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A portion of a fort was erected on a 10 acre plot where 160 families could winter until they could build on their own "inheritances." The walls were 27 inches thick and nine feet high on the outside. It was built as a continuation of huts joined together in rectangular form around the outside of the ten acres on which it stood. The east wall was built of logs and the other three sides of adobe. They slanted but slightly inward and were made of brush covered with earth. Each side had a loophole facing the outside and a door and windows facing the interior. The main entrances which were on the east and west sides of the stockade were carefully guarded by heavy gates which were locked at night. Later in the year two additional blocks, one on the north and one on the south were joined to the original old fort. A bowery, 20 by 40 feet was erected as a place for public worship and was the first community center. The Story of Samuel Moore and Eunice Sibley Bliss, Originally Compiled by Connie Annetta Sorensen Rausch Sept. 1985, Found at: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah The first dwellings in the Salt Lake Valley were small, one story
structures, built of logs or adobes, having dirt roofs and dirt floors.
The open fire places required large chimneys which were constructed of
stone and adobes. They were used for heating as well as cooking. Bread
was baked in an iron pot like a Dutch Oven. Windows were small,
consisting of one or two sashes of 8 by 10 inch openings. These were
used until later years when glass became available. In time shingles
appears on the roof and boards were used for floors. The Story of Samuel Moore and Eunice Sibley Bliss, Originally Compiled by Connie Annetta Sorensen Rausch Sept. 1985, Found at: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah
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