Show its attractions resource and P garly history BY J F GIBES PART I 1 when No natures tures god wrate finished on the It everlasting hills deep ploughed sloughed hed canyons canyons deep va valleys aleys foros forests its and mountain meadows bof of the marys vale region it was the tast word n all thaila that is embr embraced aced in scenic beauty and mineral resources around tha th early bistry of marys valo vale there clings the romance W of the pioneer years of the inter intermountain moun pain count country ry and which a as the fhe years are garnered in limitless eternity will form the most fascinating cP chapters apters of american can history I 1 we wha wh i have lived liere here during the long years of mar acs struggle for recognition n years of u unrequited toil an and hope deterred dei erred have found ind part partial lal compensation in the grandeur and alpine glory of environment an environment hardly appreciated because of daily contact with its surpass surpassing details and this small section of the continues as an uncut unpolished gem tho the cartain which hides the future future opens on the present st site ite of marysvale Marys vale a beautiful little oty city of stone an and 4 bricks has arisen beautiful lawns shrubs and flowers have replaced the barren repellent surroundings of I 1 the present along the base of the front range and benches great buildings from which day and night there issues the whirring music of swiftly and moving belts engaged in n the manufacture ol or potash and products from the hundreds reds of millions of tons ton of ore now A visible e within tb tha gr great eat gen ceroua eart of sublime old tushar t the pe roar of machine machinery ty turning out r B continuous a ream of gold aej and mothr pa metals nover never leases eases ovet the amoo smooth b winding I 1 roads which aich pen penetrate arate the canyons and traverse the crests of the lofty divides videa dl are hurd hundreds reds of automobile carrying grand canyon tourists stopping to visit the divinely beaurel beautiful natural parks of the and plateaus platius of the hi higher abkes er ele si to puffer and blue lakes that lil like e choicest bemp gemo frash lack back the i light from the clearest 4 01 kiei die earth and that mirror every detail of of f their their unsurpassed environments and to the base of grand ald belknap winding in and nd out among amon banks of snow enow that never perish thoss those things and more the future residents residents i a prosperous contented and happy people will witness wit the long lond night of patient w watching for the coming day is vast past th the filst first we welcome 1 ce rays of th the e gun of prosperity aie are nov nov pouring over the eastern range and flood flooding pg wd the 0 valley with bright and certain promise for the future and the time will come when the descendants of thosa those now living will reverently pace peace flowers on the graves of those who n never e ver faltered in their loyalty to this P exceptionally favored region I 1 BIRDSEYE BIRDS DS EYE VIEW OF AND 1 environment just a narrow three or four miles bleg wide with a estrip of meadow land hugging the base of th the front range a chain of volcanic hills bills marked by numerous cones cone and chimneys and here heie and there intensely discolored areas the result of interior heat which persisted long years after the craters ceased vomiting their molten contents of liquid and semi liquid rocks through the meadow land the sevier winds its tortu tortuous mig course to the head of marys vale canyon one of the most picturesque gorges gorged in tho the great then with accelerated ih movement continues its annual controversy for right of way with the denver and rio grande railway it rolls and tumbles with do nance on its way to final burl burial al in the dead sea of milord millard county afew A few miles to the east of the front range with marysvale Marys vale peak rising to an altitude I 1 of 10 feet above sea level is theca the cist st of the ehg range which marks the ae west extremity of the wide ade spreading sevier plateau from the west fringe of the meadow a low lying bench once adept by the waves of a lake co tern tem horary with lake bonneville rises gently toward the liase base of the giant alani tushar range whose abrupt eastern face dace is a fault escarpment deep cut by ravines and canyons and scarred by numerous impassable cliffs and splintered preci apices the region beyond to the he west has been briefly discussed it was thirty seven years ago last january when with james A melville now of salt lake city the writer paus ed on the monroe divide for a few minutes westfor rest for th the horses and 16 looked ed down and over the deep narrow depression known as marysvale Marys vale ale emerging from pine bullion canyon and following the north base of the bench we noticed a long strip of cottonwood trees which widening out near the river formed a dense broye of mountain vegetation above the winter gray of the leafless trees sharp cone like pines rose like giant sentinels the deep green of which was in almost startling contrast to the cole coic dead gray 0 of f the wintry landscape it was an exceptionally exception lly mild winter and the valley was almost entirely free from snow within the grove of sleeping cotton cottonwoods woods less than half a dozen houses and shacks were visible looking over marysvale Marys vale and across the smooth gray bench to the east base of the tushar and some five miles southwesterly from marysvale Marys valri vale we noticed a few cabins and tents beyond a few rods the small dump of the deer trail mine the objective ap pp point int of our journey was dimly visible A couple of miles up the river from marysvale Mary Marys svala vale were the ranches of D C thompson and a mr thomas these were the only evidences that the marysvale Mary Marys avale vale valley was the dwelling place of men note the foregoing is the first of a series of articles which will appear in this paper many of the older residents have urged mr gibbs to sketch the early history of marysvale Marys vale ivale with the object of preserving it for those who will come after us s and who will nill prize it far more than those of us ur iwho who are now living especially wilp the descendants ants of those sturdy pion pioneers bers who first entered our lovely valley cherish a record of those early years and pen sketched sketch eg of their traits of character etc I 1 it t is bugl suggested gesta t to those who are interested interi r in ih preserving the he sketches that they bo pasted basted th scrA scrap booles boAs or in lieu thereof any large note books boaks will an a serlia serl fret mhd ha purpose 9 editor itoi chief tn 4 |