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Show VISITIM1 TIIK SAINTS. rtdtr Jenttn lleirrlbrt lilt I iprrltcrct In " arlont Neltltnitnlt. tMcr tkuttl AVicr. On Bundaj, Match :;th, I lift Ht Ueorge forlhepurK)toof vltltlng tho nUleuier.il of the Halnta Ijlngfarto tho northward, and after traveling tiro Millet I reached the iiulef little town of Hanta Clara, leaantly tltu-ated tltu-ated on the left bank of the atrcam after which tho elllemeut It named. Thla It the oldttt tettlenunt of tho Halo It on thla ildeot tho Itlmof the llrttln. ltwutflrtt locatid aa a mta-elonary mta-elonary ilatlou by Jacob llamblln and othcrt In 1MI, and now liaa adulation adula-tion of Sill ejula or thirty tight faml. Ilea, all Hwltt excel t four famlHci. The inseut lllihop li John O llafen. isanla Clara la n protirout little town, but tba faclllllet of the tamo aro very llmltid. Almott every foot of nvallablo laud li cultivated for all II It worth, and t.ere la really no chaucu fa the town to grow, Conttiiuently, the joung eople, aa a rule, when they marry and btgln to ralio fumlllea of tbalr own, have ti leave tbo old home-atiadi home-atiadi and aetk (licca for themiclvia lltewliere to dwell. Ou llouday, the Jith, after meeting with the old tetilert if Hanla Cltra, I tct out for fJunlock, atwut tlgbteen miles dlttant, but being unacquainted with the rood I went up the Jackton Wath an,d at length found ruyiilf In a fotettot cedart near tbe top of the mouutalnf. Dltcovcring my mlttake I beat a hotly rttrtat and itruik tho Hanti Clara ttretm, attiut tundown. when the tlouilr, which nil day had Indicated au at proachlog alorru. began to aand fortli it ntavy rain, existed to which and throudeu In utter ilxrkrett I traveled nice or ten nilleatoUun. Jock, where I arrlrcd about nlnu o'clock at night, having crotttd tl e culk forty ilx, timet tlnce leaving the ittlement of Hanta Clara, and luring tttted Hie alreuglh of my light vehicle by lea Ing 11 over thu magnlflctut lulJertund rocky ledgtawllh which the creek bid abouudi. Alur coming ovcrtuch n road na thla In a dark night, and reaching my dutlnatlou without arddent, I lilt truly thauktul to the Lord for Jill protection, and I think I ihall not for a long lima after thli experience feel Incllued to com-i com-i lain of the condition of thu roadi In Noilheru Utah. Notwlthtlandlng the lahvhour of my arrival the) rople of Uuulockturmdout ferine inciting appointed nud In for a good time. Uunlock ward erabracoa tho village of CI unlock aril n ranch on Mazotti Creek, alx mllea north. The village contlttt of a tiring of houtia milling In the mldtt of thrifty orcharutanl It altualidon thu writ Idoof the Hanta Clara, at u p lut where Ihe uarruw gorge, through which that itretm tve fnm lit tune In tlie l'lne Vallrty muuntalnt, to thu lllo Vlrgell, wldelit out to tho width ot nearly a quarter of a mile. Tlielltcelt aliout twiut).tbreu mllet uorthwetl ol Ut. (Jeoige, tuenty-two nilltt from Tine alley and twenty two andahatf mllea f ram llamllln In the Mountain MeaJowi. 1 he itn ngth of the ward It rrpre'ootrd In thirteen famllUaorelghty-nVo aoula, pretlded over by lllahop franklin O. Holt, who arte with Wm. U. Joueeriud Jumta H. 1. Howler at couiitelort. The vvty limited amount of land at thlt lollil. 118 tent, U rich and productive and nntullhiiandlnglli Itolated lucttlon, tho Inbabltantt teem to lu hated with their little oaile lu the dttt rt. I.ea log Uunlock on Ihe mornlug uf Thurtda3, March L9tb, we followod tho tlnnu Clnra for Ulalance of abou t two mllet, lhenakcd over u inouii. tutu rl Ige locilly known at White hill aud thtnee down to and acrott the Magotto, a imall ttream rltlng In Iho Mountain Meadows and putting Intu the Hauta Clara above (luulock, thence up rt long fcteip rocky dugway ut the upper end of which Ihe traveler flu It hlmtelf on a ttretcli of eleraled table laud overlooking the Dixie country aoulhward, theucu thu road trottet the bench and followa wnthea Inllielr wlndlugsbetwien tho mountains moun-tains until Cane Hprlnle It reached, from which un opening In tho mountains moun-tains wittward airbrdt taty acceta to tbo mountain meadows which coiultti of h narrow valley extending north and exutb tor a dlttance of abjnt tuven mllea with an avenge width of ntarh a mile. The ltltn ot Iho lliihi dlvidia the valley I nlo a northern und toutheru lection, and In tho extrime north end ttnmla the vllltke of Hambllu, Unit tumid for the lain lullau luterpretor nnd inlttl narr, Jacob ilimhllu, who la wllely aud very faorably known throughout thlt entlru touthcrn luuntry. Mott of tho land lu tho Mountain MeaJowa lying south of the ltltn It owne I by HarrltonJ. Ilurgett, wboio ranoli houto alaudt near the apotvvhiri the Arkautua lomjauy of emigrant! nut tin lr tad fato lu tho full ofloM. The little place known na ilamiillnhatatiretent live lamllUi, whloh tot elher with time families at llolt't rai ih constitute n brauch of the Pluto ward. After itoi nlng over night at Hambllu, Hamb-llu, with Klder Jaruta Caufiald, an bbbHbbbbbbbbbbbI aged veteran, I uontlnucelmy Journey fire nil'es elowu Hiring t'rtek and through n canyon lu a iiorthwttterly tllricttou to Holt's ranch, where I r.b talned some historical Information from llrclbor taraet Holt, now b9 yean of age. Thcuco I travuled over the ex Irnne enulli end of tho (.rcat btialanto detertln a lllndlngtuo r storm, to the inuuth of Hhoal Creek Canyon, golog tlpwhlchl toon nachtdthe (jeatalit little vlllago of Hebron, where I wnt glren a luarty welcome In the hottlt-able hottlt-able home of I'.lthop Thomas H. Terrj , and ireaihed to the people in Ihe evening. The following day wasipcntln ob-lilnlng ob-lilnlng hlslorlinl Information and holding another mretlug w Ith the io-pleof io-pleof Hebron, nnd towards tvenlng I drove II vo tnel a half mllea 111 I l-erly l-erly Ulrtctlon to lllthcp Teiry't rauch, uhero I snl the nlgnt. Tho lletron ward embraces the town of Helron, Tirry's rauch, Her nutn'i litre or Bhoal Creek, two miles ImIow Hebron; a rauch In Utile l'lne vallley, north of, and a few scattered leillart on Hiring Creek, southeast of Hebron, nil In Wathington County, Utah; alto the Clover Valley branch And (lleeu l.dwln, In Lincoln County, NevaJa Thu whole ward eonslttt of twenty-six twenty-six fam!llt t, or Hi aouls. Tba town c-f Hebron Is rlentantly located on Hhoal Creek, In a llllle valley boardered on the south by a mountain chain which here forms the rlviroMlie lhttlu Ihe altitude of the lace It .1,(75 feet Above tho level of tho ton; all klndt of small grain It rt,rd, but It Is ralLer too cold for fruit, excel t the tmaller, hardier klndt. The irlncltal luJuilry of the icoplo It tloekraltlug, the facilities for paituragu In the surrounding niounlalna and on the desert tnrthWard lelng excellent. In fact Iho laco was flnt loatted In 1802 as a herd ground for tho stock from Ht. Ueorge and other Dixie settlements, and the isle John rulslitur, whote (ersonal notes furnishes a full and aceurato history of the llsco writes that on tho ."illi of Auguit, ISCS, when Apoillo 1 ras'usHnowand other, vlsltcel tho place, a townslto was located and surveyed nud uamed Hebron, after ancient Hcrlrlural Hebron. ISereadln Genesis xlll, 18, Ihat Abram, after teraratlng from l.vt('n moved his tent, aud como and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which la In Hebron, an I built Uiete an altar to the Inird "Ho It wat alio with ut," writes llrother l'ulsliher; "when Pritldent I rattusHuowgaveusu mis-stou mis-stou to take care of the stock belonging belong-ing to Ht. Ueorge. Wo moved on uu. tllnerame to Hhoal Creek, tho first I laco wu found suitable for our business; busi-ness; there wu found lhnty of feed and gool water forsVjur flocks and herds, so we locate,! ourtelvea and called the lace Hebron and k'o thankatotho Lord." Tho town of Hebron hasonly twelve families at 1 retent,butlsaneatJealtby looking place nnd contains a iirWuber of line, comfortable retldenccs, mostly brick buildings, with a commodious schoolboute In the center of them. The adjacent farming land It very rich and I reductive, which la suge,etted to, the tltangtr at onco a ho ariroachee the towu through a most t roiido forist of tall, luavy tagelrutli. In all iu travela 1 have never ttcon that noted tfi lant" of the Urect Wctt grow taller ur grander than on Bbcal Creek. In tho morning of Ftlfay, April lit, acconinlod by'lllthop Terry and hall A doxrll ethers, I tet out tut Clover valley, In Neva la. Theground bolng covered with deep auow, nnd tho weather being cold, traveling was rather unpleasant. About nlue mllea wett of lerry's ranch, after lasting over tore ral mountain rldgteand aome deep gulrhta, we crested the ltlm of tho Ilaeln, nud about a quarter of a mile further theboundary lino between Utah nnd Nevada, doing down a gentle alo we were soon liohe mldtt ofa very txtontlre forest of cedart and small Ine; and from the top of a ridge, separating the bindwaters of the Heaver Dams Wath and the country drilned theMeadow valley waah.w.had a tloevlew ofoueof tbe most Interest lug watersheds In thu mountains. It takes In the whole rountry lying westward west-ward as far us the eye can reach; and coverenl wlthsnoev, as It was on that dty, the scenery wot wild nnd romantic. roman-tic. In going down hill toward the clo'cr valley settlement, wo found tho snow much lets, aud I y the time we reached thu village we found ourselves traveling In deep mud. Clover Valley pro r coneltts of a small opening In tbo mountains extending ex-tending east and wett along the Clover vatlty ward for aliout five mllet; It It about a mile wide at the gwlnt where the settlement elands, but tapcit oir to a canyon at both en It Tho rctont settlement only coulslns eight families, belonging to the Hebron Ward, who aro pretlded over by l.lder Lyman U Woods, a man noted for hit untltnchlng integrity integri-ty to tho eaino ot Uol. Only about thirty-live, acre of land Is farmed nt tho i resent time, but thsre are nearly two liundred acres of ytty fine jetturu ami meadow land. This place la on the lino of the Union Tacillo Hall, wai extension, tho grsdlug of whleti wat done two ears ago, aud Ihe people peo-ple aro auxlously looking for the da) when Ihe rails will be laid and the place thus bo released from its l resent loneliness. Clover Valley It thirty mllea louthwett of llet.ro:, SO mllea northwest of Ht. Ueorge, r. I mllea southeast of l'aoacca, end -12 mllit southeast of l'locho. Clover Valley was tint settled In lbfll and contained soon alter that about 30 famllli t. Ulen J.dwlii, onco a place of some I mporlauee, but now occui led by onl one ftmlly, coritltts of two rauohis situated on Ihe head of Ihe north forV of the lteavi r Dam Vruh,about twenty mllea wett southwest of Hebron, aud about llro mlli to tho left of the road leading from Hebron to Clovi r valloy.-I valloy.-I roiu here I gt. to Panacea Amihi w Ji VSON. Cuivrn VAiirv, Lincoln Co., Nov., Arll .', 13.. |