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There are also Promontory, Blue Creek, Seco, Matlin, Bovine, Lucin. and other small towns lying along the line of the Central Pacific Railroad:
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also Plymouth, Blue Springs, Curlew, North Ward, Three Mile Creek, Point Lookout, and a number of others scattered throughout the county.
BEAVER COUNTY.
Beaver County was settled in 1856. Simeon Howard and some thir- tecn others were the first residents, having left Parowan, the capital of Iron County, for the purpose of locating the new section. Beaver is rich in many respects, its great distance, however, from large centres, and the absence, until very recently, of a railroad, materially retarded its develop- inent. About ten years ago rich mines were discovered in the region, which brought this county into importance and gave it an impetus which it still retains, but not to such a degree as at first. The operation of the Horn Silver mine, located in this county, one of the most famous in the west, for a time caused a large distribution of money, not only in Beaver, but throughout the whole of the south. The completion of the railroad to the mine brought in outside competition and resulted in the taking away of a good market for grain and farm products, which found a ready sale in Frisco from Sanpete, Sevier and other counties besides Beaver. The county has been and is still wealthy in timber of excellent quality, and supplies the mines, and it is thereby yet enabled to keep considerable interchangeable wealth in circulation. The county is second to none in the importance of its mineral opportunities, not only as to quantity, but as to variety, and the output from the Horn Silver and the Cave is yearly adding largely to the wealth production of the Territory. Reference to the chapter on mining, under the head of this county, will give some idea of the richness of the minerals and the vast number of claims located there. The whole county is a vast mineral laboratory so extensive that the work at present done seems as nothing.
The existence of the county and its prosperity is due to its agricultural and pastural features. It was settled by agriculturists, and its population, excepting those of an itinerant character, always to be found in mining sec- tions, is made up almost entirely of agriculturists and those who follow branches of industry dependent upon agriculture. The water supply, as in all the more southern counties, is insufficient, for which reason the increase in population has not been as rapid as it would otherwise have been. The land, however, is rich, and, where water can be obtained, the product per acre is the equal of any section of the Territory. Though higher than Salt Lake, Cache and other counties, nevertheless cereals and fruits of the tem- perate clime grow with great rapidity and of superior quality. Efforts now being made, looking to the storage of water, will certainly prove successful, in which event the large tracts of land bordering the Beaver River and in the vicinity of the mountain ravines whence streams come, will be made pro- ductive and increase the wealth of the county. The western part of the county embraces much of the desert of which the western part of Utah is mainly composed. The mountain ranges are not as high above the level of the valleys as in other places, but they are of considerable width. In the eastern part of the county and in the mountains are numerous ravines and some lakes, in and along which grows in rich profusion the bunch grass peculiar to the Wasatch and kindred ranges, and noted for its nutritious character. These two conditions-the desert and depth of mountain range -make Beaver an excellent county for stock-raising, and the people, as a natural consequence, possess much wealth in this form. The large herds range along the desert hills in the winter months, the snow not being so deep nor the cold so severe, and with the gradual merging into spring and from spring into summer, the cattle are driven around the hills from the west to the east and into the mountain ravines, to return to the desert in
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winter. Perhaps no county in the Territory surpasses Beaver for its natural stock-raising opportunities. This county was among the first to begin the manufacture of woolen goods, mills being operated to-day which were established in 1870. Beaver County is directly south of Salt Lake about 150 miles. The county is bounded on the north by Millard County. on the east by Piute, on the south by Iron, and on the west by the State of Nevada. Its area is about 3,000 square miles, a small portion of which only is arable, because of the absence of water. The Beaver River is the principal stream. Beaver City is the capital of the county.
BEAVER CITY .- It is situated in the extreme eastern part of the county in a lovely valley, and is supplied by water from the Beaver River. Its population is less than 2,000. The County Court House, a fine, substantial brick building, is located in this city; and in this building, beside the offices of the several officials of the county, are held the sessions of the Second Judicial District Court, the district embracing largely over one-third . the area of the Territory. It was within a mile of the city, to the east, and in the mouth of the canyon from which the Beaver River flows, that the now abandoned Fort Cameron Military Reservation was located. The . site is one of the loveliest imaginable, and the desires and efforts of the people to have the grounds and buildings hereafter do service for an educa- tional institution is not only praiseworthy, but should result in a speedy and practical consummation. Beaver City has an area of six square miles. is admirably situated and is possessed of first-class water facilities, which may be utilized in the carrying on of manufacturing industries, and, with the enterprise that exists, is destined to become the supply centre for the section of country by which it is surrounded. Here is located the Beaver Co-operative Woolen Factory, with a capital stock of $100,000, the factory having a capacity of 360 spindles, and turning out a very excellent quality of woolen fabrics. There are also grist mills, saw mills, planing mills, turn- ing shop and a tannery, all of which are constantly in operation. It sup- ports two weekly papers, the Beaver Record, F. R. Clayton, editor and pro- prietor; and the Utonian, Daniel Tyler and George Hales, proprietors. There are three churches, two Latter-day Saints, of which Charles White and John H. Smith are bishops, and the Methodist Episcopal, Rev. Mr. Brock, pastor; two schools, district and Methodist, with an average attend- ance of 200. The places of amusement consist of two libraries and a theatre. There are also the following societies: Relief Societies, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and Ancient Order of United Workmen. The city was incorporated January 10, 1867. Elec- tions are held biennially. At present the principal occupation of the inhab- itants is farming. It has daily mails, Sundays excepted, arriving from the north and the south.
MINERSVILLE, situated on the Beaver River at the mouth of Minersville Canyon, in the southern part of the county, is next in importance to Beaver City. It was first settled in 1859 by J. Gundy, T. Lewis, W. Barton, E. Bingham, J. Blackburn and J. H. Rollins, the latter gentleman being the first bishop of the ward. It has now one church, Latter-day Saints, J. McKnight, bishop; one school and two schoolhouses, district, with an average attendance of forty; a library, the property of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. There is a Female Relief Society and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. The principal industry of the citizens is farming and stock-raising. A grist mill is located here. It is situated about fifteen miles west from Beaver; mail, daily, both from the north and the south.
MIL.FORD is the southern terminus of the Utah Central Railway, and is of importance on this account, and because located in the center of the
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mining districts of Beaver County. The population is not a settled one, depending mainly on the tenure of employment given persons because of the railroad having its terminus there. It has two hotels and quite a num- ber of business houses.
FRISCO is the scene of the Horn Silver mine, and whatever of import- ance it enjoys at present is due to the magnitude of that property. It is essentially a mining camp, with the consequent fluctuations in population and prospects. It is seventeen miles from Milford, and a branch line of the Utah Central runs there.
ADAMSVILLE was first settled in the spring of 1866 by D. B. Adams, J. Simkins, J. Baker, J. H. Joseph, Thomas Gunn, A. G. Wilson, A. G. Ingram, W. Reese, R. Griffiths, J. J. Griffiths, J. Harris, C. Wilden, J. Armstrong, D. D. Reese, George Cutte, J. Tatersoll, H. Tatersoll. Thomas Richards, D. C. Adams, W. Hallgate and W. Hall. The inhabi- tants are principally engaged in farming and stockraising. It has one church, Latter-day Saints, Joseph Joseph bishop, one school and one schoolhouse, district, with an average attendance of forty; also the follow- ing societies: Female Relief Society and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. It has a daily mail (Sunday excepted). It is eight miles southwest from Beaver.
GREENVILLE is situated between Beaver and Adamsville, and resem- bles the latter place. It is five miles from Beaver. J. Lilywhite is bishop. It also has a daily mail (Sunday excepted ).
There are several other small places in the county, such as Cave, Bradshaw, Shauntee, Pine Creek, etc.
CACHE COUNTY.
Cache Valley was first settled by Peter Maughan, W. K. Maughan. George Bryant, John Tait, Morgan Morgan and Zial Riggs. They entered the valley in July of 1856, and located at what is to-day Wellsville. They left the valley for a period, returning September 17th of the same year. John Maughan, Francis Gunnell and A. D. Thompson being among the number at the latter date, and being among those who permanently located and assisted in the founding of this sterling county. Cache ranks as one of the foremost and certainly as one of the most promising of the counties in the Territory. For some years it disputed with Sanpete the right to the title of the "Granary of Utah," but was ultimately accorded the unques- tioned right to the appellation. The county was organized April 4, 1857. Wellsville being the county seat. The area at that time was greater than it is to-day. It now, as near as may be estimated, embraces about 900 square miles. The assessed valuation of property at the date of organization was $12,400, the total tax amounting to $93.
Cache County is bounded north by Idaho, south by Weber County, west by Box Elder and east by Rich County. Excepting in the north it is completely surrounded by mountains, generally high, rugged and precipit- ous, not only attractive to the eye, but forming, up to the present period, the mainstay of the county. The winter snows accumulate in the mountain recesses, and linger far into the autumnal season; in fact, in some places, the snow remains year after year. This natural husbanding of snow, due entirely to the height and broken character of the mountains-especially on the east-secures an abundance of water during the whole year, thus mak- ing the cultivation of the farms even more certain than in countries where. the fall of rain has to be relied upon for the growth mi The Logan and the Blacksmith Fork are the principal agricultura of the valley,
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though the Bear River, which runs through the northwestern portion of the county and ultimately finds its way into Great Salt Lake by breaking through the low range of mountains skirting Cache Valley on the northwest, is being considerably utilized in the interest of agriculture. Both the Logan and the Blacksmith Fork come from the mountains east, flow down canyons within a few miles of each other, and ultimately join and find their way into the Bear. These two streams are the main feeders of the numerous canals for which Cache is celebrated and to the existence of which-built at great cost and under trying circumstances-so much of this valley's prosperity is due. The eastern side of the valley is also noted for its unusual facilities for the operation of water power industries, which render the working of flouring mills, saw mills, and other power industries, practicable at a mini- mum expense. The opportunity thus afforded by nature, has not been slighted: while the growth of kindred industries yearly becomes more per- ceptible, and gives foundation for the prediction that Cache will yet become one of the foremost manufacturing counties as it is now the principal agri- cultural county. An industry which has already proven of great value to Cache County, and which is likely still to add to its fast accumulating wealth, is its timber resources. Millions of ties have been and are still being taken from the mountains skirting the east, while the whole county is practically supplied with lumber and wood therefrom. The supply seems almost exhaustless, for there are yet places in the mountains-accessible too-where the sunlight scarce penetrates, and where few people have ever been. There are several saw mills in these mountains, the principal ones being those owned by the United Order Company and others known as Temple Mills, where all the lumber used for the Stake Tabernacle and for the Temple is secured. Gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, lime rock, granite, marble and sandstone have already been discovered in considerable quantities, though the mountains have been but imperfectly prospected. Some mining has been done, but so far no striking developments have been made of precious metal deposits. This is partially due to the fact that the outcroppings have not shown any remarkable characteristics, but more particularly for the reason that the people of that county have wisely bent their energies in agricultural pursuits, thus securing a permanent basis for whatever indus- trial superstructures the resources of the county, minerally and in a manu- facturing sense-with the enterprise of its inhabitants-may yet warrant. In the matter of building rock Cache Valley occupies a position as enviable as that of the most favored county in the Territory. Not only do all kinds of building rock abound, but granite, and some of the most remarkable specimens of marble are to be found in the area which the county embraces. Some of the rock is almost of the hardness of emery, and cannot be dressed by the ordinary methods. The marble is of several varieties, white, mottled and black, all being susceptible of a high polish, and when so finished is very rich in appearance. Iron exists here, as in other parts of the Territory, in vast quantities, and if a test made several years ago should still prove a fair one, there is little doubt that time will see pig iron largely manufactured in this county. The test, or aralysis referred to, was made at St. Louis, when it was shown that the percentage of silver contained in the ore was large enough to pay the necessary expenses of reducing it to iron. Cache is admitted to be one of the most attractive and healthful of the counties. The valley is broad and clear, traversed by several streams in the centre, while cities and villages, dotting the sides and nestling under the lofty moun- tains, present to the eye a picture at all seasons delightful. In the spring it is green with the green meadows and thriving grain, and sweet and beau- tiful with the perfume of wild and natural flowers, and those of the trees. The midsummer is relieved of the excess of heat by the mountains and the canyon breezes, while the eye feasts with that delight which grows of intelli-
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gent appreciation as it rests upon the evidence of peaceful thrift everywhere visible. The fall is no less attractive, when the mountains, resplendent with the foliage that has been turned into all the hues of the rainbow by the silent and mysterious touch of frost, are relieved by the brown of the fields from which the bounteous harvest has just been reaped. Such a country should be a fine one for the fisher in the early summer, and for the hunter in the fall and winter; and so it is, excelled by few. Food is cheap, every accommodation and comfort available, civilized comforts plentiful. The county is growing with great rapidity, and is a potent factor in the develop- ment and population of Northern Idaho. There are six cities in it, Logan being the principal one and county seat, and numbered with the three prin- cipal cities of the Territory outside of Salt Lake. It is described more fully in connection with the general directory of the city appearing elsewhere.
HYRUM .- In point of population Hyrum is next in importance to Logan. Its population is placed at perhaps 1,700. Farming is the princi- pal occupation, though the manufacture of lumber and dairy operations are also prominent branches of industry. The city is situated in the southern end of the valley. It was incorporated February 10, 1870, and has an area of three square miles. Elections are held biennially. There are two churches: Latter-day Saints, S. M. Molen, bishop; Presbyterian, Rev. Phillip Bohback, pastor; four schools, three district and one Presby- terian, with an average attendance of 200; two libraries, Sunday School and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. Of societies, there are the Relief Society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and three Primary Associations. Hyrum is a growing and a thriving place. Its population is comprised principally of Scandinavians. It was settled in April of 1860 by Alva Benson, Ira Allen, and some twenty families, and for a time much difficulty was experienced in securing an adequate water supply. This obstacle overcome, the place grew rapidly until it has reached the position of a place second in importance to the county seat. The town is very pleasantly located and is some eight miles south of Logan. The mail is tri-weekly.
WELLSVILLE is situated in the southwest part of Cache County, nine miles southwest from Logan, and has an area of twelve and three-quarter square miles; its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. It was incorporated January 19, 1866; elections are held biennially. It has two churches, Latter-day Saints, W. H. Maughan, bishop, and Presbyterian in charge of Miss Kate Best. There are three district schools and one Presbyterian mission school, with an average attendance of 170. The Wellsville Hall is used for entertainments, and the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association have a library containing 118 volumes. The socie- ties are Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and the Relief Society. The manufacture of lumber is also carried on here to some extent. Wellsville is the oldest and to-day one of the most important towns in Cache County. Its inhabitants are thrifty and enterprising. The city is very pleasantly located. It has a tri-weekly mail.
SMITHFIELD is pleasantly situated on the line of the Utah and North- ern Railroad. It has an area of four square miles; the principal occupation of its inhabitants is agriculture. A charter was granted February 6, 1868; elections are held biennially. It has two churches, the Latter-day Saints, George L. Farrell, bishop, and Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. Parks, pastor; it has also district and Presbyterian schools to the number of six with an average. attendance of 325. The societies are Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and the Female Relief Society; there are two libraries in the place. A tannery, grist mill, and a lumber, lath and
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shingle mill are also located here. It is eight miles north of Logan and has a daily mail. The inhabitants are noted for kindness and enterprise.
RICHMOND, also situated on the line of the Utah and Northern Rail- way, four miles north of Smithfield, was incorporated February 6, 1868; elections are held biennially. In it are located two lumber and two grist mills. There are two churches, Latter-day Saints, W. L. Skidmore, bishop and one Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. Parks, pastor; four schools- three district and one Presbyterian-with an average attendance of 155, There is a theatre, a Sabbath school library and the following societies: Relief Society and Young Men and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. The principal industry of the citizens is farming. It is admitted that some of the finest farming land in Cache Valley is located about this prosperous settlement. In population it ranks with Smithfield. Its inhabitants are accounted among the wealthiest in the county. It also has a daily mail.
MENDON is the first city or settlement reached in entering Cache Valley from the west. It is on the line of the Utah and Northern, eight miles almost due west from Logan. It was first settled May 2, 1859, by Robert Hill, Roger Luckham, Robert Sweeten, James H. Hill, Peter Larsen, Isaac and Peter Sorensen, Alexander Hill and Alexander H. Hill. There is one church, Latter-day Saints; William Hughes is bishop. The city is not very large. There is also but one school-district. There are Young Men's, Young Ladies' and Primary Associations and a Relief Society in the city. The occupation of the people is principally farming, but owing to unfavorable conditions in regard to water for irrigation the population has not grown as rapidly as it would have done otherwise. It has a daily mail.
HYDE PARK, on the line of the Utah and Northern Railway, five miles north of Logan, was settled in the spring of 1860 by William Hyde, S. M. Molen, Robert Daines, P. D. Griffith, H. Ashcroft, E. Seamon and others. They have a daily mail, Sunday excepted.
PROVIDENCE, situated two miles south from Logan, the county seat, was first settled April 20, 1859, by Ira Rich, John F. Maddison, Hopkin Mathews, Sr., William Fife, John Lane, Henry Gates and Joseph H. Camp- bell. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, M. M. Hammond, bishop; one school and one school house, district, with an average attendance of 100; there is also a Sunday School and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Library, a. Relief Society and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. The citizens are principally engaged in farming. They receive mail three times a week.
MILLVILLE, located four miles south of Logan, was first settled June 27, 1860, by Ezra T. Benson, P. Maughan, Joseph G. Hovey, George W. Pitkin, E. Edwards, F. Weaver, Martin Wood and Garr Brothers. J. G. Hovey was appointed bishop. The present bishop, George O. Pitkin, was appointed March 12, 1862. They receive mail three times a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
LEWISTON, situated on the west bank of the Bear River, opposite and west of Richmond, was first settled in October, 1871, by Peter E. Van Orden, Robert Wall, P. Griffith, John Buxton and T. Huff, and was organ- ized an ecclesiastical ward October 20, 1872. William H. Lewis is bishop. The settlement receives mail three times a week.
BENSON, about eight miles northwest from Logan, was settled by I. J. Clark and sons, Alma Harris, Charles Rees, George Thomas and William Ricks, May 3, 1871. Alma Harris, bishop. Mail twice a week.
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CLARKSTON, located in the northwestern part of the county, was settled in 1864 with Israel J. Clark, bishop. The present bishop is John Jardine. They have a semi-weekly mail.
NEWTON is also a growing town, situated northwest of Logan with Hans Funk as bishop. It is a thriving settlement. Paradise is a neat settlement, situated on the extreme southern part of the valley, with Orson Smith as bishop. Cub Hill is a growing place; and there are several smaller towns in this valley, all prospering, and evidencing inherent vitality likely to give them much greater prominence than they now enjoy.
FRANKLIN, though now in Idado and Oneida County, was for many years considered in Cache County, and the affiliation of its inhabitants are with the people of the latter county. Its people are very enterprising, and they have given a large and growing population to the surrounding country. It is about twenty miles from Logan, and is not over a mile on the north of the boundary line of Utah and Idaho. L. L. Hatch is bishop, the town having one Latter-day Saints Church, and one district school with an average attendance of perhaps seventy-five. It has a daily mail and is the point to . which the Utah and Northern was completed by the people of Utah before that line fell into the hands of the Union Pacific Company. Farming is the principal occupation, though the sawing of lumber in an important industry, .while it is here the noted Star Woolen Mills are located. Varied branches of industry are operated here. Franklin, to all intents and purposes, is a : Utah town, though located in Idaho.
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