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Show J - - , i ' ! 12 ' ..1 . - , 'Loa Named In- . I a, (Continued From Page , ' 11) I 7- .- . 1 I F.-- ,. -" 4, - 1 - 7- - I t . 0 AP. --- " 164-7,:- ' 4e jy.)fr la...? ', It had innumber of earlier Uintah MAESER, County. cluding Little Valley,names, Flaxville, G. Dr. of in Karl Named honor , and Geneva. Maeser,, an early president of MAPLETON, Utah County. It , the Brigham young University. an outgrowth of Springville. Juab County. Is . MAMMOTH, was so named because of the Received its name in 1870 after It moun- . the discovery of rich ore in the wild maples in the nearby Mammoth Mine in the nearby Summit County. MARION, mountains. Named for Francis Marion LyMak Mormon Churchofficial. At County. MARRIOTT,Weber . a for Named family. pioneer " "1 , dm.. MARYSVALE, county seat of ..i Piute County. "I arrived in the V. ww,..IF valley the 22nd of July, 1847 .3 (with the advance company AL ,6 ' sent on by President Young un- -. 1Elb ....f ...P.O..., N '. -- amigliminEmomw ' ., 1 .. Ii -- .' 1647 . 3u1y 24 -- . , - 1( Hawaii - 7, ' 4 . T , LUND, Iron County. Named memoration of Admiral Dewfor Robert C. Lund, pioneer ey's victory over the Spanish Fleet at Manila, Philippine Ismerchant of Utah. LYNNDYL, Millard County. lands. It was first called ChamReceived its present name when bers, probably for a pioneer the post office was first estab- family. lished. Previously called Leamseat of Saricounty mANn, ington Hill Junction and Lyn. pete County. Named for a Book LYNNE, Weber County. It was of Mormon town at the suggesFort called Bingham formerly tion of Isaac Morley and, Brig, for Erastus Bingham, who set- ham Young. tled here in 1850. Box Elder County. MANTUA, County. W. Lyman, Settled in 1863. Named for a i , one of town IrtDhlot the birthplace of te$111;71WYANImae' ottultiar;nle t was first oLfortrez;10Srmnoown,ctilth presidenta ci 'Fibt Mount - I -- -- The' DeseretNews , - ..... - .) If I tinderstand correctly, it lathe place they call Marysvale. If this is so it ought to be altered, you bet. There was nq Mary there for it to be called after." W. P. Vance,, in a letter to Deseret News..... MAYFIELD, Sanpete County. Settled in 1873 and named because of the pleasant appearance of the settlement. It WitZ first called Arrapene. for a friendly Ute Indian chief wpa lived near there. McCORNICK, Millard County. Named for William S. McCornick, Salt Lake City banker. Millard County. MEADOW, Settled in.1857 and so named because the site of the settlement was covered with green meadow land. -- . 1947 . . ,...', - - - .1,. ' T . r il - l ---- ,..- '-'' -- -- - ..... 4,,-- t - ..t. :- 11- - -- : 0 rrit, A104; Ii fr,..tZ:ellrlib. I.. -4:..Z.:: -" " ,..or !f-- 7... 1MEADOWVILLE. Rich Colin., ty. It was senamed becatise of .. Coun- ..'.,. --- ty. It was settled in 1859 and named because of the mines , nearby. , e aslarta.I.Ler - 4. "pi -- Li . ;,,,,,, ,,. ..,. ., , the meadow land surrounding ...-o.Na the town. It was settled in 180. Mexican Hat MENDON, Cache County. Settled In 1859 and named for Men-do- n, MEXICAN HAT, San Juan Worcester County, Mass., birthplace of Ezra T. Benson, County. Derived its name from first Mormon apostle to live in a balanced boulder resembling a Cache Valley. Mexican sombrero. That "hat" , - - WNW"' .........et--t ,..,-"--- .,..-,0"--' - 0...NO00:7 --- .7 . 0 c '----' -.- - --- ... -.,-..- , - . Trt t " . ' - s . ... . No. 40.10 MILFORD. . A,,,..4A --,- ,.' --1 MB1'.. MOAB, county seat of Grand County. It was settled in 1855, and vacated during Indian trouThere bles; resettled in 1876. are two versions concerning the origin of the name: (I) That the settlement was named for A region in Palestine mentioned in the Bible; (2) that the name is a corruption of a Pahute Indian ' name, Mohapa, meaning rhosqui-- r to water. applied to this region because of the, great number of mosquitoes along the Colorado River bottoms. 1880. MONA, Juab County. Origin MILLS. Tooele County. It de- rived its name from the nearby uncertain, but it is believed that wool and flour mills built , by the name is derived from the Italian word meading Madonna. Brigham Young. ''.;dem7,,il rt..:k214....,:z....., ;void '13i,'& r- ,- r ole-'cli- KINERSVILLE, Beaver - Centenriial'Editioli George W. Taggart and the Binnan brothers. y.; It was formoferlyalctalled et dan because it is situated on the east side of the Jordan River. MILBURN, Sanpete County. Settled in 1888. Outgrowth of of Fairview. So named because-the mills built at the mouth of the nearby canyon. Beaver County. The early settlers forded Beaver River.at a mill that stood near the townsite, thus the town de- rived its name. It was settled in 1...,.., r - - 60 glue - -1, eA - itt 44 ' .,,.. ...... - ' - ft in diameter, 12 ft thick and weighs 2500 tons. It rests on a pedestal 200 ft. 1above the Valley floor. 'MIDVALE, Salt Lake County, It received its present name be- I its central location in 'T-.- - 141 , Th i. ''. , than more Is , -- , -- ii I settled in 1852. MILLVILLE,-CachCounty. It was Settled in 1859. So named beMONROE, Sevier County. Setcause the first sawmill tn Cache tled in 180, vacated during InMORON!, Sanpete County. County was operated there. dian troubles and resettled in Named for the Angel 'Moroni.-whois credited with appearing MILTON, Morgan County. The 1870. It was named. in honor of name suggested by an early James Monroe, fifth president of to Joseph Smith in connection (Continued on Page 13) grist mill built here in 1864 by the United States. e i Moront-SculptUtis- t"...40En : ".,eNcoNel-01)'01,1A - 4k. 11 Loa 14 I, 1 I der 0YsonPratt.1Late in the fall of 1849, I think it was, President Young sent a com-- -- .pany of men under Parley P. 3 r- Pratt to explore the southern part of the country. We went down Sanpete Valley. Just beyond the little settlement of Manti, then- just starting, we iv struck the Sevier River. We followed it up, up, up. Winter and and snows came on, worse WI, OA 0"..., en:MO, worse. One day as we traveled on up I think it snowed about i10.1111000 all day. Just in good time for "...eanumo ."r; camping we drove down into a beautiful little valley and it seemed so much more pleasant than away up there in the wind where the snow blowed around Manila Victory us so hard that the boys jumped MANILA, county seat of Dag- and shouted around and made gett County. Named in 1898 by so much joyful noise. So Broth-o- r Parley named it Merryvale. Adolph Jessen, surveyor in corn- - 00.- e, ... LOAF Wayne County.. Because of the volcano-lik- e appearance of Mt. Pooneke, near the set' tlement, Franklin B. Young, who had served as a Mormon missionary in the Hawaiian Islands, d the town be suggested for the volcano, Mauno Loa. -LOCKERBY, San Juan County. Named for an early resident. LOGAN, county seat of Cache v It derived its name from County. iHi Logan's Fort, which in turn- - received its name from the river 'sear which it was built. The T river is said to have been named for Ephraim Logan, an early t trapper, who explored this I 1 gloic in the 1820's. that-name- ooele Counitt , a Soon after the Pioneers entered Salt Lake Valley, families were sent out to settle Tooe le Comity.Tooale City hod its beginning - m IT in 1849; Grantsville, 1851; Vernon, Clover, 1856; 1862, and St. John, 1867. mmy Z, , i 0, :,..7,...,,,,...,v-r-,-.16,,,,,,,,,...1...-, ' ' ', ' . ; , ''. ' . ' 4 - - .. 27.1. ' t , - .3',4,...... ' . ' , -- " , ,".,.: . .,,,,,.;,..:, ,,,,,...:....-, Ordi- nance Depot. Of the several million acres in the ty. to the present time, Up most of the automobile roc- ing records have been set on the salt flats. a : ' , 1, , , , , ,: ., , ' z,, - : ' ..;;:,-- ' , ' .;, - ..,.s."'sr-,- , ,..,, .,,, .. :,, '...- z- ' , ,,.,, , , "'; '', , ,' . ,.' ',. 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The depot now serves as a storage plant for combat vehicles and other war ma- Largest county hi the state, Son Juan covers an area 7,761 miles square. A coming tourist center, the county now relies almost entirely upon live- - ''', ; 41',..' ,,1,,,, '.,,,,,-,- ,, with purity - a- - ,....., , sta-lio- unit housing project I ' t . 1 -.. ' ...ow :44 ,,,,,...,.; one-ha- s fli ?, s I. ,..,..,..,- -. '' . ,1 .::1 'e 1". x - . , , , The Tooele of the Ogden Arsenal (part of which is pictured at the lf right) covers 38 and square miles. The deis four miles south and pot west of Tooele City. Built in 1942 at a cost of $30,- -. this plant has 31 ' magazines, a 100-be- d hospital and a 1,000- Sub-Dep- ot ' ', , 2 ' , lb, Natural Bridges National Monument is 51 miles west of handing. Pictured. above is one of three large natural bridges within the area. This bridge,. narrow strip of.roc 10 feet thick In the center and 35 feet wide, has a span of 194 feet. The arch rises 108 222 feet above the canyon feet.above the stream bed of the canyon.' Largest bridge- -rises - . floor. - - 1 ' t'' ''' i"--., I ' ' . '14e ' , ' ' . i I - J000,000, - , ' ':', 1 J - - ' ' ' ',. ' I - ,....,,,,, ,....,.., ::. L, '1 ", . S :''' .:' ' Ile.:, :, ' ' . 4soLtiolActo;Ot,okuv000s cooutositiooto Utah Publicity Photo , , ' Goosenecks of the San Juan, south of Blending, provide scenery not duplicated any where in the world. This photo shows a portion of the Goosenecks, carved out by the river which flows,into the Colorado. Good roads lead into this scenic area. t ; '. '...1 ''' ., . ' 4 ' ; .. i ' "- - , ., , ,. ; ,, - - '4 ' ......,,,- . '' .." .,, ,,,,....,..,,,,--..,.-,, , .4. '' iii.4.64);1411',41,AmemtakalL441vmdia , ' , - ,, ',, ' ',0 ''''' L, ---I 6:Lu,,!. -. ., - ,,,, 11,,, ., .. .. ,, .' $ ..;,z, - -- , , ..,.. - , :,,.. . ,,.,.,..., '''''' .7,- , . ,,,-- ,,,....,e',!. ,''''' . .. 3. 'IN,. 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