 The area was under the direction of Bishop Silas Smith who was in Provo.In 1860 Joseph S. Murdock became the bishop over the Latter-day Saints in Heber City and vicinity.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.