Excerpt from History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns and Villages, Chronology of Important Events, Records of Indian Wars, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens Almost half a century has elapsed since the bold pioneers entered Sanpete Valley to make homes amidst the savage Indians and barren deserts of sagebrush. The veterans of '49 have nearly all disappeared from the valleys where they chased the redmen, erected homes and conquered the arid lands, converting Sanpete into a veritable agricultural paradise. Many of the sons and daughters have crossed the mountains in quest of new vales to conquer, and it is fitting that at this time a comprehensive history should be compiled. The book here presented will be preserved as one of the most valuable family treasures, beneficial for its pages of history, genealogy, biography, commercial and educational records and the familiar features of representative citizens. The publisher has labored at great disadvantage in compiling this book, because such a work has never been issued and data could not easily be collected. There may be some errors in dates and omissions of events of minor importance, as is always the case in the first issue of such a volume, but the most searching efforts have been made to have it a reliable and comprehensive work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.