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JUAB is named after the county. It is a railroad town and was at one time the terminus of the Utah Central Railroad, until the extension to Milford was completed. Its population is mainly composed of rail- road employees. There is no meeting nor schoolhouse in the place, though a Latter-day Saints' organization exists there. Daily mail. In addition to the above there are several mining towns, or camps in Tintic, which resemble other mining towns in the main. Among them are Tintic, Silver City, Diamond, Homansville and Eureka. These camps furnish a ready market for much of the agricultural products of the farmers in Juab, and have contributed largely to her success.
KANE COUNTY.
There are contradictory statements as to the date of the settlement of this county, due to the change in its boundary lines. Kane County at one time included all that part of Washington County which lies west of a line running due south from Old Harmony, or Harmony as it was at one time called. This included Old Harmony, Toquerville, Virgin City, and other towns now belonging to Washington County. If Old Harmony is included in Kane, then the county was first settled in the spring of 1852, by John D. Lee and others, who settled on Ash Creek, and called the place Harmony. If Harmony is not included then the first settlers were J. T. Willis and Nephi Johnson, who settled at Toquerville and Virgin City respectively in 1858. Kane is one of the three southernmost counties in the Territory. It is bounded on the east by San Juan County, the Colorado River dividing the two counties; on the west by Washington; north by Garfield and a por- tion of Iron, and south by Arizona. The country embraced by this county is also of that peculiar character which marks the land on either side of the Colorado River. It has, however, some excellent farming land, which, by great labor and unyielding perseverance, has been made very productive. There is a long stretch of country between Kane County and a railroad point, difficult of access because of its being broken and uneven almost beyond comprehension. The result is that only a local market was had for products, and the power to export has not been achieved. The range is excellent and cattle have been a source of wealth to the people of the county, because beef could be raised and driven out at a profit. Despite the difficulties with which the people have had to contend-any county in the Territory, unless it be San Juan, having greater advantages in point of communication-the people are determined and thriving well. That there is mineral in quantities is hardly to be questioned, but up to date little has been discovered. None of the precious metals have been found, nor copper nor lead. Gypsum, coal, lime rock, and endless areas of sandstone have been discovered. Latterly large mica deposits are reported to have been found in Kane County, but to what extent the report is based on truth is not known. There are several notable peaks in the county and a number of elevated table lands or plateaus, all confirming the opinion expressed in the chapter on "Physical Utah" descriptive of that country lying below the rim of the Great Basin. This county was named in honor of the late Col. Thomas L. Kane, well and favorably known in the history of the Latter-day Saints.
KANAB is the county seat of Kane County. It is situated in the south- western part of the county, and is perhaps as near the main line of the mail
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route of Southern Utah as any place of note in the county. It is largest in point of population in the county. The place was first settled in 1870. There is but one church, Latter-day Saints, with a school. There are also Mutual Improvement and Relief Society organizations in the place. W. D. Johnson, Jr., is bishop.
JOHNSON, situated about ten miles northeast of Kanab, the county seat, was settled in the spring of 1871, by J. H., J. E., B. F. and W. D. Johnson. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, with W. D. Johnson, presiding elder. Mail, semi-weekly.
GLENDALE was permanently settled March 7, 1871, by R. J. Cutler. W. Foot, W. D. Kartchner, James Leithead, A. S. Gibbons and others. They have one church, Latter-day Saints, with Royal J. Cutler, bishop. Mail three times a week.
PAHREAH, situated near the junction of Pahreah River and Cottonwood Creek, was first settled in 1872 by Thomas W. Smith, A. F. Smith, James Wilkins and others. There is a Latter-day Saints church, with Thomas W. Smith, bishop. Mail twice a week.
ORDERVILLE, located on the western bank of the Rio Virgin, in the western part of the county, was first settled in 1875. There is but one church- Latter-day Saints. Thomas Chamberlain is bishop. Mail three times a week.
There are also Mount Carmel, Windsor, Adairville, Ranch, Upper Kanab, and a few other small settlements in the county, whose inhabitants are engaged in farming and stock-raising.
MILLARD COUNTY
Is one of the largest counties in the Territory in point of area. Like Box Elder, Tooele and Juab the extreme western portion of the county incorporates a large tract of the Great American Desert. Millard is bounded on the north by Juab, east by Juab, Sanpete and Sevier, south by Beaver and west by the State of Nevada. It was settled during the spring of 1851, by Anson Call and some thirty families, who located at Fillmore. About this time the first Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory met in "Great" Salt Lake City, as it was then called, and Fillmore, in Millard County, was settled as the capital of the Territory. Through the eastern half of Millard County the Utah Central Railroad runs. The mail, to a majority of the towns, however, has to be carried over the mountains by coach or buckboard. Millard is quite a rich farming area, the land being very productive where water can be obtained, while the whole county is noted for the excellence of the fruit raised in it. The habitable portion is the eastern section, lying close to the Wasatch Range. The Sevier Lake or Sink, as it is sometimes called, is in this county. After rising in Garfield County, and flowing south through Piute, Sevier and part of Sanpete Counties, the Sevier River runs north, then west and then south through Juab County, and finally after flowing a considerable distance in a south- easterly direction through Millard empties into the Sevier Lake, and as there is no outlet, it is called the Sevier Sink. The lake is about forty miles long, by some eight miles wide on an average, and, there being no outlet, its waters are naturally salt. Millard is a county exceedingly rich in mineral deposits. Gold, silver, lead, copper, fireclay, coal, lime rock, iron, sulphur, sandstone, mica, gypsum, alluminum and zinc are among the minerals discovered up to date. The output of ore or bullion forms no very important factor at the present time, but that the county has the capacity there is not even opportunity for a doubt. The large sulphur deposits elsewhere referred to exist in this county, the like of which has not been found anywhere else so far up to date. Though much talk has been
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indulged in, little decisive action has been taken towards bringing the beds into that productive position which their extent and purity, or fineness. would warrant. However, like others, this difficulty time will speedily overcome. Millard County embraces also some excellent grazing country and stock- raising is among the profitable industries, while farming is the mainstay of the population. Millard is in a position to become a populous and a wealthy county, her natural resources not agriculturally alone, but miner- ally to an unusual degree, warranting such a position for the county within a reasonable period.
FILLMORE, the county seat of Millard County, has an area of sixteen square miles and was incorporated January 12th, 1867. At the time of incorporation it had an area of thirty-six square miles; elections are held biennially. The citizens are chiefly engaged in farming and stock-raising. Here are located two saw and two grist mills. There is but one church, the Latter-day Saints; J. D. Smith is bishop; four school sand four school- houses, district and Presbyterian, with an average attendance of 200. The places of amusement are a theatre and three libraries, Sunday school, Mutual Improvement and Liberal. It has also the following socie- ties: Relief Society, Primary, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Mutual Improvement Associations and Union of the People's Party.
DESERET is a station on the line of the Utah Central Railway. but the town proper lies about one and one-half miles from the railroad. The place was first settled in 1858, by Messrs. Croft, Cropper, Robinson and others, but owing to the loss of the dam placed across the river to supply the town with water, was abandoned in 1867; it was re-settled by J. S. Black, Gilbert Webb and others in the spring of 1875; organized a ward, with J. S. Black bishop, July 24th, 1877. The citizens are principally engaged in farming and stock-raising. They receive a daily mail.
SCIPIO, located in the northeastern part of the county, was first settled March 10th, 1860, by T. F. Robins, Wm. Robins, Elias Pearson, John Brown, Samuel Kershaw, B. H. Johnson and James Mathews. Thomas Yates is the present bishop. Mail is received daily, Sundays excepted.
KANOSH is situated in the southeastern part of the county, and was first settled by W. C. Penny in October, 1868; in the spring of 1869 the town of Petersburg, or String Town, lying one-half mile distant, was incorporated in Kanosh with Culbert King as bishop. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, the present bishop being A. A. Kimball. The place has a daily mail to and from the town.
MEADOW, located on the Corn Creek Indian Reservation, about seven miles north of Kanosh, was first settled in 1863. by Wm. H. Stott, James Duncan, H. B. Bennett, James Fisher, William Stott. E. Thompkinson, Ralph Rowley, Edwin Stott, A. Greenhalgh and John Breshnell. There is one Latter-day Saints' Church, of which H. B. Bennett is bishop. They receive a daily mail.
There are also, lying along the line of the Utah Central Railway, a number of small railroad stations: Leamington, Riverside, Neels, Black Rock and a few others of no great importance, beside others not in the line; Cove Creek, Oak City, Holden, Chapin Springs, Cedar Springs, Orderville and a number of smaller settlements scattered throughout the county. The principal industry of the inhabitants being farming and the raising of stock.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Morgan County was settled in the spring of 1879. The late President Jedediah M. Grant, with Thomas Thurston and others, was the first settler.
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The county is peculiarly shaped, being elongated, and lying lengthwise northeast and southwest. Weber and Rich Counties bound it on the north, Summit and Salt Lake on the south, Wyoming and Summit on the east, and Davis, Weber and Salt Lake Counties on the west. It is a farming and stock-raising section, though it is not without mineral deposits and mines. The Union Pacific cuts through the southwestern part of the county, and on its line are several towns. The populated portion of the county is confined to the southwestern half, the other half being devoted to ranges, the excel- lence of which is unsurpassed. These ranges are utilized with profit, not only by the inhabitants of the county, but by persons living in other sections. The county was organized in 1862, at which date its area was 614,400 acres. The present area is 588,800 acres, a large portion of which is mountainous country. The minerals, found in any quantities, are silver, lead, copper, coal, lime rock, iron, sulphur and mica. The best farming land is found along the banks of the Weber River, which sweeps through what might be termed a continuous valley, though at times it is so narrow as to afford room only for the river. This land is very rich and is a beautiful picture during the grain season to the appreciative as they ride over the Union Pacific, which follows the course of the Weber River through this county. The population of Morgan is not very large, but the proximity of farming lands to the Union Pacific affords a ready market for all products and keeps as a result ready money in circulation. The county seat is at Morgan City, the largest and most populous place in the county. It is a portion of the First Judicial District, sessions of which are held at Ogden, Weber County.
MORGAN CITY, county seat, situated on the line of the Union Pacific Railway, was incorporated February, 1868, and has an area of five square miles. Elections are held biennially. There is one church, Latter-day Saints. Charles Turner is bishop of South Morgan Ward, and O. B. Ander- son of North Morgan Ward. Four schools and four schoolhouses, three district and one missionary, with an average attendance of 105. The city has three libraries and the following societies: Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and a Relief Society. The citizens are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The manufacture of boots and shoes, brick and lime, is also carried on to some extent. Morgan City has a daily mail.
ENTERPRISE, also situated on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, was first settled in 1862 by Roswell Stevens, Thomas Palmer and Jessie Haven. It was organized into an ecclesiastical ward in 1877. It has one church, Latter-day Saints, J. K. Hall, bishop. They receive a daily mail, the postoffice address being Peterson, which is about two miles west on the line of the railroad.
MILTON was first settled in 1856 by Thomas J. Thurston. The present bishop of the ward is Eli Whitear. There is no postoffice here, the citizens securing their mail at Morgan City, five miles distant. The principal indus- try is farming and gardening.
Mountain Green. Peterson, Mount Joy, Croyden, and a number of other small settlements lie along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, and are shipping points for the grain, fruit and vegetables raised in the adjoining country.
PIUTE COUNTY.
The Green and the Grand Rivers join at a point, as near as may be, in the centre of the eastern boundary line of Piute County and form the Colo- rado River, which begins here. The county is bounded on the east by San Juan, south by Garfield, west by Beaver and north by Sevier and Emery.
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Piute County is one of the wealthiest mineral sections in the Territory. It is not as notable for the abundance of such minerals as gold, silver, copper, lead and so on as it is for the possession of unusual minerals in a state of remarkable purity. It is especially for the magnificent antimony deposits that have been found in this county, that it is most noted, and they place it on a footing for antimony deposits that Iron County occupies because of its vast iron mountains. It is an opinion entertained by the most competent judges, that the purity of the antimony ore found in this county, is so great as to justify its shipment to manufacturing centres in Europe at a profit to all concerned. Prospecting recently done in the county, in a section known as Blue Valley, has resulted in the discovery of vast coal beds of a peculiar character; while some of it is of a character between albertite and jet. It burns readily, and it is believed will be valuable if it can be had in quantities and can be gotten without much difficulty. The fracture is conchoidal, and the surface highly lustrous. In this it resembles jet; but it burns quite readily with a yellow light and there are frequent appearances of jets of flame when subjected to heat. The fields are located within fifty miles of the Denver and Rio Grande, over a country in which a little money would make a reasonably good road. Piute County has no railroad, the line mentioned being the most accessible, and the nearest. Up to the present the main industry of the population is farming and stock-raising. No incon- siderable amount of money has been spent in the county in pushing forward the mining interests, and when the time arrives, as it is certain to do within a reasonable period, that the active utilization of the varied mineral deposits shall have been permanently undertaken, a new era of prosperity will set in, likely to grow with each succeeding year. The county was organized at Marysvale, in 1869. The date of the first settlement of the county cannot be ascertained definitely. It was, however, some years prior to 1868; but the settlers were driven away by Indians. It has incidentally been reported that a man named Black-William, the impression is-was the first to locate in the county.
JUNCTION is the county seat. Is is situated in the southwestern corner . of the county on the mail route to Arizona. The mail passes north and south three times a week each way; south, Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day; north, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
CIRCLEVILLE was permanently settled in 1860, prior to that several. attempts were made to settle the place, but owing to the hostility of the Indians it was abandoned until the year mentioned. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in farming and stock-raising. It is now a thriving little settlement.
KINGSTON, situated about four miles south of Junction City, the county seat, and in the extreme southern portion of the county, was settled in 1877, William King, bishop. They receive mail three times a week.
GREENWICH, located on the west bank of Otter Creek, was first settled in 1874, by A. K. Thurber. There is mail twice a week.
There are also Burrville, Koosharem, Clover Flat, Fremont, Loa, Boltonheim, Webster, Bullion City and a number of other small and thriving settlements located in the county.
RICH COUNTY.
Is situated at the northwestern extremity of the Territory. The Terri- tory of Idaho bounds it on the north, Wyoming Territory on the east, Weber and Morgan Counties on the south, and Cache Valley on the west. The later years of the life of C. C. Rich, an Apostle in the Mormon Church,
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were identified with this county. He was the first, in company with other par- ties, to locate in the county, and it proved for quite a period, up-hill work to battle against the then inclement seasons. However, determined efforts overcame the obstacles and the whole valley, is to-day, dotted with pleasant settlements, the inhabitants of which are generally prosperous. While the country is well adapted to farming, it is not so favored in this respect as it is to stock-raising. The valley of the Bear Lake, of which the Utah portion is in Rich County, is very beautiful at all seasons of the year, particularly that portion of it bordering on the lake. There are long reaches north and south, excellent both for farming and pasturage. The winters are pretty severe, and while this fact does not retard the growth of wheat, it affects some other cereals unfavorably. The abundance of rich mountain grass, noted for being nutritious, compensates for many draw backs by favoring the rapid and full growth of stock. The county is named after its founder, General C. C. Rich. A large portion of the county formerly considered in Utah, including Paris, St. Charles, Bloomington, etc., by a change in territorial boundary lines, is now a part of Idaho. Thus the larger cities have been taken from Rich County. The remaining settlements are grow- ing rapidly, however. Like Cache, Rich County is wealthy in timber. The Wasatch Range at this point is very high and at places twenty to thirty miles through, and is wooded with a prolific growth of pine at which much work has been done for years, without appearing to diminish the supply. Until the completion of the Oregon Short Line, which does not touch Rich County, however, the county had its most accessible railroad outlet through Morgan County, to the Union Pacific. Now it is possible to take the Ore- gon Short Line road and go to Granger by the broad-gauge, or go on to the point of intersection with the Utah and Northern, and thence north or south by that route.
RANDOLPH, the county seat, is situated nearly in the centre of the county, and has considerable land under cultivation, and is surrounded by excellent grazing land. It has one church, Latter-day Saints, of which A. Mckinnon is bishop.
GARDEN CITY is located in the extreme northwestern part, on the shore of Bear Lake. Meadowville and Lake Town are located near the southern end of the lake.
WOODRUFF is situated in the southeastern part of the county, on the Bear River.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
San Juan is the country of the Colorado. It embraces a large tract of land which forms the southeast corner of the Territory. Colorado forms the east boundary, Arizona the south, Emery County the north and Piute, Garfield and Kane Counties the west boundary. The Colorado River, as previously stated, is formed by the junction of the Green and Grand Rivers at a point near the centre of the eastern boundary line of Piute County, and at the northwestern part of San Juan. From this point, the Colorado River sweeps along and practically divides San Juan County from the remainder of Utah Territory. San Juan is never likely to be a populous county; though portions of it are excellent both for grazing and farming. It is, in the main, a wild, wierd county, resembling no other part of the Territory. There are endless stretches of solid sandstone, without a drop of water or a blade of grass to be seen for miles. Coming to the Colorado River, one can look down over tremendous cliffs and see the river gliding along through pleasant valleys thousands of feet below, and with no visible means of descending the perpendicular height. Running towards the river are ravines from all directions. A few lead by gradual ascent to the
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river, others lead on to a point where there is a sudden break, forming a precipice hundreds of feet deep, down which it is absolutely impossible to descend without certain loss of life. Frequently large herds are driven in that country to winter, and the cattle becoming thirsty, will stand on one of these tremendous cliffs, looking at the coveted waters, thousands of feet below, until they drop dead, or drop over the cliff in their endeavor to get down, and are mashed to a pulp on the rocks beneath, or in the waters. There are a few settlements in the county; but so far little progress has been made. The inhabitants maintain intercourse with the Indians on the Navajo Reser- vation in Arizona and with other tribes. Sheep and goat herds are among the most profitable pursuits. As before stated there are some excellent pieces of farming land, and where it is found the salubrious climate ensures a profitable yield. A fact of interest worthy of mention, is the remarkable evidences of the historical cliff builders, which are to be seen along the Col- orado River in the San Juan County. If wild and romantic scenery were a desirable condition, no place in the world could excel San Juan County; and for those interested in the history of the aborigines, few places offer such temptations as the cliffs overhanging the old bed of the Colorado River.
1 BLUFF CITY, the county seat, La Sal, Montezuma and McElmo are the only towns in the county, the principal occupation of the inhabitants being stock-raising.
SANPETE COUNTY.
Sanpete ranks among the oldest and most prosperous counties in the Territory. Until the unprecedented development of Cache County it was called the "Granary of Utah," and even to-day is scarcely inferior to that section in the extent and the quality of its cereal crop. The county was settled as early as 1849, Isaac Morley, Seth Taft and Charles Thummay being the original locators. Manti, now the county seat, was the site chosen by them, and from the commencement it has been populated by an indus- trious and a thrifty people. The area has been reduced considerably in later years by the creating of new counties; until to-day, the county is confined within a well-defined section. Of course the community is agricultural in is character; but they make the pursuit a profit where, in many other section 3, people would bemoan the lack of a market. In all that is calculated to enhance their material welfare in the principal industry they manifest unusual shrewdness and skill. They inbreed the best strain of blood into cattle and horses; they take the very best care of their stock; they own large herds of cattle, and the numerical strength of their flocks of sheep is greater perhaps than in any other section of the same area in the Territory. The county is by no means without mineral deposits. It has vast coal beds, and the opin- ion is expressed by a thoroughly posted gentleman that it would be impos- sible to sink a depth of 500 feet along any of the foothills of the mountains on the east of the valley without striking coal. The coal is of a coking character, and the expectation of securing a market for coke and establishing coking works was the motive that induced the construction of the Sanpete Valley Railroad. The most remarkable oolite deposits exist in this county and the stone is very largely used. The magnificent Temple at Manti, in this county, which is now nearing completion, is built on an oolite hill, from stone of the same character within half a mile. It is found all over the valley and is beyond question a resource that will yet prove of great com- mercial value. Other minerals are also found, such as gold, silver, lead, gypsum, jet, and almost literal mountains of salt. The proverbial caution of the people, however, keeps them from taking any risks, but when the period arrives that the articles within the limits of the county are demanded, her inhabitants will not be found slow in filling such demands. The county
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