Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-18
IN RABBIT VALLEY.


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Leaving Fish lake IA description of
which | omit, because I, has been
described 40 often bclore), continued
my journey on the i2lh inst. over
very rocky and steep mountain road TO
Fremont, In the north end Of Rabbit
Valley, where ! held a meeting Ia the
evening, and the following sabbath
| spent pleasantly at L1a, and thence
went to rhurber aud roasIalo In order
to obtain hI-iorlcll information about
those remote settlements.
Rabbit Valley, also called Fremont
Valley, IA one OF the best wa,ered val.
legs In Southeastern Utah, the Fro.
mont river, which flows through II
from northwest 10 southeast, ail6rding
ample facilities tot watering all IT,
arabic land, provided IT, waters are
used economically, and the prof., c,ed
dams and reservoirs at aud near Fish
lake are built and completed.
In shape the valley resembles some.
what half moon. II Ia about sixteen
miles long AMI i've miles W dc Mt ia
widest points, but tapcrs oil 10 mere
canyon at either extremity. 4 gray.
ely or rocky ridge which extends
nearly across the valley between East
Lua aud rhurbor divides the valley
into what Il locally called the upper
and lower valley.
RABBIT Valley has an altitude u
nearly seven thousand feet above sea
level, which would naturally subject II
90 late aud early irosts, but the warm
soil and IL sDuthc stern slopes prevent
much damage being done 70 tile crops
from this cause. The snowfall In III.
valley Ia generally very light, aud al
though the altitude II about the shnie
M Grass Valley, lying across the
mountain west, tn. roads Ia Rabbit
! Valley have on several occasions been
known to he dusty and dry when
four feet OF snow have covered the
ground In Grass Valley. Another causc
for this difference between the two
valleys II undoubtedly tho mUst cou-
stAnt winds which sweep through liab.
bit Valley and keep OF the frosts tina.
otherwise would settle down aud kill
the more tender vegetation. Some Of
tho lands In the valley are rich and
productive while others are covered
with black, volcanic rocks IN great
quantities.
Loa IL the largest settlement In Rlb-
hit Valley and lies ON level tract Of
bench land near the centre Of the
valley. The La ward consists VI
forty.clght families, or $50 souls, aud
embraces. besides the town Of L1l,
also East Loa, Asmall village located
I
river, east, and a few scattered families
living at different points along the
river and nu two smaller tributary
streams. Willis L.. Robson Is Bishop,
with Isaac j. Riddle ani lh0mls
Blackburn rs cOunselofs,
Fremont ward, with Is famille-, or
.5I soulf, omhracch the north END OF
Rabbit VAllcy,and franklin W. Young
4 acting Bishop. rhu village ct Free
mont is pleasantly situated on the
right bank or west side OF the Fremont
river and " surrounded 10y somu very
good farming land. IL Is about Ave
miles northeast Of liOa, - miles east
northeast OF Ku0-harcm, In Grass
Nhlley,by the main Travelled road over
the mountain, ana ! miles on round.
about road southeast Of Fish lake. II
II also about three miles south Of the
boundary linz belwuru Pluto aud
SEWER counties. About ono third OF
the people reside In the tOwnsite,
while the remainder live on their
farms and ranches at different pnints
on both sides Of tho Fremont river,
Both here aud ut Lol there 4, room for
more settlers.
About nine miles s0ulhols. OF Loa,
on the north sidc Of Fremont river, lies
tho village Of Thurber on sandy
bench. The TOWNSHIP IL about one anu
IA half miles west VI the point where
Lower Rabbit Valley terminates In u
wide Canyon. The Thurh,r ward con-
slst- OF forty families, or 2il souls, nnd
In presided over by VIM. Merks ~
Bishop aud George W. Stringham and
Mathew W. Mansfield as eOunselors.
Most OF the people live on the TOWNSHIP
during the winter, but In Tia. summer
I months large percentage Of tho In
habilhnts spend the time on their
ranches, some Of which are distant
nearly forty miles In the BOULDER
creek country, southeast. Thurber
was named after the late Albert X.
Thurber, President Of tho SEWER Stake.
The village % Traslale, named In
honor oi Apostle George reasdalc, Hes
! NJ the iOOt hnu norm hluc OF nlRn
mountain IN n small valley which Is
I separated from the Fremont river bot
tom on tho north 10y n rocky bench.
Once tho vlllage had population
VI twenty-five families, or more, but
at present thero arc only half dozen
there, the rest having either moved
away permanently OF gone OIL 10 their
ranches temporarily. Besides the vii
lnge, the Tcaslnlc ward embraces the
settlers on Fish creek and Carcas
creek, the first named stream being
about four miles and the latter eight
miles east Of the village. There are
also three families nj junction, fifteen
miles east OF Tcasdale. who belong 10
the ward. George Coleman presides
M Bishop, with Charles W. Lee and
I Lewis Adams a. counselors. The ward
. at pr, sent consists Of tweniy'eight
families or l62 souls. From reaslnle
go to Blue Valley.
ANDREW JEssOS,
TEAsDALE, Pluto Co., Utah, June
! 10, 1891.