Mapleton (Images of America) by April Clawson,Kjirstin Youngberg PDF

By April Clawson,Kjirstin Youngberg

situated south of Provo and inventive Springville, Mapleton used to be named in 1901 for its abundance of colourful maple bushes. for hundreds of years, American Indian tribes had seemed the bench overlooking Hobble Creek and the valley lower than as sacred flooring and accrued there every year. Catholic explorers climbing down Spanish Fork Canyon, nestled underneath an impressive mountain, first mapped the world in 1776. those Spaniards named the height Sierra Bonita, although approximately all people at the present time calls it Maple Mountain. by way of 1850, Mormon pioneers had settled in Springville, utilizing the wealthy earth among the creek and the river as farmland. bit by bit, they outfitted houses and stayed. the ongoing perseverance of this group to take care of its nation appeal is obvious in the course of the urban. Conservation of the foothills and open areas is an ongoing main issue to residents.

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