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“Sardine Canyon: Highway 89/91”
After Brigham City was settled, pioneers continued to push north to create new settlements. Mantua was settled in 1863 and a steep, dangerous pioneer route connected Mantua with Cache Valley. For about 70 years, this route was used only during the summer. According to an article on https://mysteryofutahhistory.blogspot.com/2015/05/ “The first Mormon settlers on the way to Cache County in the fall of 1856 likely traveled about the same route to Sardine Summit and to about Dry
Through the Years: 200 North between 200 and 300 W
Through the Years: 200 North between 200 and 300 W The Third Ward built their school/chapel out of log and adobe in 1879 on the corner of 200 N and 300 W. It later burned down. In 1887, they built a new school, “Emerson”. On May 12, 1912, the Third Ward Chapel was dedicated by President Joseph F. Smith and has continued to stand on the corner of 200 North and 200 West. Emerson School was attended by the school children growing up north of Forest Street and west of Main Street
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