. The Pacific tourist . tween therailroad and base of the mountains there aremany cultivated fields and fine orchards of appleand peach trees. There are frequent canonsthrough the range, at the mouth of wdiich arelittle settlements or villages; the creeks from thecanons supplying the water which irrigates theirfields, gardens and orchards. The largest ofthese settlements or villages are called WillardCity and Brigham City, and their business is nowdone almost exclusively with the Utah North- ern Railroad, which runs parallel with the Cen-tral Pacific between Ogden and Corinne and near-er the b
. The Pacific tourist . tween therailroad and base of the mountains there aremany cultivated fields and fine orchards of appleand peach trees. There are frequent canonsthrough the range, at the mouth of wdiich arelittle settlements or villages; the creeks from thecanons supplying the water which irrigates theirfields, gardens and orchards. The largest ofthese settlements or villages are called WillardCity and Brigham City, and their business is nowdone almost exclusively with the Utah North- ern Railroad, which runs parallel with the Cen-tral Pacific between Ogden and Corinne and near-er the base of the mountains. The next station isBrigham,—862 miles from San Francisco;elevation, 4,220 feet. A side track for the pass-ing of trains. It is the station for BrighamCity, which is some three miles away, though itdoes not look half that distance. Leaving thisstation we cross some alkali marshes near, andcross an arm of the lake or small bay, with theeastern part of the Great Salt Sea in full view, with Promon- \. SHOSHONE INDIAN VILLAGE. tory Mountainsbeyond. Ap-proaching Co-rinne we enterthe celebratedBear River Val-ley, crossing theriver on a pilebridge andreach Covinnc,—857 miles fromSan Francisco,witli an eleva-tion of 4,294feet. It is thergest Gentiletown in the Ter-ritory, and ifnot hated is cor-dially and ef-fectually letalone by most ofthe Mormons inthe natural lo-cation is excel-lent, and whenthe thousands ofacres of fertilelands in theBear River Val-ley are settled,as they surelywill be in time,Corinne will bethe center oftrade and influ-ence to which her location entitles her. On thecompletion of the railroad through here—beforeit came, even—the Gentiles had taken posses-sion of the town and determined to maintain anascendency. From that time it has been anobject ofdefamation by the Saints; and thelands in the broad valley which surround it, asrich as any in the Territory, are left with scarcelya settler.* To-day these lands a
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