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railroad turns to the south (left) and runs to the Tintic mining dis- 
trict, 43 miles distant. The town was named Springville because 
of a large hot spring which issues from the base of the mountain in 
Hobble Canyon just east of the town. This spring and the stream 
into which it flows provide an unfailing supply of pure water for 
the State fish hatchery, which is about a mile from the town on the 
right of the track. 
East of Springville the Bonneville shore line is beautifully de- 
veloped on the mountain front (see Pl. LXX XIX A); above it 
the normal mountain slopes appear, but below it all is covered with 
the sediment deposited in the old lake. 
In a short distance the railroad descends to the lower plain, which 
it follows to the town of Provo. The shore line in this vicinity is 
remarkably well preserved and has been named the 
Provo. Provo shore line. At Provo a branch line of the 
Beate sn feet. railroad turns directly through the town and the 
Denver 701 miles,  _Well-irrigated farms to the north and ascends Provo 
Canyon, which cuts across the Wasatch Range. The 
canyon winds about the base of Timpanogos Peak, on the north, and 
here many views of this beautiful peak may be obtained. (See PI. 
XC.) The branch line is 26 miles long and terminates at the Mormon 
town of Heber, which is beautifully situated in one of the level moun- 
tain valleys at an elevation of 5,559 feet above the sea. 
Provo, one of the wealthiest of the Mormon towns, has large manu- 
facturing industries. The following description of the town is given 
by Stanley Wood: 
This pretty little city belongs to the best type of Mormon towns, and a de- 
scription will serve to give the reader a good idea of the characteristics of all 
the towns built by the Mormons. The dwellings as a rule are comfortable but 
any of 
side of the streets, and shade trees in abundance and of luxuriant growth render 
the walks cool and inviting. Gardens filled with fruit, flowers, and vegetables 
are the rule, and bs poset aeap clean industrious, semirural life is the good fortune 
of the residents et Provo River furnishes excellent water power, 
while nas supplies of artesian water are to be found at a depth of 
to 200 f he city has, in fact, the finest water supply in any section 
of Utah. Proyo has an excellent public-school system and is the seat of the 
Brigham Young Academy, which was amply endowed by the first president of the 
Mormon Church, from whom the school takes its name. Its churches and public 
buildings, including an opera house, are a credit to its people, who are of a 
literary taste and inclined to liberality of thought. 
One who is not familiar with the development of the Salt Lake 
Valley can hardly realize that it was first settled little more than 70 
years ago, when there were no green spots in the valley except where 
the mountain streams first spread their waters out upon the valley 
