Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-20 | Page 26 | Know Utah

i N 0 w UTAH u T A By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS PHILIPS S Until within the Hie la last t t ten n years Wayne a e county count was almost b by It was a railroad rail railroad road rond and nd with practically no highways Then a small mall party parly of ot explorers discovered that Wayne co county nty con contained con tamed sonic so mo of ot tho the most magnificent scenery in the world They f found und ono ono one Km small mahI ll valley yancy called caned Boulder which could be te entered only by way of or n a trail troll used sed by horses In another part of tho the county a n. natural e was discovered In tho the mountains red sandstone sand sand- stone stono predominates and in the various arlous peaks which point skyward eliard el all tho colors of ot the tho rainbow are arc seen At various points In tho the elevation of oC these majestic peaks s Is Js every fantastic combination of or color and form a and d dc design that one can Imagine 1 S 5 Looking from one of ot tho the plateaus is seen a a. sea of ot cities clUes In the valley below Then in another direction is seth seen tho the Capital gorge a a. can canyon ori nearly cl eight ht miles long and walled ailed on both sides with solid BaUd rock which range range- from rom 50 to 2000 feet in h height There are petrifIed petrified petri petri- fied C forests magnificent In every wn way tray S S S SWayne Wayne Yanc county was organized ii in an election elec elec- tion Uon was wars held and co county nty officers ers chosen hose The county wa wag named in honor of Wayne Robison whose father tather was a member of the tho legislature when the tue county count was created The Tho census of ot 1910 gaye tJ the e county a population of or 1749 while tho the one ono taken in 1900 gave a population of 1907 which shows a decrease ose h in hi the number of or inhabitants Loa is the county scat seat Four our of ot the towns owns In the county are supplied with a n. water system and electric light and power plants have havo been Installed S S S SIt It will vill be seventy eight years next Sunday s since tho tim first legislative o assembly of ot tho the territory of or Utah convened ed Heber C. C Kimball was elected president of ot the council and arid William AV W. Phelps was chosen speaker of oC the house house- It was three years ur later that Summit county was was' created rho Tho creation of at this county was as followed by the he creation of oC Iron Boxelder and Cache counties