Show 183 cherry crops In the present chapter ve shall discuss briefly the history of some of the minor islands of the lake Special attention will be given to Antelope and Fremont Islands in later chapters During the past century Stansbury Island has been an "island" during only a few years of excessively high water Thus periods it would seem more reasonable to treat it as part of the mainland than an island However it is always thought and spoken of as an island by the people of the Salt lake valley It is some eleven miles long and five wide containing 22314 acres3 Springs of fresh water were east slopes soon after the Mormons came to The Mormon Utah and began their explorations of the valley Church recognizing in it and Antelope Islands an excellent grazing place for the Church herds took over both as early as 1849 The "island" has always been accessible by horseback or team except when water covered the plain between it located on its the mainland during the high water period of the 1870 s Stansbury considered it superior to Tooele valley or Antelope and Island for grazing purposes because of protection its cliffs offer against winter storms4 Although there are rich lime 3 486 WPA Writers Project Utah A Guide to the State and Survey of the Stansbury Exploration Valiev of the Great Salt Lake 209 4 Howard |