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Pleasant Grove’s Main Street has long history By Laurel Cunningham Pleasant Grove Historic Preservation Commission On Nov. 11, 1918, the Pleasant Grove Cannery whistle unexpectedly blew and the town curfew bell on top of the Old Bell School rang out — both continuously and simultaneously. Desperate to know the cause of this alarm, residents picked up their party-line telephones and called the town telephone operator to ask what had happened. The operator excitedly announced into one line after another that Germany had surrendered and World War I was over. Soon the whole town knew the news and

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rushed to Main Street to celebrate in the street. Pleasant Grove’s Main Street has always been the center and heart of the town and is one of its oldest spaces. Over this district’s 169-year history, it has been the gathering place for town residents — not only to celebrate in the street marking the end of a war, but also to purchase goods and materials and to attend July 4th parades, Strawberry Days street dances and parades, and political rallies. This center of town got its start in 1853 when residents built a fort in response to warfare with local Native Americans and moved their houses within the fort walls.


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