The Settlement and Development of Wayne County, Utah, to 1900

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Theses and Dissertations
1975
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Aldus DeVon Chappell
Brigham Young University - Provo
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development
settlement
THE AND OF
1900
WAYNE COUNTY UTAH TO
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PREFACE
there contributed to
have been many have the
who
it
this primarily
completion faith
of work but has been the
encouragement I received dear wife rayda
and from
1 my
that to
prodded conclusion
on a
me
at
this enterprise
beginning
the of I excited
was
1
enthusiastic prospect writing history
about the of the
and
it
birthplace got
surroundings I into
of
and
my As
1 my
interest
expanded but enthusiasm declined because I could
my
1
find only meager written records to afraid
from which
draw
that most graduate committees look for an extensive bib-
if
lio scarcity
liography I published
graphy the of material
wondered
1
prove to big
might be too an obstacle however I determined
1
little
if
person
that his best
a did more could asked
be
so after searching libraries at state
the the utah univer-
sity young university historical society
brigham utah
and
historical
department I to diaries
the church went
1
biographies autobiographies personal
interviews to
and
it
satisfying
material
obtain the bulk of tedious
was a
my
interesting
I believe I to satisfac-
work have covered
1 1 my
at least at
tion best sources that are
the of information
present
available
trust ability
I that to this
commit abundance of
1
my
material to paper will beneficial to
be worthwhile and those
interest
have an
who
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tells story
mans struggle against
the of
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nature for future generations to better life
order
in
have a
this thesis will once again bear out the saying that
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
page
iii
PREFACE
vi
LIST
FIGURES
OF
chapter
1 LOCATION 1
GEOGRAPHY AND
settlement
2 BEFORE 7
INDIANS 13
THE
3
beginnings
4
EGINNINGS
17
1
conditions
LIVING
23
EARLY
5
organization
6
CONTINUED 27
GROWTH AND
beginnings
7 01 INDUSTRY 35
OF
aauuxxljiliaries
ffaabbileess
8
EARIES ORGANIZED 51
CHURCH
ddooernni gil
54
9 NEW COUNTY FFOOERMMED
ID 511
6600
10
STAKE ORGANIZED
WAYNE
amusements
69
11
ap
1p
1 MEDICAL SERVICES 77-3
3
BITS PFIIEECCEESS 78
13
AND
14 88
REVISITED
WAYNE CCOOUUNNTJ-Y
Y
bibliography
92
LIST
FIGURES
OF
figure page
map of utah
1
5
county
wayne
of
map
6
2
expense
statement for bringing in
outlaw
40
3
original rights
agreement for water purchased
4
indians
from
45
vi
a-
chapter
1
GEOGRAPHY AND LOCATION
tril
county is
wayne situated central
utah in the south cen
it cou-
part
state
is sevier emery
of the bounded by
bhe and
plute it
nties on the north from which was taken on the
garfield green
st
east river
wweeostt the south the
on and on
ssoouotthhae aarrildd
wel
it
its
natural
but uneven boundary as
forms a winds
way
to
the colorado
total area county is square
the of the miles
phe 2
1175
it
nd
mostly mountains desert is twenty tthhrreeee one
and
fee
und
half miles wide and approximately ounnee hundred and five miles
green
river
long depending you measure the
on where on
gilbert
l87
survey
in 187576
a of the
1875 76 made
18776
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region reported
rocky
mountain
and
aridity
natural obstacles region
the of the the
bhe
buhhee
it
primitive ever
nt even
uggeeddnnecssss have kont the
and ko
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little it
explorers
indians to use
of
seem have nade
mmaaddoe
tot
lot enter region until
not
did the
1869
lot
plateau
the climate of the around the henry
aromnd
temperate arid average rainfall
mountains ib the
and
gli
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only more than inches the northern three
5
tarr rainfall
mountains receive about tthhrrere times as
much
2
1
plateau
surrounding
as
the
ities
elevation wayne county aties varies
the of hkaayynnee
communities
comman
commtn
at at
feet loa western to feet
7000 the 14220000
from o0oo00 on end
st
vviillliee east
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rainfall vary
climatic conditions also for
and
statistics
example the department of commerce bureau of
government year
federal for ten period to
US the
1930
reports
average temperatures ville
the were hanksville
1940
Hanks
533 429 highest temperatures ville
llooa hanksville
42.9
5339 10 a 429 Hanks 110
53.39
53
3
temperatures ville
loa lowest hanksville loa
100 Hanks
27 33
years
foorr higher tempera-
records other
have and lower
shown
J
tures are not to they are
so these considered records
be
given primarily for comparison during this period
same
precipitation
including
to average yearly
the
1940
1930
5l8
ville
rain hail sleet for hanksville 55.1188 inches
was and
snow Hanks
518
774499
loa 7.49 inches
report
spell
extremely
old timers an cold in the
1880s at
river bicknell
1880 the bottoms froze over with a
when
coat of iccee solid enough to support the weight of a twelve
ice
d
earlier
even
horse maxfield
hundred pound 1879
E
H
aws
reported that to
horses sheep froze death in
and
ows
cows
0
2
stalls
their range
out the
on
and
gary lawyers
thesis
in mr frank on the geology of
east wayne county pointed
the henry mountains of
end he
out
area
settlement development of the
and was
interrupted late 9go0s s large
in the flood swept
a
when
villages
river destroy-
the fremon inundated the
fremont
down
L
irrigation
systems
ing
and and covered the farm
dams
silt
land with
history
2 elijah
history hiett
of maxfield yfoound in
found
und
fields
fiel alice johnson printed
maxfields history
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gainesville
during this period half cainesvviillllee
of Caines
has been
villages
swept four smaller badly
away were so
that
they half
were
damaged abandoned and more than
population area 3
of the of the
whole has away
moved
later
will this
more mentioned of flood
be
geograp-
wayne county are
the in divided
communities
eastern
hically with most of the communities being in the
portion they are located in rectangular valley running
a
approximately sixteen long five
miles miles in
and wide
this area altitude is
the the 7000 foot level
around
and
all
frost is
free that
about of weather can
two months
be
agriculture
according to
expected the US department
of
salt city
office average
weather bureau in lake utah the
killing
last
frost spring is june
in
date of the
and
19
first killing
average frost
is
the date of the in autumn
september the average is nearly three resi-
so
6 months
it
area reported years at
dents of the have where
snowed
h
4
least
once
each month
ttilee rise abruptly
rather
the mountains the south
on
east fish
boulder thousand lake north lake
and
foo-
is
gradual
slope west
while the more on the where the
irto parker hhiillllsides
thills develop the the sides
mountain
and
are vegetation
slopes
mountain covered with various kinds of
that excellent for as well as
browse wild domestic
make
3ugggaaaryrryy
frank lawyer geology of the henry
mountains
11
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provo
geolqgstudies
studies vol I
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december
1970
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studies
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statement
by william lavon chappell personal
april
interview
1974
197
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