Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 21 | Know Utah

KNOW UTAH DT AH I L By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS PHILIPS On n the ue way way honie from Echo canyon canon where th the i ie con tr a ft griM tC lamal n plant tant Uon drifted to som om of the smaller matler towns in in n th th northern t karL art of of the O One o of ot th the party who was wai from Ud Inform Information tion r regarding his town to He pointed out that Hunts Hunts- was WL located on a i b brinch t g to t th the we West eSt f And nd Ini P between n the forc ot the th rIvet river and Spring Spring- creek tw twelve IVe miles east eMt of ot t n and nine forty north northeast of Salt City The town is Ia reached d a 1 tw twelve mile l ride from tram Ogdon Ogden through orta ona of ot the noAt t picturesque canyons In oU n the perpendicular of rock tow tow- for hundred t feet t with a. a t ru- ru l lIn l- l In n roaring river r to tb add to the U J ot the panorama C S S ln In AU August lIt Hon Stansbury cAplAin ot of A. A corpa opi of t top if I gln ia of r United Slates nn army marched through th the th valley on an ex ex- ex trip from Port Fort er to S SAlt ll LAU Uk City He described the valley oll y an is follows follo I It WA was a on y Au August st 2 U SU 1849 he h u said eald that X i determined d to BO gt on for tor at J a n. pt ot of th tho day alth although urh contrary to flu my usual it Il b th nb th on Oft which lIth any h has baa b n don donn since we J left tt th the Mla Missouri o r river rl The Tho morning wee was old cold th t n J i t re at nt sunrise b being 16 18 1 d de reea fe ithe tIr io iH almost xh d. d Aft After i followIng following follow follow- In Ing nome onie miles do the r u upon n which we 8 h had d camped w Wi struck Upon pon an Indian lodge trail 1 leadIng lead lead- d- d Ing hf to Valley or t to Od ns n's Hole This Thi we e tOU In a n southerly direction crossing many d deep 1 I hollow and Mid v very ry steep J ridges u tJ ut which wo 0 haa to l our It Jt b being Int impossible t to tide upon tile the h head nd of bf 4 a broad brond gre green n I b valley an tin even vt d descent b 8 t which I ted led cd Us Uc to O Ogden's Hole Iol This hole or valley y had h loi tong long b b tn n tho rendezvous of ot the Northwest t company on ii ac dOnt of ot its ita tine fine range tor stock and had b be been n the c n of ht manya m merry Reunion of f the the h hardy rd trappers of ot th the mountains S In June Jun 1854 M according to old r records cords Charles Charlea r. r t n of ot Ogden n and others w were r sent out under the he direction of C Colonel lonel David vId by order r tr of ot Youn Young to explore pl ve re d. d t. t toward route ro roUte le toward Fort ger A pack company company with one on baggage wagon wAon w went nt by way of ot Od Ogden n and nd crossed the th ridge rid into Ogden in crossing r this thie ridge the explorers were compelled to let their w wagon g n down tho the steep J inclines by the assistance of ot ropes Th The party after net exploring the Ogden Orden valley proper continued their explorations u up th the south fork of the Ogden river following following- it ft nearly to the th to top of ot the mountains S S S The alOn taken by this party pary of explorers is Is' b believed lle d to b bo be the first ever tk tAk ri n Into Ogden Ogden- valley vailey At this early day there was vaa no no road made through Ogden ca canyon yon Leaving LeavIn tJ wagon in Ogden Valley the explorers rs ra crossed the divide Into Weber valley following the Cottonwood Cottonwood- creek down downto t to th the pl ph place c e Wh Where e the little settlement nt of or Mountain fountain Green now stands thence the they followed an nn Indian unit rail on the mountainside north of ot th the tho Weber river through Weber eber cany cAnyon on on Into the Great S Salt Lake inke II valley S S S SIn In September 1856 William and hl his son jon on Ch Charles rles I I 1 Alvin West Vest and Alfred e Horem Bomm took a n. herd of cattle belonging to Captain ln William H. H Ho p r p Chauncey Chauncey- W. W Vest West and others Into Ogden valle valley crossing the same same eam divide back of ot north Ogden ns as I the explorers explorer of 1854 1864 This herd of cattle wan WAIl the first to to be be introduced ced Into Ogden valley which art r. r thAt was was used for fora no number of ot years yeAts as asa asIt a l It summt summer h herd rd grounds A few cw small CAbins were built for tor the accommodation of ot the herders Tho The these thele was wn erected in 1857 by BIngham and Joseph Hardy on n a n little spring near the middle middlefork middlefork middlefork fork of ot th the tho Ogden river r and ond about CIne one and one half mil miles s A east cast of the ce center ter of the present settlement or of f Eden n The second Abin cabin in Ogden valley alley was built on the north fork Cork about one mile northwest of ot Eden but no tte t attempt pt vas was made l to t settle the valley until 1859 This was partly portly due to the fact th that t th the people of ot Ogden objected lt d to lh the valley lUcy being settled as they preferred ret t to have it rr reserved for tor grazing purposes purpose