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Show TIIK SI'.VIKK ItF.mOX. The I'cople and Hie hurrouadlngi of lr;italc. lHlLirlkrtl Xtter. Leaving IlliliflelJ yesterday morning morn-ing with light liorsvteaiu I travded furly-fivo mile by way of Invorury, Monroe and Marysvalo to this plsce, .huh Is the county sst of 1'luU County, but not a large town, a a glaiicual West's imp cf Utah woulj at once suggest. Junction consist cf two mall vlllsgc, of width West Junction, (formerly known as Iho OH j Crick branch) contains about six-lieu six-lieu faudlhs, UalJiw a few others living liv-ing oil firms and ranchos In Its Inline-dlitv Inline-dlitv vicinity, and I'.ait Junction (known also at Klngatou) has has than half a doienfsuillle lu thu townillr, whllua few lire lu a scattered condition con-dition round about, West Junction hatapleauntloiatlon alwut one aud a half rallo west of the Junction cf Iho cast and south folks of tho He vler rlvir, while the I'.mt Junction Liwuello It In Iheforkiof the river near l.ut Fork call) on about three mile to the south. east. Illation Jtufus A. Allen live ricartho Utter Utejlio prcsldt ocr thejunitlou ward, which embrace all the Haluts living In both laws named, as well a those who conie the Msrrsvllle branch and a uuml-er of fandlle being 011 rauchtt at Ulireriul lnU along the rlor, and ou tho 1 rols em r lying Into thosanie. Ilro. JanJ Tojrlor reside oer tho I ranch at Marysvllle, which oouslit of about a dozen families. Immediately touth of th Junction ward Is Clrde valley, which wo let. licit liy Hi Halnba as carle M 1801. and has a Dilatory from Ihe time of the lllHkhnwk war of 1 S(V5 rT During this war the n tilers ImI nearly kll their etuek through the Indiana stealing them, and a number of the lm.U1n.11 were killed. Finally thla teltlenient waa vacated by the Halnls. and was not ro-icllled by llirni until ten yean later. Uttll 15S7 all Iho Halnlarttldlnir In Ihewestendof I'lute countyconalltu-ted countyconalltu-ted onlyoneward,kuowu a the Kingston Kings-ton want, which wo resided over by William King, but In the early ear-ly )rt cf tho year imntloncd It was divided Into two wards, by or-gardrlng or-gardrlng theHtlnts In Circle valley Into .separate ward called the t'lrclevllle ward, l'rovlout lo this, however, the Mrfrlon ward, In Iho lower end of (Ires vtllry, lying eastward, had been orgxnlte 1 1 y Halnls who formerly were undrlhurlsdlctlou of the Kingston ward Hlshoprlc Llrclsvllle It, as Ihe nam Implies, circular In form. It la alnut five mllet In diameter an I seisiraled in tmrt from lh valley In which the two Junctions are Kx-sied by a low mountain tpur extendlug eaalwanl from the hlghir mounlalut 011 the wett. ll It a vory prtlty valley, and Iho Hevlertlvrr, which cuts through It In n north-latterly north-latterly dlredlon, dlvl In It lulu lu-lu two nearly equal nr!a. Th village of Clrclevlllo He ou the west side of Ihe river, seven mile soulhweit of West Junction, on the asm spot where the settlers of lO'll first located It, but only a rtlon of Iho teltlrre rraldo on Ibutowntltr, lb other Ulng scattered all over Iho valley, val-ley, on both si Irs of the river. Jnme 1.. I'elertou preside over the ward, which numbers ataut forty fsmllles, The valley system In which Circle-vllle. Circle-vllle. the two J u nctlout and Marysvalo are situated extmds noith andtoullia distance of about twenty-five miles, anl varlie In width frluii onutoflve miles. On th wist It It tcratd from tho lleavir valley by the Ilaldy rango of mountains, whole tnow cpicd tois cast their thadowt over the tstllsmeiit, I have U-n dcecrll lug, every afternoon toine tlin before sunset. On th east a lower nnga of mountains sciaralc the Heeler valley Iron! UriM valley. Along tho river thero la moat of llio w ay, strip of men low land varying la width from a ipiaitrrcf audio to two miles. Thills qulto n wludymuntry, and overfilling on sky an I earth Indlcatri that the altitude Is high. UclesUsllc-ally UclesUsllc-ally Iho Junction and I Irrlevlllo wards belong lo the l'angullchHUkeof '.Ion. Maryvalr, orlglnalli' ralle.1 "ilerry Vale," Is a fine little vslloy, butiiios of the population there are nnn-"Mor-mons." T11 rraih Mar'svale from Iho lower Hevler valley, the traveler has to crow a mountain ridge cf considerable htlghU The distance to It from Monroe Mon-roe Is about sixteen Iiillct. Mariavale wa llrat Hltlrd by tho SalnUlii IMI, but w as I roken iipdur-lug iipdur-lug tho Indian war In 1shi, About two years later It waa selllel by miners and 1 nepettors, whofouuJed Hulllon Till", up In Hi mountains, seven mlhs southwest of w hero Iho o 1 "Mormon" townor fortttoo.1 This original settlement set-tlement was tlluatiil near the point where Fine creak emlle Into the Heeler. MaryavaUlu a wider miiio eileudt north and touth about eight miles, and Is separated from the valley on the touth I y a high U neh. 1 1 was oiicethoc-mnty ftestof Flute county, but lu 16U7 Juuctlun sui-.ro'ded It aa aueh. Ihrough the assistance of Jarcd Taylor, John Motrin, lllshop A. Allen, Thos. J.. King, James Muuson, Tho. Day awl others. I have let 11 enal led to gather comlJerablo valuable Information Infor-mation about lull rt of the i-ountry. From here 1 1 rocie-1 to Faiigultch. AiliKkw Jrnux, WrT Junctioi, May 13, IfcSl. |