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Title: Americana
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: American Historical Company National Americana Society American Historical Society
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Publisher: New York : National Americana Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ttlementswere formed along the valley of the Weber river, and later, viz.1861, Summit county was organized.^ It takes it name from thefact that it includes within its boundaries the summit of theWasatch range. It borders Salt Lake and Morgan counties ontile east, and is noted for its coal and mineral deposits. I. Geo. A. Smith, Answers to Questions, p. 21, and Bancrofts Hist. Utah.PP- 594-5- The chief settlements, founded in early days, were Kamas. at first buta grazing ranch owned by Thomas Rhodes; Coalville, the present county scat(1859), Wanship, after an Indian of that name, and highly esteemed by the earlysettlers of Utah; Peoa (1S60). Ho\nsvilie, Henmfer, and Echo soon followed.Park City, the most considerable town of the county, grew from the developmentof the great silver mmmg industr>- in the south end of the county, which occurredsome two decades later. The great Ontario and Silver King being among the bestknown mines of the district, and of the inter-mountain west. (262)
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Blue line shows territory mcluded when MAP OF UTAH Sept 9, 1850. Successive reduction, and present boundaries arc indicated on the face of the map. HISTORY OF THE MORMON CHURCH 263 In the same year, two companies were organized in Salt LakeCity to effect a settlement in the Green River valley. The firstcompany, consisting of 39 men, was led by John Nebker; thesecond, numbering 53 men, was under the leadership of IsaacBullock.^ Both companies united and formed a settlement on astream known as Smiths Fork, in the vicinit^^ of Fort Bridger,calling their settlement Fort Supply. Some months previous tothe founding of this settlement Brigham Young had purchased ofJames Bridger a tract of land comprising thirty square miles,for which he paid $8,000 in gold. He erected a stone fort andmade corrals for the protection of animals, and made other im-provements on the ranch, amounting to $8,000 more. A countywas organized called Green River county, with Fort Supply asthe county seat. In 1857 the U

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