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Show Start in Ogden vto See "America First" in Scenic Beauty No End of Fine Fishing and Camping Places Near the City More Than One Way to Bear Lake. Not only Is Ogden the hub of tho ntermountain country in railroad traffic, traf-fic, but it is the most accommodating center for automobile trips to all sec-Lions sec-Lions of the country. In whatever direction di-rection you may turn from Ogden, you ivill find a splendid auto trip in the nost picturesque section of mountain 'astness in America To "See America First" in her mountain granduer it tvill be well to start from Ogden. At :hls time we are not going to log any special routes, but before the summer s over we expect to give some Information Infor-mation regarding automobile drives Lhat will be enjoyed by the autolsts, uid families, desiring recreation in the mountains. Ogden Is right up against the Wasatch Wa-satch range, which abounds in the nost charming mountain beauties of ;he western section of country, and it s really astonishing to know that the :ity is within a few hour's drive to the iretUest campink and fishing places to jo found anywhere. For short trips, mostly desired by men of families, :here are many leading out from Og-len Og-len and to travel them is only to know :hem. Bear Lake, In Rich county, is an at-:ractive at-:ractive summer resort, with an eleva-.ion eleva-.ion of about 6,000 feet above sea level, ind there are three or four routes from Dgden to that section, either of which is attractive. The shortest route Is trough Ogden canyon, South Fork, Beaver creek, Red Rock canyon, Blacksmith's Black-smith's Fork, and other Interesting :anyons, fishing and camping places lbounding along the entire route. Another route to the Bear Lake section sec-tion is by way of Evanston, Wyoming, traveling the Overland Automobile Route to Evanston, and then north along Bear river to Woodruff, thence Lo Randolph; from there to Laketown and on to Garden city, a popular resort re-sort on tho shores of tho mountain; lake. As nearly as can be esUmated, the distance from Ogden to Bear Lake over tho Evanston route, is a .little more than 100 miles, a trip of about six or eight" hours. Other routes are of lesser distance. According to the "Auto Log," issued by the Ogden Publicity Bureau, the distance from Ogden to Evanston is about 80 miles. It Is a little more than 50 miles from Evanston to Bear Lake, the traveling: route being along the Bear River as it moves rapidly to the Great Salt Lake by way of Bear Lake. Ample accommodations are to be had at many points and gasoline, oil, and other accessories needed in auto traveling, trav-eling, can be had at Evanston. From Ogden to Evanston picturesque mountain roads are encountered and tho invigorating canyon atmosphere of Weber and Echo canyons is enjoyed. en-joyed. From the city hall building on Washington avenue, the best route skirts the Burch Creek eleatlon at the base of the eastern mountains until Uintah, a farm section and railroad rail-road station on tho Weber river and the Union Pacific, is reached. From that point the Overland Auto route is j followed to Echo, at which point a slight diversion leads through Echo canyon for a number of miles. Then a mountain divide of easilv overcome elevation Is crossed and the automobile automo-bile glides gently into Evanston There are many interesting points for the pleasure seeker, between Ogden Og-den and Evanston, notably the Devil's Gate, the Devil's Slide, Echo canyon, where Lot Smith, with a handful of Mormons, whipped Johnson's army in pioneer days. At Devil's Slide Is situated situ-ated the Union Portland Cement plant, which is among the largest cement factories fac-tories of the United States. At this point, too, LoBt Creek, the famous fish, ing stream, empties into the Weber rher. If the pleasure seeker desirs a little diversion at this point he can turn his machine to the left and go up the creek 20 or 25 miles, encountering fish havens at different points. There the pleasant camping places on Lost Creek and It is said that fish. are plentiful. plen-tiful. There aro pretty nooks for camp-ng camp-ng and fishing on the tributary streams of Lost Creek and, in the game season, It is said to be the "happy hunting ground" for the "white man." In fact, all along the route from Ogden to Bear Lake, by way of Evanston, there are numerous 'places where the tent may be pitched and a ipleasant time passed. rr |
