Show huntsville HONTS VILLE A few facts and figures I Ilc lalion thurelo situated in the wasatch range twelve miles east of ogden city THIS Is twelve miles long by three wide containing thirty six square miles in elevation i nuovo alie level of the great salt like or ft above the level of is water ed by thren streams named respectfully the north south and middle tocks of the ogden river the population is 1200 tareo hundred of which live in eden precinct situated in the northeast north east end of the valley the climate is rather severe during alio winter enow falling to the average of three feet and generally lying until the middle of april the summers are cool and pleasant with occasional light frosts each month the surrounding hills and mountains afford good grazing far cattle and the bottom lands are very fertile but more adapted for dairy purposes and stock raising than for farming THE MOUNTAINS east which are easily approached jiro duce timber ofa good quality from which lumber and shingles are made employment to a large number ot people during the summer months was first settled by captain jefferson hunt and others numbering about fifty persons in the year prior to that time it way occasionally used as a summer herd ground anu in fact was owned by a band of ute Indiana from whom it was purchased by the captain for two ponies but it had to be re purchased each year during the succeeding six or seven bearg during these years the indians were deiy ing occasional midi on the cattle and horses onesby thu settlers in the year 1861 the OGDEN CANYON ROAD was completed at a cost of about this made the travel to and from the valley comparatively easy about t venty families moved in and a branch of the church of jesus christ of latter day Saints was organized and captain J hunt tip pointed president and thos bingham and clinton D br inson appointed counselors farms were opened a small surveyed and a a water sect worked for irrigating and domestic uses in 1862 joseph groyer wa elected justice of the peace aid wilmer W bronon constable A log schoolhouse was built a school district organized gani zed and a school opened it was a very late spring owing to alie excessive depth of the snow luring the winter the canyon road was washed oui by alie high waters and the crops were a failure notwithstanding theof drawbacks the settlement increased and something like pro eerily atten led alie efforts of the eiders the years of and 1864 were year of prosperity and good crops were raised the settlement increased in population by the addition emigrants and from other during these years a sabbath school was superseded in the presidency of the branch by francis A II ammond william S litah and david mckay counselors from this time until the present grown in population and comparative wealth A large rock schoolhouse was built a free school established the townsite ed and enlarged the irritating ting canals extended to a length in all of about 24 miles alie public square surrounded by two rows of shade trees T e log cabin has given away to fine brick rock andi one and two story buildings the cattle are now comfortably houed in good barns shade treba aarn the sidewalks and lie picket anil wire fence are taking the place of the willow and the pole fence A fine irick meeting house H n course of erection wath dillap win ilowe tower and steeple size 40 by 70 feet 24 feet if the mure when completed it will be aa line a building as any of the kind in the territory the probable cost reorganization inthe in the year 1877 the branch of the church yas reorganized Frari cisA was ordained to the bishopric william ballf and neiss C were or dainel to the high eid and et apart as counsel ra now known as the vird of weder dpn its population is mo and are all of the of joans christ of latter dry faints with very ew alie population h mcg bethon tha ages ofa ind That chool jampen all hie year tin attendance is the sabbath school has an attendance of about including officers and te acheM A relief So coriey a young Lali 63 I boug mena mutual are organized and in successful operation era tion there ia library of about volumes belonging to the above a goc lations about acre of land under cultivation the average yield per acre of wheat oats and baay is 25 40 and 40 hy ier acre aj torn the dairy products from about cow are fifty thousand pound of butter and lb of chwe annually ja one chee factory one grist mill one cabinet shop one wagon one gun and blacksmith thop fuer blacksmith chops one team saw mill one baw mill run by water two shingle mill and one catli mill three stores supply the settlement with merchandise jakine mostly produce in exchange efforts hauvn been mud e to discover ferous ores but as yet no awu have been struck that will pay A fine quarry of beautiful red sandstone ia opened from which fine building rock is taken and at the ti wiping supplied from it also a quarry of white eual stone suitable tor water table corners and grave idonea h being developed A cooper tivo was established in a storo waa opened by said company under the presidency of I A dammond and was for a diroe A co opera tive farm was opened by said company but this wag not a paid It continued until the year 1878 ahn mutual consent it being ol rent nt iho almo during the year 1869 and for the six or seven succeeding yean the grasshoppers debit oyed on an aver SO 60 per cent or the labors of the hubba nulen winter of 1877 and tho diphtheria nude fear ul upon the children causing the death of 04 under the age of te ff aith exception and health have been the lot of the inhabitants A a summer resort there is no placa which anarda more real pleasure than cloea this mountain retreat the sportsman amny find the grizzly black and the cinnamon bear the deer und elk in the mountains and the angler still find the streams alive with the speckled trout statistics |