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*1850 September- Seven families settled in Mountainville and begin to build cabins. Most lived in dugouts or wagons the first winter. Census taker records 29 people living there.
*1850 September- Seven families settled in Mountainville and begin to build cabins. Most lived in dugouts or wagons the first winter. Census taker records 29 people living there.


*1851 December- First meeting and school house built.  
*1851 December- First meeting and school house built.
*1852. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Mountainville Branch organized in February and became a ward in September with Isaac Houston as first bishop.  
*1853. Wordsworth Fort built as protection from Indians.  
*1852. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mountainville Branch organized in February and became a ward in September with Isaac Houston as first bishop.
*1854. Plague of crickets and grasshoppers destroyed most of crops.  
*1855, January- (Severe winter) Legislature granted city charter to Mountainville. Brigham Young requested name be changed to Alpine.<br><br>
*1853. Wordsworth Fort built as protection from Indians.
*1854. Plague of crickets and grasshoppers destroyed most of crops.
*1855, January- Legislature granted city charter to Mountainville. Brigham Young requested name be changed to Alpine.<br><br>


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
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Alpine City Cemetery<br>200 E. 350 N.<br>Alpine, Utah, 84004  
Alpine City Cemetery<br>200 E. 350 N.<br>Alpine, Utah, 84004  


*[http://www.utahgravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=117 Utah Gravestone Photo Project] Hundreds of names and photos of headstones.  
*[http://www.utahgravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=117 Utah Gravestone Photo Project] Hundreds of names and photos of headstones.  
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=77132&CScnty=2798& Findagrave.com]  
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=77132&CScnty=2798& Findagrave.com]  
*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=107719 BillionGraves]
*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=107719 BillionGraves]
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