The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-12
camp, and as their point of desti~
nation was Identical with mine, we
agreed to pitch camp and share the
burdens of life together.

44N1 gan Guilty Aoto ACA CbOIOlO W
tanned the reputation of being the
coolest, frOstiest place in the Terri
tory, and if the grangers make one
crop in tour years free from blight
by frost, they were fortunate. This
must be an exceptional season,
judging from the neaYy stand of
full-headed. falriy-ripened, wheat,
oats and barley. The potaoe crop
will be unusually heavy, and al
though the vines showed signs of
having been nipped by a heavy
frost, which occurred on the night
of the 18th, am formed that the
tubers are uninjured. Passing
down the west side of the river, and
crossing at Peterson station, we left
Enterprise to our right, and crossing
low divide, we entered Ogden
valley at Huntsville, SO named
after Captain Hunt, we'll known
pioneer of this northern section of
of Utah. Passing through Hun ts-
vile, thence to TaylOTsville, north
ward toward the low divide between
this valley and Cache. l noticed that
the production OF cereals is the rule
in this valley. Every loot of avail
able land has been utilized and
brought under cultivation; every
drop of water, except the Ogden
river, from the various springs and
creeks which flow through the val
ley has been made available for
irrigating purposes aud there is
considerable dry farming being
done. Right well has the soil re-
sponded to the efforts of the tillers
of the earth; the valley is at this
time vast fruitful grain field, or
continuous stretch Of meadow land.
My frs visit TO this valley was du
ring the winter of 1868. at that
time the dwellings-rude cabins of
logs, or worse, dugOuts in the banks
of the river-Would not exceed a
score in number; at this time the
valley contains not less than half q
thousand comfortable, substantial,
nay, even handsome structures Of
brick, which would be no discredit
to your metropolis, the indwellers of
which appear to be possessed Of an
ample abundance Of this worlds
goods.
CACHE VALLEY.
Crossing the divide by a difficult,
almost extinct trail, we followed
the course of Paradise creek, until
we reached the town of the same
suggestive name, fThe Granary of
the North" Well and truly has
Cache valley in the past and the
present deserved this distinctive
appellation. About the year 1859,
President Brigham Young and his
compeers decided that this extern
sive valley-at that time only used
as an occasional summer range for
cattle-could be farmed. In conse-
quence Of this decision men from
the other and more favor
ably situated valleys were
scaled" to Cache valley. Hundreds
responded to the call for pioneers to
the new valley; towns were
founded, lands enclosed, fields
plowed, grain planted, and prim~
tive water bitches constructed.
But the first struggle proved a posi-
tive failure Or nearly so: timber
could only be obtained by an i'm
mense outlay of labor leash was a
thing rarely seen in those days. in
the construction of roads into the
narrow. rocky canyons; the winters
were long and severe; the wild
grasses were not in sufficient abund-
ance to afford winter food for cattle;
the summer season was short, and
every month marked by heavy
frosts which killed the grain and in
jured the vegetables; to add to the
other discomforts of the pioneers,
he northern Indians-Bannacks
and ShOshones-swarmed into the
valley and stole the settlers horses,
killed their cattle, often before the
eyes of the OE ners, and what was
still worse, impudently demanded
and obtained from the poorly armed
settlers a large share of the scanty
stock of provisions which they had
brought from their former homes.
During the following autumn and
winter majority of the settlers re-
turned dlsheartened and impover-
ished to their former homes and the
valley was almost deserted. A fresh
calling took place and men were
urged to persist in trying to make
the valley habitable. This was done
under the conviction that if the
land was thoroughly and extensively
titled the rigor of the winters would
be mitigated, if not improved; that
the blighting effects of the frost
would in time be overcome. The
result exceeded the most sanguine
expectations; after a few years of
hardship and privations grain was
raised in abundance; frost so far as
having an evil effect on the grain
became thing of the past the win
tiers became less severe or at least
with ample preparation less notice
able. Fruit, a thing which the earlier
settlers would have laughed at as an
imp0ssibility, began to be common
and at this time few of the settle
ments there are, the houses Of which
are not embowered in fruit.laden
orchards. Turn the water on to the
land and tha uoIlnUc 0f Utah arn q