From Water to Electricity Fremont River water also powered Torrey's first electricity, which arrived in 1929. Recalling those days, Torrey resident Clay Robinson wrote, "When January rolled around the night temperatures often dropped below . . . — — Map (db m142665) HM
"Coming up through there, the sand was bad enough that you'd back up and take a run on it and maybe you'd make twenty feet, maybe you'd make a hundred. Then you'd have to back up, you know, and get another run … keep breaking . . . — — Map (db m283927) HM
The Torrey Log Church/Schoolhouse, completed in 1898, is locally significant as the first church building and the first school building in the pioneer community of Torrey, settled in the 1890s. After a new multi-use building with classrooms was . . . — — Map (db m142664) HM
On September 18, 1898, construction began on the Torrey log church, later used also as a school. Local settlers furnished labor, cash, and materials for this unique log structure with its steep hip roof, flared eaves, square bell tower on the entry . . . — — Map (db m142663) HM
