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WASHINGTON was incorporated February 18, 1870, and has an area of two and a half square miles. Elections are held biennially. The citizens are chiefly engaged in gardening and farming. It has one church, that of the Latter-day Saints, Marcus Funk, bishop; two schools and one school- house, district, with an average attendance of sixty-three; also a Sunday school library. It is about six miles from St. George, is beautifully located, and is a garden spot in every respect.
DUNCAN'S RETREAT, located on the north bank of the Rio Virgin River, was first settled in December, 1861, by Chapman Duncan, who aban- doned it. It was resettled by William Theobald, Joseph Wright, Clayborne Elder, David B. Ott, Robert W. Reeve, J. B. Pratt and Thomas Burgess. It has a Latter-day Saints' church, D. B. Ott, presiding priest. Mail received six times a week.
GUNLOCK, situated in the western part of the county, on the Santa Clara River, was first settled by W. Hamblin in 1857. J. S. Huntsman is bishop of the ward. Mail, four times a week.
HARMONY, located in the northern part of the county, was first settled by James Pace, William Pace, George W. Sevy, Harvey A. Pace and John D. Lee. Mail received daily.
HARRISBURG, situated about twelve miles northeast of St. George, was first settled in 1860 by Moses Harris, Samuel Gould, Silas Harris, E. K. Fuller, Milton Daily, John Newton, William Robb, David Ellsworth, James Lewis, William Leary. Orson B. Adams, Allen Stout, John McCleve and John Gould. It has a branch of the Latter-day Saints' church, O. B. Adams, presiding priest. Mail received daily.
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LEEDS, about three miles north of Harrisburg, was first settled in 1868-9 by R. H. Ashley, W. E. Jones, J. S. Harris, Silas Harris, B. J. Stringham, S. A. Angell, William Stirling, E. Thomas, Charles A. Con- nelly, Wilber Earl, John Brown and William Jolley. George H. Crosby is bishop of the ward. The postoffice is at Silver Reef, from which place mail is received daily.
PINTO, situated in the northern part of the county, was first settled in 1866, by Jacob Hamblin, Lorenzo Roundy and R. S. Robinson. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, Robert Knell, bishop. Mail is received from? St. George Mondays and Fridays, and the mail to Pioche, Nevada, from Salt Lake and Silver Reef, Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week.
PRICE was first settled in 1858 by a company formed by President Brigham Young and others for the purpose of raising cotton, with Joseph Horn as superintendent. After three years occupancy as a cotton farm, the place was submerged by the great flood of 1861 and abandoned; it was resettled in 1863 by a farming company. In 1874 it was organized as a United Order Company with George Baker superintendent. It has one Latter-day Saints' church, Nephi R. Fawsett, bishop. The postoffice address is St. George, five miles distant.
ROCKVILLE is a growing little town on the Rio Virgin River, about nine miles east of Virgin City. Farming and grape-raising are the principal industries of the inhabitants. Charles N. Smith is bishop of the Latter-day Saints' Church there.
SANTA CLARA, located about five miles northwest of St. George, on the Santa Clara River, was first settled in 1853, by Jacob Hamblin and a company of Indian missionaries. Marcus Ensign is bishop of the ward. Mail is received semi-weekly.
SPRINGDALE, situated in the eastern part of the county, a branch of Rockville Ward, was first settled in 1862; was abandoned on account of Indian wars, and resettled in 1873. Squire Hepworth is presiding priest. Mail is received at Rockville.
SHOENSBURG, located on the Rio Virgin River, at the mouth of Spring- dale Fork, was first settled by Oliver DeMill, George Petty, H. Whitlock, Hyrum Stevens and Alma Millett, January 20, 1862. There is a branch of the Latter-day Saints' church, Oliver DeMill, presiding priest. Mail six times a week.
SILVER REEF is a mining camp in every respect. It is situated one mile from Leeds and about seven or eight miles west of Toquerville. For a long time, and during the great prosperity of the mines at Silver Reef, it had quite a large population, more or less of a floating character. Since, there has been a general closing down on work in the Reef, and life has gone out from the camp. It is not unlikely, however, the camp will resume its former importance; certainly it will if the idea of geologists and mining experts is borne out, that the Reef is barely touched instead of being worked out.
TOQUERVILLE, a beautiful little town located about twenty-four miles northeast of St. George and nestling under a high mountain, was first settled in the fall of 1857, by J. T. Willis, Wesley Willis, Samuel Pollock and Josiah Reeves. There is one church, Latter-day Saints, William A. Bringhurst, bishop. Mail is received daily.
VIRGIN CITY, located on the north side of the Virgin River, was first settled in 1857, by Nephi Johnson, Anthony Stratton, A. J. Workman,
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James Bay, Samuel Bradshaw, William Haslam, Carl Shirts and Henry Barney. There is a Latter-day Saints' church, John Parker, bishop.
There are also Hebron, Pine Valley, Bellevue, Glen Edwin, Grafto 1, Hamblin, Middleton, Mountain Dell, Northup, Milltown, Old Harmony, Blue Spring, and a few other small settlements in the county.
WEBER COUNTY.
Weber is one of the four principal counties of Utah, in each of which is located one of the four principal cities in the Territory. The settle- ment of Weber County followed the settlement of the Territory by the Mormon people one year. The founding of the county began by the purchase by Captain James Brown, of the improvements of an old and at present unknown Indian trader. Captain Brown located on the present site of Ogden, and thus the foundation of this prosperous county was commenced. It is a fact worthy of note, that these four counties-Cache, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber -- are noted for a remarkable similarity in one respect, at least: they embrace the best watered valleys in the Territory. The Wasatch Range is highest, the fall of snow heaviest, and the steady flow of water the year round is greatest in these counties. It is impossible that sucli con- ditions should not have contributed in a very marked degree to their upbuilding. Ogden City is second to Salt Lake in point of population, yet Weber County is behind all three in the number of inhabitants. The county is so named because of the Weber River, which is referred to fully in Wasatch County. It is in the centre, almost, of the most thickly populated portion of the Territory, and is possessed of most remarkable advantages, botlı natural and artificial. One important factor in the development of Weber County was the completion of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, the eastern terminus of the one road and the western of the other being at Ogden. The subsequent construction of the Utah Central from Ogden to Salt Lake, and of the Utah and Northern from Ogden into Montana, with the recent com- pletion of the Denver and Rio Grande to the same general point, make of Weber County a centre which cannot fail materially to assist in its upbuild- ing. In addition to this the county abounds on all sides in rich agricultural lands, generally occupied and farmed to the best advantage. A market is afforded for the various products of the agriculturist at a fair rate, and money is kept in circulation at all times, which, in no small way, renders the more rapid development of a section easy, where the absence of money would make the task slow and difficult. The most populous portion of the county is the western section, the eastern half being more mountainous and better adapted to stock-raising, for which it is very generally utilized. The farmers are well-to-do, because of their proximity to a fair market, and the result is they are taking more pride in securing better breeds of cattle and horses, and are thus adding to the wealth of the county in an unostentatious way. All the metals of importance are found in Weber County: Gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, etc. The iron deposits in this vicinity have been long and are now widely known. Their extent and richness is not a matter of dispute; it has been so favorably settled that iron works were established and have been operated, and pig iron of an excellent quality run out; but for some reason, at present not a matter of public knowledge, it was found unprofitable to continue them; and they are now lying idle, awaiting greater capital, though certainly not greater energy nor enterprise. In no county is there a greater enterprise nor energy of a community displayed than here; and many branches of industry flourish because of the determined efforts of the investors and the disposition of the people to help those who are their neighbors. The mill products of the county are very great, while the fact that railrords enter from the north and south, giving access to all
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points of the compass, is of great value in assisting millers to secure and to hold markets. Mining has not been carried on to an extent to demonstrate the character of the mining resources of the county, whether rich or not, save in iron, the value of which, as before stated, has been fully established; but the fact that minerals have been found makes it among the probabilities that more thorough prospecting may develop precious metals in a form that will invite heavier mining operations. However, Weber County does not require such a condition to insure her prosperity. If the mountains sur- rounding this valley contained no minerals whatever, still Weber County would be prosperous. The wealth of the farming land, miles of canals secur- ing irrigation facilities, the industries of citizens, and the unfailing market which the five railroads centering in the county give the people, all insure the Weberites against any permanent drawbacks. Periods of decreasing activity may be encountered, but they must of necessity be short- lived, and the people will grow wealthy and more numerous with each year, so long as the present relations are maintained, so long as the existing energy characterizes future community exertions. Weber County has Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties on its north; Morgan east, Davis and Morgan south, while the waters of the Great Salt Lake wash its entire western boundary. Besides the Weber, the Ogden River flows down a canyon of the same name of singular beauty and grandeur, and what remains of it after doing service to the husbandman finds its way into the lake. A splendid County Court House is in Ogden City, in which the county officers are located, while the clerk of the First Judicial District Court, for the northern half of the district, also has his office in this building, in which court holds its sessions. Ogden City is the capital of the county, and as a general directory of the city is given, a more detailed description will be found with that directory.
EDEN, located in the centre of the county and about ten miles northeast of Ogden, was first settled in 1860, by John Beddle and Joseph Grover. There is a Latter-day Saints' Church, John Farrell, bishop. Mail is received Monday and Wednesday of each week.
HARRISVILLE, located on the line of the Utah and Northern Railway, a few miles north of Ogden, was first settled in the spring of 1850, by Ivin Stewart. In the fall of this year Stewart killed an Indian Chief named Parrakee, mistaking him for a thief in his corn. This caused a general uprising of the Indians and Stewart was forced to seek safety in California. The place was re-settled in 1851, by P. G. Taylor, W. W. Dixon, Martin H. Harris, L. A. Shurtliff and others. The present bishop is P. G. Taylor. Mail is received six times a week.
HUNTSVILLE, situated abuot twelve miles east of Ogden, was first set- tled in 1860, by Jefferson Hunt and sons, Charles Wood and a few others. A branch of the Latter-day Saints' Church was organized in 1861 with J. Hunt bishop. It was organized a bishop's ward in 1877, with F. A. Ham- mond, bishop.
LYNNE, located a short distance northwest of Ogden on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, was first settled in 1849 by James Brown, E. Rice, George and Frederick Barker, Charles Burke and others; it was then known as Bingham Fort; E. Bingham was bishop. Lynne was organized a ward in 1877 and Daniel F. Thomas was appointed bishop. Mail is received at Ogden, as the settlement is within the corporate limits of that city.
MOUND FORT, situated within the corporate limits of Ogden City, on the north side of the Ogden River, was first settled by Ezra Chase, Charles
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Hubbard, Ambrose Shaw, William Shaw and their families; was organized a ward, with Erastus Bingham, bishop, in the fall of 1850; the present bishop is David Moore. The postoffice address is Ogden City, of which it is a precinct.
NORTH OGDEN is situated about five miles directly north of Ogden City; it was first settled in the fall of 1850, by Jonathan and Samuel Camp- bell and John Riddle; but, on account of the uprising of the Indians, caused by the killing of their chief at Harrisville, the settlers moved back to the fort at Ogden. In the spring of 1851 they returned, accompanied by Thomas Dunn. S. Mallory, David Garner and several other families. Thomas Dunn was appointed bishop. They have one church, Latter-day Saints, Thomas Wallace, bishop.
PLAIN CITY, situated about nine miles northwest of Ogden, was first settled in March, 1859, by J. Spiers, J. S. Skeens, D. Collet, John Carver and a few others. In May of the same year a branch of the Latter-day Saints' church was organized with W. W. Raymond, bishop. In 1877 it was organized a ward, L. W. Shurtliff, bishop. The present bishop is G. W. Bramwell, Jr.,
RIVERDALE was first settled in 1852, by S. Graham, O. Kilburn and C. Canfield. It formed a part of Ogden City until 1877, when it was organized a distinct ward. Sanford Bingham is bishop. Mail is received at Ogden City.
SOUTH HEBER was first settled in November, 1851, by Robert Watts and family, E. C. Cherry, Levi Hammond, James Heath, B. Bybee, John Bybee, Thomas Kington, George W. Hickerson, S. Canfield and Hyrum Parker. Mail is received either at Ogden or at Uintah.
SLATERVILLE was first settled by Alexander Kelley and family in the fall of 1850. They were subsequently followed by Stephen Parry and family, Thomus McCan, Thomas Virgo, John Knight, Richard Slater, J. Bateman, Thomas Corbett and others. Owing to Indian difficulties-the Walker war -i1 1853, it was abandoned, the people taking refuge in Bingham Fort, three miles distant. It was re-settled in 1854. The present bishop is John A. Allred. They have a tri-weekly mail.
UINTAH, situated at the west entrance of Weber Canyon, was first set- tled by Daniel Smith, John M. Bybee, Lewis Hardy, Henry Beckerstead. W. G. McMullen and others, in 1850. It was then known as East Weber; in 1867 the name was changed to Easton. On the fourth of March the Union Pacific Railroad was finished to this place, and during this year the present name of the town was adopted. Samuel Dye and Robert Gale are presiding elders. Mail is received daily from east and west.
WEST WEBER was first settled in the spring of 1859, by William McFarland and son, John I. Hart, John Douglass, Robert Hallwell, H. D. Petterson, William Royal, James Rivie, A. Greenwell, John Highbey, W. Gibson, Robert Tilford, Ralph Blanch, James Barup, and William Kay, the latter being appointed president of the settlement. May 28, 1877, it was organized a ward with John I. Hart, bishop. Mail is received Wednesday and Saturday of each week.
There are besides these: Marriotts, Hooper, Wilson, Pleasant View, Alma and Van Zile.
UTAH ATTRACTIONS.
ATTRACTIONS are of two kinds: natural and artificial. They are desir- able as they are easy of access, and essential in proportion as they are calcu- lated to promote pleasure and health. It must seem an exaggerated claim that an area some 325 miles by 300 should possess such a wonderful variety of resources and in such unlimited abundance as Utah does; and it is no less remarkable that all these economic resources should be so easy of access and constantly invite the attention of the capitalist and the manufacturer, with all the assurance possible, save where actu il and crude tests have demon- strated absolute possibilities. If these conditions are cause for surprise and remark, then the variety of climate to be found in the area given, the mani- fold and striking, dissimilar attractions, an 1 the health-giving of the atmos- phere, of mineral springs and of watering places, must certainly occasion astonishment to the unacquainted, and admiration in those best posted, par- ticularly when all are within such easy access, with the comforts of life, and the conveniences of civilization ever at hand. Utah is a place fall of attrac- tions, taken in any light whatsoever; whether historic illy, and as to develop- ment, as to natural condicions and effects, or as to artificial efforts. There is everywhere food for thought for those interested in material development, and for the person desirous of investing capital; promises health to those broken down with care and labor, and cause for constant admiration to those who love the beauties of nature in all forms, from the pastoral and rustic to the grand and sublime.
All cities in Utah are attractively located and present new and interest- ing features. The most striking, however, are the four principal ones-Salt Lake, Logan, Provo and Ogden. The three last named are situated at the mouths of canyons noted for the beauty and grandeur of their scenery. Salt Lake City is similarly situated. A stream flows down the canyon at the mouth of which it is located, and while it also is full of rare and pictur- esque scenery, it is less noted than those above, and its stream is much smaller than those which flow down the Logan, the Provo and the Ogden Canyons.
LOGAN CITY.
Logan City is the capital of Cache County and nestles at the western base of the Wasatch Mountains. It is one of the best located cities and is admitted to be in one of the most beautiful valleys in the Territory. It is at the mouth of the Logan Canyon, while a clear and magnificent stream of the same name sweeps past and through the city. There are several hotels affording ample accommodation. The city has water works supplying an excellent quality of mountain water, while streams of clear. cold water, hemmed in by grassy banks, flow down each side of the streets, and give life to large and umbrageous trees, mitigating the heat of the 'day. These two items are characteristic of all Utah cities, and give a most delightful, fresh and invigorating sensation to the beholder. There are denominational churches, schools, two places of amusement, and while the effect is country life, all civilized comforts can be had, and there is railroad communication daily. Here also the magnificent Logan Temple, situated on the brow of an eleva- tion overtopping part of the city, is situated. It commands a magnificent
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view of the broad and lovely valley. Most of the cities of the county can be seen, while the Logan, Blacksmith Fork, Muddy, and even in places, the Bear River may be seen meandering through the long and lovely stretches of farming and bottom lands. It is an excellent game locality, while the high and precipitous mountains on the east, capped the year round with snow, and overhanging the fair and lovely valley, where peaceful herds browse and where field after field of green and brown, showing the varying stages of the natural development of crops, watered by miles and miles of canals, all present a picture to the eye that cannot help to invigorate and gladden the heart. The altitude of Logan is 4,557 feet, about 300 feet higher than Salt Lake. The air is wonderfully pure and clear, the nights naturally pleasant and made cooler by the canyon breeze which sweeps down the ravines from off the snow, high in the fastnesses, refreshes the body and compensates for the heat of day. Logan City has every advantage. There is no city or place in the Territory, so far as is generally known, where the mortality is lighter. The snowfall is heavier and lasts long enough to admit of sleigh- ing in the winter for somewhat portracted periods, but the weather is not unduly severe, and it is healthful and bracing. Food is very cheap; all accommodations the most reasonable, and certainly a more lovely spot offer- ing greater advantages cannot be found.
PROVO CITY.
Provo is the capital of Utah County. It lies a few miles south of the canyon of the same name. A high embankment on the north forces the river to sweep in a semi-circle towards the south and thus throws the river to the north of the city and gives it water for all purposes. Along the course of this river has grown a beautiful grove, interspersed with pleasant fields and meadows, around which are lovely and quiet drives and lanes with wild roses and flowers and shrubs growing in rich profusion on either side. On the west is Utah Lake the largest fresh water body in the Territory, into which the Provo River runs. It is within twenty minutes drive of the city, and viewed from any point north, south or east, adds to the effectiveness of the scene. It receives the American, Provo, and Spanish Rivers, and discharges into Great Salt Lake through the Jordan River. It abounds in fish, principally speckled trout, of large size and good flavor. This made it a noted resort of the Utah Indians in former days, after whom the lake, the county, and the Territory seem to have been named. It is a pity the other Indian names of springs and creeks in this pretty basin have not been likewise preserved-Timpanogos, Pomontquint, Waketeke, Pimquan, Pequinnetta, Petenete, Pungun. Watage, Onapah, Timpa, Mouna, and so on. They have all been superseded and their memory is fast passing away as the Indians themselves have done. From elevated places in proximity to the city several of the cities and towns in the county can be seen, and one could hardly wish to see fairer stretches of farming land than lie between the grand mountains on the east and the beautiful sheet of water on the west. It is essentially pastoral in its air, quiet and pastoral in its sur- roundings. The Territorial Insane Asylum rests immediately under some of the most lovely and precipitous mountains in the Wasatch Range. It faces the principal street, and a drive from the door of the Asylum can be taken down through the town to the shore of the lake. The scene is lovely beyond the power of words to describe. As in Logan and Salt Lake, there are lanes in all directions, inviting quiet walks and drives, and hunting and fishing almost in the city. Provo has several hotels and the very best of accommodations. The Utah Central and the Denver and Rio Grande pass through the town, while within easy proximity are other cities also offering quiet, comfort, rest, contentment and pleasure. A fine new theatre is almost completed; the court house is a good, substantial building, from the
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roof of which a grand view is to be had. Fruits of all kinds are abundant in season. Everything combined makes this city a very desirable place. Every- thing is reasonable and accessible to all. The climate more resembles that of Salt Lake City, though the difference in the elevation between Logan and Provo cities is very trifling-but thirty-seven feet. The water courses, abund- ance of trees, high mountains, from which the cool night winds find an outlet through the canyons, make the nights delicious and rob the day of that intensity of heat which is dreaded in this latitude in the summer months.
OGDEN CITY
is also one of the most picturesque in the Territory. It resembles Salt Lake more than either of the others and has many metropolitan luxuries and comforts, such as water works, the electric light, street cars, etc. The position it occupies as a town where so many railroads centre, gives it a prominence and notoriety that few Utah cities enjoy. It has a very large floating population. Like the others, it also is situated at the mouth of a grand canyon, not so long, but no less striking than the others. It is second to Salt Lake in point of population and is the centre of a lovely and beauti- ful section of country. The Weber River sweeps past the town on the south, while the Ogden River comes in from the east and rolls by it on the north and finally joins the Weber River. The city is built partly on an elevated bench, which is devoted to elegant residences, while the part below the bench is devoted to business, though it also contains many beautiful homes. About, and being a part of Ogden, are several beautiful suburban settlements, while in all directions are long and winding lanes, through charm- ingly fertile spots, meadows and well-cultivated farnis. To the southeast is a long stretch of beautiful country bounding the Weber River. From some of the bench lands and from the top of the court house. Great Salt Lake and settlements dotting the plain in all directions with green fields and shady groves intervening, meet the eye. Ogden has the finest hotel in the Territory, to-day; churches of nearly all denominations have organized bodies in that city. There are several places of amusement and recreation; while for those in search of health and pleasure few better places can be thoughit of. Within ten miles are the Hot Springs of Box Elder County. The water is mineral and warm and is used by invalids for bathing and for drinking. Ample accommodations exist, so that persons can remain there, and the waters and delightful air and cool evenings are much sought for. Prices are nowhere extravagant and opportunities for entertainment, amuse- ment, study and exercise are abundant. Ogden Canyon is frequented by visitors or strangers during the summer months more than any other, per- haps, unless it be in some of the Cottonwood Canyons.
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