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128.1 4.1 Brigham,* P. 0. on left.
Meeting trolley, turn left onto Main
bt., passing large brick church on left.
Right on Main St. is Route 690 to Snowville.
133.0 4.9 Right-hand diagonal road; bear right.
Thru Willard* 135 3
Pass Hot Springs Sta. on right 140.3.
diagonal road; bear right away from trolley.
144.3 1.7 Irregular 4-corners; bear right with trolley.
Thru 5-corners
147.5—now on Washington Ave. Pass large brick school on
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e n City M a p and Points of Interest, page 661.
Left at 148.6 leads to Ogden Canyon.
Cross iron bridge over Ogden river 149.3.
150.2 5.9 OGDEN, UTAH, Washington Ave. & 25th St., city hall on
right.
H01 L 5 miles E. of Ogden.
Lf ?Tl he L nermRage Hotel,
ahead
* S Route 662 to Sa,t Lake Cit y and Route 708 to
E vansfon
Left on 25th St. is Note (a) on Route 661 to Huntsville.
Route 703—Madison Junction, Yellowstone Park, Wyo., to
Yellowstone, Mont.—13.7 m.
Reverse Route 700.
0< ? d gravel; balance excellent asphalt macadam.
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. the connection between the park loop and the western entrance leaving th®
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th?"entrancf ' adlSOn Junction and following the Madison river road to Yellowstone at
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Total Between Yellowstone National Park Detail Map, page 708
Mileage Point.
0.0 0.0 MADISON JUNCTION, WYO.
Go west along Madison river
(bear right if coming from Gardiner).
Cross small iron bridge
over Madison river 6.0.
Pass Riverside Ranger Sta. on left
9.5. Cross Wyoming-Montana state line 11.6. Thru Christmas
Tree Park 12.8.
13.6 13.6 Yellowstone Ranger Checking Sta., Mont., on right.
Stop here
and register.
13.7
0.1 YELLOWSTONE, sta. on left.
0A 0a n st ~
jugwIrlVuK ™ ,o P.“5«”j! 54 Blk - w - »' »"*
Route 707—Salt Lake City, Utah, to Evanston, Wyo.
86.0 m.
Reverse Route 730.
S canyon and Coalville. First 5 miles pavement; then graded gravel to
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summit of Farley s canyon; balance dirt, with a few rough stretches ^
Summanr'
Summary- k 5
miles pavement; 20.1 miles graded gravel; 65.4 mhes dirt
t r ave s6 R a hniy sage-brush and prairie country, with a few farming and
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some coal-mining districts. g and
This is a section of the Lincoln highway.
of raads .. in
vicin,ity. including several of the main highways
ho ‘mocoJwoI! destruction and repair work during the coming year will
It being imnos-
t0 datermlne at the Present time just which roads will be included In *this
n tr C 0n advise tourists to call upon Mr. W. D. Rishel
TT+ v, A V Secretary of the
C BUllding ' Exchange P1
Lake Cit^r tLmost ?ec^in1oLiuon * °PP° slte p - O- Salt
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Distance For this and other exits see City Map, page 656.
M™aie Points" For enlarged map of Congested Business District, see page 658.
0.0 0.0 SALT LAKE CITY, E. South Temple & Main Sts, at Brigham
•Brigham, Utah (pop. 5,000, alt. 4,305 ft.), is the station cans in the height of the season
situated at the western base of the Wasatch 60-75 cars of tomatoes a day.
Brigham was
mountains 20 miles north of Ogden and near settled in 1853 and named for Brigham Young.
•Willard, Utah (pop.
the northern shore of Great Salt lake. It is 577), is 12 miles north
of Ogden on Great Salt lake.
noted for its peaches. In summer the town It is a quiet old
town whose streets are lined with poplars.
is almost completely hidden beneath peach It
was started by the early Mormon settlers at
trees which grow luxuriantly because every
the mouth of a canyon where
street has its irrigating ditch running the a perennial
mountain stream affords water for irrigation.
entire length of the street. Since 1907 Brig- The houses
are surrounded with peach or-
ham has celebrated "peach day” early in Sep-
chards and the growing of peaches and to-
tember. On that day free peaches, plums
matoes is the principal industry.
In the can-
and melons are given to the thousands of yon back of Willard a stream leaps over in a
visitors to . the town. Tomatoes are also
beautiful water fall and disappears in the ter-
grows is larga quantities and a factory near races below.