The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25
ME census gives American Fork,
lying between Salt Lake and Pro-
yo. a population of l q42 souls.

1CcO. anu w do 1IoO VI dllIOQ do pIOCluCO
under the provisional government at spe-,
cial sitting of the county court held June
%, 1851. At that time American Fork ex-
tended clear up to the Provo line.
Mr.. L. E. Harrington was the first mayor
and at the time of his death enjoyed the dis
tinction of being the Oldest postmaster, the |
Oldest mayor and the oldest legislator in
Utah, as well as one of the ablest.
American Fork was the first city in the
territory to have free school.
The mirror City," as it is aptly called,
has grown UP wonderfully in the past two
years and has many large and substantial
buildings that speak well for its enter
prise.
The city is located ABOUT thirty miles
south of Salt Lake city on the line of the
Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific
railroads, and is the mining town of Utah
county.
Among those who are first and foremost
in anything to advance the interests of the
city are o. F. Hunter, superintendent of
the Coop; H. Pomeroy proprietor of the
Grant hotel; Cay Lombard, president of
the bank; William Grant, proprietor of
Grants music emporium. and HERALD
agent; D. P. Pratt, the livery man.
American Fork owes much of her prom
inence to the fact that she is in such close
proximity to the much talked of American
Fork mines-which are more particularly
spoken of in the mining department of
THE CHRISTMAS HERALD.
The following business firms are seen in
olr n o,l-
and deserve special mention as the enter
prising firms of the city:
WILLIAM GRANT.
Who has not heard of William Grant in
connection with American Fork2 AS THE
HERALD man stated the object of his visit
Mr.. Grant said: 'WelI, we can't have
American Fork go in without being repre-
sented." This is a fair index to what kind
of gentleman he is. Ever alive to what
ever makes his city progressive he has his
quota ready to encourage it. He calls his
place Grants Music Emporium, and right
well does it deserve the title, for he has
veritable emporium and carries stock
complete, from SC. harmonica to an ele-
CANT piano. Besides his musical goods he
has store packed with all kinds of china
and glassware, cutlery, watches, clocks,
jewelry, silverware and fancy goods in
profusion, pictures and frames. His pic
ture gallery is well worth a visit.
He does a big wholesale trade that
reaches from ST. George to Idaho.
He has been in American Fork since 1866
and commenced business one year later.
His musical ability has been a public bene-
~ hox laadar of
Fork band for twenty years. Other pub
lie duties have made him a leading man in
its truest sense.
He is agent for THE HERALD and in fact
is a general newsdealer. His location on
the county road is well known to all who
ever travel through, it being so marked,
covering an area of 50x60 feet, two stories,
and is entirely inadequate to his fast grow
ing business as will DE seen by the cut that
occupies his space. He knows how to ad-
vertise.
AMERICAN FORK co oP.
was established in March, 1870, in about
the same location as at present. 1t mas
had its ups and downs similar to all other
Co-ops, but has always come up a little
higher after every storm. The present
gentleman at the helm, MIR. o. z. Hunter,
is son of the late Bishop Hunter. He
has partaken very much of his fathers
affable and executive ability that made it
self felt as soon as the superntendency
was given him. The store has a frontage
of about seventy-five feet and has two
stories. the ground floor of course being
used as the store the upper floor as a
nd roalrincr hnnGp Tho cfna,-
embraces full line of general mercnan-
disc, besides wagons, farm implements,
etc, and lumber, lath, shingles, mouldings,
doors and sash. Their share of business
is now, as always, on the heavy side and
ali competition is welcomed, they beng
safe against any honest competitor who
enters the field
The Coop is sin the SWIM with any
enterprise that savors of progress, either
pertaining to its own business OR that of
the city, hence on every proposition to give
American Fork representation, Mr. Hun
ter is ready to have the Coop sin it'' i'm
mediately The house does large export
trade in Utah products and baled hay. es-
pecially.
II. PoMERoY.
Hearing of the prosperity of Utah, Mr.
Pomeroy left a good business in Montrose
to try Utah climate. his health being some
what defective in Colorado. The Mirror
City'' seemed to be about what he wanted,
so he secured the Grant hotel, transferring
his hotel fixtures or such of them that it
was advisable to move, and opened up as fine
hotel as we find in the south, in regard to
fare. 1t makes ones mouth water to an
ticipate meal time. He has cook that is
only equaled in the south at RockhilIs,
Spanish Fork.
He has complete electric call and return
system, the only one in the south. He also
has a system of hot and cold water to every
room and fully equipped bath room that
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