. The Pacific tourist . .This road iscalled the Sum-mit CountyRailroad, and isowned by some^ of the wealthyj\I o r lu o n s i nSalt Lake miles far-ther up theAVeber, and youcome to Iloyts-ville, anotherMormon is a farmingsettlement. Thetown has agrist-mill. Fourmiles still far-ther is locatedthe town ofAVanship, nam-ed after an oldUte chief. Ithas about 400inhabitants,with a is located at .stores. grist-u)ill, saw^-mill, etcthe junction of Silver Creek with the going vip the Weber, in about three milesthere is another Mormon .settlement called ThreeMi
. The Pacific tourist . .This road iscalled the Sum-mit CountyRailroad, and isowned by some^ of the wealthyj\I o r lu o n s i nSalt Lake miles far-ther up theAVeber, and youcome to Iloyts-ville, anotherMormon is a farmingsettlement. Thetown has agrist-mill. Fourmiles still far-ther is locatedthe town ofAVanship, nam-ed after an oldUte chief. Ithas about 400inhabitants,with a is located at .stores. grist-u)ill, saw^-mill, etcthe junction of Silver Creek with the going vip the Weber, in about three milesthere is another Mormon .settlement called ThreeMile, it has a co-op store, bishops resi-dence, and a tithing office. I*eoa.—Leaving Three Mile, and pursuingthe course still up one of the most beautiful val-leys in the countrv, the tourist will reach Peoa,a nice little farming town, in five miles of thrift and of the successful cultiva-tion of the soil, are visible all along the val-lev, but it is a wonderful matter to eastern Ts^E e,^ciFj[a 8CENK AT MOITII OF ECHO CANON. men wlio know nntliinc: of th<» cli;ir:ictfiis-tics of the soil, and see noUiinff but sagebrush and preasewood prowing tliereon. howcrops can be raised amidst such st« has done it all. The labor to accom-plisii it h;is been immense, but thirty-five toforty bushels of spring wheat t<i the acre attestthe result. The soil has beeu proved to be veryprolific. KfintliKiH fi7»/.—Next on this comes Kamm;us City, eight , on Kammas Prairie, Tins isan elevated plateau alniut four miles by affords stime fine grazing landsand meadows. It is nearly all occnpn-d by8t4x:kmen. Here the Weber makes a gran<I ; coming from the mountains in the , ithore turns almost a sfpiare comer toward the 122 wmm wm€iwi€ north, and then pursues its way through valleysand gorges, through hills and mountains to aquiet in the waters of the Great ISalt
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