The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27


neer trail into this valley n
state road. 20 be suitably marked with
,tone pillars. snd repairing such poF
tions thereof a. would put the road II
commission sor traffic. j, was discussed
IN tho legislature exclusively from the
roiut 81 view that il vas purely a
matter of sentiment. It's value as
material asset 20 the state In general
and 70 salt Lake City in particular
Wa entirely overlooked. =.
The desire 10 honor the memory OF
tho pioneers seems &c have been q SUI
Scient incentive 20 induce the legisla-
80. 20 uass the hill and appropriate
5000 Ia mark and establish the roadi
a. the time must be drawing near
however. when the state road commls,
sioner must take up the matter ana
cary the legislative decree into ci-
fert, il ought 20 be known that this
road when completed will give 10 the
state Of Utah a triangle OF pioneer
roads OF about one hundred miles IN
extent. the most famous in history, the
most picturesque IN mountain scenery
in all our Western America.
salt Lake City Will be one point OF
the triangle; Ogden another, and tAe
mouth of Echo canyon the third. Ine
distances are, from Salt Lake 20 OS
den. ,hirtv-seven miles; from Ogden 70
the mouth OF Echo canyon. thirty-hVe
miles, and from the mouth OF Echo
TO salt Lake (the part designated by
the recent legislative enactment rs
state road and which "a the trail OF the
pioneers from Echo into Salt Lake val
lew is covered in thirty-three miles,
niakiag in all lis miles, distance
easily traversed by automobile in a com
Portable half days driving. The roads
from salt Lake 70 Ogden and from
ogden "a the mouth Of Echo canyon are
ALREADY state roads and in good con
ditiou for auto travelling. The road
from tho mouth OF Echo CANYON via
lIerefe., Little East Canyon, East Can
Won Geek aud the mouth OF Little Emil
grafton Canyou-morc than half the
distance from the mouth Of Echo 20
salt Lake City-is now a good noun
tain road. and with some repairing can
easily be put into commission FOR auto
driving.
From the mouth Of Little Emigra-
tion CANYON. which could be more appro-
priately called park, so wide IT IS
aud of 50 gentle rise-to the summit
OF Big Mountain j. about three and
one-half miles. Here the old road
through neglect has been washed out,
but the matter Of putting il in repair
Will not be difficult. The main work
in the road building necessary will be
the construction o. 4 dug-way some
half or three quarters Of q mile 20 get
the proper grade down Big mountain
into Canyon creek. whence there Is
fairly good mountain road 10 the foot
of Little mountains: over Little noun
tain 10 Emigration canyon road would
have 10 be constructed, from which
I Ira 10 a. :
leading down 10 Salt Lake City.
As side attraction 10 Salt Lake for
tourists. this triangle Of pioneer routes
exceeds In novelty and scenic attract.
iveness all other side attractions 10 our
own city. and outshines the side at
fractions to anv other citv in Western
America, If only the last side of the
triangle, recently made state road
by legislative enactment, is put into
commission for auto travelling. Every
foot OF this pioneer triangle is historic
ground; the older part being the road
from the mouth of Echo canyon down
the Weber. through Weber CANYON 10
Ogdea and thence 20 Salt Lake. over
this route came BRYANT company of
sixteen or eighteen mounted men and
their pack train in midsummer Of 1916.
The same year Hastings lead the first
wagon trains. made up Of Young s and
Harling s, companies of California emf.
grants. ageTegating about eighty wag-
ons. They met with such difficulties
in coming through Weber canyon gorges
that thew sent word back 70 tho Don
ncr Reed train o. some twenty 20 thirty
wagons, not 10 attempt 10 pass through
Weber canyon, but TO explore 20 the
southwark for better roadway into
Sail Lake valley. HastinEs's s companies
meanwhile emerging from the mouth OF
Weber canyon passed Goodyear g stock