Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-26
SOME FIRST CLAIMS.
Items Culed From by the Pioneer jubilee
Commission From Early Settlers f..e-

Wris.on was evidently one Of the IN
| defatigsbles; he claims TO have beer
the fret Mormon To see Colonel Jane
Allen, the recruiting officer Tor tht
government; to have heipeb n Mo INT
! PlsRnh 10 plant and fence | 900 acres
tf,rihe pnoI; to have arrives here July
| 20, 1S47, H. ums to h lp m Ike the firsi
dam In Ciiy Greek; the fret itch o III,
| now Fourteenth ware: 10 rlshtina
hrst potatoes on ground plowed by q
w. Brown; to run tne lines Of surve y
each aide OF Main street; to point two.
| thirds OF tho stakes used for survey
| corners aud to have helped builI III O
| drst adobe house.
Toe first b)wery (or building) was
| orm nenoed August 1t, 1897, Jam
w. Sbups reports his call to work on
| II that Jay. two days alter his nTrivsl,
The first aJobes were joint effort,
many claim to have worked on them
and In building the old fort.
The first BRICK was mako by Frank
Pullep, assisted by John Lowry and
J. II. Pugmire, the house. built from
this brick IL ssid to be still sta ndin 6 In
the south OF F,urtte tn or FIfteenth
ward.
The first house to have a roof on was
that Of Mrs. Celia Hunt, who, with her
husband, came In from California. He
returned the same winter Tor catll /,
seeds, etc.
Tho only existing house built In the
fall OF Is47 Ia owned now by VIM. w.
Ritter.
The hrst salt was made ut the Lske
by Stephen Goddard, Brother Button
and another, the water waa boiled
down In kettles anu the product
counted excellent.
The first southern exploring and
fishing party consisted OF Farley Z.
Pratt, John M. Higbee, Henry nj.
Russell and others, 70 was difficult
trip Tor wagon anu outfit, and few
trout the result, but the valley (UIah)
was a surprise AMI so reported.
The fret boat uDon Salt Lake was
huilt Tor exploration by Thomss j.
Tnurstop, Joseph Mount anu Willism
Potter.
Tue frst bitches were no doubt made
In unison. Jarvis johnson claims to
have done considerable.
The first violin made by Horace
Drake In 1917.
The fret loom msds IN Utah was by
Brother Ollertop.
The first yard Of cloth woven there
on was by Jane Holden for Mother
Sessions.
The fret beef gallows, meat block
and meat market were made pnd
opened by DOR p. Curtis.
The fret school opened IN Utah was
by Eliza Osttander (GreeD) III the Oh
Fort. This honor IL also claimed Tor
Mary Miles.
Tue first dress made from sacks by
Harriet Sargent Rich; ths material
was coiore1 with willow leaves.
The fl %. ooservaiioo was taken by
Orson Pr,tt early In July, 1s47, ia
strumeDt carried by Ozra r. Ess.rIau.
The first two fheep brought into
the valley by Joseph 8. Murdoch;
Salley Murdoch wno drove her owl,
team, hal three more tied under her
wagon.
The first OK team driven Into the
valley was by j. Il. Ensign, under
the direction OF Captain Daniel
Spencer.
The frst mail Carried to Winter
quarters IN ls45 was dore b, Samuel
Lowie, Charles p. Decker and Ammi
Jackman(7)
The 6rst gold discovered In Utah
was aiken by Joseph IL, iPugmiIe from
the Rizzird OF a chicken III Parowan
in 1850 /.
The nrst lime $50 bushels, was
burnt by Joel Psrrisn In Emigration
canyo on June, ls4S.
Toe last letter written by President
brigham Young was to ID. oior j. IL.
Faust, who now possesses and prizes 1;
beyond money.