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Copy From Grantsville Observer Five years after the Pioneers cai to Utah Jedediah M, Grant was bc out with a party to explore the cc ntry West of Salt take City. Wh they came to the vicinity oi whe Grantsville is new located they dec] ed to follow the creek that is nlt; known na South Willow Creek to : source. They decided that there w aufficent water to care for a sett! ment* Thera is now soroo of tho be farms In tho country watered frc that creek and no better eoII is fou; in tho State and no better clima anywhere in this mountain regie which goes to prove the wisdom of tl early planers In establishing tho sett ment of Grantsville,Tho first buildings were all built lt;logs with floors of mother earth* TJ first summer tho people erected bowery where they held their mee ings# There were no trcca^vhero tt town is now situated* Aaron Scev James McBride, and John W, Clar planted the first trees in the Bctth meat.In 1SG1 William G. Young w»b sen by President Young to preside ave the people. He was the first 13isho and his rvord was Jaw. He on) ere tho cuttle drives and toolc tho lead 3 anything that he thought was for* th best good of the settlers.Nearly all of the furniture wa homemade anti the teaming was mos! ly done with oxen. Before stores wot established tho settlers would load u a load of wood and take It to Sa] bake City and trade it for groccrlc and other necessary articles. Thl would take them about four to fiv days to make theririp. There graf was cut with cradles raked and boun by hand end a man would cut fibou two acres a day.In tho early aeUiement tho chlldre did not wear shoes or stockings an it was Btrictly in fashion to walk t meeting* Tho late Thomas William told the writer that tho first year h was 3n Grantsville he spaded up a: aero of ground for James McBride There were but few plows In the com munity, Tho grass xvas bo good tha fat beef waa gotten off the range ii early Spring, At the general drive they would havo roping contests am other feats of horsemanship,Tho first real house was built b; John W» Clark and was constructs, of adobles and It la still stand lug o; Clark St, Tho adobles were mad down on,what is now called Cook; Avenue, John TV* Cooley was ono o tho progressiva farmors nnd riockmc] for many years' and during tho carl; days of tho settlement ha preside over the branch for a short time. T William C, Rydalch belongs tho credi of doing more to improve the bred of hones end cattle than any othe man in tho country* IIo Imports from Canada one oflhe finest brooi marW andyturham bulls that waa i tho county then, and for many year after, James Wrathall who I thin! came to CraTitsville tho aatnu yea that Mr* Rydalch did was tho mo* successful wool grower in the count; .and he, like Mr. Rydalch, througl their keen business tact and stric economy amassed what wa3 then con side red a fortune which was befor tho days of Eilltanarcs, They hot] came into this valley poor men. Ui WrathaH told the writer that he land ed in Grantsville with only one.steei but he soon managed to get a fev head of sheep and from that smal beginning he became the wealthier man In tho county* Mr, Rydak] turned his attention more to tha rnls ing of cattle but was also n aucceasfu farmer* Both men were natives o England and were chums In their boy hood days, and this aarne friendshi] remained throughout their lives. Ther^ were other successful busines men who will be i mentioned later.The first brick house was built bi Bishop Edward Ilunter it 3s now ccc upied by Mrs. Harriet Rowbtrry niu is situated on Upper Main St.For many yeara the matt was car ried on horseback. The late Aaror Sceva told the writer that when hlt; first came to Grantsvilla that he pale as high as 25c for postage for A letter The mail carrier would make a trij to Tooele ono day returning tho next That was in the days when the mail was carried by ttage from Missouri river to California, and the stage route was through Tooele.All the affairs of the settlement were executed under the supervision of the Bishop and Ids pounrillors te whom all the difficulties of the Bet. tiers were referred to for adjudication Emery Rarrua was the first mayor of Grantsville, ........ Bill|F|^HEN in need of
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Tooele Transcript and Bulletin
Tooele, Utah, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1923
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