Show 1 ECHO CIT CITY S aug 1122 iiga 6 ism isk 1868 editor deseret eten even evening mews news aware of bf your interest in the progress of events outside of our mountain metropolis allow me to inform you that with the abundant supply of plows scrapers sc shovels picks handles wheelbarrows carts crowbars blasting powder and and pure emt cast steel bars for drills hammers sledges etc the work on the line of president youngs railroad contract has received a very perceptible impetus sub bub contractors are aie encouraged and their men take hold with an energy becoming their zeal zeal ia in other othar pursuits whether on forel foreign agn missions or at home industry of course a goodly number have necessarily cessa rily returned to tc harvest their crops but they will soon ba be on the line again with hosts of others when the more pressing harvest labors aro are over and permit me here to suggest to all who want to have a hand iu in building this portion of the great pacific railroad come como straightway for delays are dangerous the grain secured let the railroad come to mind and on oa to the line liney be the motto considerable numbers of our people are daily wending their way in from the campson camps on green river and eastward ome some who had but bul shortly since heard beard of the work having commenced in echo and weber but more glad to get away from rows r and nd strikes not I 1 ly on the top of the tho head converted to t the maxim all that glitters is not gold that promises of four dollars a day are easier broken than kept hept and that moderate wages promptly paid with timely immunity from brawling scenes of curses knockdowns shooting and killing and threats of cut cutting ung ong damned cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 throat sare at atlease least more healthful fare for ones onea comfort ol 01 0 nights I 1 was much gratified during a recent call upon bishop clumm cluff coalville at Co alville my involuntary wish while in company with the bishop and br boyden the librarian making an examination of the coalville Co alville library was would that such a collection of bloks books were within reach of the inhabitants of every settlement throughout our territory while there black hawks brother of the red faces came to see the bishop and assure him of his good feelings towards the settlers this visit was very opportune as there had been some apprehensions felt by the people lest mischief was intended the indians having suddenly made an encampment of some twenty lodges up the kanyon about five miles and it being known that they had but lately returned from driving off all the stock of mr myers at bear river eiver and of old man potter at Millers millersburg burg east of bridger the bishop secured secured them a beef and some provisions and they all went their way towards utah county rejoicing the indians on the weber river elver thus aa far r seem uncommonly anxious to retain t a in the good will of the settlers and passing strange to say are universally me hungry A singular fondness is growing among them for paper as they call what iu in polite circles would be termed letters of introduction or of recommendation and from every camp if not from every individual member of it they insist upon having a signed document to the effect that they are good injun and very hungry ANON axon NEP nip NEPHI iii ill august 7 E editor dior deseret news newn dear brother on the evening of the of july last I 1 mailed you a full report of the celebration of that day in has not reached you this makes the second letter that I 1 have havo mailed within a few months which has failed to reach its destination there must be some great neglect in some of the post offices in ln regard ard to handling mail matter the was celebrated in this place with much spirit wo we had a grand procession pes slon sion a speech from your humble servant on the travels of the pioneers and the causes which induced them to 1 leave eave the land of civilization and launch laun iaun ch out into the american deser desert tand and hunta hunt a home amid the wilds of the rocky I 1 mountains fountains songs toasts music from capt G hen rhods band and dancing for both juveniles and adults closed the day the committee of arrangements were W F 0 foot and B S linatore Lin tore marshal of the day T cazier bazler chaplain win W m cazier harvesting and hay cuttin cutting g are right on hand and we are thankful for what the hoppers have spared enough with care to last until another harvest corn and are fast and mowing machines are doing good business respectfully SAMUEL SANUEL artir OK OAK CREEK MILLARD CO july 26 1868 E editor deseret news I 1 have thought proper to pen a few words for your disposal concerning the city and citizens of deseret this place was settled in when the people by a united exertion succeeded in completing a dam across the sevier river which was carried rie daway away by high water in 1862 in 1863 it was commenced to be rebuilt but most of etwas it was again carried away before completion the few then concerned became discouraged but through the kindness of bishop callister r gene rai 1 call cull the county to assist and by this means we were enabled to accomplish the work tho the citizens of demerel deseret have anticipated led great rewards for their hard labors in in the past but about two weeks ago the dam was washed out again and the inhabitants felt like abandoning the place when bishop callister came and located and caused this place plade to be surveyed which he thinks capable of supporting nifty fifty or a hundred families this place aa as yet has no name given it is situated about twenty miles east of deseret city it is surrounded with an a abundance bun dance of good cedars and a good range for stock one saw mill is in operation and one grist mill ia is being removed from deseret and the people feel encouraged to go ahead and put out orchards and try to ornament the place and make it such as president young would like to visit and cheer us up and bless us before clodin closing I 1 will say the few here hero had the stars and ud stripes unfurled to the breeze on the and enjoyed themselves ia in social amusements and had a sumptuous dinner graced with sweet mountain trout yours truly J SY NY RADFORD eagleville EVILLE july 10 1868 editor deseret news mews dear sin sir this valley is one of a chain of six varying greatly in size and considerably in altitude they range nearly north and south and are about forty miles in length from the northern to the southern extremity they lie southwest of the rim of the great salt lake basin with a watershed to the colorado spring valley the indian name of w which ch is pah gwo u ab b or mud valley th the northern one of this chain is high cool and frosty suited to the growth of small grains and hardy fruits with a very extensive range for stock meadow valley the most southern and largest of the chain has hm a climate which I 1 judge to be about abouo about a medium between lake and st george it has ample resources for the accommodation of several hundred families the soil occupied by the city of panacea has the peculiarity of settling from one to three feet on the application of water these valleys afford excellent facilities for industrious saints to make homes there is an abundance of good land unoccupied with good water and un unlimited amount of flie firewood wood and fencing a large proportion of meadow land and an extensive range for stock eagle valley is about four miles south of spring valley and probably 00 or feet lower its indian name ia is tinto na ab signifying a flat long swale in the mountains a very good description of it the valley being about three miles olig long iong by half a mile wide and containing about acres of excellent meadow and tilling land laud it is some half a mile through a canlon canon from eagle into juto rose kose valley so named on account of the abundance of wild roses which grow tb there ere rose bose valley is about the tho size of eagle valley its indian name is sow wah ker her or green valley I 1 about the middle of june 1864 bros broa meltiah hatch and frederic hamblin under the direction of president E snow who was then in meadow valley first explore dEagle valley with a view to settlement and reported that it would accommodate about thirty families immediately after tho the visit of brothers hatch and hamblin brothers meltiah and ira hatch accompanied by brother john M little and john atchison started from clover valley and explored eagle rose hose and dry valleys immediately afterwards a company under the direction of capt wm branch of bt st george made a further exploration including spring valley this company saw a number of young eagles in possession of tho indians which they obtained from a ledge of rocks at the lower end of eagle valley hence the name which it now bears bean at the time of captain brances Branc hs visit brother ira hatch who was with tho the company had a big taik talk with the resident indians of eagle valley and concluded a bargain with ahen then chief the substance of which was that tho the mormons cormons Mor mons were to settle in the valley and live neighbors and friends with the tha indians and that they would cultivate the lanb land land together this treaty hag thus far been sacredly kept by both parties the settlement has feikel fenced in the indian land with their own and yearly assist the indians to get in their crops by plowing their land for them on the ath of july 1864 1664 brothers meltiah and ira hatch and frrederic frederie frederic hamb lin arrived in eagle c valley with their families A few more soon followed but their stay wa was short for about a month after president snow counseled them to evacuate the valley for the present on account of the indian difficulties W with th the neighboring settlement of panacea at the conference in st george in november 1864 1664 brothers meltiah hatch and jacob hamblin were appointed to locate the settlement again and take charge of it through circumstances cum stances that duty has principally devolved upon bro hatch the fellow ing december he with several other brethren and their families returned to the valley amid a succession of severe snow storms they commenced to put up their log cabins in two lines with a five rod street between them this is the present form of the settlement the two lines being extended as new settlers have arrived on the loth of december 1865 the town plot was surveyed in the north end of the valley under the direction of bro john rebe keri kerl who was then presiding bishop over settlement this and panacea on july 1867 this settlement and spring 1 valley were organized into a w ward by president snow over which bro meltiah hatch was ordained bishop these settlements like mose most new now ones have had many drawbacks they have had to haul their lumber over a rough road 75 miles from pine valley which has also been their nearest point point gristmIll toa ton to a grist mill ohp th brothers henrie Henri enave have a saw mill in operation at panacea twenty miles south also a grist mill nearly completed bishop hatch and taylor crosby expect to have a saw mill running here in a few weeks all tj the e elements are hero to make saints comfortable and happy and we expect to see these fertile valleys teeming with a dense population that will love god and keep his hia commandments fitting themselves for association with angels and the gods yours respectfully J A LITTLE ST GE GEOEGE ORGE onge july 1868 editor deseret news dear deat brother having just returned from visiting our settlements in the northwest north west mountain meadows shoal creek panacea facea eagle valley spring valley and pinto celebrating the lith at pine fine valley in comp company iny with elders erastus snow J gates J G bleak and others I 1 will endeavor to give you my idea of the country and a brief report af the in eidenas ei dents of the trip we started on the androve thirty miles and camped for the night in good old fashioned style on the morning of the we drove to the mountain meadows twelve miles where we arrived in time to get a late breakfast and after bein being properly refreshed met with the ants saints and held meeting in a private house there are some half dozen families at this place who are presided over by bro bichard richard gibbons they have a little grain growing which looked well but this is a stock raising place and a very good one with excellent hay land anci and a good range for cows still with good management a small smail settlement of dairymen could raise raibe their own bread 0 after meeting and a good dinner we drove to shoal creek eighteen miles and held meeting in the evening this place is much like the mountain meadows an excellent place for stock raising and dairying having plenty of range and good hay land but not very great facilities for grain raising father zera pul Pal and his bons sons and sons inlaw in law comprise the largest share of the inhabitants but the place is growing and will by and by become quite a settlement tl they have built a nice log school house and I 1 was told that a well attended school was kept up for about nine months in the year we had a very good meeting in the evening and were kindly welcomed to all the hospi tali tail ties les which the people possessed on thursday morning loth we rolled out for panacea or meadow bleadow valley a distance of thirty seven miles about one half of which is over high rocky hills and at present not much of a road as teams very seldom go from shoal creek to the settlement west and as the settlement is off from any line of travel the road is not much used it should be understood that in go going ng from st george to the mountain meadows I 1 and shoal creek we have to cross over the divide into the great basin the meadows are nearly due north from st george and shoal creek nearly west vest of the meadows and these western settlements are to the north of west from shoal creek but they are not in the great basin hence we have to cross the divide again between shoal bhogal creek and panacea but by the application of a good deal of pat patience ilance some buckskin and a heap of jolting we made the trip arriving about sundown we were met four or five miles out by bishop baron and his counselors accompanied compa nied by a mounted escort under the command of captain samuel ha mar and a very nice amateur martial bana band we vere were very kindly received by the brethren and were well prepared to accept the kind attentions they were so willing to show us MEADOW VALLEY is Is f the largest of a chain of valleys situated on the meadow valley wash this wash as it is called is simply a cari earl canion cannon on that heads about aue duo due west from the spring between beaver and parowan carowan Pa rowan in the mountains which form the southwest boundary of the great basin and runs down dowil to the muddy a distance of one hundred and twenty five or fifty miles it intersects the muddy at the crossing of the california road there ls iq is 19 no regular stream of water running down it but springs break jont in different places and run together antil they form quite a large stream am which flows sluggishly along for a few miles and sinks to break out in other springs below and so continues the whole length of the canon carion but when the snow is melting on the mountains or when heavy rain storms come th this Is dry ry wash becomes suddenly a mighty river pouring its torrents towards the colorado with terrible fury sweeping down everything in its way in some places this wash is i s very narrow being bounded on either side with perpendicular rocks looming up hundreds of feet high and these deep cuts will in some cases continue for miles and then open out into a beautiful little valley with springs of water voater and beautiful patches of meadow land meadow valley is the largest of these and is some seven |