Show VALLEY A beautiful country M ith an bauce ef resources wasatch county comprises anses somo some square miles acres of which are under cultivation of this about one half is meadow and one half is pasture about three fourths of the county is indian lands the climate is well adapted to rais ing cereals wheat oats potatoes hay and vegetables in the last ten years the people there have almost doubled the yield of grain last year their yield of grain was about bushels all told the population is a little over souls which will average 40 bushels to every man woman and child from the above will be seen that it is an agricultural community they are a stock raising community also having some head of homed stock horses 2000 sheep hogs 2000 there are eleven mercantile establishments in the county twelve blacksmith shops three plain ing mills three grist mills and five saw mills the courthouse is a three story forty feet square stone structure most of the public buildings are of the same material near to heber city a rod sandstone ledge commences and runs easterly from eight to ten miles the rock is in seams or layers from one half inch to three feet thick or more smooth faced as if it were sawed making splendid building material on snake creek on the west side of the valley there is a largo vein of beautiful marble it has been worked a little but lack capital to de delope it samples of the sandstone and marble can be seen in the chamber of commerce salt lake city tho undeveloped resources are numerous provo eiver contains water enough and ample fall to run several manufactories manu factories there is a fine opening for a tannery and shoe shop plenty of timber in the mountains to furnish bark the 1000 hides yearly shipped out of the county would help to keep the tannery running and would be a saving to the county of yearly in boots and shoes A woolen mill would be a success also there being sheep owned in the county and the wool from sheep that are summered in the county could bo secured for the same the climate is well adapted for vegetables no alkali in the soil therefore a beet sugar industry would be a success if properly conducted this place can beat the world in fine mealy potatoes A cheese factory could be run in heber city alone every family milks from one to ten cows in summer months there is no sale for butter produced the climate is very healthy being some feet above sea level nights are cool and pleasant in the summer months and prokp valley is becoming quite popular for a summer resort of the city folks who camp out in wagons and tents and will become more so when the medicinal properties of those pools or pots as they are termed on the west side of the valley on what is called the snake creek bench become better known the pools are numerous some boiling some lukewarm and some cold there is one claim taken up and a bathhouse established and a fino opening for others as it will yet become a popular resort for bathing purposes for sickly people and invalids heber city the county seat of wasatch contains about 1500 inhabitants the majority majo rily of the dwelling houses are built of red sandstone and brick some few are frame buildings the city is one mile square blocks twenty four rod square with five rod streets mam street is eight rods wide there are six settlements in the county heber midway charleston wallsburg Walls burg center and woodland wasatch county was first settled in 1859 |