THE PLEASANT LAND OF UTAH 



pansc of arid land in its natural desert state, typifying 

 alike the conditions encountered by the pioneers and 

 the present aspect of a vast proportion of Utah. On 

 the left, one sees hastening down the canyon the roaring 

 creek which watered the first crop ever planted in these 

 valleys; on the right, the glistening expanse of the 

 famous inland sea. And inclosing all, the mountains 

 treasure-house of precious metals, of coal, of iron, of 

 timber, and of the snows and- waters which fertilized the 

 desert and made it blossom with civilization. 



Here in a single picture is all of Utah town and 

 country, farm, workshop, mine, shrines of religion, and 

 play-grounds of wealth and leisure. If the human eye 

 might look beyond the brown barriers, which now inter- 

 cept the view, to the very boundaries of the State, 

 it would see nothing more than it sees from Capitol 

 Hill, for Utah is a succession of mountains, of desert 

 valleys, and of crystal streams, and scattered over it all is 

 the wealth of the mine and the sleeping potentiality 

 here and there partially awakened of the home, the 

 field, the orchard, and the workshop. It is a pleasant 

 and a sunny land, unforgotten by the most casual traveller 

 who has crossed it and well loved by those who claim it 

 as their home. It is easy to understand the feelings of 

 the little Utah boy who tired of the World's Fair in a 

 very few days and begged, with tears in his eyes, to be 

 taken back. Asked if there were not plenty of interest- 

 ing sights in Chicago, he replied, "Yes, but I can't see 

 no mountains \" 



Utah has a population of about a quarter of a million. 

 Though this is but one-half as many as Colorado, and 

 one-fifth as many as California, the new State approaches 



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