EXPLORATIONS ACROSS THE GREAT 1JASIN OP UTAH. 



Tin: towns .. 



liil dhmil soil well 



Willow Creek has a population of about COO, 1 tlouri 

 [of a quality similar to that at llria'lmin City. 



Ogd< 





)out 000 inhabit 



ants, 1 flour 



ing-mill, ; 



md all 



out 1,000 t 



good land 



L in cultivation 













Web 



or Fort has al 



>out 400 inhabit; 



mts, 1 saw-: 



mill, 1 floi 



uring-r 



nill, and ab« 



Thei 



vi als.VIi seal 



tering populatio 



n in this con 



nt.y of ab< 



>ut GOO 



>, making th 



populatio 



n of the counl 



:y about 3,(i00. 









Farn 



ling-ton is the 



county-seat of . 



Davis Conn: 



ty, and h 



as a p 



emulation o 



1,000, 1 ; 



saw-mill, 1 tlo 



uring-mill, a coi 



art-house n 



ot quite i 



inished 



, and abou 



acres of 1 



and in cultiva 

 ivville and its 



vicinity has a p< 



Ration of 





00, 1 Si 



tiw-mill, 1 fl 



mill, and about 2,000 acres of cultivable land, of a quality similar to that at Oo-don 

 City. 



There are several other small settlements in this county, embracing a population 

 of about 800; making the entire population of the county about 2,800. 



Six miles south of Centreville are the noted Hot Springs, witlj a temperature 

 but little below boiling-heat, and too well known to require a description at present. 



Great Salt Lake City is the county-seat of Salt Lake County, and has a popula- 

 tion of about 8,000; several public, buildings, the most imposing of which are the 

 new court-house (unfinished), the Tabernacle, the church-store, council-house, and 

 the Social Hall; but, above all these, Brigham Youngs superb mansion and'Lion 

 House tower with quite an oriental magnificence. 



The foundation of the Mormon Temple has been laid upon the Temple Block, 

 and in the spring of 1857 about 300 stone-cutters were engaged in preparing the 

 materials for the building; bnt (mysterious <nv Thy innjs 01 Lord) on the announce- 

 ment of the advance of troops toward Utah, the sound of the war-bugle succeeded 



