USE BERRY BROTHERS CELEBRATED HARD OIL FINISH! K o M USL-: BERRY BROTHERS WE D OF \ ERS, A L CITIES: E AND DF 3S New Styles always arriving, and our Prices are the Lowest- HATS! HATS! HATS! HATS? An Immense Line to Select From. ill Ms & The largest and oldest dealers in the Territory in Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Dry Good GROCERIES! Utah Directory Advertisements. \\\ SALT LAKE CITY, - UTA.H. LOCATED AT THE BUSINESS CENTRE OF THE CITY ELEVATOR AND ALL OTHER MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. F1KST CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Largest Billiard Hall in the City in connection with the House. CONTINENTAL HOTEL, ZEECo'u.se.) LOCATED ONE BLOCK FROM MAIN STREET, ON WAY TO R. R. DEPOT, CITY, - U'TABL [ft TWO STORY BUILDING; CONTAINS OVER FIFTY ROOMS ON GROUND FLOOR; HAS BEAUTIFUL SHADE TREES IN FRONT AND LARGE YARD IN REAR; MAKING THE CONTINENTAL A PLEASANT JU1D DESIRABLE HOME FOR FAMILIES. Run by the same management as the Walker House. ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT. Beginning with an article on Utah Territory, this work giv< an account of Salt Lake County, as the most important in tf Territory, then of its county seat, Salt Lake City, as the rno important in the county; the remainder of the towns of th; county being given according to their alphabetical arrangemer These are followed by an account of Utah County, as the ne: most important, then of its county seat, Provo, the remainder the towns of that county being given according to their alph betical arrangement. This system holds also through Weber ai Davis counties, these being the four of which we have given private as well as business directory. The business directo' alone, then continues with Beaver county, on page 323, and ri through the remainder of the Territory, each county being giv in its alphabetical order and each town being alphabetically ranged in its county, except the county seats, which alw; begin the county list. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. Anderson Geo E & Co 170 and 808 Grant Wm 222 Ontario S M Co 100 Grant H J 179'PpnrHntnn A M.- If.-i Ash John & Sons 34( Auerbach F & Bro 158 Barratt Bros, bottom lines alternate pages Beard W T 166 (see also x and xi) Grill Ph & Bros 1/5 Guthrie& Addoms 386 Halpin JJ 387 Pennsylvania Fire In- Price W L 161 Hammond J T 347 Provo Mfg Co 2l> Provo Co-op Institu- tion^ 210 Beardley M H 263 Harris' Club Hous* 177 iarrion P 387 Berry Bros, front cover Birch J 387 Hatch i T 202 Quir.n, Larsen & Co... 371 Read Waiter' P 3of> Bishop & Crismon 14H Boukufcky ^*i 175 Helfrich E C & Co .... 336 HeusserJake& Bros.. 164 Hibbard, Spencer & Co . . 260 Reading John 180 Bowers W H H & Co, 159 Boyle & Co 288 Rocky Mom tain Cough Syrup 57 Bro*n J H & Son 344 Buckle & Son 389 'ill E 188 Tlogers Dr A D 2t'i> Holmes, Booth &Hay- dens 42 -Rogers* & Rickards o87 Salt Lake Herald 178 Buell Manufac'ng Co, 20 Bybea K L 369 Hooper W J 153 Salt Lake Tribune 182 San Francisco Chron- icle, back cover Cardon Tho-s B 344 Hopwood Wm 172 Horn Silver Mining Co ' 3^8 Carter Bros..! 259 Charles Field Haviland & Co 46 orton Mi E 217 Schweitzer I'hicaaoandN W R W 302 Chicago K I & P R R 47 City Drug Store, Provo '217 Clif House 290 Hui-h W H 238 Huyck J H & Co 147 James David 179 Jeremy & Co 21 Scottish Commercial ScovilleH B 2i)iJ Cole H "W, agent 178 Jcssen Adolph 177 iscrace Edward 151 Cooper F A 197 Johnson I M 2^0 "^ebree Howard 179 Culmer G F 168 & 332 Johnson Carl C 347 Shelley & Thornton 222 Siegel Bro* ... 17) Curtis Bro= 346 Jones Wm K 52 Cutler John C 152 Jolin & Park 58 Silver W J \fc Davis Dr Ray 290 Kahn Bros 164 ttmith W O Jr. Da 7 & Co ... 152 & 330 Keney& Zeigler 288 Kelly Bros, back cover is imball& Lawrence... 16f> Kirk ham R 246 Miell John Wm l'<\' Southwick Edwmd "J '' Spanish Fork Co-op- erative Institution .., liiil Startm Thomas 219 Deseret Mews Office 192 Dfseret National Bank 150 Dinwoodey Henry 163 Dinwoodey James 175 Driver Wm& Son 298 Dunne Daniel . ... 156 Kirk's Standa d Soaps 40 Lnnge C 166 Stevenson John C 2^ Stewhrt Bros m 171 Teas-dale F 356 Little& Roundy 16U Territorial Enquirer... 209 Logan U O Foundry, machine and wagon mfg Co 346 Dwyer Jumps, back cover Edmunds Dr J M 157 Empire Min'g & Mill- ing O 167 Traveller C... 350 Tuckfii-ld J W & Son.. a< Utuh Central II R :-;<> Utah Southern KK 244 [Jttth Forwarding Co... 164 (itah Window Glu.-s London Bankot Utah (limited) 154 Lowe G A 178 Ephrsim U O M 1 371 Krb G S iii juridburg& Garff 342 Mficondray & Co 37 Manti C M 1 M70J Evening Dispatch 292 Frtirbank N K & Co... : J 3 FenncmoreJA Co #29 Ferry D M & Co 197 Fox E W & Co 369 Venard G 1 A 7 kla c on & Sell* .. . 170 Venabl.'s Red Tag Tobacco 4^ McCornick & Co 58 McMastersW A . 165' Walker Jiios & Co 14* 'Walker Bro s i Mniklejohn D 246 ! Friedman S J ;<87| .VIeriitt HC& (Jo 334| Monheirn H 149! Walliu & Picknid, tt>p lines Wnidleigh H C' . ' : 8 l s Frisco Hanking 10 329 Kroiseth B A M 36 Moore, Allen & Co 1501 Morris Robert 177 Morris W C 169; Gardine- Robe't 152 Gem City Tobacco Works 37 Warner Student Lamp bU( Wat c on Bros 15< Morri^ & Evans 174! Mount Pleasant Z C M I 374i West Jordan C M 1 19< Gibbon & FCC!H C 29" ; Goldsbrough H.... ?f>6 White Barnard 28< Goldthait J W .... 202! North American Insur- ance Co xi: Whittemore B F 17' Gould Abram, agent... 160 Graftnberg Co ix Whiitier, Fuller & Co 18; Will in me V. IT yiM Ddell & Wright 87 ' Graham J C & Co 145 and 176 r )gden Junction 300|Woodhouse C C 32.' J.-terrnan James..., . 202 Y-une: & Marks... . 38! PREFACE. The compiler places this volume before the public without apology. Its extensive nature, and the limited time in which such a book must be completed, should atone for any errors or omissions which may be found in it. Every effort has Ixvn made to have it complete and reliable. It is the largest work of the kind that has yet been published for the people of Utah; and although it is the first Directory that has ever beea printed in Salt Lake City, it has been brought out within the time ap- pointed. The publishers gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance they have received from private and official sources in furnishing the requisite information, and also thank their nu- merous patrons for the support which has enabled them to ex- tend this volume to its present size. ' , KTAH DIRECTORY o Whrw &/dcAa/rd*? HE NAME AND OCCUPATION OF EVERY RESIDENT THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF EBER m DAVIS COUNTIES , Professional Men and Officials gether with NFORMATION, , HISTOpY, POPULATION, AREA, VALUA- RESQURCS, FACT^jFIGURES, ETC., ETC, O EDITED BY H>Lr>A. CULMER. CULMER & fp., PUBLISHERS, BY PRINTERS, the year 1879, by H. L. A. CUI.MBK in the Office of the ibrarian oQCongress at VVashington, D. C. CON T E N TS. a . 325 Hyde Park 348IProvidpncp 340 Agricultural -taiistics Alma . 15 Hyrutn 34 Si rrovo City, sketch of... 206 5 ; Proro gtm'ral directory 208 1 Provo I'lis. directory... 217 )! Rail roads... 9A 298 Invernry . .. v 37 Alta v . American Fork R R.. Anieruttii Fork . 183 Iron County .... 35 27|Jacob City . 38 . 219 Jordan (Wet) 194'Rainfoil 1874-9 14 Analyses of Salt La t 5. 21 Juab County 354 Ranch 360 .. 17iK.amas. 377 Rich County 36 s ) lU'aver i'ounty . 323 Kanab 360 Richmond . .. 34M Heaver City . . 324Kanarra. . 360 Richtield 375 . 26 Kane County. 358 Rockville 360 . 185 Kanosh 362'Rush Lake 381 .''intrham Canyon C. RR ;.... Kaysville 319Salina 37ft/ . 28 Kelton 33' 'Salt Lake County 4^ >|Salt Lake City, sketch II nf.... ". ... 340 to 34 1 / \ Salt Lake Citv business directory 149 to 179 >> Sandv .. .. HR. S53lMinti 36 Centre 379 Mantui ^T.... . ... 337 Sanpete ('ounty 366 Mis Marysvale 365 Santaquin 243 383 Meadow ggglSnlnin .. .. 3.K-* Chester . 370|MeadowvilIe 366 . 356 Mendon . 348 Sevier County 75 Silver 358 347 Midway. 38& Silvpr Rppf 38t; Coalville 377 Millard County 861 Smithfield 35o 333 Mill f -reek 198'Snowville 338 Cotton wood (south).... Cove Creek 188 Millville 349iSocietiesm Utah 43 802 Minerals, list < f. 35 Spanish Fork 246 310 Minersville 340 Spring City 374 Descret 362 Mining Districts 41 Spring Lake Villa 253 337 Mona 358 Springyiile ... 253 357 Monroe 37h St. GHOPO-H 384 ' >rap*r 190 Morgan County 363 St. John 381 Duncan's R-t.rnat K'lueati.MiHl Kly Mill 359 Morgan City.... 364 Stockton 381 30 Moroni 372 357 Mount P'easant 373 Summit County 376 Terrace ~. 339 Kphrnim 37Q Nephi 355 379 New Harmony 36l 357 N"ewton . 349 Tooelfc County 378 Tooele Citv 379 Fureka Uintah " 309 371 North Ogden... ... 305 Union Fort 202 Karmington 311 Oak City 363 Utah sketch of 13 S6) Ogden, sketch of 264 U ah Count3 r 204 Toqutirville Fort Cameron 359 Ogden gen'ral directory 325 266 to 286 Utah Central R H 25 Utah &;Northern Rail- wa / 27 Fort Douglas 193 Ogden business direc- 372 tory 289 to 298 Fountain Green Utah & Pleasant Val- ley Railway 29 372 Ophir 3HO 326 Panguitcii 353 Utah Southern R R 25 Utah Western R'way.. 29 Vernon 382 365 Paradie 349 (Jlenda'e 359 Paragoonah . 354 Glenwood 375 (Park City ... 377 Virgen City 361 Go*hen 226J Parley's Park 378 34'ParowAn . 352 Wale 375 Governmental Wallsburgh 383 Grafton ... 359 Payson 233 Wan^hip 378 Grantsville . .. 380 Pii.e Valley 385 337 Piute County 364 Wasntch 203 Wasatch County 382 Wniatch and Jordan Valley R R 28 372 Pleasant Grove. 239 299 Plymouth 338 lleber 382 Portage 338 Washington County... 384 Weber County 261 385| Post Offices in Utah... 39 353 Preface viii Hillftdalft Wellsviile 351 337, Promontory 338 Willard 339 Horn Silver Mine IJuntsville... 326 Property value 1868-78 35 301 i Woodruft' 366 Utah Directory Gracfenbcrg Advertisement. ix The unquestionable superiority of the GRAEFENBERG FAMILY MEDICINES over all others has not only been proved by published testimonials from all parts of the country, but their continued success while so many others fail is sub- stantial evidence that they merit the increased confidence of the public. The series contain eleven valuable Medicines; they do not contain any mineral drug, but are compounded from purely vegetable substances. Graefenberg Vegetable Pills, the mild- est and best Pill in the world - 25 cents per box. G raefeiiberg Marshall' s Uterine Cath- olicoii, an infallible remedy for all Fe- male Complaints - $1.50 per bottle. Graefenberg Health Bitters, the most pleasant and delightful tonic ever pre- pared 25 61. per package. Graefenberg Eye Lotion, acts like a charm for all diseases of the Eye - 25 6ls. per bottle. Graefenberg Dysentery Syrup, a cer- tain remedy for all diseases of the Bowels, 50 c~ts. per bottle. Graefenberg Children's Panacea, for diseases incident to childhood 50 els. per bottle. Graefenberg Green Mountain Oint- ment excels all other Salves in its cura- tive power - 25 cents per box. Graefenberg Sarsaparilla, a pure ex- tract; the best in use - $1.00 per bottle. Graefenberg Pile Remedy never fails to completely cure the worst forms of Piles ana Fistula - $1.00 per bottle. Graefenberg Consumptive's Balm af- fords great relief in all pulmonary com- plaints $3.00 per bottle, (small size) - $1.50 per bottle. Graefenberg Fever and Ague Rem- edy, a simple but powerful Medicine - .50 cents per box. Graefenberg Manual of Health, a com- plete Family Medical Book - 25 cents. All of the above truly valuable medicines are sold by Drug- gists throughout the country, and by IE 3 . O. ZBosr 1.210. x Utah Directory ScottisJi Commercial Insurance Co. INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICE, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND *\j \j\j * SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL AND let IXA.'VIID IB. FOR PACIFIC COAST STATES AND TERRITORIES, Saiisoiiie Street, SAN FRANCISCO, H. J. GRANT, GENERAL AGENT FOR UTAH TERRITORY, SALT LAKE CITY. CALL ON HIM BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. Utah Directory Insurance Companies. xi Incorporated 1794:. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 85 Years Successful Business Experience! The Prompt Payment of over Forty-Six Million Dollars Losses. A Reputation for Honorable Dealing Unsurpassed ! And Cash Assets exceeding Six and a Half Million Dollars ! The Largest Net Surplus of any Similar Institution in America! The Oldest Fire and Marine Insurance Company in the World. H. J. GRANT, Agent, SALT LAKE CITY UTAH. OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. A. ID. CasI Assets, January 1st, 1819, - - $1835,238.04 Hut Surplus over all Liabilities, o^-SiU. $670,212,88 THE "OLD PENNSYLVANIA FIRE" is one of the very staunchest and best of Fire Insurance Companies doing an Agency business; always ready to meet every obligation in the right spirit; an honorable record of over FIFTY-FOUR YEARS. H. J. GRANT, Agent, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. xii Utah Directory Stewart's Celebrated Brushes. ASK -ti=3+3=fi*. FOR CELEBRATED BRUSHES. Every Brush, warrant- ed to give entire satis- faction? and to work well until worn out. Your orders solicited, which will have prompt attention. Very respectfully, STEWART BROS. & CO. Pittsburgh, Pa. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Best Team Harness made by Wallin & Pickard, Salt Lake City. Utah Directory Utah Territory. I UTAH TERRITORY. The Territory of Utah is situated between 37^ and 42/ North latitude and 109 and ii45^ West Greenwich longitude, being about 345 miles in length by 270 in width. On the North East corner, Wyoming cuts into the otherwise square outlines of the Territory taking therefrom a district of 7,400 square miles. This leaves to Utah an area of 85,730 square miles or 54,881,200 acres. Of this area, many thousands of square miles are rendered ut- terly sterile and useless by reason of vast tracts of desert and vol- canic lands and precipitous mountains. At the close of 1878, there had been surveyed of public lands, agricultural, timber, coal and other mineral, nearly 8,500,000 acres. The Territory is divided mainly by the Wasatch Mountains which, however, are not unbroken by other ranges. The heights of these ranges culminate, the Uintah at Gilbert's Peak which has an altitude of 13,687 feet, and the Wasatch at Mount Nebo, 11,- 992 feet and Mount Baldy, 1 1,730 feet, above he sea level. To the East of the Wasatch, the waters flow, directly or indirectly, into Green River, thence to the Colorado and the Pacific Ocean; but on the West is the Great Basin, the waters of which have no outlet to the sea. In the Southern part of this basin, the rivers, on reaching their lowest levels, form pools of no great extent and sink into the earth amid the deserts. But at a higher lati- tude, the streams flow into the large fresh water body known as Utah Lake and thence to the Great Salt Lake, or else flow by circuitous courses to the latter lake itself. The contour of the Territory is extremely varied, embracing mountain ranges of Alpine grandeur; beautiful and productive valleys; great lonesome deserts, parched and fruitless as the Sa- hara; and wonderful chasms cut thousands of feet in depth by little streams that thread through vast table lands. Such varied outlines create a strange but magnificent field for the wondering artist; and more than one landscape painter of note has found them worthy of his pencil. The Leading Boot, Shoe & Hat House, Geo. Dun ford Handsome Double Buggy Harness, Wallin & Pickard, S. L. City Utah Directory Utah Territory. The settled portion of Utah is mainly found in the chain of fruitful valleys that mark the Western slope of the Wasatch and Uintah Mountains; but these links of* arable land can by no means be considered the only habitable portions of the Territory. One of the most fruitful districts in the mountains is to be found in the Wasatch County Indian Reservation, while spacious tracts of farming country exist in the South Eastern part of the Terri- ritory. The Eastward flanks of these ranges are, however, nota- ble for their immense timber lands. These tracts consist of a belt of pine, cedar and aspen, averaging about 45 miles in width and extending with no particular interruption from one extrem- ity of Utah to the other. The belt culminates in density and ex- tent at the points where the Wasatch Range passes through Se- vier, Piute and Iron Counties in the South and Morgan, Cache and Rich Counties in the North. An immense tract of timber land covers, also, the Uintah Range in Wasatch and Summit Counties : and in the comparatively unknown South Eastern por- tion of the Territory, extending over a vast area; is a magnificent range of pine and cedar in its virgin state, untouched. The climate of Wtah is naturally dry; but there has been a per- ceptible increase between the rainfall of the last ten years and that of earlier periods. It is generally supposed that the in- crease continues, but the following meteorogical data scarcely bear out that theory: INCHES OF RAINFALL 18/4-9 COMPARED. MONTH 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 January 1.04 3.05 1.23 .87 1 07 1 87 .99 .79 1.52 .38 3 49 71 March 2.59 2.81 4.00 2.93 2 54 67 .90 1.50 2.09 2.14 2 (53 3 26 May 2.84 2.91 4.30 3.49 2 50 Tun^ . . .74 .90 .09 .80 35 July 2.42 1.01 .83 .02 1 08 August 1.63 .25 .92 .28 81 September October .20 1.74 1.22 1.36 .42 3.27 .90 2.41 3.15 1 39 November December 2.16 .73 5.81 2.03 .81 1.80 1.02 1.11 .63 .11 Totals, 17.98 23 64 21.28 16 35 19.75 Barratt Bros, FDENITURE, Salt Lake City Send for Price List Rubber & Gold Plated Carriage Harness at Wallin & Pickard's Utah Directory Utah Territory. It is in the agricultural, mineral and timber lands that Utah finds her natural resources, entirely. The Bureau of Statistics that was once active in collating in- formation concerning some of the products of Utah has now, we are sorry to say, ceased to exist; and it is only possible to judge of the extent and value of these products from the report pub- lished by the Legislature in 1876, which contained figures for 1875 and represented the latest work of that Bureau. From this .source, the following is collated as the productions of the entire Territory: AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. ARTICLE. ACRES. BUSHELS, YIELD PER ACRE. VALUE, County Raising Greatest Quantity. Wheat 72,020 13,847 19,706 447 16,452 11 1,701 127 10,306 1,433 125 200 1,432 81,788 3,587 113 5 3,935 128 2,687 259 305 62 544 6*1 1,408,257 359,527 581,849 8,987 317,253 243 30,801 3,176 1,306,957 287,712 49,501 lb*. 713 tons. 103,164 gals 112,529 tons. 13,189 tons. 31,075 Ibs. 1,250 Ibs. 358,227 10,560 330,535 43,585 44,160 4,661 3,409. 200 Ibs. 51,851 20 bush. 25 " 30 " 20 " 20 " 22 " 18 " 25 ' 130 " 125 " 396 Ibs. 3% tons. 72 gals. 1% tons. 3% tons. 275 Ibs. 250 Ibs. 90 bush. 75 120 165 145 75 6,260 ' 76 $1,418,783 288,973 466 629 8,987 317,253 255 30,851 f2,230 531,600 139,606 12,697 17 610 103,164 905,746 138 658 Sanpete Utah Sanpete Box Elder Utah Box Elder Salt Lake Utah Salt Lake Salt Lake Weber Weber Utah Utah Salt Lake Washington Box Elder Utah Utah Salt Lake Utah Utah Salt Lake Washington Utah Barley Oats live j:y (Jorn Buckwheat. . . Peas Beans Potatoes Other Hoots . . Seeds Broom Corn . . Sugar Cane. . . Meadow Lucerne Cotton Flax 125 474,875 15,090 252,885 50,487 41,234 13,805 177.240 140,261 Apples Pears Peaches Plums . Apricots Cherries Grapes Shrubbery. . . Since the above facts were compiled, the nature and propor- tions of Utah's products have considerably changed. Wheat and potatoes continue to be the great staples raised and their annual production is rapidly increasing. Wheat, flour and potatoes arc- being exported in large quantities, the latter commodity having an excellent and deserved reputation that has caused its exporta- Geo. Dunford, Boots, Shoes & Hats, Salt Lake City. California Lasso Saddles Wallin & Pickard, Salt Lake City- 1 6 UtaJi Directory Utah Territory. tion even to England. The light sandy loam of Salt Lake and < )ther valleys is eminently fitted for its growth and the Utah po- tato, if properly cultivated, is destined to constitute the most prominent agricultural export of the Territory. The cut of hay is also rapidly increasing and, during the last three years, lucerne has been planted and raised in enormous quantities. The fruit crop has not increased to an equal degree. Apple trees have been affected by worms and the peaches have suffered by what may be termed a deterioration of species caused by lack of proper attention. The fact remains, notwithstanding, that the peaches of Utah are still the finest in America and, when dried, form a staple article of export. In the Southern portion of the Territory, grape-vines grow with remarkable productivity and the varieties that are raised are annually improving in qual- ity. Wine making has been carried on for years and it is only necessary to secure cheaper transportation to make this industry one of the material sources of Utah's prosperity. In Southern Utah, also, the growth of cotton is rapidly increasing and such semi-tropical fruits as figs, bananas and oranges are being raised. Among the principal resources of Utah are the vast ranges for stock that are to be found within its borders. In the valleys, on the foot hills, in the canyons, on the divides, table lands and plains, the pasturage and feeding grounds for stock are excel- lent and almost without limit. /In the mountains, the snow is scarcely off the ground before the bunch grass makes its appear- ance everywhere. It grows between clefts in the rocks, among the brush, shale and pebbles, and seems to find sustenance from the most meagre soil. On high and rolling lands, however, it seems to flourish best; and in such parts, the hills of Utah and the islands of Salt Lake are covered with countless herds and flocks the year round. A finer and more delicate grass grows amid the sage and rabbit brush of the plains and it is on this that the numerous flocks of sheep fatten and prosper. The rais- ing of sheep and wool counts largely among the successful en- terprises of Utah and about a million and a quarter pounds are annually exported while a large quantity in addition is consumed by the woolen mills of the Territory. Furniture, Staple and Fancy, S, U, & K, D, Barratt Bros, S, L, City Nobby Riding Saddles and Bridles, Wallin & Piekard,S. L. City Utah Directory Utali Territory. In 1876, the Bureau of Statistics returned the following esti- mate of animals for the preceding year: ANIMAL STATISTICS. NO. HEAD. VALUE. County Having Grea'est Number. Stallions . . 108 $ 71,990 Salt Lake Mares . . 1,349 155,576 Cache Mules . ... 4,727 429,868 Utah All others, not horned 39,022 1 606,928 Utah Thoroughbred horned stock Graded " " .... All other " " Thoroughbred sheep All other sheep . . .... 510 3.511 103,447 15,620 287,608 48,122 103,447 2,630,565 143,745 985,638 Kich Utah Sanpete Tooele Salt Lake Goats 1,578 5,633 Washington Graded swine. .... 1,397 28,048 Cache Common ...... 25 143 288,917 Utah But the degree to which these herds have increased in num- ber and quality in the last few years is one of the most convinc- ing proofs of the growing importance of this Territory. Although horned cattle and sheep are being annually exported in great numbers, both alive and dressed, the proportion of increase is largely in excess of exports and the wealth of Utah is rapidly in- creasing by this means. In order to secure from Utah lands a successful crop, about two-thirds of the districts under cultivation must be irrigated from one to four times during the summer. Although this oper- ation entails much labor and expense, it places the elements un- der control of the farmer and the necessity gives him this ad- vantage over the producer in other countries: that he need not be afraid of either excessive moisture or blighting drought. In ordinary years the water supply in the agricultural districts is fully equal to the requirements of farming lands within its reach. Every canyon or mountain pass sends down its welcome watery tribute from the accumulated snows of winter and the increasing rainfall to which we have previously referred has ren- dered this supply, in the last decade, more abundant. These waters are conveyed, not without great expense, along the benches that overlook the farming lands and thus they are distributed, Wholesale and Retail Boots, Shoes and Hats, Geo. Dunford. 2 Saddlery &Sadd[epy-Hardware,Jobbed fay Waflin &. Pfckard, S.L.Cfty 1 8 Utah Directory Utah Territory. sometimes for many miles, to the most remote farms. In times of plenty, there is no difficulty about the apportionment of these waters, but when the snowfall has been light and the streams are correspondingly so, the regulation of these ditches becomes a matter subject to local law and is in some degree, a reason for the extensive, corporate limits that have been the subject of re- mark in Utah. While the geological features of Utah are mainly interesting on account of the wealth which the mountains are daily render- ing, the formation of the Territory is one of wonder and interest. Referring again to the great dividing range of Utah, the Wa- satch, we find that the Eastern flanks are formed of broad pla- teaus or terraces of shale and sandstone of the cretaceous and tertiary ages in which are found nearly all of the coal and lig- nite beds of Utah. These deposits are of great age and are es- timated to have been formed by fresh water at a period much earlier than the upheaval of the Wasatch range, which occasion must have also been contemporary with the upheaval of the Rocky Mountains of which it forms a part. It is estimated, on good authority, that the formation of the Great Basin itself is due to a somewhat sudden but profound sinking that must have taken place years ago, prior to which the Wasatch and Oquirrh ranges and the valleys between, were of such an elevation as would ac- count for the many evidences of glacial action which are every- where apparent among the higher valleys and clifts. The Wes- tern slopes of the Wasatch are very abrupt and precipitous, in- dicating still another sinking subordinate to, and of later date than that which formed the Great Basin itself. By this displace- ment, are revealed the crystaline rocks of the silurian, devonian and carboniferous periods, while the later and aqueous formations entirely disappear. These ancient paleozoic strata continue to the Westward and it is from such primordial rocks that the Oquirrh, Cedar and other desert ranges, far beyond the Western boundary of the territory, are formed. Through these strata are obtruded every form of the eruptive series, from the purest and most characteristic granites, through the porphyries, traychites, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Stands & Tables, Etc.,Barratt Bros. Ladies Saddles iu great variety, Wallin& Pickard, Salt Lake City Utah Directory Utah Territory. 19 basalts, etc., to lava itself. It is at points where these dykes force themselves through the country rock that precious metals are found; and it follows, therefore, that there is no more hope of finding the metals on the Eastern slopes of the Wasatch, except where these dykes appear, than there is of finding bituminous deposits on the Western. In this general outline, however, it must be remembered that the stratification of the mountains in Utah is distorted and capricious in the extreme; and as a result, general statements are liable to isolated exceptions of a very peculiar character. In the Southern portion of the territory, the Wasatch range is almost lost in a wonderful sandstone country. An enormous plateau, thousands of square miles in extent, sweeps the face of that region, cut deep by the Colorado and other rivers tributary to it. Where these water courses mark their way, it is amid giant crags of flaming red sandstone not infrequently capped by white freestone, whose fluted columns render the scene most re- markable and picturesque. In referring to the contour of the territory, interest centres in the Great Salt Lake which is one of the strange features of a strange region. This body of water at its greatest length and breadth is 75 by 50 miles, but its outlines are extremely irregular and no idea can be formed from the above figures as to its ex- tent. A careful estimate, however, places its water surface at 2,400 square miles. It is 4,218 feet above the level of the sea. Its Southern and Eastern shores are dotted at short distances by pleasant towns that rest at the base of the mountains, and are thus rendered picturesque; but to the North and West of the lake, the shores are flat and have been overflowed at no very re- mote date. They are literally saline deserts where no plant can find subsistence, and such is true of all points where the lake has washed. "No vegetation can survive where its spray is dashed, save a miserable little salt wort and a melancholy species of artemisia, whose straggling and thorny limbs appear black and burnt on the scorching sands. Where it is most shallow, the water is alive with myriads of little vermin which the Boston Look for Name, GEO. DUNFORD, Salt Lake City. WiLLIN'S PATENT STIRRUP, best for BROXCHO RIDERS. 20 Utah Directory Utah Territory. Society of Natural History has pronounced to be the artcmitr salina. Bathing in the Salt Lake is a most novel and pleasing; experience. It is impossible to sink, the water is so dense and buoyant. The constant tendency, however, is for the head to go under while the feet remain on the surface. But with very little practice, men, women and children grow accustomed to its pecu- liarities, and during the warm summer months resort to it in great numbers daily, finding in its waters a great source of ex- hilaration and refreshment." From a recently published table we reprint the following comparative analyses which may be con- sidered correct: {Continued on Page 21.) SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, and BLUE RAPIDS, KANSAS. This Company has the most complete Mills in the West. Being furnished with the latest improved machinery, they are enabled to turn out goods which for quality, finish and dura- bility are unsurpassed by any Mills in America, Their product consists of Miners, Travelers, Indian and Bed Blankets, Carriage and Indian Robes, Medium and Fine Cassimere, Medium and Fine Flannels, Plain and Fancy Yarn Socks, Plain and Fancy Wool Yarns, Tweeds, Jeans, &c., &c. They make a specialty of BLANKETS and FLANNELS adapted to the Western trade, which can be seen in the stocks of the leading merchants in Salt Lake City, among whom are MESSRS. WM. JENNINGS & SONS, WALKER BROS,, F. AUERBACH & BRO., and Z. C. M. I. Mattrasses, all kinds, Imported and made to order, Barratt Bros*. Wallin & Pickard carry full lines Trotting and Racing Goods. Utah Directory Utah Territory. 2\ 13 C 88 y FrJ 1-H .