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IN 1872 PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG (RIGHT) OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS CAME TO THE BEAR LAKE VALLEY, BEAR LAKE COUNTY, ID AND MADE AN INSPECTION OF THE SETTLEMENTS.

AT TWIN CREEKS HE ASKED THE SETTLERS TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM 'TWIN CREEKS' TO 'GEORGETOWN' IN HONOR OF HIS YOUNG TRAVELING COMPANION, GEORGE Q. CANNON.

PRES. YOUNG DISCOURAGED GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES SUCH AS A STREAM, MEADOW OR MOUNTAIN BEING USED FOR NAMES. HE BELIEVED TOWNS SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER PEOPLE OR OTHER PLACES OF SIGNIFICANCE.

(BELOW..GEORGE QUAYLE CANNON)) ,

1 GEORGE QUAYLE CANNON WAS 45 WHEN HE CAME TO TWIN CREEKS WITH PRES. BRIGHAM YOUNG. HE HAD SERVED AS A MISSIONARY IN HAWAII AND TRANSLATED THE BOOK OF MORMON IN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. HE EDITED A CHURCH NEWSPAPER, THE WESTERN STANDARD, IN SAN FRANCISCO CA. HE WAS CALLED TO THE EASTERN STATES MISSION WHERE HE ASSISTED WITH THE CHURCH'S IMMIGRATION PROGRAM. HE SERVED AS A DELEGATE FROM UT IN THE HALLS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FOR 10 YEARS WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE DEFENDER OF THE WORD OF GOD AND GOD'S CHURCH.(N3) 

IN 1859 HE WAS CALLED TO SERVE AS AN APOSTLE. HE AIDED PRES BRIGHAM YOUNG, PRES JOHN TAYLOR, PRES WILFORD WOODRUFF AND PRES LORENZO SNOW. HE WAS THE FIRST GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. HE ESTABLISHED THE 'JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR' AND WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE 'DESERET NEWS'.(N3)

GEORGE QUAYLE CANNON WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, A RENOWNED STATESMAN, A GOOD HUSBAND AND LOVING FATHER.(N3)