the discharge of responsibilities and arduous tasks which laid ahead. Limited time and space forbid entering into a detailed discussion of their activities prior to settling Utah. We are sufficiently informed that those who laid the foundation on which our most cherished community was built were members of that body of men and women who accepted and obeyed the teachings of the "Restored Gospel." Our first knowledge of them was gathered from their activities after the organization of the Church. Formally engaged in normal pursuits of life; blinded by the philosophy and false doctrine of man-made religions, they no doubt waited anxiously for the advent of a plan through which the fruits of faith and devoted efforts would be realized in assurances in a life hereafter. Accepting the "Restored Gospel" as such a plan, they were drawn from all walks of life, not alone in this, but in many foreign lands as well, and became active participants in declaring and defending its life-saving principles. Other than possessing an unyielding faith in the saving principles of the Gospel, they must have been endowed with more than ordinary ability and capacity to deal with emergencies and meet the challenges arisen in a religiously upset world. To us the words of Apostle Orson Pratt, "the introduction of this revealed -1-