Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-07
THE RESERVATIONS.
What The UIn,ah Country is from
Strawberry 10 Du5h8S1I,
AsMhulLsoS sAw1r Oynrs TRIP.
Tie DOES Not Think the Reservations A.
Rich Zoe Agriculture as somc
Other People DO.

few facts about tue uutli reservation
Will not DO out Of place aud may be- Of
great beuehI 10 those VINO ato
ansiously awaiting the opening
Of that section OF country, 20 1 viii
venture 90 give them.
For about twenty i've miles from the
huaIwa,ers Of The strawberry creek,
or where the road goo, over the divide
at tho mead Of D,uiuis's canyon, l. a
beautiful grazing Or stock oouutty Tor
summer, but very cold In winter, snow
falling 10 the dep,h OF i've 10 ten
feet Ice viii form to the thickness Of
quarter OF an inch Ia July and August,
and each night the gtass IL white with
lfosL l do not think gfain or any
kind Of vegetables will grow there.
After you travel about twenty-five
miles east, or down the Strawberry,
you leave tue grass anu beautiful
meadows aud low, rolling hills CON.
mcnco with Curpn. croes, tributary
Of the strawberry. Tns lisa beautiful
stream u water inca'od by high rod
sandstone walls. The valley or bottom
land between those walls Is only M.
Tic wilder Than tue bed Of tue stream,
anu there 10 but little gfaga 0r feed Tor
stock.
Seven miles across rel sandstone
anu cedar hills brings you 10 Rid creek,
u tributary VI Curraut creek. Rel
creek j. small stream anu rs name Is
very appropriate, Tor i.a source is be.
tween vale Of sundst0ue,and kiud u
red clay o0iors toe water, which often
sunni Tor use either i0f manor beast,
The valley or bottom land along this
stream l. only huulfoi or 20 yards
between walls auu VI but little use Tor
agriculture.
Iwuuiy.hve miles ucroa desert
tanisi rocky cIida, pttcIpiCus, drep
tnudr, through collar nru mus pine
| groves (ihu cedar gyUl i0g fence pUsiH
aud thu uut piuu good To- ute " llD.
but no grass or water, We como IN b.
| tue Strawberry uyrr. There is NO
farming land, Tor IN many pIntes thc
bluls 0t sandstone come down 20 thr
waters edge aul isr Two aud a hrIf
miles the rJad takes o. tho hiiis again.
| After cfussiug tho river ut very bau
ford, anu going by more bud, sani
AMI rocky gla .us anI cs1ars, Wu aEain
come 10 tnu stream. rnHre are sJms
cottonwood trees and a little fsuI.
| Two anu hall miiHs brings ~ 90
the Duchesnu riyHr. where tue Two
streams come together Here there Ia
n tract Of land, perhaps iout thous.
anu acre., Of good l00klng
soli, some OF which could be-
inside meadow u sue WAFER was
turned on u.
The Duchcsno IL % beautiful small
river. For about olgbt miles down
the yalloy-it IL eau DO called one, iof
/ In 40 plaCu ~ 10 mIfs tuan mile
| Wide from blui 10 blun-ihe road goes.
| Then u has 90 taEc 10 the second
bench, over rolling foothills covered
! with bJuliefs Of various sizes anu
! plenty VI them, 10 b. "a very baI road
| rUm mere 10 Fofl DIghesub. Itto'.
| dom comes TO thu rlvyt-July In about
| three places, uuI then TOT only few
! yar4s,whUu u takes O. the hills again.
! A. flr MS the river b. la slight of tue
| road, ia no place D. be b eEossi two
miles from blun 10 blun.
On the south eide OF tho Dlchcsup.
] from where the straw berry omuurs
into 20, going east lot forty milc, thBfu
10 as lar 10 the south as you can %, n
| vast desert-uJ Ccdars, 80 pl e. no
grsss, no vegetation OF any klru, Ouly
sand, rocks and deep gorges. Al Inv !
vegetation on ten thousand acres would |
NOT feed "a Jack rabbit Tor twunIl -four
hUufF.
Fake the DIchesne valley from the
mouth OF tue strawberry 60 F8U Du.
chesne, which II ABOUT nity miles; Tue ]
valley would AFFORD many good sitrs /
d sI. 81
other, and a0mutime5 on bIth. be-.
lievo the SOIL IL good anu tue climate |
quite pleasant. Water ~ Ia abundance. !
There IL scarcely Auy fbuI On tue DOT. !
tome and absolutely none On the hills |
some coltOuwojio grow along III,
river.
What I say about the DIohusne |
can say about the others OF tue streams. |
The Cuuntfy lying between the DI. !
chesno from where thust'Hwberry ON. ]
plies into n, going north ncr0ss % Lake (
Fork, iurnishta no vegetation and Il /
worse than nll-nO soil, All bleak. |
rocky, sandy desert Lake Fork DO a /
beautiful strenm OF good watuE There |
Hrb plenty OF fish, aud some duCsBAuI ]
geese ia the itIl VI the year; AMI Lake /
Fork, TOT about 20 miles nom ns source. |
would furnish many suarrhrrs nitur !
homes with nice places 60 settle. L. /
narrow vAlleys are iuCasrd la high /
walls Of red tui white sandstone. |
Where the Lake For. rmpliss Into the /
Duohesu0 could 100 made nice sized /
settlement with good land alI plenty /
OF water. Building iimbpr Is about 80 !
10 so miles dlstuni Tor lumbof, |
house log, fence plsis, etc. There |
IL plenty VI this and OF g0r, quality, |
AMI which will not DC uscI up fUi age. |
Dry Creek, or Dry FORK, as SONS
call II, about eighteen miles from Lake
Fork, IN a nice piece u' land about Que
mile wide anu several miles long. Tue
soil IL rluh, but there Is no wafer unless
Lake Fork or the UiniEh river l.
brought on TO ~ which might be- ub.
jtotcd 10 by people living along thosp
streams. There In no grass ana hutfuw
oCttonwoOds along the dry wash.
Eight miles brings us 90 tho Uiutah
river AZ Fort DlChesne. There iB some
good laud along thla stream, in the
narrow valleys rs In other strrnml IN
the reservation, White Rlck IA
tributary Of the Ulntah river IT'S
short stream but would furnish many
goo ranches. Ga the huadwuters vi
all these streams there II abundance of
good timber 10 supply the ihrmers Of
nat eacil0n for many years,
While | may not agree With some
who describe thht country ~ para
dise, aim 70 toll u it as I saw II.
Along those streams the valleys are no