OCR Text |
Show County Hopping in . . . j SALT LAKE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES H Utah's largest city and highest peaks are features of these two counties. Almost 40'1 of ) ""' the state's people live in Salt Lake Valley, on the western edge of the Rocky Mountains, J t which stretch eastward from the valley through Summit County for a hundred miles. - ,H P -Tvpl f SALT LAKE COUNTY SUMMIT COUNTY AREA 764 square miles (lar.d area) AREA 1.857 square miles POPULATION I960 383,035 POPULATION l0 - 5,673 MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS ( l0 populations) MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS ( I960 . , hu ms) Salt Lake City 189.454 Murray 16,806 Park City 1,366 Kearns 17,172 South Salt Lake 9,520 Coalville 907 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Trade, manulac- Kamas 749 luring, government, copper mining Henefer 408 fL- ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES - Mining, livestock jfc&jk and dairying, recreation, lumbering . wrCORAPHV All the county is mountainous except for narrow valleys of the Weber River and tributaries TOPOGRAPHY About half the co....,y ...is li iall I HJTCRICAl BACKGROUND - Created 1854 Named for Valley, the remainder of the Wasatch and Oquirrh summit divide between Great Basin and Green River mountains. watersheds. Coalville settled in 1859. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - Created 1 850 by Slate of POINTS OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES - Deseret. Named for Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City Tark City historic mining tow n settled in 1847. Tnown Mountain recreation contor. Park City POINTS OP INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES - H otic port and Echo morvoire fishing, boating, camping Tompl Square International Peace Gardens picnicking State Ccoitol Bingham Copper Mini Unto Mountain scenic drives, fishing, hunting, camping. Pioneer Monument State Park Great Soil Lake picnicking, hiking Beehive House Hogle Zoo Coalville Mormon Tabernacle historic religious building Pioneer Memorial Museum University of Utah Pioneer Village Museum Old Fort Douglas SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - County Clerk, Coa!-. .lie Chamber of Commerce, 207 S. Ma:n, Salt Lake Ci y Treasure Mountains, Park City Utah Tourist & Publicity Co'i--M Nr'io" ll forest. Federal P" " "' ' ' ' ritv County Hopping torios publiiiioo l....u csc.icr. .!-a -'. .'. : 'Jt-!) Cttlo ?tet Association and this newspaper. Matorialt furnithod by tho Utah Tourist and Publicity Council, Council Hall, Stat Capitol, Salt Lako City. With all the speed of a rapid-fire auctioneer, a little Want Ad in this paper will sell whatever it is you wish to dispose of. Just phone us! Phone 586-9426 Iron County Record LOWEST FARES! I 2 'IIqMs daily. And every flight is jet-powered. You fly in pressurized, air- j conditioned comfort aboard Bonanza's jet-prop F-27A Silver Darts9 -f Lowest j fares, tool Save $1 1.50 over round trip first class fares. Next time business or ! pleasure calls you to Phoenix, call Bonanza Air Lines I g EACH WAY Mr hound j Applies every day on 7-day return. All fares plus tax. m trip only j BONANZA AIR LINES J For reservations call 586-6544 or your travel agent I CEDAR HOME FURNISHINGS I I . I 5 Your Down f own Furniture Stoie S ! I ! All Merchandise From Regular Stock - ( store - wide sale ) j I Sale Continues Until January 16th - Offering Many Outstanding Values j |