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Show VIRGIN VALLEY IS BEINGRECLAIMED BEINGRECLAIMED BEING BEINGRECLAIMED RECLAIMED BY HOMESTEADERS HOMESTEADERSFisher Fisher valley , one of the most fer- fer fertile fertile fer fertile - tile sections of Grand county which whichstrangely , strangely enough , has m the past es- es escaped escaped es escaped - - caped the attention attentlon of settlers , is at atlast atlast atlast last being b2mg brought under cultivationA cultivation A tract of several thousand thou.sand . acres ofland of ofland ofland land has been filed on by Coloradomen Colorado Coloradomen Coloradomen men , who are building bullding ditches , clear cloor- cloor clear- clearing cloorIng clearing - ing ground and otherwise otherWlSe bringing thevalley the .alley alley \ ' . alley under reclamation The valleyhas valle valley valleyhas has one established establlShed ranch , owned byAmasa by byAmasa byAmasa Amasa Larsen When the newcomers newcomersget newcomersget newcomersget get established estabhsheci ' ' , the valley will wlll be one oneof oneof oneof of the thl thiiving thriving iving communities commumtles of the thecotmty thecounty thecounty cotmty county , and a . school .school and postofflce postoffice postofflcewill postofficewill postofficewill will doubtless be estabhshedS1 establishedSix established estabhshed establishedSix Six S1 > . homesteaders-Blll homesteaders Blll homesteaders-Bill Bill homesteaders - - Bill Pray Pi ay . , Blll Bill BlllFroadmg BillFroading BillFroadmg Froadmg Froading . , Mace Ingraham , Iia 113 Ira Sa\ Sa Sat SaEdgar SatEdgar SaxEdgar \ . Edgar Sa Sax , < and Ray y Hudson-all Hudson all Hudson - all from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Plateau district distnct of Colorado , have havebeen havebeen havebeen been at work .ork ork taork , . tms tnrs season building bUlldmg aditch aditch a adltch dltch ditch to oiveit al\elt al elt overt \ water "ater ater " from Beavercreek Beaver Beavercreek Beavercreek creek to the valley vallry This ThlS ditch isbeing is isbemg isbeing bemg being put in readiness for next sea seasons sea- sea season seasons isI - I sons son s farming fanmng operations Later , thesettlers the thesettlers thesettlers settlers plan a more extensive irrigation irriga IrrIga- irrigation IrrIgabon - tion bon project , which Whlch will divert a large largestream largestream largestream stream ofater of \ water \\ater ater onto their farms A A300foot A300foot A300-foot A300 foot 300-foot 300 foot - tunnel will Wlll be one of the .fea- .fea fea- fea features .features . fea features - tures of this proj projectFisher project projectFisher ct ctFlsher Fisher Flsher \ valley , alley is located loca.ted . several miles milessouth milessouth milessouth south of Dewey , . and is reached by a aroad aroad aroad road up Onion creek , which WhlCh empties emptiesinto emptiesInto emptiesinto into the Colorado rn river riser er near Richard RlChard- RlChard Richard- RlChardson Richardson Richardson - son The valley is completely sur- sur surrounded surrounded sur surrounded - - rounded by high cliffs chUs , and is indeeda mdeeda mdeed indeed a a 'surprise surprise ' valley " It lies underFisher under underFisher underFisher Fisher point pomt , the north extremity extremlty ofthe of ofthe ofthe the La Sal mountains moun tams The land isWonderfully IS ISW'on isvonderfullly W'on Won ' vonderfullly erful1 ' ifertile J'erhle Jerhle Sertile ' , it is said , sagsbrush .sage sage .sagebrush sagebrush . brush growing grO\V1llg grO V1llg \ in m the valley to t < > thesize the thesize thesize size of cedar trees All of the flow ofBeaver of ofBeaver ofBeaver Beaver creek can be diverted to tt1e the tt1evalley thevalley thevalley valley , , furnishing sufficient water v.ater vater . watertorseveral lor for forseveral lorse -torseveral torseveral - se several , eral thousand acres of landRay land lane landRay ! Ray Hudson and Edgar Sa Sax , < , two of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Fisher valley homesteaders , were werein wereIn werein in Moab the last of fhe the week . They Theyare Theyare Theyare are enthusiastic enthusiasfic over the prospects prospectsfor prospectsfor for development there |