. Picturesque Cardston and environments : a story of colonization and progress in southern Alberta. in the spring: of 1887,when he located his homestead and pre-emption claims whichnow comprise the north half of the present town of Cardston. While living in Cache Valley,President Card was the life andenergy of the settlements there, andfor fourteen years superintended theerection of the great Logan Templeand the Logan Tabernacle, besidesbeing identified with every move-ment calculated to enhance thepeace and prosperity of the the first few years he was alsoan active member of the Mi
. Picturesque Cardston and environments : a story of colonization and progress in southern Alberta. in the spring: of 1887,when he located his homestead and pre-emption claims whichnow comprise the north half of the present town of Cardston. While living in Cache Valley,President Card was the life andenergy of the settlements there, andfor fourteen years superintended theerection of the great Logan Templeand the Logan Tabernacle, besidesbeing identified with every move-ment calculated to enhance thepeace and prosperity of the the first few years he was alsoan active member of the MinuteCompany of the Militia, holding thecommission of Captain, and when heretired was on the staff of ColonelRicks, ranking as Major. Since founding Cardston, and tak-ing up his residence here, PresidentCard and his estimable wife havebeen untiring in their efforts for the settlement, developmentand up-building of these communities, and verily have theybeen both father and mother to a large and growing labors, however, have been like bread cast upon the waterand their reward is Mrs. C. O. Card. BISHOP JOSIAH A. HAMMER. One of Cardstons most prominent pioneers is Josiah , whose portrait and residence appear in the pages of thisbook. He is bishop of the Cardston ecclesiastical ward of the Mormon Church, and is a comparatively wealthy stock-raiserand a shrewd business man. He is a stockholder and directorin the Cardston Co., Limited, the pioneer mercantile institutionof the town, and was the first Overseer of the village, beingunanimously elected to that honorable position. Under hisregime the town has rapidly improved, and an era of notable
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