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Nearly all o£ the furniture was homemade anti the teaming was mostly done with oxen. Before stores wero established the settlers would load up a load of wood and take it to Salt Lake City and trade It for groceries atid other necessary articles. This would take them about four to five days to make theririp. There grain was cut with cradles raked and bound by hand end a man would cut about two acres a day.In the early settlement tho children did not wear shoes or stockings and It was strictly in fashion to walk to meeting. Tho late Thomas Williams told the writer that tho first year he was in Grantsvillo he spaded up an aero of ground for James MtBrido There were but few plows In tbo community. Tho grass was bo good that fat beef was gotten off the range in early Spring, At the general drives they would havo roping contests and other fcnU of horsemanship,Tho first real house was built by John W» Clark and was constructed of ndobles find It ia still standing on Clark St, Tho adoblea were mado down on,what is now called Cooley Avenue John TV* Cooley was one of tho progressiva farmors nnd stockmen for many years' and during tho early days of tho settlement ha presided oyer the branch for a short time. To William C, Rydalch belongs tho credit of doing more to improve the breds of hones end cattle than any other man in tho country. Ho Imported from Canada one oflhe finest brood marW nnd*turham bulla that waa in tho county then, and for many years after, James Wrathall who I think came to CraTitsvtlle tho atfrne year that Mr, Rydalch did was tho most successful wool grower in the county .and he, like Mr* Rydalch, through their keen business tael and strict economy amassed what wa3 then con side red a fortune which was before tho days of Eilltanarcs, They both came into this valley poor men. Mr, WrathH told the writer that he landed in Grantsville with only one .steer but ho soon managed to get a few head of sheep and from that Email beginning he became the wealthiest man In tho county, Mr, Rydakh turned his attention more to the rnls ing of cattle but was also a successful farmer. Both men were natives of England and were chuma In their boy hood days, and this same friendship remained throughout their lives. Ther^ were other successful business men who will be mentioned later.The first brick house was built by Bishop Edward IlunUr it is now occupied by Mrs. Harriet Rowbtrry and is situated on Upper Main St.For many years the matt wag carried on horseback. The lata Aaron Sceva told the writer that when ho first came to Grantsvillo that he paid as high as 25c for postage for a letter, The mall carrier would make a trip to Tooele one 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 his pou millers to whom all tho difficulties of the Battlers were referred to for adjudicationEmery Rarrus was the first mayor of Grantsville,3aftathIGriiHnA to i thoEatcEjuslonV,ingweeMrs
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Tooele Transcript and Bulletin
Tooele, Utah, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1923
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