Highland History Scavenger Hunt
By Charles Greenland
Find the answers on the Highland Historical Society web pages. Visit https://highlandcity.org/433/Historical-Society. Use the left-side menus or search feature to find the pages referenced.
1. Who was the first female school teacher? (see “Highland History” > “The Highland School”)
2. What invention did Appleton Harmon build? (see “Highland Family Histories” > “Harmon”)
3. Many early farmers raised large numbers of this animal? _______________ (see “Highland Family Histories” > “Alston” (also pages for Adamson, Buhler, Day, Carroll, Day, Greenland, Groesbeck, Hall, Hayes, Inouye, Jerling, Jonsson, Matthews, Mower, Myers, Strasburg, Wells, West)
4. Who built the very first home on Highland? (see “Highland History”)
5. Who dug a ditch all the way across Highland? (see “Highland History”)
6. What does a peaviner do? (see “Highland History” > “Peas and Peaviners”)
7. What name is on the headstone in the little cemetery? How many children are buried there? (see “Highland Family Histories” > “Poole”)
8. What year was the first school built on Highland? (see “Highland History” > “The Highland School”)
9. What was mined in American Fork Canyon? ______________, ______________,
______________ How did they bring the ore out of the canyon? (see “Highland History” > “Mining”)
10. From what country did Alexander Adamson, Peter Smith and George Cunningham come? (see “Highland History”)
11. From what country did Emil Jerling come? (see “Highland Family Histories” > “Jerling”)
12. When were the first church meetings held on Highland? (see “Highland History” > “1st Highland LDS Ward”
Answer Key