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Show jpOURiSTS pSSoMD "Si and' Lake Co-; Co-; fctto'&reet Visitors; I Sd 10 ret h.gh- SSSSSsH& -?,W til " ' ' w 3 r '9 - in, ' - 3 i. x 'W olV1 M ' I ? n M .;..- J ; ;; n "mf-- e ZVflv!,-. tho tourist I- ir.fo.1 r .. hat S. I U t&l . - ' 1 . I A t'llb c ceri iiii :i Miount f ; i ' Sail IIM 9 L "-1 . ''-41.. rtl-. . iB ' 2B -' '"Ti:. J J MM OlMv Ml J l M lew r j: ; .iU ! fl : l:n i !s J ' . uli i i. C , I i its " Ri i: set L n'i ' I U ati r.,'. ift'l "'I.. . ... . ttrff - "! r.fc ago when the two cities got together and decided thut co-operation was the only Ihlng. But there it rested At that moment, which might V termed the psychological time. Klch-arda Klch-arda w-nt to yU Lake with his Idea. Then followed meetings, Individual talks with Salt Lake commercial etub offlakils, tiresome discussions and th' ordinary red-tape. Things did not appear rosy. Sum minx i all uj in a few words Mr. Richards put this before the Salt Lakers, "Look here. ' We nave Ju-.t pledged our friendship and co-opera-tlon. We have had long talks and viit on co-operation. Are we gome to let It rest there? Are we really going to got down to business or have these long meetings and talks I n mere bunk ?" M ini I oi l 1 1 ED. Action was forthcoming. The (salt Lakers wanted to, co-operate wlt i Ogden and they did. They signed an mr . mi nt to have the sign put up, 'More sire, to follow. They agreed that this sixn al Echo would sta-thore sta-thore at least three -years. It sounds easy but years of meet ings and pleas had never before solved it. In presenting the matter to the Salt Lejcers, Mr Richards' argument was this: "Fo'r years tourists have been corn-ins corn-ins from the east, branching off the itjad al Echo and rone iu Salt Lak . They did not visit Ogden, Ogden can-c can-c i, Brlgham City. Logan Cache v.tl-or v.tl-or any of the beautiful agricultural agricul-tural portion of the northern section Of the State. l-'roni Salt Lake they went direct tO California carrying the Idea that Utah consisted of one city Salt Lake and the imprcs-ion th.it the rest w. all desert. They did the same golns oast. But in directing them to Ogden they are urged to visit many scenic points of Interest and the northern state section. Thence to Salt Lake, win-re they are Invited to visit southern south-ern L'tah and its parks and canyons. The tourist then leaves the stato with the idea In mind that l'tah really consists con-sists of something worth while providing pro-viding he doesn't decide to locate and inakn Ins future home here." Doesn't the argument sound reasonable" reason-able" Now a word as to Echo canyon and the highway leading from Echo down Weber canyon into Ogden. BAD ROAD I IXED. Many motorists, who drovo throuii Echo canyon last year probably cussed for tho first time, evon though they taught the gospel. For the stretch of about IM mile! was ono that brought forth no lightly leavened lo nguage. It was a narrow snake-like lane, dangerous reaching t.. the bunk -i the ereek in many places and lull m mud-holes and bumps, it detoured every rock that was as large as a barrel. bar-rel. In August last year thero were 31 machines hauled from one mud-hole mud-hole by cars or horses There wen many of those holes. Tourists came to Utah with their tempers bad I ruffled and bitter taste that remainil in their mouths during their entire stay in tho state. But a miracle has now been performed per-formed Tho lane Is now a beautiful boulevard, running as straight as the canyon will permit imd with not a mud-holo or a dangerous pi I t throughout the entire stretch. More than 10 miles of the Echo (myon road have already been com- pleted under the direction of W. O. ' Stephens, slate road agent, assigned lo Summit county. Within two weeks the entire '4 miles will have been completed, Eleven miles farther up the canyon have already been com- ! pleted by contract. Echo canyon now Is a beautiful drive. Its road, under supervision of Mr. Stephen., has been built at the surprising small cost of $3,000. Other road builders had contended that building for anywhere near this sum was Impossible, that there were no materials at hand. But Mr Stephens accomplished the imp iseJblo found gravel pits and top material within a, few yards of his operations, opera-tions, and built a delightful canyon rond Echo canyon offers the tourist or the fjtahn many historical points of Interest, which are decidedly nterest-lnp: nterest-lnp: when their stories are told. At Echo is the I'ulplt rock, When Brlgham Brlg-ham Young is said to have preached a famous sermon. It still ta ad Then, higher up the canvin on the east side hill. Is an Indian burial ground. OLD MOrtMON HWI At p. point about four mile up the canyon from Echo is the real historical histori-cal point of Interest. At a harrow point in the canyon there still remains re-mains tho old Mormon dam which was said to have been used : bar tho way of the approach of Johnson's army in the spring of 1852. The story Is told that at the .)-j .)-j proach of Johnson's army into the canyon lo wipe out tho Mormons a small number of tho saints went to this point In the canyon. Here they constructed the dam across the canyon bottom and backed up the water, preventing an army g"-Ing g"-Ing through On one side of the canyon the water wa-ter did not reach to tho base of a high cliff and left a narrow passageway passage-way along the cliff's bottom. But the Mormons barred the pass-1 ige through this by piling many rdeks and stones upon the cliffs abov'e. i ready to hurl them down should n t army attempt to pass through. With 1 this gateway closed an army could I not enter l'tah without going for I miles south. The rocks piled upon the cliffs still remain and the remains of tho dam In the canyon bottom show plainly. Then as an additional ruse, the '.Mormons, who were hut few in num- ber, decided upon a trick, which j nowadays would be termed "whse 1 stuff." They had only 17 mounted men j I that Is to say. cavalry. But they used these to the best of advantage. They sent them to a bald hill east : of the cliff where ono side of the hill I was exposed to the eyes of scouts of Johnson's army, camped up the canyon can-yon I These horsemen rode around and j I around the hill, coming within ihe view of the army scouts as they clr-i clr-i led. and making It appear as lhun-drdds lhun-drdds of horsemen Were riding around the top of tho hill and up a small CS nyon. iti si; 5UCCESSF1 L The ruse, coupled With the stout de- I fensc of the dam and stone artillery! on the hill, is said to have been responsible re-sponsible for the turning of John- j son's arm back, where they proceed- ! ed south and then entered l'tah a:! j another point upon term's of peace. Farther up tho canyon a visitor may View the carnplng grounds of Jotn-j sons army and SOUVCnlrs can Mill i, . 1 dug from tho ground. Then there Is Steamboat rock, al hngo formation which resembles the I prow of a iltnnlc ocean liner coming com-ing full tilt from the hills, i After leaving Echo canyon .ml1, proceeding down Weber canyos ev-J collcil roads are now encounter d I during every yard of th0 trip to i i den. Morgan county commissioners have constructed a highway through Weber We-ber canyon that makes It one of th-bet th-bet b In tho state. The trip can now be made from Ogden to Echo in a little more than' tWp hours, such Is the condition of I tho highway. Weber county roads for a short distance dis-tance in Weber canyon are being put ih condition and the road trom the any on mouth to Blverdale Is similar to a paved highway. Tho road "r! the Uintah dugway Is also good. Mr. Richards Is arranging to ca 11 1 u tour of Ogden and Salt Iwxko chain- bcr of commerce official and citizens of both cltivs to Echo canyon In the near future, to vlull the historical places and view the new road slyn. |