Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-22
EASTERN UTAH.
A Trip To Wasatch County Over the
Utah Central.

It would be hard to find a short
ride that would give a greater
variety Of scenery and carry one
faster to higher altitude and cooler
atmosphere than a trip over the
Utah Central to the region Of Park
City. Such a trip your cOrrespOn-
dent took and was charmed by the
many pretty and at times startling
scenes along this short piece Of
road. Abrupt cliffs, towering noun
tains covered with venture, rolling
hills adorned with grass and heritage
and green meadows, and cultivated
fields were continually succeeding
each other until Park City was
reached with its adjacent SNOW
glaciers, cooling the atmosphere so
that at night warm bed is a neees-
sity.
Park City Of itself is a point Of
great interest-its rich mines and
great mills turning out wealth from
the earth's hidden treasures to beue-
fit mankind and beautify the world.
Here we left the railroad for a
private conveyance AMI continued
our tourney over n splendidly
worked road to Heller City, a
most enjoyable ride in the cool Of
the evening, bordering as the road
does good portion Of the way, rieh,
rolling meadows and well cultivated
fields, until the town is reached.
Heller Is one of the most -four
ishing OF Utah towns, with many
substantial evidences Of the
thrift Of the people. There
are some good business houses.
\ neat and well kept drug store is
one Of them. Hatch x Co. are
changing their mill to full roller
process and enlarging il, making II
one Of the most complete in the
Territory.
Quite a business In supplying
mining timbers and logging is done
10y the people Of Provo Valley. Mid
way perhaps takes the lead in vege-
tables, yet considerable comes from
Charleston and Wallsburg. The
crop prospects in Wasatch County
We're never better than the present
season, the hay crop being greater
than for many years past.
From Heber We jOurneyed up the
Provo River ~ Woodland. As even
ing approached we found the need
Of an Overeoat TO keep of the chill Of
a July night.
Great quantities Of lumber and
railroad ties have been fioaIed down
the Provo this year. and many ties
were piled in places along the
stream, said TO he for the extension
Of the Utah Central. Woodland
Waui Is strung along the Provo
RiveriOr assistance Of Is to IS miles,
the people being mainly interested
in stock raising and the timber
business. From Woodland we re-
turned TO Kamas, which is located
on Beaver Greek, a branch Of the
Weber river, and on the Weber.
The valley where kamas Is located
was formerly called Rhodes valley,
and was first settled 10y Mr.. RhOds
and family in 1851. kamas does
not show the thrift and enterprise OF
her neighbOr on the Provo, Heller
City. This may be owing 10 the better
matured advantages Of Heber, but
greater unity Of effort would ac-
cOmplish much for kamas.
From kamas down the Weber
River the first place is PeOa, which
Of late years has grown rapidly in
inhabitants. The main cause Of
this is the bringing under cultivn-
ton Of large bench lying above /
the Old town q the east and north Of
tine river that here makes a turn I
from sUutheIly direction TO one I
nearly due east. Below PCGa. dis |
lance Of three and n half miles, j. 1
R0ckpUIt, a small place with farms I
on either side Of the Weber. From |
RoCkpOrt we go seven miles I
and are back 10 Kimhall's in /
rarley's Park, ready 10 take |
the train back TO Salt Lake. At |
kimhall's we find many salt |
Lakers who have taken up n sum !
mer abode at this cool retreat. where |
they threaten 10 exterminate the |
finny tribes and lessen the number 4
Of prairie chickens.
r. G. LANiBERT.