Show A MATTER OF HISTORY condensed statistics about our territory EDITOR CLIPPER dear sir I 1 thou thought lit I 1 would write you a 9 few feiy lines ines abbit 4 alah the first settlement made in utah terr territory atory was at salt lake city in 1817 1847 0 on a the th e of july of that year bangham young with about mormon followers reached the site of the present city and decided to found there a place of ref refuge uge P for or the followers of his hil fail faith h in march 1849 1840 the state of deseret was organized gani zed but congress refused to receive the constitution adopted the territory was organized 1 september iel 1850 utah had trouble with the government till 1858 and the federal offers were duiven driven from the territory in 1856 1856 the number of counties is 24 miles of railroad 1211 te territorial elections annual first monday in august number of councillors councilors Counci lors twelve twenty tensions ses tes slona of legislature mannial M bl annial in udd odd numbered years meeting second secand monday in ill junea liolis sixty days terms of coune councillors councilors counci lors and rep two years each school system fair school age 6 to 18 years number of colleges two the average length of utah is miles width miles area miles acres the surface rugged and broken with some rich valleys it is traversed by the wah satch uintah roan little lasal abrigo san juan and tushar mountains ithe the southwest portion is an elevated plateau western portion disconnected ridges great rest salt lake is square miles in in area in the N W is a large area of desert land soil in valleys very productive yields fine crops of cereals and vegetables wheat the best crop fruits successful grazing is an important occupation and dairying profitable and interest in it is growing rapidly forests forest sufficient for home purposes gold copper and silver is found in the wahsatch Wah satch mountains silver predominates coal is found in the valley of weber river salt found in large deposits and the lake supply is inexhaustible territory ranks third in silver climate mild mil d and healthy but is warmer west of 0 f wahsatch Wah satch mountains summer dry and hot in southwest rain fall averages sixteen inches in south and seventeen in the north chiefly in october and april bud and spring opens in april cold weather begins late in november in the mountains win winters i are severe and snows heavy the temperature at salt lake averages in winter thirty in summer seventy five fave begs chief cities census of 1890 salt SaIt lake 44 ogden pro provo vo city 5 51 logan leading industries mining stock raising and agriculture J W |