Star Valley:
CLASS OF 1963
Star Valley High SchoolClass of 1963
Afton, WY
Star's Story
Star is from Thayne, Wyoming. Star's schools include Star Valley High School. Star later attended University of Wyoming.
Music Star likes includes Desert Moon.
One of Star's favorite quotes is:"View of Afton, Wyoming, in Star Valley. A main route for 1859 Oregon travelers who wanted to avoid Mormon settlements, this road was largely constructed by Mormons who had used it as summer range for Bear Lake stock. Brigham Young, Jr., of the Council of the Twelve, dedicated the valley for settlement in 1878; two other Apostles, Charles C. Rich of Bear Lake Stake in Idaho and Moses Thatcher, supervised the settlement of several towns in the valley which followed. (Ray McCord Hall, BYU Thesis, 1962, pp. 18â28.)".
More about Star:"I enjoy collecting memories of Star Valley and just imagine how beautiful and serene it is. And sometimes, it really is...
First Mormons of record in the valley were 40 emigrants, miners
from England, employed in 1858 by F.W. Lander to work on the Lander
Cut-Off of the Pacific Wagon Road. By 1870 Church cattle were
summer pastured in the vall...Expand for more
ey. In 1879 the Church directed the
colonization of the valley. In August 1880 apostles Moses Thatcher
and Charles C. Rich renamed Salt River Valley to Star Valley and
dedicated it for settlement by organizing a branch of the Bear Lake
Stake with Charles Drake Cazier as president with 21 members in 5
households in the valley. 1880 census shows 45 persons in the valley.
1900 census shows 2,219. In 1892 the Star Valley Stake was formed with
7 Wards. The rock meeting house in Auburn was built in the winter
of 1889 and the tabernacle in Afton in 1905.
View of Afton, Wyoming, in Star Valley. A main route for 1859 Oregon travelers who wanted to avoid Mormon settlements, this road was largely constructed by Mormons who had used it as summer range for Bear Lake stock. Brigham Young, Jr., of the Council of the Twelve, dedicated the valley for settlement in 1878; two other Apostles, Charles C. Rich of Bear Lake Stake in Idaho and Moses Thatcher, supervised the settlement of several towns in the valley which followed. (Ray McCord Hall, BYU Thesis, 1962, pp. 18â28.)".
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