Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-07

ford, the nearest railway station, anu
800 miles southwest OF Salt Lake City.
Pinto was first settled In, 1888 by
missionaries sent 10 the Indians In
Southern Utah.
On Friday, April stb, l travelled lsl
miles over very rough mountain
road and through deepppow and sticky
mud from Pinto 10 Pine valley where
addressed an appreoiative audience In
the evening, aud the following day
met with the old settlers OF the place,
In order 10 obtain the Information
needed.
Pine valley IL one Of the most 70.
mantle places have seen In the Rocky
Mou nlains; Il consists Of natural
basin, situated In or very near the tops
Of the well known Pine valley noun.
talns, whose lofty snow.capped peaks
form a beautiful background 10 "Our
Dixie" This natural facilities for re.
tanning the large deposits Ofenow which
this mountain ayet.m rece'vee In the
winter season, being most excellent,
the Pine valley mountains send forth
beautiful clear streams Of water
In all directions. without which the
settlements Of st. Geurge, santa Clara,
Washington, Harrisburg, Leede, oil.
yer Reef, Toguervillo, Bellevue, Hsr-
mony, Pinto, Hamblin, Gunlack, ETC.,
could not exist; neither the Pine VAL
ley settlement itself, which 1 will
briefly dcscfibe.
Pine Valley proper Ia about Ave
miles long from east 10 west with and
average width OF nearly two miles.
The highest mountains ars on the
south aud east. On the north low
ridge sopsrntcs the valley from su-
other valley " nearly the ssmo size
called Grass Valley; and there isa
ridge composed oil black volcanic rock
on the wcsi through which tho Santa
Clara has cut deep channel, In order
10 eecape the lower country.
The settlement Of Pine Valley
N situated near the centre Of the val
ley on the south bank Of u beautiful
clear stream Of water and IL surround.
cd by some very rich and productive
farming land. A number Of cory
little brick houses ndorn the place, Ia
the midst OF which a fine two-stofy
mectinghOuse towers up above Nil the
rect, bearing testimony OF the lublic
spifltness and enterprise of the infabl.
tants. The town IL regularly laid out
In blocks, the streets crossing each
other Mt right sngl,r, bui not conform.
INK to the cardinal points OF tho com.
pass, ~ the nslural siore ~ the eountry
were given the main consideration
when tho townslte was surveyed.
The tcttlemtst ~ thirty-four aud
half mlles by round. about mountain
raj. north of5t. ,orge, and 3l5 miles
south ~est OF Salt Lake City. In and
sdjseent TO the settlement there are
two steam saw inills, ono Touring
mill aud ono shingle mill operated by
water, two stores, etc.
The Pine Valley creek rieea in the
mountains south and east OF the settle.
ment, while Grass Valley creek rise Ia
or above Grass Valley, about eight
miles northeast Of the settlement. Grass
and timber are plentiful in the sur
rounding mountains, where the mills
are busy at work, though the expOrta.
ton OF lumber II not 80 extensive AZ II
was Ia former years. Nearly all the
lumber, shingles, ETC., used In tho
southern country, however, are oD.
tanned from Pine Valley mountains,
and from Mount Trumbull, lying
about IS miles southeast Of st. George.
Good apples sre raised In Pine Val.
ley, although tho altitude Ia consider
ably higher than that OF Pinto. The
air ls always fresh and invigofstinK,
and when the people In the lower set.
Elements along the Rio Virgen ilnd II
too hot for them ut home, they come
up TO Pine Valley TO ,inhale the pure
air and get little rest
Besides the settlement described In
the foregoing, the Pine Valley ward
embraces about half q dozen families
residing In Grass Valley; also n mum.
ber OF ranches along the Santa Clara,
(inoluding Fostersl, the lower one OF
which IL twelve and n half miles by
road southwest OF Pine Valley centre.
In Grass Valley there IL a regularly
organized branch Of tho Pine Valley
ward, presided over by George N. q.
Burgess, aud meetings and Sunday
schools are held regularly In the sum.
mer season. Also at Fosters, which In
another organized branch OF the ward,
meetings and Sunday 1chools are held
nearly every Sabbath.
Grass Valley, thus named because OF
the abundance Of the grass that xrsws
there during the summer season, ex.
tends from northeast 90 southwest for n
distance Of about Ave miles; It, average
width 10 one aud n half miles. As =
summer resort II Ia cool aud healthy,
but In the winter the SHOWS cover the
ground several feet In depth, In conse.
quence OF which nearly all the fAmi.
lies spend the cold part Of the season
In 81. George or Pine Valley. The
altitude Of this mountain valley
Is, perhaps, $500 feet, or
about 40 feet higher than Pine
Valley. Tho creek, which rises
Ia springs In the upper end Of the
valley, (when not swollen by the
melting snows) drains q large scope OF
country extending from the rim Of
the basin southwark; II unites with the
Pine Valley creek about half . mile
below the Pine Valley settlement and
thus forms the Santa Clara. The
distance from tho settlement 10
Burgess laDch In Grass Valley is
five mile.
The entire Pine Valley ward consists
OF 80 families, or 2s8 souls. William
Gardner presides ss Bishop with
Harrison J. Burgess and Peter Spow
~ Counselors. The ward has q com
plete organization OF all the usual
associations operating In the different
settlements Of the Saints, and there are