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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.
COALVILLE is the county seat of Summit County. This city was first settled in 1859, by Henry B. Wild, A. B. Williams, William H. Smith and others. The city was incorporated January 16, 1867, and has an area of twenty square miles. Elections are held biennially. The Utah Eastern has its terminus here, and the Echo and Park City Railroad passes through it, It is the supply centre for the large coal mines adjacent; consequently the chief industry of the inhabitants is coal mining. There is but one church here, Latter-day Saints, Robert Salmon, bishop; but occasionally Congrega- tional services are held in the schoolhouse. It has three schools and three schoolhouses, two district and one New West Educational Association, with an average attendance of 200. It has also one subscription library and the following societies: Relief Society, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement and Primary Associations. It has a daily mail.
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PARK CITY is an incorporated city. It is essentially a mining town. It is not only by long odds the largest, but it gives evidence of the greatest permanence of any place in the Territory, the inhabitants of which rely upon mining and dependent industries for a livelihood. Its great feeder is the Ontario, though it is the supply town for innumerable smaller mining camps in the districts by which it is surrounded. Miners, having families, have secured homes in Park City and vicinity if their work justifies, and it is here the miners gather when released from labor. The result is a large amount of money is in circulation. It has two or three churches and some schools, but the uncertain character of a majority of the people, while they do not affect the prosperity of the city-as their places are filled upon departure, if work is good-still prevents that more perfect organization of society which results from the assurance of permanence. Park City is a marvel in its way. Its population, however, is a mining population, with the addition of industries dependent upon mining and upon community exist- ence.
PEOA, located on the east side of the Weber River, about seven miles northwest of Kamas, was first settled in April, 1860 by James Garner, William Milliner, David O. Rideout, John Neel, C. W. Shippen, B. A. Miles. Orrin S. Lee, Henry Barnum, John Barnum and Jacob M. Truman. The first house was built by H. Barnum and J. Truman. The town has a population of between 300 and 400 people; during the year about 17,000 bushels of small grain is raised, and about 800 tons of hay cut and stacked. There are two business houses, a flour mill, two steam saw mills, one lath and one shingle mill and two water-power saw mills, but owing to the length and severity of the winter little progress is made. Stephen Walker is the present bishop of the ward. Mail is received on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week.
KAMAS, situated about twelve miles east of Park City, was first designed in 1858 as a herd ground by Thomas Rhoads and was known as Rhoads' Valley; in 1860, he, with a few families, settled there and in 1862 a ward was organized with William G. Russell as presiding elder. The people lived in a fort until 1870 when a city survey was made and they moved out on their lots. S. F. Atwood is the present bishop. Mail is received three times a week.
PARLEY'S PARK was first settled by Samuel Snider, in 1855. George M. Pace is at present bishop of the ward. The nearest postoffice is Park City.
UPTON was settled June 17, 1865, by Joseph Huff. Upton mail is received at Coalville, the nearest post office. John Clark is bishop of the ward.
WOODLAND WARD was organized July 24, 1881. The ward consists of thirty-seven families, twelve on the south bank of Provo River, in Wasatch County, and twenty-five on the north bank, in Summit County. The nearest postoffice is Kamas, five miles distant.
WANSHIP is a flourishing little town on the line of the Echo and Park and Utah Eastern Railways. It has one church, Latter-day Saints, with Jared C. Roundy bishop.
Echo is essentially a railroad town, and is situated at the junction of the Utah Eastern, Echo and Park City and Union Pacific Railways. The only church is the Latter-day Saints', of which Elias Asper is bishop.
There are also Wasatch, Castle Rock, Emory, Hoytsville and Hen- nefer; also Hailstone, Rockport and a few smaller settlements in different sections of the county.
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TOOELE COUNTY.
Tooele, also, is one of those counties a large portion of which is composed of the Great American Desert, as is the case with Box Elder, Millard and other counties; that is, at a distant date it was the bed of a por- tion of what is now Great Salt Lake. The county was first settled in 1849 by John Rowbery; the same year the survey of Great Salt Lake was made by Captain Stansbury and Lieutenant Gunnison. A very large portion of it is composed of the desert, which renders it absolutely uninhabitable by the agriculturist. Like the whole of the country lying in the vicinity of the Oquirrh Range, however, it is rich in minerals of great varieties. Besides gold, silver, lead and similar metals, large beds of saleratus and unusual deposits of ochre have been found, not to mention fertilizers and other articles of great value in commerce in some portions of the world. Some of the earliest mining developments are connected with this county, and Ophir District-in its boundaries-was for a period one of the most prominent min- ing sections in the Territory. In area, Tooele is one of the largest counties in the Territory. The State of Nevada forms its western boundary line; Juab County is on the south, Box Elder on the north and Salt Lake and Utah Counties on the east. Great Salt Lake runs into the northeast corner of the county. Through Millard, Juab and Tooele can be found the dry bed of an old river, which found its outlet into Great Salt Lake. This bed can be traced from Great Salt Lake to Sevier Lake, and beyond question at one time the waters of the Sevier River and other streams, after being gath- ered into the Sevier Lake basin, were carried off through this now dry river bed into Great Salt Lake. It is said, even now, if the waters of Sevier Lake should raise ten or fifteen feet above the present usual line, the dry river bed would again receive the waters of the lake, which would once more find their way to the Dead Sea of America. Such an event is as highly improbable as anything that can well be imagined; but if it ever were real- ized in fact, Sevier Lake would become a fresh water body, and large tracts of land along the old river course would become valuable for farming pur- poses. Tooele has been noted more for its grazing than for its agricultural resources; but for the amount of arable land that exists in the county, there is little better. Since mining has ceased to be as prominent an industry as heretofore, stock-raising has been the means of bringing much wealth into the county. It is remarkable both for the number and excellence of its horses, and for its cattle. The proximity to the lake, with the saline breezes coming from it, prevents a very deep accumulation of snow, while the large tracts of desert land make admirable pasturage in the spring and a reason - ably mild grazing ground in the winter. The populated portion of the county lies along the Oquirrh Range, or between the Oquirrh and the Cedar Ranges. A small sheet of water, called Rush Lake, lies some distance southwest from Tooele, the capital of the county, and near Stockton, at which latter place, in years past, there was a good deal of activity on account of the mines in the vicinity. Saleratus is a very prominent mineral in the county and exists in such quantities that profitable industrial utiliza- tion could be made of it. Sulphur is also found in considerable quantities, together with iron, coal, copper, fire clay, lime rock, salt, granite, sand- stone, marble, mica and any quantities of ochres, from which paints can be manufactured. As a county possessing general natural resources, few places exceed Tooele, while its proximity to Salt Lake City makes it a little sur- prising that some of these resources have not been utilized in manufactures before this date. The materials also exist in this county, as in others, to manufacture glass and crockery-ware in any quantities. When the manu- facturing interests of Utah shall begin to receive that interest and attention which her economic resources will justify, Tooele County, because of its
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resources and because of its location, must attain an importance few expect for it now. Tooele County has two incorporated cities, one by the same . name as the county and the capital, and Grantsville, some distance north- west and nearer the lake. The Utah and Nevada Railway, narrow-gauge, runs some distance into the county, its terminus being at a point near Stock- ton, and a few miles beyond Tooele. The Salt Lake and Western Railroad, broad-gauge, runs through a portion of the southeastern part of the county.
TOOELE CITY, county seat of Tooele County, was incorporated January 13, 1853. It has an area of three miles square, and is situated on the line of the Utah and Nevada Railway. Its inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agri -. culture and stock-raising. It has two churches, Latter-day Saints, Thomas Atkin, Jr., bishop, and Methodist, J. D. Gillilan, pastor. Two common schools, and three schoolhouses with an average attendance of 190. The Social and Spiers' Halls are used as places of amusement. It has one pub- lic library. The societies are Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations, and the Relief Society. Elections are held biennially. Daily mail.
GRANTSVILLE was incorporated January 12, 1867, and has an area of eighteen square miles; elections are held biennially. The only church is Latter-day Saints, with Edward Hunter, bishop. There are four schools and three schoolhouses, three district and one Methodist, with an average attendance of 150. The two places of amusement are the City and Anderson's Hall. There are two libraries, the Sunday school and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. The Relief Society and Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations constitute the benevolent and intellectual organizations of the city. Mail, daily.
E. T. CITY was first settled in 1854, by Peter Maughan, G. W. Bryan, George Baker, Mr. Leavitt and others. William F. Moss is bishop of the ward. They have a daily mail.
LAKE VIEW was first settled in 1865, by Orson Pratt, George Marshall, Moses Martin, John B. Smith, Adam Smith, A. C. Shields and R. Shields. There is no postoffice at this point; Tooele is the nearest postoffice. Moses Martin is bishop.
ST. JOHN, situated about eight miles southwest of Stockton, was first settled in 1858, by Luke Johnson, who was appointed bishop when the ward was first organized. The present bishop is George W. Burridge. Mail three times a week.
STOCKTON, near the terminus of the Utah and Nevada Railway, situ- ated about six miles southwest of Tooele, the county seat, was at one time a flourishing mining town, but owing to the suspension of work, to a large extent, in the adjacent mines, it has gradually declined in activity. In it are located two smelters, the Waterman and Chicago, both of which are lying idle.
There are also in the county, Erda, Lakeside, Vernon, Cannon, Centre, Rush Lake, Ophir, Lewiston, Jacob City, Knowlton, Deep Creek, Clover, Bullionville, Hooper, Rock Springs, Beckwith and a few other small places, besides numerous ranches scattered throughout the eastern half of the county.
UINTAH COUNTY.
Uintah is a county with excellent prospects. The county was organ- ized in 1880. It is bounded on the east by Colorado Territory, south by Emery County, north by Wyoming, and on the west by Summit, Wasatch and
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Emery Counties. One thing that has tended to retard its development is that the Uncompahgre and Ute Indian Agencies are located in this county and the uncertainty that attached, for a long time, because of their presence. This feeling is now abating on account of the continued peaceful relations main- tained between the Indians and settlers. Though but little used, and consequently imperfectly developed, there are immense coal beds in this county, and coal of several varieties. Many other minerals are known to exist, but none have been brought into commercial value any more than has coal. In this county, as in Emery, ozocerite has been discovered, while crude petroleum forces its way out of the ground. It is to be regretted that no attempts have been made to develop these natural resources, seem- ingly trying to force themselves on the attention. There is no reason why petroleum in quantities could not be found in these counties and none what- ever why, in the event of its being discovered in sufficient quantities, it should not become a source of profit and the means of forwarding the development of the counties in which it is found. Certainly no large amount of money would be required to demonstrate the practicability of making petroleum from these flowing wells, and the results, in case the tests were favorable, would more than justify the experiment. The disposition to depend on outside help for internal developments will result unfortunately in days when the evil of such a course cannot be rectified. Mineral wax is is also found in the county, and there is little doubt that the more precious metals are among the discoveries time is likely to see realized. For years past Uintah County has been almost exclusively a stock-raising sec- tion, and by many was considered one of the best ranges in the Territory. Lately, farming has been more generally introduced by the inflowing of a new class of people-agriculturists rather than stockmen-and the county is making an admirable showing in the amount of grain raised per acre. This is another instance of the abundance of room Utah affords for further set- tlement, notwithstanding the very unfortunate surmise that her sustaining capacity had been attained. What with the vast tracts of land yet untouched, the endless variety and inexhaustible character of the minerals found within her borders, and the manifold industries that will yet be estab- lished upon the resources to be found in Uintah and every other county in the Territory, the population of each of the counties should range into the hundreds of thousands. Be that as it may, Uintah, like most of the other outlying counties, particularly those touching the eastern boundary line of the Territory, is rapidly being developed, and bids fair soon to rival many of the older counties with greater advantages. There are several streams in the county, the White River being among the number. The Green River. one of the largest rivers in the Territory, runs through Uintah County from the northeast to the southwest, and for some distance, at the southwestern corner, divides Emery from Uintah County. There are ample water facili- ties, and ample room for growth.
ASHLEY is the principal place in Uintah, and is the capital of the county. It is situated near the centre of the northern half of the county, and is a place of considerable prospects. None of the settlements are large, and such as do exist are generally in the northern portion of the county. Besides Ashley there are Brown's Park, White Rocks and some other small places. A few years will see marked changes in the map of this county.
UTAH COUNTY.
Utah County is second only to Salt Lake County in point of popula- tion and importance. The first settlers in Utah County built a fort near the present site of Provo City, the parties being about thirty in number, and among them, John and Isaac Higbee. Safe as this county is to-day, the
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early inhabitants were not without trouble from the Indians. The natural advantages this section presented, however, were so great that it was impos- sible it should be of slow growth. Taken throughout, Utah stands on the same plane as Salt Lake and Cache Counties for the excellence of its farming areas and the variety and quantity of crops grown. It resembles the latter county in the determined efforts making to raise the standard of stock, and its inhabitants are perhaps wealthier. Of course, it is much older and has had whatever advantage might be derived from a closer prox- imity to the capital of the Territory. It is bounded on the north by Salt Lake County, east by Wasatch, south by Juab and Sanpete and west by Juab and Tooele. Gold, silver, lead, copper, fire clay, coal, lime rock, some salt, mineral wax, iron, sulphur, granite, sandstone, marble, mica, gypsumn, ozocerite, peat, etc., are among the metals and metalloids discovered up to date. Like Cache County, however, no material developments have been made in the mining industry, and for the same reasons. The proximity of the county to the mines of Tintic, in Juab County, have helped the already excellent market which the people of Utah County enjoyed. While the progress of Utah County has ever been marked, the last two or three years has seen an unusual awakening of energy and interest and developments in material directions to an unusual degree. Part of this awakening is undoubt- edly due to the completion of the Denver and Rio Grande, and the opportunities given the business men of Provo City and the county in gen- eral to enter into active competition with the merchants of Salt Lake, with a view to building up their own trade. By far the most important branch of industry in the Territory has been carried on in Provo City for a number of years-the Provo Woolen Manufacturing Company's Mills. These mills were built at a tremendous expense, considering the material condition of the Territory when the colossal enterprise was undertaken. Its capacity is equal to that of nearly all the other mills in the Territory combined Under active and energetic management it has done much to bring articles of local manufacture into a repute calculated largely to exclude importations; and while the characteristic indifference of communities has given only too little encouragement, the mills have still, by energy of the management and excellence of the wares, arrived at a basis at which it is possible to compete with imported goods and still make a profit. This undertaking alone and its successful battling against such a fatal obstacle as indifference are evidence of the energy and determination that have become character- istics of its thrifty community. Fifty miles of railroad, running from Springville up Spanish Fork Canyon to Pleasant Valley, now incorporated in the Denver and Rio Grande main line, were built by citizens of Spring- ville, and mainly through the efforts of N. and M. Packard. Such a single- handed undertaking is a further evidence. The county has exceptional water advantages and they have been made the most of. Flour, lumber, shingle and different industries of a power character have been founded all over the county and have grown to be sources of profit and means of independ- ence. Utah County is also singularly independent; that is, it is within her power to be as much so as any section of the Territory. The Utah Central Railroad runs through the entire length of the county and almost through the centre, while the Denver and Rio Grande comes down Spanish Fork Canyon, from that point also runs through the whole length of the county. These two roads give this section unusual facilities for transportation. The county itself affords a most, excellent market for much of its own products, the result being that fair prices are maintained. Other counties less fortunate as to location are glad to get 10 to 20 per cent. less for the same article. The greatest fresh water body in the Territory is situated here-Utah Lake. Its length is almost forty miles, and its average width ten miles. The larger cities and towns are situated in close proximity to this lake. The best farin-
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