1948 Timpanogos Town Old Battle Creek & Pleasant Grove Utah History Driggs

Description: 1948 Timpanogos Town Old Battle Creek & Pleasant Grove Utah History Driggs________________________________________________ Timpanogos Town Story Of Old Battle Creek And Pleasant Grove, Utahby Howard R. DriggsIllustrated by J. Rulon HalesPublished by The Clarke Press, Manchester, NH (1948)RARE FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER! Condition:Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all 101 pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers do have some wear as can be expected for a 75 year old book, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About the History of Battle Creek:At Battle Creek, now called Pleasant Grove, Utah, not long before the first Mormon settlers arrived in Utah Valley, a group of Timpanogos Indians were attacked in a predawn maneuver by Mormon Militiamen. The Company of LDS men were called from Salt Lake City on March 1, 1849, to "go to the Utah Valley against some Indians who had been stealing a lot of horses from Brigham's herd." They were under orders "to take such measures as would put a final end to their [Indian] depredations in future." They camped in the snow the first night, near Little Cottonwood Canyon, where a rider brought "word that the horses were not stolen." Before morning they received orders from Salt Lake City "stating that as the horses were not stolen ... we need not spend any more time in search of them but to proceed with the Indians for killing cattle as had been directed, so that the nature of our expedition was not in the least changed." In the morning the men continued southward to Willow Creek, (now Draper, Utah) and unanimously agreed to kill a beef from a cattle herd they came upon. The company enjoyed a hearty breakfast, then continued on to the Jordan River (near the border of present Salt Lake and Utah Counties) where they again camped. That day they had "learned that the stolen horses had returned to Brigham's Herd by one of his boys who came to inform us of the same." Three times the company had now received word that the Indians had not stolen Brigham Young's horses, but they were directed to continue the mission to deal with the stolen/killed cattle issue. "The first battle between Indians and the Utah Pioneers occurred ... between the Deseret Militia and the Indians ..."On the third day the Company crossed into the valley of the Utah Indians (Utah Valley, now Utah County) and was "divided into two Companies ... the better to divide and scour the country as we did not know where the Indians were located." They searched unsuccessfully all day and finally camped near Utah Lake on the American Creek (now American Fork, Utah). "We were now all very tired and cold. No sign could yet be found of the Indians." On Sunday March 4, 1849,[The Company got] an early start and traveled south to the Provo, a fine large stream and well timbered on the valley. This is a beautiful farming country. Here we found the Utahs, who ... received us friendly but were much excited being evidently afraid of us. After spending an hour or so with them and learning what we could respecting those we were in pursuit of and also explaining the object of our visit we traveled on. Little Chief accompanied us about three miles up the Provo (toward Provo Canyon) where we encamped for the night. Two young Indian braves came to the Mormon camp and were employed as guides to take the Company to those they sought. On this clear, brightly moonlit night, the Mormons followed the Provo River to the foot of the mountains then proceeded northward along the high mountain bench (above present north Orem and Lindon, Utah). They deposited their horses in a cedar grove on the mountainside and while most of the company waited near there, a reconnaissance party continued northward on foot until they spotted Indian campfires: ... in the first creek north of the Provo. It was deemed best by the party now to fall back some distance and send for the rest of the Company to join us. Accordingly two men were sent back for them while we kindled small fires to keep from freezing. About two hours before day the rear came up ... All things being ready now we only waited the dawn of day to attack them. Copyright © 2018-2023 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.

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