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Cross RR 40.7.
Cross small iron bridge 40.8, turning right
with road just beyond.
41.3 0.9 Left-hand diagonal road, sign on left; bear left.
Straight ahead at 41.3 leads to Hypum.
Cross RRs 46.3-46.5.
47.5 6.2 End of road, water-trough on right; turn left.
Same thoro-
fare becomes Main St.
48.7 1.2 Logan,* Main & Center Sts., tabernacle square on right, bank
on left.
Straight thru with trolley on Main St. Thru promi-
nent 4-corners 53.4. Cross trolley 55.1.
56.1 7.4 Smithfield,* bank on right.
Straight thru with trolley.
62.1 6.0 Richmond, Utah, trolley sta. on right (business center two
blocks to right). Straight thru across trolley. Pass Merrills
Sta. on right 64.1. Pass Webster Sta., Utah, on left 65.7.
Cross Utah-Idaho state line 67.3.
68.5 6.4 End of road; jog left and immediately right, passing factory
on right (do not cross main RR).
73.3
68.7
0.2 Franklin, Idaho, 3-corners (business center *4 mile to right).
Bear left downgrade under RR. Avoid right-hand diagonal
road 70.2. Cross RR 70.5. Cross RR at Whitney Sta. 72.6.
72.9 4.2 Whitney, left-hand road, stone church and P. O. on left. Turn
left.
Cross
0.4 Right-hand diagonal road just before RR; bear right.
small concrete bridge 74.6.
74.8 1.5 Irregular 4-corners ; bear left upgrade.
75.6 0.8 5-corners just before RR; bear right along same.. Bear right
onto Main St. 75.8. Pass Preston Sta. on left 75.9.
76.2 0.6 Preston,* 4-corners, banks on right and left. Turn left.
Follow winding road downgrade 77.4. Cross small iron
bridge over Bear river 78.7.
81.5 5.3 End of road, house on right; turn left. Cross RR 82.5.
83.3 1.8 Right-hand road, house on right; turn right.
Pass church
on right and left 83.5.
83.8 0.5 Dayton, store on right. Straight thru.
88.6 4.8 End of road; bear left with poles.
88.8 0.2 End of road; turn right with poles.
89.0 0.2 Clifton, left-hand road, store on left. Turn left one block.
89.1 0.1 4-corners, large wooden church on far right; turn right one
block.
89.2 0.1 5-comers; bear left.
94.6 5.4 Right-hand road, small brick store on right; turn right.
94.8 0.2 End of road ; turn left.
95.0 0.2 Oxford, P. O. on left. Straight thru. Avoid right-hand road
95.4.
•Logan, Utah. (pop. 10,000, alt. 4,600 ft.), is skirmishes were had with the Indians in the
situated on two plateaus, one above the other, early days and the first settlers were obliged
at the base of the mighty Wasatch range. to live for a long time in a fort for protection.
Dairying and agriculture are the principal The town is located at the highest point in
the picturesque Cache valley and is noted for
industries and the country takes pride in its
its farming and dairy interests. Much sugar
many pure-bred herds of cattle, the Holstein
beet is grown in this section and the town
and Jersey predominating. Some of the finest '
has a splendid sugar factory.
hard grains in the world are also said to be
•Preston, Ida. (pop. 4,200, alt. 4,721 ft.).
raised on the dry farms in Cache county. Five miles north of this point, on a creek
Logan is an important educational center,
called Battle creek, the most important bat-
having among its institutions of learning the tle in Idaho was fought between government
state agricultural college, Brigham Young troops from Ft. Douglas under Colonel
college and New Jersey academy. Logan tem-
Conners and Chief Bear Hunter and his tribe.
ple, standing on the brow of the plateau just One of the largest electrical plants in the
east of the business section, is a wonderful intermountain country is located a few mile*
and interesting structure which attracts the
northeast of town. The first railroad in Idaho
attention upon first entering the valley.
was built thru Preston. Several warm spring*
•Smithfield, Utah (pop. 2,200, alt. 4,500 ft), are located about 4 miles northwest of Preston
was settled by the Mormons in 1859. Several along the Bear river.