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Show Till-. MIl'TII HAST TEUillTOItV. The Male of Progress In (1re and IlahMI Vallrra, illchllcld. JfcorVrc.Aeifii Leaving Grass Valley early In the morning of (ho 17th Inst., In coni.iny with LhralmK, Hanks, I returned ten mllee li Illuo Valley, where we held re mooting with the iople Ironi ll o'clock a. ru., to 1 p. m,i alter which we conlluued via l.lepliant and Calurtvllle, It Pleasant Dale where we stopped over nlrjht. Tho next morning, morn-ing, before breakfast, wo traveled by way nf the wonderful Capital Wash an old channel of tho Fremont ltlver cut through a lofty mountain chain, leaving perpendicular walls a thousand thou-sand feet lilgr.li or more, on elthtr title for a illttauro of seveu mllee to Hanks' Place or Pleasant Creek, thus avoiding the nearly Impwablo road we had traveled along Pieasaut Creek on our way down. Al Brother Hanks' house wu held an Interesting llltlu meeting wllh the thriei famlllca residing re-siding m thla romantic mountain resort, re-sort, surrounded by lofty,; erpcudlcJlar rock walls. Thero Is a beautiful pencil orchard, coulalnlng several thousand thrifty tri-e-a.wlilcli llrolher Hanki set out only n few yearn agin It Is the only lacn orchard of any consequence that I have seen In Pluto county, and promise! tuboa source of considerable proflt to lla owner, who will always II n J n rcalymirttrt for his fruit lu ItaMilt valley atom, where tho high altitude audfrimtsso far havo maJo the cultivation culti-vation of the prach and tho more tender ten-der fruit lni racllcable. In the morning of the 10th Inst, llrolher Hanks aaln hitched up his team and took lue thirty-two mlle-a to Thiirber In llthblt valley, by way of Junction ami Hand Creek. Prom riiurber llrolher (leorge W. Blrluiram sent met) Itvt, and from there Hrothcr riionuu) A-Jetlery thu next dny took mo fifty mill t to Gleiiw ood, by way of Hurrvllle, Hear valley and King meadow. In thucanyon above Hie last named l lace He iuiichI tho spot where the 1 ndlan chfrl Arra)iene e tided hit days, December 4, IS). Ills earthly remains still rc-Ftlnaledfe uf rocks standing a little to the right of the road as we go down. At (llrnwood, one of thu four original settlements of Hevler county, I snt Hunday, tho Slat lost., very nlraainlly, an 1 the next day gathered historical Information from the old Millers, who met me In tho muting house. lllrnwood It noted for It lieautlful location, good water, good mill sites, rich land and tulustrlous people. It has at prist ntu population of b7 famlUea btlonglug to tho Church, ur 4)J souls. Herbert 11. Hell a young man, I the lll.hop, with Andrew llepiteraud Charlet W. Powell as counselors. luring lur-ing my stay InUlenw ood I wa the guest of ttrother He; pier. I'romUlcnveood 1 proceeded to ltlch-field, ltlch-field, four lullet west, where I spent several daja gathering material for the hl.tory of the Place, ltlchlliild has now a lopulatlou of about 1,500 souls, most nf whom aro members of tho Church. The town I divided Into two ecclrsl. aallcal paru, of hlch the B iiith ward, president ovtr by Potil PoulM)ii a lllshop, hat 091 nirmtirra, aud the North ward, ofwhlcli Joseph H. Home Itlhe lllshop, has370 memlart. lthh-Held lthh-Held haaau Interesting hlstoryand haa paMevd through many unpleasant ex-perle ex-perle ncee, but It ha come oir victorious, vic-torious, aud I now oue uf the moat nourishing settlements of Utah. It Is aleo the headquarters of the Bevlvr Blake ot iilon, over which Wm.ll. Berg, miller Is President, with Geo. W. lleau and Win. 1 1 , Clark as cou nselora. Tho Htake talwrnacle, now In course of erection In Iltchflcld, Is bring built of w hlto uiiidsloiie, tut Into fine sipiare blocks and laid In systematla coursesi Ju.t ten Inches thick. The dimensions of tho main bnlldlng are as follows: length I'JI fell: width 70 feet, aud height of walla from the water table tu the square, 3) feet 10 lne.be 'Ilia tower on the east enj, which projects from tho main bullJlng. la 21 feet vmare, and the mssou work on tho tamo will bo 117 feet high. The vestry on the wett eul is Sixll feet, aud will 1 covered with a line elonir. llrtldea the main lowe r on theesist end there will be ii'irea ou the corners of tho stairway projections which extend out 3) feet ou hulhsldesaf the main building. Jlro. J, (,'. I,, Hrelnholt It the master mason and hammers away with a hlstorlo wooden mallet which wa used In the construction of tho Nauvoo Temple. N. M. Hkougaard Is tho architect, early all tho alone cuttlrg Is Wing done byioungmen who havo learned their trade In Utah. ANimrw JtresoT. I.IJilNonii, Bovler Co., Utah, June S3, 1801. ' |