Show 250 the completion of the transcontinental railroad the small town of Corinne began to assume real importance Located at the railroad crossing of Bear river the town fathers saw in their village the future metropolis of Utah They hoped to have it declared the junction point of the Central and Union Pacific railroads and laid plans for its future Freight wagons were busy bringing ore from Montana mines to Corinne for shipment to smelters rich ore deposits Vfith were being discovered-i- the Oquirrh mountains south of the lake In order to capitalize on this ore business a smelter was built at Corinne to handle this rapidly growing ore trade Closely associated with the Smelter was the plan to make exn tensive use of the Great Salt Lake as the cheapest and easiest way to bring the ores from the south end of the lake to the smelter This entailed the construction of a large boat for the purpose So it was that the "City of built ton Mississippi river Corinne" was "City of Corinne" was a 300 type stern wheeler with two stacks and three decks Engines for the new boat were made in Chicago and shipped around Cape Horn to San Francisco reaching Corinne by rail From CaliThe fornia came the redwood for hull and beams Launching of the 70 foot craft occured May 24 1871 and practically the whole valley population turned out to witness the event6 General 6 Carter Heart Throbs of the West IV 165 |