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Ogden or Salt Lake City, at either of which points will be found 

 pack horses, guides, and all necessary outfit and provisions. 



Morgan County — 



Peterson. This county is adjacent to Salt Lake County, and has the same gen- 

 eral physical features. The game is abundant, and includes bears, deer, foxes, 

 beavers, pinnated grouse, sage hens, pine hens and ducks. All the mountain 

 streams furnish good trout fishing. The route is via the Union Pacific Railroad. 

 Board in private' family $i ; guides $3. (See Salt Lake County.) 

 Salt Lahe County, and those Adjoining— 



The country generally is mountainous ; the Wasatch, Oquirrh, and other ranges 

 being prominent features, and occupying a large proportion of the whole district. 

 Amid the Wasatch Mountains are the canons of City Creek, Dry, Red Butte, 

 Emigration, Parley's, Mill Creek, Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, Willow 

 Creek, and a number of other canons and streams of less notoriety. 



City Creek is immediately north of Salt Lake City, and the others are to the 

 east and south in the order mentioned. 



The canons named are on the east side, and the mountains are more precipi- 

 tous than those on the west, in the Oquirrh range, in which there are several 

 canons and streams, all of which contain game of various kinds. Iowa and Cali- 

 fornia quail have been imported, and are doing well. 



In both ranges of mountains there are plenty of pine hens, as they are locally 

 known, and on all the foothills or benches at the proper season, can be found 

 pinnated grouse, sage hens, rabbits, plover, curlew, etc., and on the bottoms 

 nearer the Salt Lake are immense quantities of hares and cotton tail rabbits. 



The Jordan River, which runs from south to north through the valley, has 

 recently been stocked with imported fish of many varieties, and will soon afford 

 excellent sport for the angler, as the streams contain large quantities of whitefish, 

 chub, and some trout— which are indigenous to the stream. All of the streams 

 from the canons mentioned, are well stocked with mountain trout and mountain 

 herring. 



In nearly all of the caiions, especially those which are less frequented, deer, 

 and an occasional elk, and large numbers of bears may be found. The severe 

 snow storms of winter often drive the deer down into the settlements near the 

 mountains. 



The description here given, although with special reference to the immediate 

 neighborhood of Salt Lake City, will apply to all other parts of Utah. To the 

 north for one hundred and fifty miles, these canons and streams are met with 

 every few miles, and in them can be found more or less game of the kinds enu- 

 merated. The Weber River, near which Ogden is situated, is a splendid stream, 

 rich in trout, and is a watering place for innumerable ducks and geese. Special 

 mention is due to Ogden Caiion, one of the most picturesque and attractive 

 mountain retreats in the Rocky Mountains. There are plenty of trout in the 

 stream, and abundance of fowl on the mountain side. The hunter will find bears 

 and deer also in their season. 



Farther to the north is the Bear River, a magnificent stream liberally stocked 

 with fish of many kinds, prominent among which is the trout. This is the finest 

 river for fish in the Territory. But the best sport for the angler is found in the 

 creeks, such as Blacksmith's Fork and scores of other narrow and swift mountain 

 streams, which are the homes of great numbers of splendid trout. All of these 

 streams can be reached without any difficulty, as they are in close proximity to 

 the railroads, and in many instances crossed by them. 



To the south of Salt Lake City about forty miles is the famous Utah Lake, 

 full of trout, mullet, chub, mountain herring, etc. This is an immense sheet of 

 water and although there are scores of tons of trout and other fish taken out each 

 season, it still affords a supply for all demands made upon it. While speaking 

 of the north mention should have been made of the splendid fishing and grouse 

 shooting to be found in Cache Valley. Thousands of grouse, geese, ducks, etc., 

 are shot here every season. These grounds can be reached directly by rail, as 

 the Utah and Northern Railroad runs through the best hunting grounds. 



In Mear Lake Valley, which is but a few miles from the northern terminus 

 of the same road, there are large quantities of ducks, geese and chicken, and 

 plenty of bears and deer to be found in the surrounding mountains. Bear Lake, 

 about twenty-five miles long and eight to ten miles wide, is the abode of trout 

 innumerable, consisting principally of salmon trout, some of them of very large 



