Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-29

Litcry Ward embraces the scatter.
Cd settlers residing ou Liberty
Creek aud Norl Cfeus, IN
Guiding the village u thai name, situ-
ated IN the forks u the two streams
mentioned, ABOUT four miles northwest
Of Ovid, aud Oiuht miles northwest "
Paris. Tn. settlers live along the
creeks, aud their houses aud fnrms eX-
tend Tor distance Of nbout eight
miles, ana this was the place v here
the Bear Lake Valley pioneers VI 1868
inst entered, but passed ON 10 where
Paris now etn DE- before they made n
location. Edwin n. Austin ia bishop
of the Liberty ward, which cOusis,s "
2Dl members or foriy.niue familita,
The place was ntst settled In the
spting OF 1854.
Bernc IL small ward lying north Of
Ovid and consists chiefly u Swiss
Saints, who live by ranuhing aud
lairying. The place il noted Tor it,
excellent quality Of cheese. The
centre NJ the ward, or the place where
the moutlngs are generally held, Is
about four miles northeast OF ovid, or
eight and n half northeast from Paris,
anu four ani nal: northwest VI Mont.
n.lier. The whole strength Of the
ward consists OF nine families Or
seventy souls, vino live In n scattered
condition on springs gushing forth
along foothills, On the west aide Of
Bear River. The wnrd extends north
and south for n distance OF about i've
miles. John Kunz Is bishop.
Montpelier, the railway town OF Rear
LakeNnlley, lie. two miles east Of Bear
River, at the mouth Of canyon aud
near the base Of the mountains border.
Ing the east side Il the valley. Since
the completion Of the Oregon Short
Line Montpelier has been the head
quarters Of Gentle Influences In this
part OF the country, and u now town
lying Immediately west Of the original
Mormon settlement has been found.
ed, which today IL principally inhab.
tied by nOn."Mofnons," while the old
town, founded by the Saints Ia 1854,
continues principally a. mormon"
town. This place, owing 10 iis exposure
10 the winds from the north, is rcckoned
10 be- the coolest place In Bear Lake
Valley; lie altitude l. 5703 feet above
the level Of the sea. No full toepeak
Of Is raised here. Montpelier II tho
Target town ami ward IN the Bear
Lake Stake. 10 numtpr 40 members
of tho Church, or 10 hmi'io; and
the non-"Morm7 nn population exceeds
this considerably. VIM. l.. Rich, a
son VI the iate APOSTLE Cha.. &. Rich,
IL the bishop,
Preft1u ward embraces that district
" country lying south % Montpelier
and north Of Bear River. The town
site, which Il occupied by about q
dozen fimilics out OF thc seventeen
fam,lloH Tor eighty.oight suulsl which
constitutes the ward, lies near the orc
gon Short Line track, five miles SOUTH
east of Montpelier, aud three miles
north west VI the mouth Of the canyon
through which Bear River entrre Rear
Lake Valley from the easi. Chafles
q. krolch, a young man called from
81. Charles for the putposu VI presld-
inc, iH tho Bishop Of Preston, which
was first aoltled In the fall Of 1885 by
Preston Thomas, after whom the place
has derived IL name.
Dlnpie ward lies opposite the river
from Preston and cOuslsts of thirty
nine families Of Saints, or Us souls,
part OF whom reside ON the townsite Of
plugle situated Immediately south OF
the celebrated "peg Leg" Island, In
Bear River, y miles southeast OF
/ lNinkuNf NlkNl HAilf1 HfNNAltNNh ~ NlNAlNa
peliur and seven. miles In simight
line dun east OF Paris. The plaGu Is
quite windy, but less subject 10 frost
than any pnrt Of Bear Lake Valley,
and the snowfall N also lighter. The
farming liant ~ good, but part Of It IL
broken aud rolling. Samuel Hum
phrcys IN Bishop Of the Dlnglc ward;
the place was hrat settled la the spring
TAHIH 1s.N R..H Nl...
came 10 Utah mau, widely known Ms
"prg Leg" Smith, hpd q hut or trad
ing post on the island which bears his
name TO this DAY.
Bennington ward is north Of Mont
pclior sud embraces "a large tract OF
country lying east OF Bear river, In.
GLIDING the village OF bennington,
which Ia situated ON IN elevated piece
ofground about six miles northwest OF
Montpelier.
Thosurrounding farming land IA good
and productive but wator II scarce, and
the place subject 10 early and late
iro-ts, which hos caused the los. Of
crops repeatedly. Only about half II
dozen families reside on the townsitr;
the rest live ON their respective farms
aud homesteads. The place Nns lint
settled Ia the spring OF 1864, aud the
present Bishop ia Amos II. Wight.
The numerical strength Of the,wGrd Ia
iity.two families or 34i souls.
Georgetown ward embraces the
Saints residing on Twin creek In the
EXTERN, north end OF Bear Lakc val.
ley including the village Of George.
town, which IL located on the lowlands
sklrtiug Twin creek, about n mile east
NJ the point where that stream cmptiOs
Into Bear river, seven aud half miles
northwest Of Bennington, twelve miles
northwest OF Montpelicr, aud twenty
two miles north Of Paris. The farm.
ing land along the creek and river Is
good and where the locations are
sheltered against the cold wiuds from
the north by the hills, the harder
fruits are rRised. Henry A. Lewis IA
the bishop OF Georgetown, which has
n "MOrm0n" population OF 2il souls
divided into rs families. The place
was tlrst settled In the spring Of 1871.
Nounan Is the name Of a little valley
lying west Of Georgetown aud fepar-
nted from the north end Of Rear LIKE
Valley by low spur Of mountains
through which the water OF NOunnn
Creek has cut channel 10 find an out
let into Bear River. The valley Ia
about olght miles long from north 10
f0uth, and has an average width OF
something less than two miles. The
mountains on the west, which seplr-
atea the valley from Gentle Valley,
are quite lofty, aud Sherman's Peak