Show dev 0 aro ila lla till C lift paris rich co UT may way 7 1868 editor deseret wems news sir having just made the trip from salt lake city to bear lake valley I 1 consider myself posted in regard to the manner mann er of reaching this point and for the benefit and guidance of future pilgrims bound for this locality I 1 will give a little history of the trip and how it can be performed on the most round abbot route the distance from salt lake city to parl paris rich county on tho the th huntsville road is about miles this valle valie vailey valley Y lying a little east of north from your city travel north about 35 miles to the mouth of weber hofweber carlon carion where you an purchase yUi rui rul chase for one dollar a ticket signed J C little which ticket with the assistance of a good team strong wagon and sound constitution will take you through weber canlon cannon A great amount of work has been done on this road and were it not for a few hundred thousand full grown boulders that still adorn the track you might feel some reverence for your ticket notwithstanding the loss of your greenback the last eight miles has been in an easterly direction at mountain green settlement the road bears northeast north east seven miles over a low chain of hills that divide weber and ogden valleys TI Il passed over snow in ford fording ilig tee the south tributary of ogden river riven found it high even to run over the wagon box at huntsville 60 miles distant from the southern settlement in bear lake the road to rich county was reported to be impassable for teams in consequence of snow and a grand landslide land laDd slide siide up the caflin that had bad slid a portion of the fhe road into the river completely daming it up and some enterprising individuals had taken advantage of this freak of nature and were erecting a saw mill at the dam not being able to make the trip on this route the only alternative ter native is to strike west twelve miles down ogden cadion cablon at the mouth of which a klud bearded man charges you only a dollar and a half for tho the damages the road down this thia gallon callon had bad not dot been fixed up this spring and was pretty rough though generally it is in splendid condition the tile gatekeeper gate keep e r says 1 the scenery in the canlon cannon is ewort the price of travel and from his Us hor honest hoa looks I 1 would not judge him capably of misrepresentation now you are on the road to bar bear lake via soda springs which is ishur fur far nearer than the proposed road via alaska continue north 40 miles to bear river bridge and if you are not pe acquainted quain ted with this locality it will make little odds as you will be tolled when you get there now turn adorth east over another range of hills into cache valley on the west side go eight or nine miles and when your team mires down calculate that the town of charleston is nearby near by about nine miles further will be found the town of weston ten more mofid packers ferry across bear river and two beyond the seene scene of connors connor battle with the ill fated bear rear hunter and his lawag band of northern braves the bleached skeletons of scores of noble red men still i ornament the ground and one can almo alma almost st imagine he feels the influence 0 of f the departed still hanging around tite tue battle field I 1 am sorry to bay say that thal po co tello and his hii small j z gang were not identified in this conflict from this thia point to soda springs is about 70 miles northeast north indruh east the first thirty miles through hills and mountains and the balance of the way through chatis very appropriately named volcano valley connor city at soda out for the settlement of the Morri sites is not BO so extensive and populous as st louis louls the inhabitants now numbering aboul about a dozen exclusive of trap trappers perg indians and traders the government harracks barracks barr acks aoka ia 19 is ls in a sadly demolished condition like the poon poor poor indians it ia Is slowly passi rig fig away whether for firewood or for building purposes I 1 am not prepared to say but the fact is 19 apparent that it ia Is on the evaporate half a mile on is found quite an extensive distillery the door of which is locked by order of some internal revenue officer in boise city two or three farms have been started here but jack frost has played them out the springs are a great curiosity have the soda snap in their taste and and as the water boils bolls over it forms a scaly rock thus making respectable hillocks W with ith a sharp peak peat the spring being right on thetos the top I 1 located 1 one for fon speculation when the union pacific railroad rall Eail road comes along you now turn south and travel 25 miles up the bear benr river biver to bennington the northern settlement in beaz Beat Lake rake cross bear river on a wooden ferry and get to paris by going 15 miles south westerly there is a good bridge across bear river elver five miles above the ferry but the water on each side of it at this time of the year prevents anything crossing it except ducks and geese the health of the people is good with the exception of whooping cough among the children about one half of the crops are in the ground with nb ab grassi hoppe hopper I 1 prospects A fourdais rain and snow storm has his just passed assed byoir over leaving the ground in a splendid condition for receiving the balance of the seed breadstuff is scarce but the nish fish are running and we can stave off the monster by making it warm for the suckers buekers i r J C B R |