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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F194640 Genealogical record of presidents and members of the high priests group - Alpine Stake] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F194640 Genealogical record of presidents and members of the high priests group - Alpine Stake] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F194623 Record of members, 1850-1956] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F194623 Record of members, 1850-1956] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F269376 Annual genealogical reports, 1907] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F269376 Annual genealogical reports, 1907] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F325227 Brief history of the original American Fork Ward Relief Society and Alpine Stake Relief Society] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F325227 Brief history of the original American Fork Ward Relief Society and Alpine Stake Relief Society] | ||
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=== History === | |||
In 1852, settlers in American Fork Creek, now known as American Fork, asked Mormon Church authorities to send surveyors to layout a townsite for them. The town was to be located a few miles north at the base of the mountains. The survey subsequently completed and by the spring of 1853 and settlers started building homes. They were soon counciled by church president, Brigham Young, to move into a fort because of expected Indian trouble. The women and children were moved to Salt Lake City. | |||
The first fort was called Wordsworth Fort and stood from 1853 to 1855. Its design wasn't a long term solution as the houses were integral sections of the wall. | |||
[[File:Wordsworth Fort Alpine Utah.png|thumb|right|Wadsworth Fort]] | |||
In 1855, the walls of Wordsworth Fort were torn down and new walls were constructed about 30 ft out from the homes. The Big Fort walls stood from 1855 to 1868. Indian troubles subsided to the point it was safe to remove the fort walls by 1868. By that point in time, their removal was necessitated by the growth in population including many new settlers. | |||
[[File:Old Fort Alpine Utah.png|thumb|right|Old Alpine Fort]] | |||
<ref name="Alpine Yesterdays">Alpine yesterdays - a history of Alpine, Utah County, Utah, 1850-1980 by Jennie Adams Wild. Published in Salt Lake City, Utah : Blaine Hudson Printing, 1982. 415 p., ill., ports. FHL Book 979.224/A2 H2</ref><br> | |||
<ref name="A Historical Study of Alpine Utah">A historical study of Alpine, Utah, for use in the elementary school by Vern W Clark. Published in Provo, Utah : Thesis (M.S.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Educational Administration., 1963, 254 p.: ill.; 28 cm. BYU Book L 97.02 .C60864 1963 and 378.2 C549 1963</ref><br> | |||
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