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<p>A History of the Communities of Mack and New Liberty and the families who settled there.</p><p></p><p>All of the original pioneers are gone as are many of their descendants. We are happy to bring their lives to light through this history so generations present and future can enjoy and learn from their great examples. In these pages we will attempt to tell at least part of the story of the people of the communities of Mack and New Liberty. </p><p></p><p>We will share some of their hopes their triumphs their heartbreaks - to help you appreciate and know them better.</p><p></p><p>It is our sincere hope that whoever reads this history will enjoy it at least half as much as we have enjoyed compiling it. We have come to better know and appreciate the many people among whom we lived and with whom we associated for so many years. That alone is considerable reward for the time effort and expense we have invested in this work.</p><p></p><p>~Homer & Phyllis</p><p></p><p><u>Table of Contents</u></p><p></p><p>About the Authors</p><p>A Tribute to the Pioneers of Mack and New Liberty</p><p></p><p><u>PART ONE - Mack and New Liberty Histories</u></p><p><u>Chapter One-The Beginning</u></p><p>The Grand Valley</p><p>The Uintah Railway</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Two-Mack</u></p><p>Mack</p><p>The Mack Post Office</p><p>Rural Route I</p><p>Mack School</p><p>Highline Hustlers Club</p><p>Uintah Country Club</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Three-The Challenges and Blessings of 1918</u></p><p>World War I</p><p>The Flu Epidemic</p><p>The Highline Canal</p><p>The Siphon</p><p>The First Settlers</p><p>The Drawing</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Four-The Work Begins</u></p><p>Homesteading</p><p>Crops and Machinery</p><p>Turkey School</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Five-New Liberty</u></p><p>New Liberty School</p><p>New Liberty Sunday School</p><p>Social Life</p><p>Marriages and Births</p><p>New Liberty Community Club</p><p>Sew and So Club</p><p>Sorosis Club</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Six-Progress</u></p><p>Automobiles & Roads</p><p>Fruita Union High School</p><p>Rural Electricity</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Seven-More Challenges</u></p><p>Prohibition & Moonshining</p><p>The Great Depression</p><p>World War II</p><p></p><p><u>Chapter Eight-Nowadays</u></p><p>Mack</p><p>New Liberty</p><p></p><p><u>PART TWO - Family Biographies</u></p><p>Alstatt Anderson Appier Archuleta Arpke Ashburn Baird Bainter Banning Barcus Barnes Barr Berry Blasde Blasier Booth Bowen Boyden Brandon Brayton Brewster Brisbin Bryan Burkett Bush Carroll Caruthers Cavendish Chaffin Chilson Christofferson Cole Collins Cook Cooper Corn Cotner Cox Crews Currey Cutler Daily Davidson Davies Deacon Dean DeCrow Denton Diehl Dillbeck Dille Dodge Earp Ebright Eddings Everetts Fisher Foss Gadbury Garber Garcia Geeting Gerry Glass Gnagey Griebel Grimsby Harris Harrison Hawthorne Henderson Herron Hiatt Hollinger Homedew Jones Keffalos Kelley Kelly Kennedy Kessinger Kiefer King Koch Komatas Lander Leach Likes Loftin Lyman MacTaggart Maluy Martinez McCoy Morrow Muths Nelson Overbye Pacheco Paulson Penfield Phillips Pollock Post Puckett Raver Rector Rich Roberts Robertson Rowe Sanders Saunders Schunter Shires Simpson Sisler Slaugh Smith Snavely Spencer Stotts Summers Sumnicht Sweitzer Swyhart Thomas Thompson Tomlinson Turner Underwood Wagaman Wallace Wassenberg Weimer Weir Wells Wesner White Wilkinson Wing Winkle Wright Wynkoop Young Zahnen</p>