the impact of the Great Depression. A new City Hall built in 1939 and a hospital in 1945, together with new schools and church buildings, gave Mount Pleasant a full complement of public buildings. Growth has increased in recent decades, as is evidenced by the small new shopping center on the south edge of town. The northernmost of Sanpete's "big three" cities, Mount Pleasant was well situated near forested mountains, vast, fertile fields, and a good, albeit occasionally temperamental, supply of water. While several commercial and small industrial enterprises have flourished in or near the city since the nineteenth century, agriculture and stock raising have always been the area's economic staples. Currently, nearly half of all the farms and ranches are involved in wool growing, while 30 percent raise cattle. Dairy farming, turkeys, grain, and hay are other significant contributors to the local economy. Rambouilett sheep and shorthorn cattle were prominent at the turn of the twentieth century, while modern livestock breeds and food strains dominate today. In the late 1990s, Mount Pleasant continues to be a thriving, steadily growing city. New buildings exist side-by-side with many remaining historic structure such as the library, Liberal Hall, Sanpete County Co-op, Jensen, Rasmussen, Madsen, Hansen, and Seeley homes, and the campus of Wasatch Academy. In addition, the commercial district has recently undergone a sensitive facelift. Queen City continues to be a fitting nickname for this delightful town.
Mountainville Not on today's maps and little known by county residents living outside the northeast section of Sanpete, Mountainville, situated on the little rise between Fairview and Mount Pleasant, was settled by Mormon Battalion veteran Caratat Rowe and others. In the mid1880s, after obtaining land through the Homestead Act, several families drew water from Birch and North creeks and began irrigating and building a scattered agricultural community. The first log meetinghouse was erected in 1886, followed by a larger one in 1890. A more modern multi-purpose structure was built of brick in 1917-1 8. The Mountainville Branch of the Mount Pleasant LDS North Ward was established on 11 April 1920. A month later a Relief Society was
