OCR Text |
Show YOL XII. Ogden, Utah, December 23, 1908. NO. Most Magnificent Pleasure Resort of Rich and Poor Alike f Within a Few Miles of City. GLORIES OF OGDEN'S WONDERFUL CANYON t e $ f I No Ogden edition can be complete without at least brief mention of the wonders and glories of Ogden canyon; of Ogden canyon, the beautiful; this wonderful, natural resort, provided by a beneftcient providence. traveler who has To the world-wid- of rest and natural comfort has provided a priceless boon in evenings of s relaxation: to the pleasure-seeker- , and care-frewho wants only the most delightful spot on earth in which to find relief from the entertainments and amusements of every frlv-ilou- e, e 1 's.l ' - - Situated among rugged peaks of imposing grandeur this ravine, with its wonderful ten miles of delightful road, the equal of wlch is not found in the d heart of the cities of any land, surrounded by a magnificent range of beautifying kaleadoscoplc best-pave- mountain scenery, embracing within its shadows a curling brook, well stocked with speckled mountain trout of delicious flavor, which babbles ceaselessly on its winding way, through miniature gullies and across huge boulders, swept by the sweet scented seyphers, refreshing cool which brings untold relief to suffering city humanity during the torturing of swelterlngly superheated summer, Ogden canyon has been pronounced one of the most wonderful natural beauty siots on the face of the earth. What nature has failed to do in making Ovden canyon one of the great pleasure resorts in the world, man, Handmere man, has accomplished. some hotels, built of logs cut from the very mountain sides of this same canyon. harmonising artistically with the Inspiring surroundings, provide a pleasing stopping plHce for the weary wayfarer tired of the foibles of the great outside world, or In search of genuine, healthy recreation and pleasure. For the athletically inclined, there is mountain climbing, boat rowing and a and one other sports; for the aspiring nlmrod, unexcelled sport in angling for the finny beauties of the deep Is there; for the tired and worn neurotic sufferer, there Is rest in the nooks about the handsome hotel and for the ever present motorist there is a magnificent road, which causes his heart to fairly leap and bound for Joy. For the geologist there are wonderful rock formations and nature studies; for the naturalist there is abundant opportunity to Indulge in his most desired pleasures and for the people of all classes there is pleasure in picnicking or similar pastimes. It is beyond the power of mere man to describe the glories and the beauties of Ogden canyon. None but an egotist would attempt a description of this nook in the world. It surpasses the most powerful prose paintings of a word master. The very heart of this beautiful region is less than a half hour away from the center of the city. Street car trans e v j - v f V- - : i' s dog-day- Tgf 30? 'V 5 5 By CHARLES W. MEIGHAN. . portation to its mouth is provided and counters tlic beautiful Idiewild the pedestrian may tlnd pleusure in which has been built within the past walking some distance up the cooling two years at a cost of many thousands canyon. From the carline, automobiles of dollars and which is one of the and busses, for a small fee, will trans- jninal beautiful rustic establishments of to any of the a similar nature to be found port the pleasure-seeke- r resorts, snuggled among scenic surHere, also, are delectable reroundings of surpassing grandeur, and freshments served. minutes after leavwithin forty-flvIf one desires to remain really close ing the city's most Busy street, one to nature, however, a lunch may be finds himself in the midst of tills beau- - taken 011 the canyon journey. Thouies-rt- j any-wlier- - : ate resiainse and the camptrs, with delay or ceremony, leave tlielr sweltering homes in the city to get close to nature. Then for weeks, during the beautiful suinimr season, these ieople live on, content. For those who like society, t lie re are most formal dances in Ogden canyon resorts. For those who like only sociability there are cheerful little gatherings and meetings about tbs s STi thou-san- d 8CENE IN OGDEN CANYON visited In many lands, who has experienced the thrills of heart which come only with the inspiration of gorgeously beautiful scenery, Ogden canyon has proven an entrancing spot; to the tlredj business man who toils for hours in his shop during a heated day, the easy accessibility of this wonderful region a. 4 I day life, Ogden canyon has been a haven of restful refuge, and to all classes, be they laborer, banker, merchant, dreamer, artist, toiler or schemer Ogden canyon has held entrandngly in her magnificent grasp, that thing within man which responds to the call of nature. SCENE IN OGDEN CANYON district of cooling tlful, atmosphere and perfect happiness. Mountain breescs stir the verdure, which adds to the brilliancy of the landscape. A varicolored foliage lends enchantment to the scene of stirring beauty and the clear mountain stream, with Its rippling music completes a scene of beautiful nature, at her best. Five miles from the city the Hermitage Is located. At thie resort, which is a summer hotel and pleasure resmt. surrounded by beautiful groves and a magnificent landscape, delicious trout and chicken dinners are served at all hours of every day In the week. Only a few miles further on, one en-- ; pine-scente- d sands of sequestered nooks, in which to eat these lunches, mpy bn found. Horsemen and horse women find delight In making the canyon trip over the beautiful road, motorists thrill with find walking pleasure, pedestrian pleasant and those who choose other meHns of transportation are certain of securing a year of Jny In a few hours in Ogden canyon. During the summer the city la greatly depopulated by the annual migration. With the coming of spring and tlic budding of sleeping nature into hrll-- j liantly beautiful life, the call of the wild, is heard. There le an immeili-fresh-smellin- ions cheerful campfires. N'o one has really lived until he has visited the more frequent, the better Ogden canyon, rightfully called "Ogden canyon, the beautiful." g A Hint to Wives. When man knows that there la always a watchful eye on him; that If ho forgets to be thankful for some service done him. If be Is If he neglects to klaa his wife good-bIt will be all counted against him then hla spontaneity will die. Harper's liasaar. absent-minde- y. 1 Wonderful History of Beautiful Ogden From the Day of Its Birth t By Mrs. Amy S. Corlew tt V- - Peter Skeen Away back in 1825-2- 6 Ogden, a member of the celebrated Hudsons Bay company, pitched hla tent near the mountain, on the banks of a river flowing througl a wild, rugged canyon, and, wit. Ms companions made that camp his home for the time, while engaged In the lucrative, but dangerous pursuit of trapping, exploring, building forts, and trading and fighting with the Indians,. from British America to' Mexico. he left he perpetuated his mem ory by naming the river "Ogden," In return for the blessings It had conferred upon hlm,hls teams and his men, in yielding food and drink. Twas a large stream then and dangerous to ford, but abundantly supplied with fish and acquatlc game. The place was occupied, Irregularly, by Intlneranta until the year 1841, when an Indian trapper, named Miles M. Goodyler, obtained by virtue of a Mexican grant, a tract of land " commencing at the mouth of Weber canyon, extending along the base of the mountain north to Hot Springs, from there west to Great Balt lake, thence along the shore to a point opposite Weber canyon and east to the starting point;" (Tullldge) -c- omprls-. lng In all about two hundred and fifty y, RIVERDALE It was during tbs growing of this rawhides, boiled and converted into a square miles of land. It would be James Brown, under Instructions from V first bats Mormon the for made were crop that the "cricket raid" oc-- gelatinous soup," thistle and segomore now If the survey Brigham Young, eaten as vogethis surred. The etory Is told of how they nH,t were co',kt'd of whole the lion for as lake the has the negotiated shore, greatly along tab,M- - and even the crickets were dried In came" Weber black down now the of great legions greater part receded since that time by evapora-'nd P according to county, for the sum of three thousand the mountain sides," until the people tion. authority. All had to go ban- -, On the spot where now stands the dollars. About two hundred and fifty were no longer able to fight them and ?ne to ave their moc- footed f,,r Union Pacific freight depot, Goodyler square miles purchased for less than starvation was Imminent, when, what cainB ,or m,,nth. tra occasions, seemed In a another but purAnd acre! an two that cents "Goodproved plague, built a picket fort, known as ' From the products of the cows, Mary vier's Fort, "and within that stronghold chase was Included a place of habita- - blessing, "the gulls came in great, (though white), a plural built a few log and mud houses, where-- tion (the only In the territory aside1 white clouds" at dawn one day and wife of Browns, mads cheese, and' good swooped down upon the devastating In were lodged his Indian wife and from Indian tepees), and farm stock to' e bead of Insects, feasted upon them, "disgorged cheese, and found a ready market for a few mountaineers and half--; the extent of seventy-fivth same of goats, twelve sheep and feasted against" until, by night- - H. especially In Balt Lake among Brig-falbreed Indians. not a black enemy was left In ham Young's numerous families. And Their living was procured by trap-- and six horses. So that in point of her small beginning grew the field the another as alive. The gull is sacred In well point), many ping, fishing, hunting, supplemented age (as cheese Industry. We wonder If with roots and herbs, gathered by the Ogdenltee should feels proud of the fact Utah today and can ws wonder, The great the metro killing of these birds Is, by law, a H Is any better than that Mary made women and children, for all worked (that their city and exchanging furs tor supplies 11s to the south by several years. In punishable aftense." And many there sixty years ago? should be given Provisions of all kinds not grown from traders as they came along. Their, the spring following, the first crops are who think the gull great prominence on the shield of jin the settlement, had to be freighted chief pleasure and pastime was fight-- -j were planted; wheat.com, potatoes,cab-Ins Utah. About this time the little set-- on and mules from Fort and protecting themselves from ho- j bage tumlus watermelons, and we or was tlement does near historian "Brownvtlle," the Hall, and Idaho, and the carrots, Pocatello, sume, though Indians, wild beasts, reptiles mention them. Watched by guards Brown's Fort, both being given In his- - journeys were attended with great dan- to human happl-jno- t things ger and difficulty. ness. There were no lands but Good- - and guns from the depredations In- tory. The people endured many hardships, end In 1851 the settlement was surveyed the animals and dlans crops grew administered no laws but his, yiers, the rejoicing their buildings being far from weather Into ten and twenty acre blocks. The according to his humors, though we matured, and great was have no record of anything but har- In the little colony when "real food" proof, especially In rainysoseason, when people moved from the fort on to these plenteoualy city lota, only a few to a block, and upon their frugal board, their mud roof leaked mony In the little fort. Fashions didn't was spread half a pound of bread, per that the good housewife had to hold an 'real living began In earnest. In the trouble the ladles, only as to whether though but umbrella over her head when cooking same year the city was Incorporated, their furs should we worn upside down. capita, a day was all that could,har-of the frugal meal. (the first In the territory to attain that necessity, be allowed until another or inside out. were food the staffs used Among be vest could dignity (Tullldge), though Balt Lw garnered. Capt. In 1848, exactly sixty years ago, j J"'1 " ". - I CANNING COMPANY. Black-Brow- n ! cat-for- e :!. l, j . j . ante-date- po-the- j g pre-til- e , UTAH CANNING COMPANY. pack-horse- claims the honor, too. Permanent 'adobe" buildings were erected, in the construction of which lumber was used sparingly, and was put together with wooden ige. whittled by the carpenter as he needed them, for there were no nails. Truly necessity was the mother of Invention In that case. Property values were not very high in those days, for the "Brown Hotel" everl lots to the north, and west, was sold for a barrel of sorghum, and the trade was thought to he much In favor of the man who n rghum. There was no money ln circulation, everything was trade, The men were obliged to be much from home, leaving the women and children alone. For protection from the Indians and wild beasts a Spanish wall was built around the city, and paid for by direct taxation, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. In excavating for buildings and streets workmen have, in recent years, run across portions of that old wall haVe pePP. wondered what It was. The tabernacle, built In 1857, stands just Inside of what warn then the north end of the city limits, within the old - wail. (Continued on Page WESTERN CANNING COMPANY. 6.) |