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CENTREVILLE
Is three miles north of Bountiful, lying in a fruitful part of the country, with a farming population of 600.
FARMINGTON
Is the county seat of Davis county. It has a large adobe court house, the upper story of which is used for meetings and other public pur- poses; a substantial rock church, and a hotel. Its population is about 1,100. Distance from Salt Lake City, 18 miles.
KAYSVILLE,
Four miles north of Farmington, has a population of about 600; a sub- stantial built church with a capacious basement story ; also a hotel.
OGDEN
Is thirty-nine miles from Salt Lake City, and lies between the Weber and Ogden rivers, near the mouth of Ogden canon. It was located and a settlement formed in September, 1850. Situated in the centre of a farming country, with thriving settlements around and contiguous to it, Ogden has natural advantages which cannot fail to make it a place of no little importance. It will be a station for the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, and the point of junction of the two great lines which, connected, span the continent from the Missouri to the Pacific. The rapid and largely increasing trade of Ogden since the first of January shows that business men have a keen eye to its rising importance, and that its growth is likely to be rapid. It has nearly 5,000 inhabitants, with North Ogden six miles distant to the north ;
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Lynne three miles distant to the northwest ; Slaterville about two miles from Lynne ; and, following on the same road, Plain City, some ten miles from Ogden. These settlements present, in the summer season, a beautiful prospect, the fields waving with heavy grain, the orchards bearing a wealth of excellent and luscious fruit, and the shade trees covered with a dense foliage.
Ogden is the county seat of Weber county. The Mayor is Hon. Lorin Farr, who has been a member of the Territorial Legislature for several sessions. Bishop C. W. West is Postmaster, and his energy and enterprise have done much to aid the growth and development of the city.
It has a large tabernacle, for public worship, besides a number of meeting houses, in different parts of the city.
The officers of Weber county are :
Probate Judge-F. D. Richards.
Sheriff-Gilbert Belnap.
Deputy Sheriff-Wm. Brown.
County Clerk-W. Thompson.
Coroner-Wm. N. Fife.
County Recorder-W. Thompson.
County Surveyor-Jos. A. West.
· Superintendent of Common Schools-Wm. W. Burton. Assessor and Collector-Sanford Bingham.
Selectmen-L. J. Herrick, R. Ballantyne, H. Holmes.
County Poundkeeper-Robert McQuarrie.
WILLARD,
Fourteen miles north of Ogden, is a rapidly growing settlement, situated about a mile east of Great Salt Lake, and half a mile from the base of the mountains east. It has a population of. over 800; Alfred Cordon, Postmaster.
BRIGHAM CITY,
The county seat of Box Elder county, is a little over seven miles north of Willard, and is one of the handsomest towns of its size in Utah. Under the fostering care and energy of the Hon. L. Snow, it is steadily growing in influence, size and importance. The houses are mostly hand- some and neat structures, although but few of them are of pretentious appearance. Brigham City lies at the mouth of the Box Elder canon, up which the road passes to reach the southwest part of Cache valley, the canon opening into that valley a little distance from Wellsville, one of the principal settlements in Cache county. It is also three miles from Bear river, where the Union Pacific railroad crosses it. As a station of the U. P. R. R., it offers facilities for becoming a distributing point for the growing settlements of Cache county, and for Montana and a portion of Idaho. It has a very fine court house, in which public meetings are held, and a large and substantial tabernacle in course of erection. Its population is close upon 4,000.
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BRIEF AMERICAN HISTORY.
The following has been prepared from the most authentic sources in order to show at a glance in what year each of the original thirteen States was settled and by whom ; also the year in which each of the present. States was admitted into the Union, together with its population in 1860.
Virginia, first settled by the English.
1607 1,556,318,
New York,
Dutch.
1613 3,880,735
Massachusetts,
66 English Puritans.
1620 1,231,066
New Hampshire,“
66
Dutch
1627
692,035
Delaware,
66
Swedes and Danes
1627
112,216
Maryland,
English. .
1634
687,049
Connecticut,
English Puritans.
1633
460,147
Rhode Island,
66
Rodger Williams
1636
174,620
North Carolina,
English.
1650
992,622
Pennsylvania,
William Penn
1682 2,906,165
Georgia,
English
1733 1,057,286
Vermont, admitted into the Union
1791 315,098
Kentucky,
66
1792 1,155,684
Tennessee,
66
66
1796 1,109,801
Ohio,
1802 2,339,502
Louisiana,
66
1812
709,002
Indiana, .
1816 1,350,428.
Mississippi,
1817
791,395
Illinois,
66
66
66
1818 1,711,951
Alabama,
1819
964,201
Maine,
1820
628,279
Missouri,
1821 1,182,012
Arkansas,
66
66
1837
749,113
Florida,
66
66
1845
140,424
Texas,
66
66
1846
674,699
Wisconsin,
16
1848
775,871
Minnesota,
66
66
1848
379,994
California,
66
66
1850
172,023
Oregon,
1859
52,465
Kansas,
1861
107,206
West Virginia,“
66
1862 No census
Nevada,
1864
6,051
Nebraska,
66
66
1866
28,841
TERRITORIES.
Organized.
Capital.
Arizona
1863
Tucson.
Colorado
1861
Denver.
Dacotah
1861
Yankton.
Idaho.
1863
Boise.
Montana.
1864
Helena.
New Mexico
1850
Santa Fe.
Utah.
1850
Salt Lake City.
Washington
1853
Olympia.
Wyoming.
1868
.
66
1836
435,450
Michigan,
66
1845
640,215
Iowa,
66
Hugonots. ..
1670
703,708
South Carolina,
66
Year.
Population.
1623
326,073
New Jersey,
66
66
66
66
At the CASH STORE, Ogden, READ BROTHERS always have a full assortment. "
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Attorney.
Biair S. M., office at Ogden House Baker. JOST JOHN A.
eg. Main
Blacksmiths.
Ford & Nicholas, C. P. R. R. blacksmith shop, es. Main Fowler & Pearce, es. Main Nicholas John, es. Main Rees J. T. es. Main Shupe A. J. es. Main Williamson C. C., Montana blacksmith shop, es. Main
Boarding Houses. McGAW JAMES,
- private boarding house, es. Main Willlams W. D. propr. Weber House, es Main Woodworth A. J., U. P. R. R. House, es. Main Wright Wiison A. es. Main
Boots and Shoes.
Eggleston & Sons, es. Main
Butchers.
Douglas Ralph, es. Main Pool John R. es. Main
Cabinet Makers.
Deimore & Bro. s. end Main
Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods.
Gotlieb Joel, es. Main Mendelsohn & Co. wg. Main Orchard & Kohn, ws. Main
Cooper. CHILD ORVILLE R ..
eg. Main
Drugs.
GODBE W. S. & CO.
wholesale and retall, ws. Main Pidcock Wm. es. Main
WEBER COUNTY CO-OPERA- TIVE ASSOCIATION, ws. Main WHITE & BROWN, eg. Main
Dry Goods.
FARR LORIN, WB. Main Peery & Herrick, ws. Main READ BROTHERS, Cash store, os. Main STAYNER THOMAS J. eg. Main WHITE & BROWN, es. Main
WOODMANSEE CHARLES, ws. Main
SALT LAKE STORE, OGDEN. CHAS. WOODMANSEE, PROPRIETOR. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE AT REASONABLE PRICES.
Feed Stables.
Leavitt N. es. Main Nelson Bros. es. Main
General Merchandise.
Haswell T. es. Main HORROCKS JAMES, wg. Main Mendelsohn & Co. wg. Main
Nelson Bros. es. Main Peery & Herrick, wholesale and retail, ws. Main Pidcock Wm. es. Main
READ BROTHERS, Cash store, es. Main
STAYNER THOMAS J. es. Main Stewart Isaiah, ws. Main WEBER COUNTY CO-OPERA.
TIVE ASSOCIATION, Geo. W. Turner, salesman, ws .. Main
Wheat Horace, ws. Main
WHITE & BROWN, es. Main WOODMANSEE CHARLES, ws. Main
Grist Mills.
Farr Lorin & Co. n of city West & Young, n. of city
Groceries.
FARR LORIN, Ws. Main HORROCKS JAMES, ws. Main Perry & Herrick, ws. Main STAYNER THOMAS J. es. Main WHITE & BROWN, es. Main
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"California Woolen Goods, for Men's Wear, at the CASH STORE, Ogden.
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WOODMANSEE CHARLES, ws. Main
Hardware. HORROCKS JAMES, ws. Main Johnson L. ws. Main
JAMES HORROCKS, OGDEN, Next Door South of Salt Lake Store, DEALER IN HARDWARE, GROCERIES, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. CALL AND SEE ME.
Hairdressers and Barbers. Holbrook W. S. at U. P. R. R. House, es. Main ROBINSON J. R. next door to Cramer's Restaurant, es. Main THOMAS THOMAS R. at Ogden House, es. Main Hotel.
Ogden House, es. Main Milliner and Fancy . Goods. HILL ELIZABETH, home made straw hats, ws. Main
Paint Shop.
Nelson D. es. Main Photographer. VAUGHAN C. es. Main
Physicians.
McIntyre W. L., Main Wheeler P. es. Main Williams Dr. Main
Restaurants. CRAMER J. H. es. Main KELLY & DEE, Star & Eagle, ws. Main
Saddles and Harness Makers.
Dwiggins James, es. Main STOKER WM. es. Main Stoves and Tinware.
Johnson L. ws. Main PEARCE CHARLES, wa. Main
Tanner.
Browning Jonathan, ws. Main
Watchmaker.
LOCK ROBERT,
ws. Main
Woolen Factory.
Randall & Co. northeast of city
WHITE & BROWN,
Main Street,
OGDEN CITY, -
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UTAH.
Keep constantly on hand a choice selection of
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumes,
DYE-STUFFS, PAINTS, OIL, GLASS,
-ALSO- Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Clothing,
And, in fact, everything that is needed in health or sick- ness ; all of which are first-class and will be sold at the lowest market rates.
J. G. MEGEATH. S. D. MEGEATH. W. D. THOMAS. F. H. SNYDER.
MEGEATH & CO.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
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Terminus Union Pacific Railroad. Receive and forward Goods to the Territories of Utah, Montana, Idaho, etc.
REFERENCE : To the Merchants and Bankers of Omaha, Salt Lake City and Helena, Generally.
KIMBALL & LAWRENCE, Ag'ts, - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
MARK FREIGHT FOR
Utah, Ogden, U. T .; and for Montana, Corinne, U. T., Care Megeath & Co., end of Track, U. P. R. R.
Mark name in full, as we will not be responsible for wrong delivery of goods marked with initials, or in ( ).
W. L. SCHOLES & CO. OVERLAND SALOON,
Corner of South Pass Avenue and Price Street,
SOUTH PASS CITY, - WYMOING TERRITORY.
The Finest Brands of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Always for sale at this House, at Wholesale or Retail.
T. T. CORNFORTH, Successor to CORNFORTH & BROS.
Bryan and South Pass City, WYOMING TERRITORY.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND- COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Also, Dealer in MINING TOOLS AND GENERAL OUTFITTER, CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
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THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THE construction of a railroad across this continent, so as to unite with a continuous line of track the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and open a new and more rapid means of communication between the nations of Europe and those of the far east, was a project discussed by advanced minds soon after the advantages of the locomotive were practically dem- onstrated. Then the country to be traversed west of the Missouri river was a terra incognita, and for years afterwards was vaguely described on the maps as the "Great American Desert." Faint rumors, gathered from mountain trappers, occasionally reached the eastern states that there were vast mountain ranges lying east of the Pacific coast, with deep and rug- ged gorges, almost impassable to man or animal, dividing their huge bases and towering summits; while impenetrable deserts and wonders startling and innumerable heightened the perils of a region to be dread- ed by civilized man.
The explorations of Fremont, while they disabused the public mind of many previously entertained erroneous impressions, did not by any means elucidate the practicability of an overland railroad. Nor were they calculated to encourage hope that the country through the Rocky Mountains and in the Great Basin could ever be made profitable in sup- porting by its products a civilized population. When in 1846-7 the Mormons were compelled by mobocratic violence to leave Nauvoo and betake themselves to the far west for shelter, safety and a home, so pop- ular was the opinion that it was impossible for a civilized white popula- tion to exist there, that the idea prevailed that they would perish of hun- ger or fall a prey to wild beasts and savage nomads. In July of 1847 their pioneers entered the valley of the Great Salt Lake; and having been firmly imbued with a belief in the future construction of an over- land railroad, during the whole of their tedious journey they carefully kept it in view, and endeavored to find a practicable route for it. It is worthy of remark here, that the line which they marked, and subsequent- ly pointed out, in a memorial to congress, as the best adapted for the talked of railroad, has been very closely followed in the construction of the line for over seven hundred miles. Yet even when they had dem- onstrated their ability to live and prosper in the Great Basin, and when the overland railroad project had grown to be looked upon as perfectly feasible, its construction and completion were placed away in the future to nearly the close of the present century. How rapidly events occur in this age! How fast we grow! What unlooked-for yet natural combi- nations of circumstances have occurred to hasten the completion of a work so vast, so important and involving and fostering so many overwhelming
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interests! The discovery of gold in the Occident State; the rush of peo- ple to the auriferous shores laved by the mighty Pacific; the vast travel overland, following in the track of the pioneer Mormons; the thousands of nameless graves studding the prairie billows of the great plains, or marking at brief intervals, through the Black Hills and Rocky Moun- tains, the last earthly resting places of eastern-born brave and adventurous spirits; the shining gold brought from California, awakening interest and cupidity ; with fresh discoveries of the precious metals in other regions, turned the attention of eastern capitalists and the people of the Republic to this land of dangers and desert, as it had been described ; and not the feasibility but the necessity of an overland railroad now claimed and re- ceived serious consideration. The discovery of rich mines in the regions now composing Nevada, Montana and Idaho ; with the rapidly growing settlements and increasing prosperity of Utah-which was a base of sup- plies for the surrounding mining regions-hastened the inception of the work. While the rich discoveries of the precious metals in the Pike's Peak region, now Colorado, and the up-springing of numerous towns and cities which soon claimed an importance in the great centres of com- merce of the country, undoubtedly stimulated to the early commence- ment of the Union Pacific line ; the development of the vast mineral re- sources of Nevada, Montana and Idaho, causing a great and growing commerce between those points and the east and west, as surely stimu- lated to the commencement of the Central Pacific, and to the putting forth of energies by each company which have challenged and obtained the admiration of the world, for the unparalleled progress made in a work of such magnitude:
GOVERNMENT GRANTS.
The proposed undertaking, however, was so great that private capi- tal was doubtful of being able to accomplish it, and hesitated to enter upon the organization of a company for the construction of the line. But the necessity of having such a road daily assumed graver propor- tions ; and finally the government, while having a terrible and unparal- leledly expensive war on its hands, agreed to lend the national aid to the undertaking. The grants given to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines were alike ; that to the former including, in government six per cent. currency interest thirty-year bonds, $16,000 per mile, for 517 miles from the Missouri river to the base of the Rocky Mountains; $48,000 per mile, for 150 miles westward from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains ; and $32,000 per mile for the rest of the distance until it should meet with the Central Pacific. To this government added, as a grant, every alternate section of land for twenty miles on each side of the railroad, or 12,800 acres for each mile, worth at the government price of $1,25 per acre, $16,000 a mile; but as an act of congress, signed March
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC CAN FIND BOOTS AND SHOES AT DUNFORD & SONS.
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7th, 1868, provides that the government alternate sections shall not be sold for less than $2,50 per acre, it is but fair to estimate the sections granted to the railroad at the same price. Government also granted the companies the right to issue their own mortgage bonds to an amount equal to the bonds issued by the United States to the company ; with the rights of way and material, including the necessary public lands for track, stations, depots, etc.
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY.
A charter for the construction of the road was granted in July of 1862 ; and in October of 1863 a preliminary organization was made, fol- lowed soon after by a formal organization with a board of fifteen direc- tors to which was added five government directors. In the following August the first contract for constuction was let ; and the work proceed- ed slowly till January 1866, at which time but forty miles of track were laid. Difficulties of no ordinary character had to be encountered from the outset. Among these financial difficulties that would have disheart- ened men less energetic and and persevering than those who had the work in hand, had to be met and overcome. These conquered, others. presented themselves. On this subject, a correspondent of the Boston Journal treating upon it has said :
"The Company commenced operations at Omaha, then a small town, destitute alike of the skill necessary for the practical construction of such a public work, and destitute even of the mere manual force necessary. Mechanics were needed, laborers were needed ; if they were summoned from abroad, boarding places must be found, and some kind of homes extemporized. There were no shops in which, and no tools with which, to labor. Shovels, spades, picks, plows, axes and other implements were to be purchased in Chicago, Buffalo, Boston, New York or Philadelphia, wherever they could be found best in quality and cheapest in price, and transported to this new point of departure. And here again was another obstacle to be contended with, for as yet no rail track had been laid near- 'er than about 150 miles of the east bank of the Missouri river. Over this distance, therefore, all men and materials had to be transported by the slow and expensive process of wagon trains. The engine of 70 horse power, now propelling the Company's works at Omaha, was thus carried in wagons from Des Moines, on the river of that name, that at the time being the only available means of getting it through. Again, west of the Missouri river the country is almost entirely destitute of trees, and excepting a limited supply of cottonwood, similar in fibre and strength to the old Lombardy poplar of the east, there was nothing from which railroad ties could be obtained. East of the Missouri the forest condi- tions were quite similar, so that in a short time it came to pass. that the
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very ties on which the railroad has been constructed had to be cut in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and teamed over the country at an expense sometimes of two dollars and seventy-five cents per tie. Then it should be added that the supplies necessary for the support, clothing and maintenance of the laborers were also to be pur- chased far east and transported as before. In less than a year these dif- ficulties were confronted and conquered, and the great work begun in serious earnest."
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.
The forty miles laid in January, 1866, had stretched into 305 in the January of 1867; and in January, 1868, 540 miles were completed. In March, 1869, the cars had reached and passed Ogden, 1,032 miles west of the Missouri River, about 500 miles of track having been laid in the later fourteen months. The astonishing triumph of railroad building on the great overland line so far exceeds anything previously accom- plished of a similar work that no rival parallel can be drawn. The Union Pacific Company now runs their cars direct to Ogden, within a short dis- tance of Salt Lake, with a schedule time of thirty hours from Ogden to Cheyenne, fifty hours to Omaha, seventy-eight hours to Chicago and five days to New York.
ALONG THE LINE.
A number of towns have sprung up along the line and others have grown to be places of importance with a rapidity commensurate with the prosecution of the work of construction. Omaha, which a few years ago, was but a small outfitting point for emigrant and freighters' wagon trains starting westward, has now some fifteen thousand inhabitants, with energetic, pushing business men who are in full sympathy with the growth of the city, ambitious to see it rise in importance, and already stretching out to secure a full share of the trade of the western territo- ries, Its position on the western bank of the Missouri river; the con- verging lines of railroad which meet on the opposite side of the river at Council Bluffs and which carry to the great Union Pacific the commerce and traffic of the south and east ; and the broad Missouri bearing on its bosom from St. Louis and other points almost a nation's ransom of freight, give to Omaha natural advantages which can not fail to make it a city of great importance and size in a very few years.
Fremont, North Platte, Cheyenne, and other towns along the line have natural advantages and central positions which cannot fail to make them places of much importance as the country around them becomes settled and developed. 2
One interesting feature connected with travel on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, and one, too, as novel as it is interesting, is, found in the herds of antelope and buffalo which are offten passed
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES AND LADIES' HOODS, AT DUNFORD & SONS'.
Views of Echo Kanyon, at Carter's Gallery, adjoining Wells, Fargo & Co.'s.
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through. The lithe and graceful antelopes, startled with the snorting of the locomotive, erect their heads as if in astonishment, and seeing the strange looking monster speeding away from them often start out in full career to outrun the huge thing that rushes along so swiftly and steadily in a direct line. They will sometimes run thus for two or three miles, keeping pace with the train of cars and gracefully flinging back their heads as if in proud defiance of the tireless engine with which they vainly try to compete. Large herds of buffaloes are occasionally seen, scattered in wild confusion, cross the track, toss up the earth on either side of the line, shake their shaggy manes, and wildly dash across the prairie.
THE DENVER BRANCH LINE,
Running from Cheyenne to Denver, will connect Colorado with the Union Pacific Railroad, and open up rapid communication between that point and the east and west. A system of wooden railroads, proposed and chartered some time ago by enterptising citizens of Colorado, is rapidly growing in favor there, and their construction will probably be commenced at an early day. When conpleted, they will place the rich . mineral and timber lands of the principal parts of the Territory in close communication with Denver, aid in the development of the whole Ter- ritory, and centralize its wealth at a point in close connection with the great overland route.
THE SCENERY
Along portions of the Union Pacific is most attractive, and in places sublime. Reaching the Wasatch range, and passing down the wild gorges known as Echo and Weber Canons, a constant successions of bold, beautiful and magnificently picturesque scenery opens to view. The towering, rocky sides, fashioned by the hand of time in wierd looking and fantastic shapes, astonish and awe the beholder. Tourists and trav- elers will find in the scenery through which the great overland railroad passes, enough to turn the attention of those who love and seek the sublime, picturesque and beautiful from the oft-trodden scenes of Europe to the "back bone " of the American Continent. Passing through the Wasatch Range, Salt Lake Valley is entered, and the
GREAT SALT LAKE
Stretches away to the north and south, with islands rising out of its bed which have the proportions of lofty mountains. The waters of the Lake hold in solution an extraordinary amount of saline matter, varying at different points, according to their contiguity to the rivers emptying into it or distance from them, from fifteen per cent. to twenty-six per cent. An abundance of salt is consequently obtained from it, an article of a coarse quality being got in such quantities at times on the shores that it can be shoveled into wagons ; while by boiling an excellent table salt is
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