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Many years ago, when
The time was about 1882. All the work that the men could do was
donated. Many of the sons and husbands
of the sisters came and helped with the building. But lots of things had to be bought and the
sisters furnished all of the money. In
order to raise money for the building each sister was suppose to donate all the
eggs she got from her chickens on Sunday. These she took to meetings and they were sold to the store. This practice was kept up after the
completion of the house in order to have money for thread, bats, and other
necessities for the making of quilts. Quilts were made and sold, carpets were made and sold, and many bazaars
were given to raise the money. The brick
building stood north of the Rock Meeting House on old
They bought a stove, blinds for the
windows, and borrowed some old chairs from the ward house. These chairs were used for many years
although they had been discarded by the ward. The relief society had a table and a large box in which they stored
their quilts.
In connection with the meeting room a
small granary was built in the west end of the house. There were no windows in it and one door led
outside. The reason for building a
granary was that Brigham Young had told Sister Wells, the General President of
the Relief Society, to instruct the members of the Relief Society to gather
wheat and store it in case of a famine. The teachers were supposed to ask for a donation of a bushel of wheat a
year from each member of the Relief Society.
Many socials were held in that old Relief
Society house. Many large families who
had scattered to other towns would hold reunions here and many ward functions
were there. When large dinners were served, dishes were borrowed from the
sisters and some dishes were donated for this purpose.
In 1900, construction was started on a new
ward house on
Over the years the building was used as a
home. At one time the West Jordan Town
Board considered using the building for city offices, but the building was in
too bad of shape to be saved. Sadly it
was later torn down. The Relief Society House was a tribute to the early
pioneer women of
Thank you for your support. Admission to the museum is free but we do
accept donations. If you would like to
be a volunteer at our upcoming Ice Cream Social on the Fourth of July or the
Annual Pumpkin Walk on the third Saturday of October, please let us know. Businesses in
The
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We are currently asking residents of
We were recently visited by the president
of the Archibald Gardner Camp of the DUP who discovered a fantastic historical
find. Several old scrapbooks which were
kept by members of the DUP which included tons of newspaper clippings
concerning the DUP, West Jordan, Salt Lake City and much more from about the
1930s on up. We are hoping to find
more of these types of family scrapbooks and such to add to our files. If you can help, please do.
During the month of February, the
There are three Eagle Scout projects in
progress at the museum. One is finishing
the floor in the basement so our library can be set up. The other is getting the stairs ready with
handrails and other safety items so the stairs can be traversed safely. The other is texturing the ceiling in the
Cottage Inn kitchen, the storage room repairing walls, painting and repairing
the kitchen cabinets by building new drawers. We are looking for a replacement cast iron sink. Please let us know if you run across one that
will fit. We are hopinn to ready the
Cottage Inn for a ribbon cutting opening by the fourth of July during our ice
cream social.
Thank you for your support. Admission to the museum is free but we do
accept donations. If you would like to
be a volunteer at our upcoming Ice Cream Social on the Fourth of July or the
Annual Pumpkin Walk on the third Saturday of October, please let us know. Businesses in