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Show AUTO ROUTE FROM BRIGHAM CITY TO STREVELL. IDAHO TT1 .FL.A..h..:Q. UTAH N " f By W. D RISHEL. Brigham City to Strevell, Idaho. 86.9 Miles. (Stewart Speedometer.) This route is a well traveled ono with fair roads. Little sand is encountered and few steep hills are found. Rain is the worst, enemv of the automobile as much of the road passes through valleys lmblo to become muddy with continued rain. Water is plentiful along the route and ranches overy few miles make the tourist, feel safe in cose of break down, An average of fifteen miles per hour is fair driving time. Plenty of gas can be secured along the route. 00.0 BRIGHAM CITY. Hotels nnd parages, par-ages, go straight west with county court house, large building with clock in tower, in rear to .7 and cross railroad rail-road with depot, on left. 1.4 turn right going north. 3.1 Cross railroad. 3.7 T'orks, turn left, continuo straight ahead and 4.3 road comes in from right. 5.1 cross railroad. 6.2 Cross Bear river. Continue straight ahead and at 6.5 CORINNE. Hotels, gas and general stores. Turn right at Central hotel, crossing railroad tracks at b6 with depot, on right and immediately turn let! going west and 6.9 cross railroad. rail-road. 7.6 MAIN CROSS ROADS. Turn right here, going north, between two lines of telephone poles. (Note: Road going straight ahead west here, is old road for Pacific coast points via Promontory.) Promon-tory.) 8.5 Cross railroad. 10.3 forks pist before crossing Malad river. Keep to right aud cross river. 11.2 Cross roads. 11.8 School bouse on left, church on right, turn right here. This ll!o BEAR RIVER OITY. Gas, hotel and general stores. After turning ncht, go east one block past opera hou.se and at 12 turn left, going north again. 12.6 Cross roads. Sandy throuph here. 13.3 Forks, keep to right. 13 7 Road comes in from right from Hone.yville. 14 9 Cross roads. 15.0 cross roads, lfi. 8 Cross roads. 17.2 frame meeting house on nght. 18,8 Cross roads, brick school house on right hand corner; turn left hero, crossing canal and co due west, and at 19.7 cross Malad river. 19. 8 Road to Garland and Malad goes north from here, but koep straight ahead to 20.1 TREMONTON. Cas. oil, hotels and general stores. Keep straight ahead through town, crossing railroad at '20.2 wilh depot on right. 20. S Cross roads. 23 Fork leads to right, but keep straight ahead, crossing creek at 23.1 23 7 Main cross roads; turn right going go-ing north with poles on both sides of road, largo two-story frame house on northwest corner at this turn. (Note: Don't go straight ahead here. Many are fooled as the road is a main traveled trav-eled road, leading off to ranches on west sidp of valley.) 21.1 Thirtieth district school, frarno building on right, cross roads, keep straight ahead. 24.3 Cross canal. 24,5 Forks, cross ditch and fake main fork bear ing to left 26 5 Big lime rock on right. 27 Tremonton sign here. 27.1 Forks, keep to right. 29.7 BUND SPRINGS. Sign here, water wa-ter 5c per head. Keep straight ahead, 31 Forks, old log cabin 300 vards to left at this fork; keep to eft. 33.4 Two ranches nnd windmill. "4 2 Top of hill. 37.3 to 37.5 run around road, either will rlo. 38.8 Forks, keep to left. ( Right road here goes to ranches aud Valley below) 39.8 BLUE SPRINGS. General store and ranches here, keep straight ahead to right. 40.4 ( ross roads, keep straight, ahead. 42.7 Top of hill and forks keep to left. 46.5 Dangerous rocks. 4i5.9 .Summit. 48.4 Danger ous rocky. 4K.9 Forks, keep to right. 53.1 Ranch. 54. 2 Forks, keep to left. 58.3 SNOWVILLE. Hotel, gas. telephone, tele-phone, general store: set speedometer 00.0 an.l continue straight ahead going go-ing west. .5 Forks, keep to right and cross creek. .8 Cross roads, keep straight ahead. 2.1 Forks, keep to right. 2.2 Forks three ways keep to extremo right over new road, going go-ing around wire fence on left and at 3.4 end of fence, forks three ways, take fork to left and at 4 forks come in from both sides of road; keep straight ahead to ranch at 5. Cross canal at 5.8. Cross creek at 6.7. 7.2 SHOWELL OR CURLEW. Postofflce here; keep straight ahead west; bad road here for mile in muddy weather. 8 2 Forks, turn left around fence corner cor-ner and at 8.0 MAIN FORKS. Keep to right for Strevell (fork to left here goes to Kelton and is main road on north transcontinental route for Pacific coast. Wide flat road through here for next, ten miles, good going in dry weather. 17.6 PILOT SPRINGS. Water here, fork comes in from right, keep main road straight ahead to left. 19.0 Bad wash. 20.1 Forks, keep to right. 20.3 Bad wash. 22.1 Forks, keep to right. 24.3 MEACHAM OR CEDAR CREEK. Postoffice and general store, keep to right up over hill. 25.1 Bad wash. 25.8 Bad wash. 26.4 Top of hill 28.6 STREVELL. Qeheral stores, gas (new hotel in course of construction at time this route was togged.) w E cm T I: BRIGHAM CITY.- i |