Editing Heber City, Utah (section)

==History==
Heber City was first settled in 1859 by Robert Broadhead, James Davis, and James Gurr. John W. Witt built the first house in the area. The area was under the direction of Bishop Silas Smith, who was in [[Provo, Utah|Provo]]. In 1860, [[Joseph S. Murdock]] became the bishop of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Heber City and its vicinity.<ref>Jenson, Andrew, ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'', (Salt Lake City:Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 328</ref>

On May 5, 1899, the Wasatch Wave published this on the 40-year anniversary of Heber. "Forty years ago this week [April 30, 1859], this valley was first settled by a company of enterprising citizens from Provo. This company consisted of John Crook, James Carlile, Jessie Bond, Henry Chatwin, Charles N. Carroll, Thomas Rasband, John Jordan, John Carlile, Wm. Giles and Mr. Carpenter, the last five named persons having since died. Forty years ago today, John Crook and Thomas Rasband commenced their first plowing in the beautiful little valley of the Timpanogos. A wonderful change has taken place in the appearance of the valley since that time. Delightful meadows and fields of waving grain have taken the place of sage brush and willows. Beautiful homes have erected where then was heard only the dismal howl of the coyote."
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=21994630|title=Wasatch Wave &#124; 1899-05-05 &#124; Page 2 &#124; Forty Years Ago|website=newspapers.lib.utah.edu}}</ref>

During the second world war, a group of Japanese-Americans formed a voluntary relocation camp in nearby [[Keetley, Utah|Keetley]].  Some Japanese-Americans also stayed in Heber City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume62_1994_number3/48 | title=Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, Number 3, 1994 by Utah Historical Society - Issuu | date=August 16, 2019 }}</ref>