Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-26 | Page 9 | Altonah is Seeking Road to Railroad

ALTONAH IS SEEKING ROAD TO RAILROAD Altonah. May 25 This thriving town is situated in one of the rich est localities of the Uinta reservation country It is ninety-five miles east of Salt Lake, twenty-three miles west of Roosevelt, twenty-five mlle6 north west of My ton and twenty-four miles northeaBt of Duchesne. It is on one of the finest benches on the reservation res-ervation and on the upper survey of the Moffat railway. In Altonah and surrounding it are 1500 acres of the best land on tlr reservation, the soil being red sandy-clay sandy-clay and watered by the government On July 1 a large acreage will bo sold, the appraisal being from $10 to $2f an acre, with part in deferred payments. Altonah is a beautiful place, with 186 population, two stores, a blacksmith black-smith shop, and a school of 150 pu pile. The town was established January Jan-uary 1, 1912. It Is In the center oi Uinta, just where the county seat should be located The best of all j kinds of crops are raised here Fall ' wheat can be grown here successfully without irrigation, and corn, oals.j wheat and all kinds of vegetables thrive in tbls region There are five; saw mills within twelve miles of A I tonah, with a big water supply, good j j fishing and an Ideal climate oo