Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . fusely illustrated brochure entitled The Great MormonTabernacle with its World-famed Organ and details and specifications with historical 25c Rureau of Information, Salt Lake City. Development of Salt Lake City. By Prof. Levi Edgar Young, of the University of Utah. July 23, 1847, a small company of Mormon pioneers underthe direction of Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow, made a camp onCity Creek near the spot where Auerbachs store is now day they turned the waters of the mountain stream o
Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . fusely illustrated brochure entitled The Great MormonTabernacle with its World-famed Organ and details and specifications with historical 25c Rureau of Information, Salt Lake City. Development of Salt Lake City. By Prof. Levi Edgar Young, of the University of Utah. July 23, 1847, a small company of Mormon pioneers underthe direction of Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow, made a camp onCity Creek near the spot where Auerbachs store is now day they turned the waters of the mountain stream on to thesun-baked soil and plowed a few acres of ground. The next the main body of pioneers arrived, six acres of potatoes wereplanted. This was the beginning of Salt Lake City. Sunday,July 25, was spent in thanksgiving and prayer. On number of men began exploring the valley, and on Wednesdayfollowing, forty acres between the two branches of City Creekwere picked out as the site for the Temple. This was subse-quently changed to ten Birds Eye View of Salt Lake City. By August 1st a bowery of brush and logs had been con-structed on Temple Square and on that day a devotional meetingwas held. On Monday, August 2nd, the city was laid out by propersurvey. At a general meeting of all colonists, August 22nd, it wasmoved and seconded to call the city the City of the Great SaltLake. The assembly of the people on this occasion was a typicalNew England town assembly. The people in meeting were ac-customed to consider all questions pertaining to their industrial,social and political welfare. These democratic assemblies werecharacteristic of all the early-day communities of Utah. 28 Salt Lake City During the summer and autumn, a fort was built in what isnow the Sixth Ward, on Pioneer Square. This was for protec-tion. Adobes and logs were used, and a space of ten acres wasenclosed. Within the fort were small dwellings of from one to tworooms, where the families were
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