THE SPICY LADY- HEBER CITY, UTAH



LIVE DINNER MUSIC IN NOVEMBER!
Spicy Lady- 4 times Grammy nominee Richard Souther Jazz Piano.
Fridays, Saturdays 7:30p.m.
Located: 139 N Main Street, Heber City, Utah
(435) 654-4288 www.SpicyLady.net
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14TH ANNUAL- HEBER CITY'S COWBOY POETRY GATHERING & BUCKAROO FAIR!
NOVEMBER 4TH- 9TH
Nine main Cowboy Poetry Shows and many other events.
Info/ tickets at www.HeberCityCowboyPoetry.com
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TIMPANOGOS VALLEY THEATRE'S "OKLAHOMA"!
NOVEMBER 6TH-8TH, 13TH-15TH TIME: 7:00 P.M.
Presented at: Midway Town Hall- 104 W Main Street, Midway, Utah
Don't miss this classic production put on by the Timpanogos Valley Theater, at the Midway Town Hall. Tickets are available at Day's Market 435-654-2352. Adults $12, and children $8, 435-654-6406, www.TVtheater.org
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NOVEMBER 7TH- Couples' Date Night with River Meadows Ballet. Bring your partner for a night of Ballroom dancing. Call 435-654-2829 for more info and to reserve your spot!
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NOVEMBER 7TH, 14TH, 23RD- Ballroom Dance Class at Wasatch Dance Center. First class is FREE! Call 435-657-2455 for reservations.
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HEBER VALLEY RAILROADS- POLAR EXPRESS!

Polar Express Christmas Train
| NOVEMBER 21RST-DECEMBER 23RD |
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NOVEMBER 29TH- 30TH- Messiah Sing-In, 7:00p.m. by Timpanogos Valley Orchestra and Chorus. All in vited! November 29th at UVU Wasatch Campus; November 30th at LDS Church 550 E. 500 N. Heber City. (Call 435-785-8219 to participate in orchestra or back-up chorus)
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
MIDWAY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS- "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

DECEMBER 12TH, 13TH, 18TH, 19TH, 20TH, & 22CD-A Christmas Carol, the Musical"
Tickets available starting November 1rst- Info and tickets at www.MidwayArts.org and Day's Market. Dinner Show/ Fundraiser- December 18th, sells out early. Don't miss this Christmas experience!
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OTHER CHRISTMAS EVENTS:
A Small Town Christmas Comes to Midway and Heber
Don't miss the Christmas cheer surrounding Midway and Heber City's Small Town Christmas events. From Midway's Swiss Christmas, interfaith Creche Exhibit, and Cottages for the Children Gingerbread Display and Auction, to the family-friendy ride on the Polar Express. Ebeneezer Scrooge and "A Christmas Carol" is the final event of A Small Town Christmas. Don't miss it!
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HOPE TO SEE YA ALL AT THESE EVENTS! BE HAPPY- BE SAFE- BE BLESSED!
YOUR FRIEND, GENEIE MCINTOSH

Heber Valley Historic Railroad
HeberValley Railroad has a unique history that dates back to 1899, when it carried sheep, hay, cattle, sugar beets, and passengers from Heber City to Provo.
Now visitors can take a delightful trip down the scenic Provo Canyon to Vivian Park or enjoy a special event train ride. Along the way see Mt. Timpanogos, Cascade Mountains, Deer Creek Dam and reservoir, Provo River, Sundance Ski Resort, Tate Barn, and Soldier Hollow. Keep an eye out for wildlife- elk, deer and mountain goats inhabit the canyon. The train operates year- round and features special event train rides like Thomas the Train, the Polar Express, and much more.
For more Information visit their web site: www.hebervalleyrr.org
(Taken from Heber Valley- Official Guide-Summer 2008 Issue)

YOU ARE INVITED! MIDWAY SWISS DAYS- AUG. 29TH & 30TH (8AM-8PM)
COME ONE COME ALL TO:
HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN MIDWAY, UTAH- 200 W MAIN STREET
FOOD, FUN, ARTS & CRAFTS, ENTERTAINMENT!
WATCH FOR ME- GENEIE MCINTOSH- YOUR FAVORITE REALTOR AND THE EXIT HUMMER IN THE PARADE!
PARADE STARTS 10:00AM /AUG. 30TH AT 200 E MAIN STREET MIDWAY, UTAH
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
Taken from: Utah History Encyclopedia (Links Added)
HEBER CITY
When the Mormons arrived in the Great Basin in 1847, they welcomed the opportunity to shape a virgin land into the Kingdom of God, and they pursued an aggressive colonization pattern. Heber Valley in the Wasatch Mountains, forty miles southeast of Salt Lake City and twenty-eight miles northeast of Provo, could not be settled until there was a wagon road through either Parley's or Provo canyons. The first attempt to build such a road, however, was delayed by the Utah War and the Move South. Once Johnston's Army was settled at Camp Floyd near Utah Lake, Brigham Young responded to appeals by residents of Provo to build a road up the canyon. By 1859 a road linked Provo and Heber Valley and newcomers who were looking for land settled the little valley communities of Heber City, Midway, Charleston, Center Creek, Daniels, and Wallsburg.
According to John Crook, the first historian of the area, most of the initial settlers came from England and had been converted by Heber C. Kimball. To honor Kimball, they decided to name the valley and the first settlement after him. The residents harvested their first crops in 1859 but then returned to Utah Valley for the winter. The next year they returned to make permanent homes. They initially built a fort for protection from Indian raids. Once fear of raids ended, they started to build homes in the surveyed townsite. The settlers built using locally quarried red sandstone as well as adobe and brick. The sandstone was also shipped and used in buildings in other parts of the state.
When the area was settled, the northern part of what is now Wasatch County (including Heber City and Midway) was in Salt Lake County and the southern part (including Wallsburg in Round Valley) was in Utah County. In 1862 the Utah legislature created Wasatch County and made Heber City the county seat. At the time the county was created there were more than 1,000 people living in the area. Heber City was incorporated as a town in 1889 and as a city in 1901.
As in other Mormon communities, religion played an important role in Heber City. In 1867 Brigham Young called Abram Hatch, a businessman from Lehi, to be bishop of Heber City's ward, and ten years later he became a stake president. Hatch, like the church leaders who followed him, played not only an important religious role but was also a leading merchant and elected official during and after his release from his religious calling in 1901. After only five years in the area, William H. Smart, another imported stake president, was called to the Uinta Basin, and Joseph R. Murdock, a local businessman, became the local stake president in 1906.
The Heber City area economy depended on agriculture, livestock, and dairying. Once the Rio Grande Western railway track was completed in 1899, the city became a shipping center for agricultural products. For example, in 1915 the D&RGW could boast that Heber annually shipped 360 cars of sheep, 280 cars of hay, 40 cars of cattle, and 60 cars of sugar beets. As Heber grew, local residents and imports started hotels, retail stores, markets, lumberyards, banks, and other businesses. The local weekly newspaper, The Wasatch Wave, began publishing in 1889. Elementary schools, middle schools, and eventually a high school trained the young. The local chamber of commerce was active in promoting the tourist industry and was pleased when U.S. Highway 40 passed through the community. In the 1990s Heber City continues as an agricultural center, an attractive place for tourists to visit, and a bedroom community for the Salt Lake and Utah valleys.
See: William James Mortimer, How Beautiful Upon the Mountains (1963).
Jessie L. Embry