Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-05
ALONG THE wEBLR RIVER.


Dhf0T Iff6Ttt NtWN
ON the ilh Of August | len Salt Lake
CITY for summit county. Tor the Luf.
,,.e Of gathering there such historical
Information rs may enable me to write
a history Of the summit stake Of Hion,
and It's respective warls. UP to date
have visited Parlcy's Park, Wanship,
nockpori, Peoa, Oakley, kamas,
uoy,sville. Coalvillc anu Upton, and
today 1 finish up with Echo and Hen.
meier. | have held meetings with the
Saints In all these settlements, with
the exception Of Pafley's Park, aud
have had good and enjoyable time.
The summit Stake Of Zion includes
nearly oil the Saints residing Ia SUM
mi, county. Utah, and also two wards
IN Uintah county, Wye, aud one
branch at Rock Springs, Sweet Water
county, Wyo. The whole Stake
consists Of fourteen organized wards
and ono branch, with u total mem.
bef.hlp Of 3037 souls distributed
among 7gl families. The largest ward
in the stake IL Almy, wyo., which
contalna 500 momb,ts. The other
wards, graded according To size, range
~ follows: peoa. 40 member:
Kamas, Ilo. COalville North, 1913,
Coalvile South, 323, Henneicr, 30;
Coalvlllc East, 9,B; Hoytsvlllc. -iD;
tfptou. i50; pRhty's PARK, lii; Wan
shin l.J; Evanston, ~; RockportIgO;
Rock Springs 10 branch), los, anu
Echo, 20.
Coalvillc, the headquarters of the
stake aud slsn the county seat Of SUM
malt county, ~ pleasantly situated on
Chalk rnck, near the confluence OF
that stream with the Weber, and
has upwards ~ one thousand
inhnbimnu, Including those re-
siding up In Spring Hollow near
the ccal mines, aud those Who live on
farms along Chalk Creek and on the
Wcbcf, 10th below and above the
town. a large proportion Ofihe pOpu.
lalion are coal miuufs, IA the employ
Of tile Home Coal Company. About
two Year, ago COalvillV was divided
into three wardr, since which WIN.
Hods0n has prefided over the North,
GeoRc Beard over the south aud Jos.
eph Wright over the East ward m
bishops. Near the center " tho t0g n
stands the stake House, fue utruc.
ture which already has cost n large
sum " money, anu II not finished yet,
although In use for Stake conferences
and other large meetings. Cnllvillr IL
ilmilcs by nearest practical road oast
northeast OF Salt Lake city. lts alti.
tudr i about $3.50 feet above sea level.
IIoytville wnri embraces the scat.
tered settlers living between Coalvillc
aud Wanship, the center OF
the ward twnerc n new brief,
meeting house Il beautifully stu.
aiol ON n prominence overlooking the
valley for n long distance up and down,
being three miles south of Conlvilic.
VIM. Sargent h tho bishop OF this
ward, where also one Of the few re-
naming pioneers Of 1877 II. Jackson
Rcddlnl resides.
wanshlp ward consists II the vlllagc
Of Wanship aud few scattered settlers
residing nj different points ON the
Weber and up SilveTCrtuk. The village
Of wansbip 4 beautifully situated In
the mouth Of Silver Greek canyon, ON
the west bank OF the Weber river. II
has the largest ward house OF any VI
the surrounding settlements, and pos.
asscs number Of natural facilities.
The great draw back 10 the settlement,
however, Of late year,. has been
the foullng Of the water " Silver Creek
once ~ clear aud pure ~ could be-
found In the mOuntnins-hy the mills
aud concentrating works nj Park CITY,
NaNa 81 A. Ii
Of the stream, about nnCen miles
southwest. wanship IA thiriy.hv,
miles by nearest road from Salt Lake
city, and eight miles southwest oi
Coalvlilc. Elder Andrew Peterson,
President OF the High Priests quorum,
IN the summit stake, ruside- In Ia,
Wanshlp ward.
R1ckport, containing twenty-on,
families, isa thrifty village situated al
the mouth OF Three Mile canyon, neal
the west bank " the Weber river
three anu u hnlf miles south ~ Wan.
ship. The Salt Lake meridian lin,
passes right through this place, t.
which belongs some Of the beet mea.
dow and farming land on the Weber
John NJ. Malin Is the bishop.
Peoa ward consists chiefly OF u string
town situated on the east side Of th,
Weber River three aud half mllei
southeast Of liockport or ilft,cn mill.
from Coalvillo aud thirly.oight mile
by nearer road from Salt iade City
Most OF tho farming land, belonging
~ this settlement, lies ON the bencl
enst OF the town while the narrow striI
Of low lands lying along the river Il
mostly used for pasturage and moa
dows. Stephen Walker presidcs her
A. bishop.
Leaving Peon TO go to Kamas nlonI
the left hand road, the traveller follow,
Fort Creek, Ton which Peoa IL sltuat
ED until the top ~ the bench II reach
Ell, where he at once finds himself In .
broad open valley, extending south
ward for abOutten miles, W ia AnayeTag,
Width Of nearly three miles. AbOu
due east n the point where the top o
lhe bench Il reached, 10 the mouth o
he upper Weber canyon nearly two
niles distant, and following the cours'
ofthe Weber from the point where !
sntera the valley westward, II II sect
making great bend, changing II
course from westerly To norther
ly direction, n short distance south o
peoa. Looking southwark the town o
kamas IL In plain view, hut hptou
getting there, we reach little villag,
called Oakley, clustered around i
nour.ng mill situated ON the nOrtl
Tank VI the Weber and surrounded by
some excellent farming land. Here {
n branch NJ tho Church with &. Jen
sen as presiding Elder who acts unde
the direction NJ the peoa bishopric
This place Is two and half mile
southeast Of the village Of peoa.
Five miles sOlth az Oakley mr. eevpI