Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-16

.itoaird at the junction Of Mammoth
and Arny,a uieeKs, which iva stream.
f,,... Inc SEWER river Proceeding five
ml,ls 4 she. "a tue road passing up
E,d town ihe mountain s,0pcs, through
mud aud mire kuoe-deep Ia places,
reached Asay's ranch, another clus.
ter OF houses situated at the
junction Of Asay's and Minnie crpnks.
'rhrsn three plact- (Wils1n'-, Hatch's
and A.ay'sItogethot with a few fami.
lies uh1 live In scattered condition
.nyp different streams. putting into
In. main tributaries Of the SEWER
river. belong 10 the pangui,ch ward,
but cxpect soon TO have o ward organ.
i.ation Of their own, ~ the 5pnts nfo
now numerous enough 30 sustain such
an organization. At present meetings
and Sunday schools. ~ well ms Jas
srhools, are being held IN all three
ulnces, and the people seem TO he
healthy aud cheerful, Notwithstanding
their secluded situation, so near the
tons OF the mountains.
/ have nov, on this and former trips,
followed the main wlnuings Of the
SEWER river, and from lis head 10
where Ii disappears IN tho SEWER sink,
or lake, IN Willard county, anu
have learned from actual Otspr.
vations that tina, famous stream
IN the longest aud most important
river that Utah possesscs as her tx.
cluslv, property. Az ihc other noted
streams, except jordan, Weber anu
Provo Rivrr, which alc shown on The
map Of Utah, risu hnyOnd the limits Of
our Territory (Snako aud Bear River,
etc. u while the largest VI all, the Green,
Grand aud Colorado Rivers, simply
pass through on their way To the ia.
rlflc Ocean. But the SEWER River,
which rises on the north slope VI the
south rim OF the basin IN lofty noun.
tain chains, together with liz tliiu.
taries, supplies more settlements with
water for culinary and irrigation puT-
poses than any other slroam In Utah,
ihc Weber not excepted. Thus We
find on the south fork, besides the
three smnll settlements that | have nj.
ready named, Pangultch aud Circle.
vile: ON the enHt fork there ~
Marion ward, including n number
OF ranches above, on otter CrUvh, (which
4 a tributary o. the Fast Fork, IL Burr.
Vile, ko0slintem aud two uthUfsmalier
settlements tail In Gfass Valley, he.
sides ranches. At the point where the
East and south Fork unite are the two
functions (east sud wustl, the county
seat OF Piute county, Aud Mnryavale,
further down the river. Then, Ia the
lower SEWER Valley we fiEI the follow.
ing string OF settlements which all
water lands from the StvIer! Joseph,
Monroe, El-iuOrr, lnvomry, Anna.
belle, Richheld, GlcnnOck, Nermilli0n,
Aurom. Snlina nnd l,edmunj, On the
ssnpitch River land itg tr!butRrica)
which puts into the Sevlrr, near Gun.
uison, we have the settlements Of
Mllburn, Fairview, Mount Pleasant,
Spring City, Fountain Green, Mnr0ni,
Wales, Chester, Ephraim, Mauu,
pettyVille, Mayfleld and GunnisOn.
Below the latter place IL sun Fayeitv,
and farther down "sucker Town" In
Iunb county, aud Luamiugtun,
Dy,crct, Oasis aud HincJley In
Willard county, not TO mention the
future "Ciiy OF Ilfahemlu,n which h.
IN CouIsr VI erection on that extensive
level and fertile tract ~ country lying
north Of Defcrrt. This makes upwards
Oi forty settlements Ot tleSMuts which
depend on the waters Vt the SEWER
river ami It's numerous tributaries ilT
their existence.
From Asay's ranch, about twenty.
three miles nth " ppnguitch the
main road leads uI Minnie Greek, two
miles 10 Littlt'l ranch. From this
point Il 10 1--WE miles 10 the snmmIt or
dividing ridge, or the Rim OF The
Basin. THIS distance | hal to travel
through snow three feet deep, but /
finally reached the top with my hUl,e
la very fatigusd condition. Here
had expected 10 behold new land
scape opening up 20 the south, or n
Kind Of n 'jump on. down 10 n Dixie
land, similar 10 the place where was
dumped Oii'' from - mail cart last
year In going down to Canuonvillu.
but inthi- I was disappointoi; instead
Ot behOldiug the sunny South, | was
hvmmod In ON all sldrs by snOw.c0v.
cred mountains, and iu winding dow u
canyon through which soon saw a
small stream leuping over the Ice and
rocks, which proved to IN tho head.
waters OF ona OF the tributaries OF the
Rio Virgin. | was soon TO discover
that Dixie, where the trees are alteady
In bloom, was yet long way Of;
aud when | arrived at Bithop Graham
McDounli's ranch seven milCs down
the slope from the rim Of the basin /
was very thankful ior the privilege
u putting up Tor tho night, although
Elm within the limits Of the SNOW aud
muuniain plncs.
This morning continued my Jour.
ney down the canyon for distance Of
ten miles and reached the coy little
town of Glendale, where commenced
my historical lRbors,
ANDREw JENsOS.
GLENDALE, Kane County, Utah,
February Is. 1902