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ft 'ICSS -■' ■' 7^/ iC^Ack^Jx, —i— i 1859 CITY OF SMITHFIELD — 1912 A brief history of the Town from pioneer days until the time of 1912. Before these fields were shorn and till'd Full to the brim our rivers flowed, The melody of waters filled The fresh and boundless wood; And torrents dashed and rivulets played And fountains spouted in the shade. --Byron -- Situated in the heart of the beautiful Cache Valley surrounded on all sides by majestic mountains, stands in all its beauty, the enterprising and growing City of Smithfield. A living throbbing monument to the brave men and women of fifty years ago, who toiled and labored in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers to build for themselves and future off-spring a place to be called home. And proud, indeed, may the remainder of those gallant pioneers who still survive, be, when they walk the streets of this hustling little city and gaze upon the great results of their labors of by-gone days. From a desolate wilderness a trackless desert, the hauntof the red men and wild beast, has srisen, through the indefatagable energy and perseverance of the white man, a valley beautiful, yeilding an abundance of good things in the way of luscious fruits and rich, plentiful crops, and dotted here and there with thriving growing towns. It was in the year 1859 that there came to the banks of Summit Creek, a beautiful stream of clear mountain water, shaded by large cottonwood trees, a band of brave pioneers, who had faced privation and the dangers of the desert, and chose thie beautiful spot as a goodly place to settle. This party of home-
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Transcript | ft 'ICSS -■' ■' 7^/ iC^Ack^Jx, —i— i 1859 CITY OF SMITHFIELD — 1912 A brief history of the Town from pioneer days until the time of 1912. Before these fields were shorn and till'd Full to the brim our rivers flowed, The melody of waters filled The fresh and boundless wood; And torrents dashed and rivulets played And fountains spouted in the shade. --Byron -- Situated in the heart of the beautiful Cache Valley surrounded on all sides by majestic mountains, stands in all its beauty, the enterprising and growing City of Smithfield. A living throbbing monument to the brave men and women of fifty years ago, who toiled and labored in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers to build for themselves and future off-spring a place to be called home. And proud, indeed, may the remainder of those gallant pioneers who still survive, be, when they walk the streets of this hustling little city and gaze upon the great results of their labors of by-gone days. From a desolate wilderness a trackless desert, the hauntof the red men and wild beast, has srisen, through the indefatagable energy and perseverance of the white man, a valley beautiful, yeilding an abundance of good things in the way of luscious fruits and rich, plentiful crops, and dotted here and there with thriving growing towns. It was in the year 1859 that there came to the banks of Summit Creek, a beautiful stream of clear mountain water, shaded by large cottonwood trees, a band of brave pioneers, who had faced privation and the dangers of the desert, and chose thie beautiful spot as a goodly place to settle. This party of home- |
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