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  UNITED 
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  most 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  country 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  sage 
  and 
  

  

  grass. 
  

  

  Then, 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  canon, 
  the 
  Bear 
  flows 
  out 
  into 
  Cache 
  Valley, 
  the 
  

   "Garden 
  of 
  Utah." 
  This 
  beautiful, 
  fertile 
  valley 
  is 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  in 
  

   length 
  in 
  a 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  direction, 
  by 
  12 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  direc- 
  

   tion. 
  It 
  lies 
  between 
  the 
  Bear 
  Eiver 
  and 
  the 
  Wasatch 
  Eanges, 
  and 
  

   has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  600 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  Bear 
  flows 
  half-way 
  down 
  this 
  valley, 
  then, 
  turning 
  west, 
  it 
  cuts 
  

   its 
  way 
  through 
  a 
  low 
  ridge, 
  which 
  here 
  represents 
  the 
  Wasatch 
  Range, 
  

   and 
  thence 
  flows 
  off 
  southward 
  to 
  Great 
  Salt 
  Lake. 
  

  

  The 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  slopes 
  gently 
  inwards 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   mountains 
  or 
  hills 
  which 
  limit 
  it. 
  Near 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  extending 
  for 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  miles 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  it, 
  is 
  fine 
  meadow 
  land, 
  sufficiently 
  

   moist 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  cultivation 
  without 
  artificial 
  irrigation. 
  The 
  natural 
  

   productions 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  are 
  coarse 
  marsh 
  grasses, 
  while 
  

   the 
  drier 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  bunch 
  grass, 
  with 
  a 
  due 
  

   admixture 
  of 
  sage; 
  though 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  there 
  is 
  

   much 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  proportion 
  of 
  this 
  latter 
  staple. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   valley, 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  hills 
  surrounding 
  it, 
  

   can 
  easily 
  be 
  burned 
  over. 
  

  

  Cache 
  Yalley 
  is 
  well 
  settled. 
  The 
  population, 
  which 
  in 
  1870 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  8 
  229, 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  Mormon 
  persuasion, 
  and 
  are 
  almost 
  ex- 
  

   clusively 
  engaged 
  in 
  agricultural 
  pursuits. 
  A 
  very 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  arable 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  is 
  now 
  under 
  cultivation. 
  The 
  cultivated 
  

   areas 
  extend 
  in 
  strips 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  down 
  nearly 
  or 
  

   quite 
  to 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  are 
  irrigated 
  mainly 
  from 
  the 
  large 
  lateral 
  

   branches 
  of 
  the 
  Bear. 
  

  

  The 
  Wasatch 
  Bange 
  forms 
  the 
  eastern 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  Valley.. 
  

   This 
  range, 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  middle 
  and 
  southern 
  part 
  is 
  broad 
  and 
  very 
  

   complicated, 
  in 
  its 
  northern 
  part, 
  i. 
  e., 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  gap 
  of 
  the 
  Weber 
  

   River, 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  narrowed, 
  being 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  ridge; 
  and 
  

   just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Gates 
  of 
  the 
  Bear 
  it 
  practically 
  disappears, 
  being 
  rep- 
  

   resented 
  at 
  the 
  Gates 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  low 
  ridge. 
  Farther 
  north 
  this 
  ridge 
  

   develops 
  suddenly 
  into 
  a 
  high 
  range, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Malade 
  Range, 
  

   which 
  forms 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  wall 
  of 
  Cache 
  Valley. 
  West 
  of 
  it 
  

   lies 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Malade 
  River, 
  stretching 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Salt 
  Lake. 
  This 
  valley 
  is 
  somewhat 
  more 
  arid 
  

   than 
  that 
  east 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  yet 
  supports 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  growth 
  for 
  pasturage. 
  

   Meadow 
  land 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  considerable 
  amount 
  near 
  the 
  streams 
  m 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Great 
  Salt 
  Lake. 
  

   As 
  in 
  Cache 
  Valley, 
  these 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  coarse 
  marsh 
  grasses. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  valley 
  is 
  burnable. 
  

  

  The 
  hills 
  west 
  of 
  Malade 
  Valley, 
  the 
  Blue 
  Spring 
  Hills, 
  are 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  devoid 
  of 
  timber, 
  and 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  excellent 
  grass, 
  with 
  

   a 
  slight 
  admixture 
  of 
  sage. 
  They 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  burned 
  over. 
  Such 
  is 
  

   also 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  valley 
  next 
  west, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Blue 
  Spring 
  VaL 
  

  

  