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Show Mouut Pleasant and its Surroundings The city of Mt. Pleasant is beautifully located on tha western west-ern slope of the Wasatch mountains, moun-tains, while the semi-distant peaks of the Sanpitch mountains moun-tains of Oquirrh range are to the west. Pleasant Creek passes pass-es through the central portion of the city on its way from the lofty mountains on the east to the meadows on the west. Numerous Num-erous snow-fed streams of pure water find their way through the valley to the river and lowlands low-lands from the magnificient mountain gorges, giving a water-supply water-supply unequaled for purity and sufficient in quantity to supply many times the present population. popula-tion. Almost within sight from the streets of the city are mountain dells of rare beauty and attractive attrac-tive places for summer outings beside mountain scenery that for beauty rival any spot between be-tween the seas. One may have in Sanpete Valley the unique experience of visiting banks of perpetual snow, gathering fruit and flowers all within the space of a few hours. This is one of the spots which is able to offer the refreshing breezes of the mountains and the matchless dry atmosphere which makes the west famous. Nature has aided man in making the city of Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant one of the most beautiful in all the world. Overlooking the Sanpete valley from the summit of the sno,v range to the east, with beautiful fields laid out in checker-board fashion, fash-ion, one has a view the beauty of which will cling to him as long as memory lasts. Across the valley, beyond the emerald stretches of field, stand the Cedar hills and the Sandpitch mountains, in their enveloping blue haze To the east are the richly colored slopes of the Wasatch Wa-satch and beyond are g:;eat mountain peaks, many of them more than ten thousand feet above sea level, wearing their caps of snow. To the west flashing flash-ing in the sunlight like a mighty migh-ty gem, is the Wales reservoir. The sunsets in the west are most beautiful and have been the in spiration of some of the gems of Mount Pleasant's young artist. A ride through the city does -not dispel the impression gained on the heights above. The streets are broad and well kept and many are shaded by magnificient mag-nificient trees. An abundant water supply makes it possible to keep the surroundings of all dwellings green and masses of flowers greet the eye. Roses bloom in Mount Pleasant from early June until November. The streets of the business -portion of the city are sprink-Jed sprink-Jed daily,so that no dust offends. 'Streams of mountain water flow in the gutters on both sides of the street. Splendid build--ngs are on the principal streets and between them are well kept business blocks with attractive shop windows. Mt. Pleasant has an interesting interest-ing history. Its pioneer residents resi-dents labored with unusual difficulties dif-ficulties in its earlier years. Remote from other civikzed communities and almost without with-out means of communication with them, the pioneers were compelled to create for themselves them-selves the advantages their location lo-cation did not provide. Thus were developed builders, artists, doctors, musicians and actors at the command of necessity. The existance of the people required requir-ed that they wring sustenance from the soil, which would not yield it by natural means; hence irrigation was practiced from the first by the pioneers in Mount Pleasant. No one familiar with the early ear-ly history of the city can fail to appreciate and admire the sturdy stur-dy heroism of the men and women wom-en who laid the foundation of the present city under adverse physical conditions probably without a parallel in the history of the American frontier. ' The decendents of the pioneers, pio-neers, who constitute part of the population of the city today, retain the self reliant spirit of their ancestors. Associated with them in making up the citizenship are other progressive progress-ive people who from portions of the United States and from foreign for-eign countries. It is a cosmo-politican cosmo-politican population, persons of Northern Europe predomin ating. The cities poplation is staple. Most persons who come here seeking a new home like the place and stay. The striking feature of resident property improvement, which always causes comment from visitors, is due to the fact that nearly all the citizens own their own homes and take a natural pride in making them as attractive as possible. The city is the natural edu cational, social and religious center of this valley. The state of Utah has the smallest per centage of illiteracy of any state in the Union, according to ,P. P. Claxton, United States I Commissioner of Edu ;ation. 1 The High school course covers four years. The High School offers technical training in mechanical arts, two institu tions for this purpose having been established in this city. The city's public charities and organizations for the relief of the unfortunate are so efficient that there is practically no des titution and general moral con ditions are unusually good. For the man who has grown j weary of the cramped conditions I of life in the more populous ! parts of the country and who j longs for the independence the ; soil only can give, Sanpete holds J exceptional opportunities. He can find within the borders of jthe valley, just the climate that meets his idea of what climate should be and produce from the ' soil just the class of crops he ; desires. Here a small acreage will easily support a family. ! |