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has railroad connection with the Utah Central by means of the Sanpete Valley narrow-gauge. The road, however, touches only at Wales, a small town in the northwestern part of the county. A contemplated extension, likely to be carried into effect in a brief period, will carry the terminus as far as Manti, if not into Sevier County, and thus open a market for two of the best wheat-raising sections in the Territory. Coal is found in several- directions and is used by the people for ordinary domestic purposes. The county is bounded on the north by Utah County, south by Sevier, west by Millard and Juab, and east by Emery. The Sevier River runs through the "western part of the county. The Sanpitch is the only other stream of importance that runs through the county. The stream sinks into the ground opposite Ephraim west, and does not rise again until nearly opposite Manti west, a distance of about six miles south of the point where it disappears. The people of this county suffered greatly for years on account of grass- hoppers and Indian raids. The population is growing very rapidly. There are several cities and any number of thriving settlements in the county.
MANTI, the county seat of Sanpete county, was incorporated February 6, 1851, with an area of ten square miles. Elections are held biennially. In it are located four saw mills, three grist mills and two carding machines. It has three churches, Latter-day Saints, W. T. Reid and Hans Jensen, bishops; and one Presbyterian, Rev. G. W. Martin, pastor; four schools and four schoolhouses, district and Presbyterian; one theatre and two libraries-the Manti library and Young Men's library; also three societies: Relief Society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. The citizens are principally engaged in farming. Manti is located very nearly the centre of the county, is most important in point of population, and perhaps in wealth. It is here, also, the Manti Temple is being erected. The city is thriving and growing rapidly. It has mail communication daily, Sundays expected.
EPHRAIM CITY is the third city in the county in point of popula- tion, and is perhaps the equal of any in importance. It is centrally located on the east side of the valley, being seven miles northeast of Manti. The people are principally Europeans and mainly belong to the Scandinavian race. They are very thrifty, and exceedingly well-to-do. While no colossal fortunes are possessed by any of its inhabitants, the people are nearly all in comparatively affluent circumstances, and it is a question if there is another city in the Territory where the distribution of wealth is so nearly equal. Its population is about 2, 300. It was incorporated February 14, 1868, with an area of one and a-half square miles. Elections are held biennially. The principal industry of the citizens is farming. There are three churches, Latter-day Saints-C. C. N. Dorius and L. S. Anderson, bishops-and one Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. Martin, pastor; five schools and three schoolhouses, with an average attendance of 250. The societies are: Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. The Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association has also a library. Mail daily, Sundays excepted.
SPRING CITY was incorporated February 11, 1870. Elections are held biennially. The principal industry of the inhabitants is farming. In this city there is a lumber and shingle mill. There is but one church, that of the Latter-day Saints, of which James A. Allred is bishop; four schools and three schoolhouses, district and Presbyterian, with an average attendance of 135. Spring City has also a Relief Society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement and Primary Associations. The city is situated about nine miles northeast of Ephraim and some six miles south of Mount Pleasant.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, situated in the northern part of the county, is a flour- ishing town, second only to Manti. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Coal in abundance exists close by. The city was incorpor- ated February 20, 1868, and has an area of thirty square miles. Elections are held biennially, the first Monday in May. There are four churches, Latter-day Saints; W. S. Seely is bishop of South Ward and M. P. Madsen of North Ward; and one Presbyterian and one Methodist; five schools and five schoolhouses, three district and one Presbyterian and one Methodist, with an average attendance of 225 pupils; one library, and the following. societies: Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and a Relief Society.
FAIRVIEW, situated in the northern part of the county, was first settled under the name of the North Bend, in the winter of 1859-60, by James N. Jones, Lindsay A. Brady, Sr., Jehu Cox, Sr., Henry W. Sanderson and others. When a postoffice was established the name was changed to Fair- view. The city was incorporated February 16, 1872, and has an area of twenty square miles. Elections are held biennially, the first Monday in August. The principal industry of the citizens is farming. In it is located a large co-operative grist mill, which is in constant operation. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, Amasa Tucker, bishop; two schools and two schoolhouses, one district and one Presbyterian, with an average attendance of 164. Fairview Social Hall is where theatricals and other entertainments are held; Sunday school and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associa- tion libraries exist. The societies are: Relief Society, Primary and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations. Fairview has a daily mail (Sundays excepted), via Sanpete Valley from the north, and semi-weekly via Denver and Rio Grande from the east.
MORONI, located in the western part of the county, was first settled March 19, 1859, by G. W. Bradley, J. Woolf, I. Morley, H. Gustin, G. H. Bradley and Niels Cummings. The city was incorporated January 17, 1866, and has an area of twenty-one square miles; elections are held biennially. The citizens are chiefly engaged in farming; they receive a daily mail, Sun- days excepted. There are two churches, Latter-day Saints, John W. Irons, bishop, and a Presbyterian church; five schools and five schoolhouses, four district and one Presbyterian, with an average attendance of 175. Moroni has also a library and the following societies: Relief Society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and a Primary Association.
FAYETTE, located on the west side of Sevier River, in the southwestern part of the county, was first settled, April 8, 1861, by James Bartholomew, James Mellon, Jacob Mackerdy, W. Wood and J. Draper. The present bishop of the ward is John Bartholomew. They have a tri-weekly mail.
MAYFIELD, situated about ten miles south of Manti, the county seat, was first settled by a few persons from Gunnison in 1873, in 1874-75 over twenty families moved in from Ephraim and other parts of the county. It was then known as Aripeen, in honor of an old Indian chief who farmed there twenty years previous. July 10, 1877, the place was permanently organized and the name changed to the present one. O. C. Olsen is the present bishop. Mail is received three times a week.
GUNNISON, situated in the southwestern part of the county, was settled in 1860; organized a ward with Jacob Kudgerson, bishop, 1861. The pres- ent bishop is C. A. Madsen. There is a daily mail.
CHESTER, located about four miles west of Spring City, was settled in 1882, by R. N. Allred, Joseph S. Allred, I. N. Allred, H. C. H. Beek,
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George Farnworth, J. L. Ivie, David Candland, Sidney R. Allred, R. R. Allred and John Tilby. The present bishop of the ward is Redick N. Allred. They have a daily mail.
WALES, the present terminus of the Sanpete Valley Railroad, and the shipping point for the coal mines in the vicinity, was first settled in 1857, by John E. Rees, John H. Price, Thomas Campbell, George Mimer, David Hutchsen, Moses Gifford and Daniel Washburn. The present bishop of the ward is J. E. Rees. Mail is received daily.
There are also Fountain Green, Connelsville, Draper, Dover, Petty- ville, Birch Creek and a few other small farming settlements located in different parts of the county.
SALT LAKE COUNTY.
Salt Lake is the oldest, most populous and most important county in the Territory. The Valley of the Salt Lake is by no means comprised in this county, for it extends far beyond its borders. The Pioneers were the first who settled in the valley, on that portion of it now embraced in the corporate limits of Salt Lake City. It has always been the most important, and there is no reason at present existing why it should not continue to hold that position in coming years. The county has almost double the popula- tion of any other, while its capital, Salt Lake City, has about four times the number of inhabitants that the next largest city boasts. The area of the county is not very large-it is less than one-third that of some other coun- ties, but it is much more thickly settled. Its area is not much over 1, 200 square miles. Salt Lake is a practical embodiment, or representative, of all the counties north of the southern rim of the Salt Lake Basin. It contains a great number of farms, which are utilized to the best advantage; its irri- gating system is the most perfect; all the minerals that have contributed to the wealth of other communities, excepting, perhaps, coal, are found in Salt Lake in great abundance and are unusually easy of excess. These conditions are a natural result, and while the energy and industry of the inhabitants have contributed in a large measure to the fortunate circumstances by which they are surrounded, the people of other sections are certainly deserving of more credit for the achievement of success in the face of greater difficulties than in this county where success has been comparatively easy-such a thing as ease being admitted as possible in connection with the development of any part of the Territory. The natural tendency of wealth has been and still.is to concentrate here, where the capital of the Territory is; and trade has consequently followed, or come with it hand in hand. The earliest, and perhaps the richest mining districts in which gold and silver, and lead and copper were found in abundance in the Territory, and which first excited attention, were discovered in this county. The Bingham or West Mountain and Ophir Mining Districts are inferior, it inferior at all, only to the Tintic Districts, in which it is admitted some of. the finest properties in the Oquirrh Range, in fact in the Territory, are located. There are also the Little Cot- tonwood and Big Cottonwood districts in the Wasatch Range, in both of which are hundreds of good properties, resembling the famous Park City districts. In this Territory no mines have attracted such attention as the Emma and Flagstaff, and though for a long time they have fallen into disrepute, never- theless there are persons who believe the unfortunate cloud now overhanging these sections will yet pass away and that Big and Little Cottonwood Dis- tricts will prove to be the Comstocks of Utah. Even should this prediction fail of fulfilment Salt Lake County still has endless mineral deposits, which must contribute to her wealth, will still bring money into the county and help the development of all parts of the Territory. The most remarkable granite deposit exists in this county, and in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
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This has for years been a source of wealth. The Salt Lake Temple is built of granite quarried from this deposit, while frequent demands are made for it for other purposes. The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is also constructed of the same stone. There are two woolen mills in the county; the largest tan- nery and shoe factory in the Territory; numerous smelting and reduction and sampling works, lead pipe and white lead works-in fact every branch of industry known in the Territory will find itself represented to a greater or less extent in Salt Lake County by a similar industry. The only surprise, considering the great wealth of its population, the proximity to the market, and the better knowledge of the people regarding the requirements of the Territory and what local indus- tries it will justity, is that a much greater interest has not been taken in manufactures. Of a population bordering on 35,000 souls, Salt Lake City itself has close on 25,000, which leaves 10,000 for the farming, mining and stock-raising inhabitants of the county. The east side of the valley is most thickly settled, because the Wasatch Range yields an abundance of water which is utilized for farming; while the low Oquirrh Range on the western side of the valley affords but few and insufficient streams. Canals are being constructed and artesian wells bored, which are assisting very materially in the more rapid settlement of the western half of the county, and give promise that, in a few years, it will not be behind the eastern half, with all its natural advantages. The Jordan River, the outlet for Utah Lake, runs almost through the centre of the county and finds its way to Great Salt Lake. Considering the age of the county, its wealth and posi- tion, its public Courthouse is very inferior. The building is old, and while it answers the purpose, counties with one-seventh the population and one- tenth the income boast much more permanent and better-looking structures. The people, however, are very wealthy. They are wealthy in homes, in excellent farms, in a fine grade of cattle and horses, in manufactures, wealthy in fact in all that contributes to wealth and to its permanent increase through economic resources. The mineral springs-Hot and Warm so called-are among the most noted in the West, while the Great Salt Lake is yearly visited by thousands who pass through this county to reach its shores. Davis and Morgan Counties bound Salt Lake on the north, Great Salt Lake and Tooele on the west, Summit and Morgan on the east, and Utah County on the south. It is the centre of the richest, most thickly populated and best noted section of the Territory, and is a central point for nearly all the railroads in the Territory. Salt Lake City is not only the capital of the county, but of the Territory, and will be found more fully described else- where, in connection with the general directory.
ALTA, the business centre of the Little Cottonwood Mining District, is situated near the summit of Little Cottonwood Canyon, at the foot of the famous Emma Hill. At one time Alta was a populous and influential city, but a disastrous fire almost swept it away in the spring of 1878, and it has not been extensively rebuilt. It is seventeen miles from Sandy, twenty- eight miles, by rail, from Salt Lake, and is reached by the Alta branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway from Sandy.
BINGHAM is situated about twenty-eight miles southwest of Salt Lake City, in Bingham Canyon, and is the central point of the West Mountain Mining District. In past years it enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most solid and reliable mining camps in the country, and through the enter- prise of the citizens and their pluck in combatting hard times, it has gained the appellation of the "Old Reliable." The town is surrounded by numer- ous mines, the majority of which are turning out large quantities of paying ore. Bingham is reached by the Bingham branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, of which it is the terminus.
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SANDY is situated twelve miles south of Salt Lake City, on the line of the Utah Central Railway and Denver and Rio Grande Railway at its junc- tion with the Alta and Bingham branches. Although a small town, it is one of considerable importance. A large portion of the ores from the Cotton- woods and Bingham Canyon are shipped there for sampling. After being tested, much of the ore remains in Sandy until sold, and the business of handling, transferring and shipping ores is the principal enterprise of the inhabitants. A number of smelters are located in the vicinity and in times of mining activity are in general operation, giving employment to a large number of men. It has one church, Latter-day Saints, E. Holman, bishop. Daily mail from north and south.
MILL CREEK was first settled in 1848; at that time Mill Creek and East Mill Creek were one ward. In 1849 the following parties moved in: John Neff and family, W. Park and family, Alexander Hill, William Casper and family, Robert Gardiner, Sr., Robert Gardiner, Jr., A. Gardiner, John Baroman, John Scott and Stephen Chipman. The present bishop is James C. Hamilton. Mail is received daily.
Besides these there are in the county a number of thriving and rapidly growing settlements, including: Sugar House Ward, A. G. Driggs, bishop; Farmers' Ward, L. H. Mousley, bishop; East Mill Creek, John Neff, bishop; Big Cottonwood, D. B. Brinton, bishop; Union, I. Phillips, bishop; South Cottonwood, J. S. Rawlins, bishop; Granite, S. J. Despain, bishop; Draper, I. M. Stewart, bishop; South Jordan, W. A. Bills, bishop; Herriman, James Crane, bishop; West Jordan, A. Gardiner, bishop; North Jordan, S. Ben- nion, bishop; Brighton, F. Schoenfield, bishop; Mountain Dell, W. B. Hardy, bishop; Pleasant Green, L. M. Hardman, bishop; Highland, Argenta, Butlerville, North and Wasatch.
SEVIER COUNTY.
Sevier and Sanpete Counties probably suffered more than any other portions of the Territory from Indian attacks. Any one who lived in those places seventeen or eighteen years ago will well recollect the dread in which the Indians were held; how many lives were lost and how much property destroyed. At one time all the settlements in Sevier County south of Rich- field were broken up and deserted before the arrival of the Militia which assisted in restoring order. The effect of these constant and aggravated assaults was materially to retard developments in these sections and particu- larly in Sevier, where the population was not so great as in Sanpete. Sevier County is so named because of the river which runs through it. The county is excellent in grazing country, and is inferior only to Sanpete in its capacity for the raising of grain. For years the horses of Sevier County have been noted, and until within a recent period were accounted, among the best breed in the Territory. The Sevier River runs northwest along the eastern part of the county, and it is on either side of the river that excellent pasturage is found, while in the same valley is also the best farm- ing section of the county. The mines in Marysville District and elsewhere, have been of the greatest benefit to Sevier, as it has no other outlet. Grain from Sevier to be brought up to the general market, has to be hauled a very long distance by wagon before railroad can be reached. This lack of ready and cheap transportation has operated seriously against the more rapid growth and development of the county. The opening of the mines in Marysville and the active operation of the antimony works, both in Piute County, would overcome, in a large measure, these drawbacks; but the dis- advantages arising to the former because of the absence of cheap transpor- tation, effect the mining interests similarly, and until the one is relieved, unless there should be a great deal more profit in mining, the other is likely
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also to be dull. The pushing forward of the Sanpete Valley Railroad, as is at present contemplated, through Sanpete, into and through Sevier, and as far as the mines of Piute county, would relieve both interests. If it be taken forward to Manti even, some twenty miles will have been cut off which will be of great benefit. It has long been thought that both Sevier and San- pete, were there railroad intercourse with markets, could raise vegetables very profitably, the soil in both instances being well adapted to them, and it would give rest to land that has been strained in yielding cereals. Be that as it may, a railroad, to live in that section, would have to be moderate in its tariffs and moderate tariffs with the rapid transformation rail communi- cation gives, would go far towards obliterating the geographical conditions now operating against Sevier Valley. Sevier and Piute Counties were set- tled the same year, 1865. The greater part of and the more important towns lie along and follow the course of the Sevier River. Sevier County is bounded by Sanpete on the north, Emery on the east, Piute on the south and Millard on the west.
RICHFIELD was incorporated February 22d, 1878, with an area of two miles square. It is the county seat of Sevier County; elections are held biennially, on the first Monday in August; the chief industry of the citizens is farming and stock-raising. There are four churches, Latter-day Saints, J. S. Horn, P. Poulson, bishops; Presbyterian, Rev. P. D). Stoops, pastor: and Josephite, or Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints, J. C. Christian- sen, president; two schools and three schoolhouses, district and Presbyterian. with an average attendance of 150; two libraries, Sunday school and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. The societies are: Relief Society and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Asso- ciations.
SALINA is situated on the Sevier River, at the north end of the county, and is a place of growing importance. The principal industry of the citizens is that of the inhabitants of the county generally. The Mutual Improve- ment, Relief and other societies have branches in Salina. Jens Jensen is bishop of the Latter-day Saints' Church here.
VERMILLION was first settled in 1873, by Henry Nebeker, who located on the east side of the Sevier River, but the town proper was not settled until March 18th, 1874, on the west side of the river, by Peter Gottfredson, Isaac Smith, David Lufelt, R. Lufelt, Frank Beal and J. K. Sampson. It was organized as a ward October 8th, 1876, and Peter Gottfredson was appointed bishop.
GLENWOOD, situated on the east side of Sevier River, and about four miles directly east from Richfield, the county seat, was first settled in 1864, by Robert W. Glen. The present bishop is A. T. Oldroyd. It has a daily mail.
JOSEPH, located in the extreme southwestern corner of the county, on the west side of Sevier River, was first settled in 1865, but owing to the Indian war was abandoned, and re-settled in 1873 by a company sent out by Joseph A. Young. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, G. A. Murdock bishop, and a district school with an average attendance of forty. Mail is received three times per week.
There are also Monroe, Elsinore, Aurora, Annabella, Inverury and several other small settlements in the county.
SUMMIT COUNTY.
Summit County was settled, in 1853, by Samuel Snider, who built saw mills in Parley's Park. The county was organized in 1861. There are few better known sections of Utah, outside of Salt Lake and Weber Counties,
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perhaps, than is embraced in Summit. It is known because of the vastness and the varied character of the mineral resources found within its bound - aries. Among other minerals are gold, silver, lead, copper, fire clay, coal, limestone, salt, iron, sulphur, sandstone, mica. etc. Its coal fields first, however, brought it into prominence and were the occasion for the building of a short line of railroad, known as the Summit County Railroad, which was subsequently dismantled and abandoned. The coal fields in this county have been more thoroughly developed than in any other part of the Terri- tory, and are apparently inexhaustible. Grass Creek and Coalville are in the vicinity of large coal deposits, which are likely to yield as heavily as the demands require for an indefinite period. The discovery of precious metals, however, was the occasion for a heavy influx of miners and men with capital, and the county is to-day the scene of more active mining operations than any other place in Utah. It is in this county that the famous Ontario mine is situated; while the yield of metals aggregates a larger amount than is derived from any other place of the same area in the west. There are any number of paying mines in the district, and the work throughout is most thorough. Park City was the outgrowth of precious metal discoveries, as Coal- Ville was the outgrowth of the coal deposits. The prominence attained by Park City and the demand for coal, not only there, but for cheaper fuel else- where, resulted in the building of the Utah Eastern Railroad from Coalville to Park City, a distance of twenty-five miles, referred to more fully in the chapter on Railroads. The outgrowth of the Utah Eastern was the building of a branch line of the Union Pacific from Echo to Park City, a distance of thirty-two miles, which is still in operation, while the Utah Eastern has fallen into the hands of the Union Pacific. Be that as it may, the discovery of so many valuable mines called into the county a vast amount of money, created new classes of employment, requiring additional laborers, and gave a ready cash market for the products of the farming population of the county. It also gave value to the coal mines that were practically valueless before, because the Union Pacific saw fit not to haul Summit County coal into the market, and it could not be done by wagon at a competitive figure. In this way Summit County has largely been built up; and while the greater part of its population is agricultural, the money brought in by the mines has been invaluable. Wyoming Territory and Morgan County bound Sum- mit County on the north, Uintah on the east, Wasatch on the south, and Salt Lake and Morgan on the west. Besides the two roads mentioned, the main line of the Union Pacific cuts through the northwestern part of Summit County. The Bear River runs through this county, while the Weber River and a number of smaller streams give ample opportunities for irrigating purposes. This county also contains a large area of excellent grazing land, and is blessed with a variety of favorable conditions that few localities can boast. It should be wealthy, thickly populated and very prosperous.
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