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Show UTAH STATE 467 E SALT Volume Eureka, Utah 84628 Eighty-Seve- n One day in Callao "We had our first 24th of July note: This article was clipped from die Monday parade last year with a rodeo and Editors anit . sellAn mterestmg account ofhfe tn Callao, located in Wtern Juab County. The West Desert School meniioned, is part of the Tintic School Dis net. t.,s in 3 west dert, reeia?X) foot of the Deep Creek Mountains. This community cantrace its begin- to the 1800s when it was a on the Overland Stage route, stop First the Overland Stage then Pony Express and then the Mulliner and Walters Stage had stations here. The Lincoln Highway also followed the same route and made this area part of the map. Now 11 families, with a total of 34 people, call Callao home. school has been The one-rooclosed and local kids are driven miles each way to the West Desert School at Partoun for their kindergarten through 12th grade education. About 50 Snake Valley youngsters attend the school. Callao was called Willow Springs until residents applied for a post office. Postal officials said there were too many towns named Willow Springs, so a new name would have to be chosen. A prospector working in the area at j m lj .... Jl,, t r;cu Springs Wildlife Refiige and the Deep Creek Moun ins, w ic nse to an elevation over 12,000 feet. A trip here requires driving over miles and miles of dusty road, but the scenery is c sive. Craig Hansell School board adopts budget 31 Dec 99 UT 84111 mty-Eig- ht Cache and Wash- Foundation analysts point out . counties the added are another to ington important trend associated above four Wasatch Front coun- - with county growth BeLen 1940 and ties, 91.4 pereent of the states is accounted 1991, Utlhs median age in- jmpulation 2J creasj rom 24.3 to 262 an counted for only 8.6 percent of increase of 1.9 years. the states population growth." This tremendous growth of the Foundation analysts found that nations urban areas has not come without creating 29 only four of the challeng. ties grew at a faster pace than the es for local governments. Crime, states annual averagegrowth rate pollution, congestion, deteriora-nin- g of 2.3 percent: Davis of infrastructure, declining cent), Washington (3.4 UvJTn tax bases and poverty are all Utah (3.1 percent), and Salt Lake concentrated in cities across the (2.5 percent). As a result, these country. Utahs urban areas have four counties increased their 1940 all of these challenges but none of share of the states population, them seem insurmountable at Davis County grew from 2.9 present. However, if the urban percent to 11 percent of the growth trends continue, then the states population, Utah County problems of our urban areas must from 10.4 percent to 15.3 per-- be considered as important as cent, Salt Lake County from 38.5 other "hot topics" such as educa-perceto 42.1 percent and tion. Washington County grew from 1.1 percent to 2.9. All other ktlll time to Send . declined as a percent of class reunion reservation under counties into fewer ai!eas ,s the states population during this ATTENTION: Anyone who ime In 1940, 84.0 at,on trends. graduated from Tintic High in lived all the Utahns School. in 1955 to 1976, there is of The urbanization has trend percent state s 12 most populous counties, significantly widened the popula- - still time to get your reservation 1991 virtually the same per- - tion gap between the urban and in for the Third Tintic High centage of Utahns (84.5 percent) rural parts of the state. Between School Resurrection Extravagan- lived in the states six most PPU 1940 and I"0 Utahs urban lous counties." Send reservations to Mary population has increased from 1 TJta1 Foundations time frame 305,000 to ,499,000, an increase Lou Draper or Jenny Long. They for its urbanization study was of almost 400 percent. By com- - state, "Were getting good 1940 to 1991. During that time, the population of rural turns, but we would like everyone "Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Utah declined from 245,000 to to come. Plans are coming along Weber counties accounted 84.5 224,000, a decrease of about 8 real well, so lets all meet and get Percent of the states PPulation during the same time, Wth nt Action taken at the recent meeting of Tintic Board of Edu-2- 5 cat;on included the following: budget Adopted the FY-9- 3 and aso the revised budget for py-9in an unanimous vote. tAuthnrized the Daughter of the FWers to use the auditorium for a presentation of the Jessie Knight film at 2, 7-3- 0 F' m on July 24 'Hed a discussion regarding a recent safety crossing meeting held with representatives of Eure-- sng The Bagleys also claim the largest Fremont cotton- in the United States tree wood which is growing in their yard. Like the Bagleys, most Snake Valley residents, such as Bagleys neighbor Cecil Garland, raise cattle and hay. "We see our cows from the sperm to the rail," said Mrs. Bagley. The Bagley Ranch has been a leader in raising artificially-inseminated cattle. While much of Utah takes services like telephone and elec- tricity for granted, Callao didnt have electric power lines until 1972 and it was 1986 before phone lines were installed. "We had a two-wa- y business- band radio," said Mrs. Bagley. "I would tell him (David Bagley) when I was coming through from Salt Lake to Callao, and he would come looking for me if I was late. CITY, July 10, 1992 of Utah 1990, 87 residents lived in urban areas, making it the sixth most urban state in the nation. The five more nrban states are: Califonua (92.6 New Jersey (89 4 Hawaii (89 percent), Neva- cent), (88.3 percent), and Arizona (87.5 percent), writes Utah Foun- dation the private public researcb groUp. The concentration lation int0 of the nation,s urban areas has contfnued steadily for over a century and a half and shows no sign of stopping, though the pace has slowed. An urban population is composed of persons living in densely populat- ed areas and in communities of 2.500 people or more outside designated urban areas. Everyone living outside designated urban A l!g5 BusStAhwd" will be placed on the highway west of the bus stop at Church Street in Eureka. The county will The stage and Pony Express place School Zone signs on each used the same building on the side of the school at West Desert 1,005 acre David Bagley Ranch and Eureka City will give the as the Callao Station. Bagley rode crossing guard additional training, in the 75th, 100th and 125th Voted in favor of employing annual reenactment of the Pony Emron Tripp as a teacher in Express rides, either starting or Eureka Elementary School, Voted in favor of following ending at his ranch. There is a in front monument Starr Jensens recommendation Pony Express of his place. LAKE PRESS AS S Utah, ail Urban State ? old tractor in fte parade We even ran the paratte twice temuse hvo entries came late, said Mrs. Bagby- - 300 ES Pent and purchase playground equip- ment in the amount of $21,-seco386.99, plus an additional $9,490 for installation with soft fall material. Canceled the regular meeting for July. Agreed to allow Superintendent Openshaw to attend the Annual Conference for Superintendents to be held at The Homend stead. Discussed vandalism at Tintic High School. Suggestions as to how to avoid these problems would be appreciated In Copenhagen, Denmark, some brides ret wigs with tresses eight feet long to wear for their wed- - dings, This French maiden, a member of a traditional If a kernel of popcorn were dance group from France, will participate in dropped on a neutro star, it the Springville World Folkfest next week. The would produce as much energy as group will wear authentic French peasant costumes including wooden clogs. The festival a World Warll atomic bomb. opens at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 11, with a parade on Main Street. The opening performance will be at 8 p.m. at the Arts Park. Tickets are available at the door or at the Folkfest Office, 151 S. Main, Springville. |