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Show m Thr^ e d ist in ct Highways lead into the nearest o f these canyo ns, Ci t y Creek Can yo n — one b y the w ay o f Cap it o l Hill and along the west wall o f the d efile; one up through the cent er, branching o f f fro m St at e St r e e t || just beyond the Eag le G a t e ; and the t hird b y w ay o f the W asat ch Boule vard , skirting the north bench and turning up the canyon along the east wall. These roads m eet a mile o r t wo from the mouth o f the canyo n, m erging int o one which continues up ward in an ever- chang ing and always m ag nificent m ountain g o rg e. Em ig rat io n Can yo n , a d eep clef t in the m ountain wall d irect ly east o f the cit y, is one o f the m ost b eaut iful and cert ain ly the m ost hist o ric. Through this pass, Orso n Prat t , and Erastus Snow, t wo "M o rm o n " p io neer lead ers, ent ered the valley and surveyed conditions,, on Ju ly 22, 1847, and were fo llo wed the next d ay b y the f irst peop le o f the pio neer group, who began making p rep arat io ns f o r living t h ere. On Ju ly 24, Brigham Young and the b alance o f this p art y cam e into t he valley, and in com m em orat io n o f his ent ry, Ju ly 24t h has b eco m e a hist o ric holiday f o r the st at e o f Ut ah. To d ay, a splendid auto m obile hig hway extends some fo urt een or sixt een miles into the heart o f the m ountains. The next canyo n to the southward is Parley's^ thro ug h which is one o f the main t ransco nt inent al hig hways. A railro ad line fro m Salt Lake Ci t y to the rich mining d ist rict in the Park C i t y area also makes use o f this canyo n. Then com es M ill Creek Can yo n , a d elig htful ravine o f charm ing b eau t y. Ju st b eyo nd , opening into a suburb o f b eaut iful co unt ry homes, is Big Co t t o n w o o d , one o f the m ost m ag nificent g orges in the ent ire W est . On both sides o f the hig hway the m ountain walls rise alm ost sheer — rug ged , gaunt, im posing , sublim e. The last canyo n in the g reat sem i- circle is Lit t le Co t t o n w o o d — a g lacier- g o ug ed g o rg e which is even m ore rugged and wild than its sister to the no rth. H ere, on the g reat g ranit e bo uld ers, big as a house, m ay be seen the scrat ches m ade b y the m oving river o f ice which in t he longag o carved this U- shaped d efile. BRIEF FA CT S A BO U T U TA H Utah — - Originally nam ed " D eseret " which means Ho ney- b ee; name chang ed to Utah in 1850, d erived fro m Ut e, one o f a Shoshonean Indian t rib e. First W hit e M an t o visit this t errit ory — Cap t ain Gar cia Lo p ez de Card en as, a lieut enant under Co ro n ad o , wand ered into area now o c cup ied b y San Ju an Co u n t y, in 1540. First Set t lem ent — A f o rt co nst ruct ed b y Gen eral W . H . Ash ley on the shores o f Utah Lake in 1825, where he op ened a t rad ing p o st . ♦ |
