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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- | *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> | |||
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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] | *[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] | ||