Show eleanor ROBISON essay avins JUDGES attard all ARD THE FOLLOWING ING ESS 11 FIRST PLACE AS BEST SETTING OUT THE FEATURES OF MILLARD 1 COUNTY MOST ULLY AND AAD IN MOST M INNER quo bert L robins of scipio forest ranger the movement and Perso nall gave the prize the needs of the assa stimulated in terest in names and places and the eaily history of billiard ard county KNO kenol UTAH BEGIN IT HOME U 00 billiard millard county Is a large county situated in the middle western part ot of the state of utah and has within its boundaries many interesting land marks uch cuch asi as springs creeks nv riv era ers lakes mountains and towns some larger and some smaller the following Is an authentic history ot of those abott which I 1 have found ret ref prence and those that I 1 consider im or interesting abbott S 29 16 S raw R 7 W beet damp built 1917 by the utah idaho su gar co on a spur of san pedro los angeles and salt lake branch of the union pacific raili railroad oad its purpose Is to weigh and load sugar beets tor for shipping and it was named for M A abbott a prominent citizen ot of that locality abraham T 16 S R 8 W an agricultural project sponsored by the L D S church settled in the early 90 s and named after ab raham H cannon an early settler and promoter alkali I 1 hat lat S 6 7 8 17 16 15 2 21 1 22 T 19 S R 8 W so named because of the alkali in the soil and lack of vegetation on oil its surface I 1 arnis amx i spring S 86 6 T 18 S R 14 W amisa spring Is a small spring arising in the house range of moun bains and is used tor for a watering place tor for sheep antelope mount mountain ain 7 15 S it R 14 IV antelope mountain 13 1 a large moun mountain tain in the hous house range and was named because so many antela roamed and fed there antelope pass T 15 S R 13 W in the days when travel was slow and tedious the road led over antel ope pass a low place in the antelope mountain hut but of late it has been abandoned except by the sheep men who trail their sheep to summer summed ranges antelope springs T 17 18 S 14 three antelope springs are cocat ed in the antelope mountain and all are used for catering Nat ering places for sheep these springs head near dome canyon and altho the water supply Is not greaf great attempts have been made for this purpose antel ope spring number 1 was owned by a mr call who had IL a stock range but he abandoned it in 1906 antel ope baring numbers 2 and 3 were owned by C C draper aho who vho later took over number I 1 also and tried to merge them but since the ground was porous and rocky his project failed antelope skiing T 25 S R 8 W aspen spring T 16 S R 13 W located in the noir northern thern part of the house range named tor the aspen trees surrounding it rem besiei ei mountains T 21 24 S R 10 and 11 W A range of mountains lying east of sevier lake and Is about twenty two milea in length it is somewhat wooded with scrub pines and juni junt per trees beaver cheek to 27 21 S R 8 to 10 W beaver creek arises in beaver I 1 bounty runs northward and empties into clear lake the indiana indians nam ted ed both mountain and creek because lot of the beaver and we have adopted that name blick ridge T R aw named because of the black vol canic rock of which it Is composed black rock T 25 S R 10 W located tor for grazing and ranch ing and because of the proximity to the sheep d strict and loading sta tion it became a shearing center it was named for the black volcanic lock that lies at the west blick rock volcano S 13 14 23 T 23 S R 6 W blick inck rod root spi ing T 2 23 3 S R 6 8 W the vo lewano wano is on the south end of the cricket range of 0 mountains with an elevation of feet the water from black rock spring is cold and clear and it cornea comes from the base of the old volcano bloom T 18 S R 7 W A union pacific railroad station house blue lake T 7 8 S R IS 18 18 W blue lake is a small lake formed by the sevier river it contains an abundance of fish baidon T 20 S R 8 W A section house located on the union pacific railroad blib nik T 23 S R 19 W burbank Is situated in the south ern part of snake valley it was settled and inhabited by men in the sheep and cattle industry and it begs to remain the last of millard coun ty Is wild west budge cinon T 15 S R 4 W this canston is wooded with large pine or spruce trees suitable tor for stringers hence when leamington leavington Lea built their bridge across sevier riv er they get got their timbers from this canyon and it has been known since as bridge canyon T 20 S R 19 W founded by george bishop in 1883 as a ranch site it Is lazed now as a watering place tor range cattle and sheep baker creek creel T 20 S R 19 A creek arising a few miles north 1 of the town of garrison and flow ins ing northward to conger congers s ranch arid there it is merged with the wa of conger spring and used tot irrigation ible springs T 21 S R 19 T 22 23 same range I 1 theise thele three springs are located between burbank and garrison they are used by ranchers I 1 bov box cannon canon i located between oak city and pea p in the canyon range the U P railroad had their tie tim ibers bers brought from this canyon it continued on back page CONTINUED received its name because it had no outlet bear can cannon on situated in the canston range and cry creek it has a good deal of red pinea pines and aspen trees and was named from a bear which was track ed from walker canyon to this one before it was shot f P h halk dk creek T 22 S R 4 W coith fork chalk deek ra south foik chalk cree T 24 R 4 chalk creek arises on the west aest ern slope of the Pa Pah livant range of mountains flows westward to fill more and supplies that town with culinary water north and south flocks of chalk creek are smaller tributaries of the main creek they were named because of the chalkiness of the soil spring S 32 T 17 S R 4 W located on the south s slope lope ot of scipio pass and named because ot of the tie light colored clay in which it arises to be |