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Show 20 UTAH GAZETTEER. springs for the invalid; mountains and streams, game and fish and fair weather for the pleasure seeker, and wealth, health and happiness for all. FLORA. On the mountains and along the water-courses are found the following trees, shrubs and vines: Cottonwood, dwarf birch, willow, quaking aspen, mountain maple, box elder, scrub cedar, scrub oak, mountain oak, white, red, yellow and pinyon pine, white spruce, balsam-fir, mountain mahogany, common elder, dwarf hawthorn, sumac, wild hop, wild rose, dwarf sunflower, and of edible berries, serice berry, bull-berry, wild-cherry, wild currant, etc. Most of the plants belong to the Compositae, Cruciferae, Leguminosa, Borraginacea, or Rosacea. FAUNA. Among the animals are the coyote, gray wolf, wolverine, mountain sheep, buffalo (now extinct in Utah), antelope, elk, moose; black tailed, white tailed, and mule deer; grizzly, black and cinnamon bear, citvet cat, striped squirrel, gopher, prairie dog, beaver, porcupine, badger, skunk, wild cat, lynx, sage and jack-rabbit and cottontail. Birds: Golden and bald eagle and osprey; horned, screech and burrowing owl; duck, pigeon, sparrow, sharp-shinned and goshawk; woodpecker, raven, yellow-billed magpie, jay, blackbird, ground robin, long sparrow; purple, grass and Gambell’s finch; fly-catcher, wren, water-ouzel, skylark, English snipe, winter yellow-legs, spotted sand piper, great blue heron, bittern, stork, swam, pelican, Peale’s egret, ground dove, red-shafter flicker, mallard and green-winged teal; goose, ptarmigan, humming bird, mountain quail, sage cock and pine hen. Reptiles: Rattlesnake, water-snake, harlequin snake and lizards. The tarantula and scorpion are found, but are not common. ELEVATION OF CITIES, TOWNS, MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OF UTAH. The following list, showing the elevation of 154 different points in Utah, is compiled from government surveys: CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. ELEVATION CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. ELEVATION American Fork,… 4,608 Laketown,… 6,001 Antelope Spring,… 4,850 Logan,… 4,557 Adamsville,… 5,600 Lone Peak,… 10,713 Akanaqui,… 4,457 Lime Rock Valley,… 4,400 to 5,400 Big Cottonwood,… 4,261 Lucin,… 4,498 Binnington,… 5,798 Mount Nebo,… 11,999 Burro Peak,… 12,833 Mount Baldy,… 11,730 Bear River Bridge,… 4,543 Mount Belcher,… 9,716 Bear Valley,… 7,071 Mammoth Mill,… 6,947 Bear Lake,… 5,911 Mattin,… 4,597 Beaver,… 6,020 Meadow Creek,… 5,992 Blue Creek,… 4,319 Mill Creek Station,… 6,504 Bonneville,… 4,310 Mill Spring,… 6,594 Bovine,… 4,347 Montpelier,… 5,793 Box Canyon Spring,… 4,261 Monument,… 4,227 Brigham City,… 4,226 Mountain Meadows,… 5,741 Buck Horn Spring,… 5,688 Mount Pleasant,… 6,090 Centreville,… 4,235 Mount Tohkwano,… 13,500 Cox Peak,… 13,250 Nephi,… 4,920 to 4938 Camp Douglas,… 4,800 to 5,024 Ogden,… 4,302 Camp Floyd,… 4,850 to 4,867 Oak Creek,… 5,158 Camp Stevenson,… 5,930 Oak Springs,… 6,790 Castle Rock,… 6,260 Ombery,… 4,721 UTAH GAZETTEER. 21 CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. ELEVATION CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. ELEVATION Cedar City,… 5,726 Pleasant Grove,… 4,557 Cedar Spring,… 5,100 Provo,… 4,520 Circleville,… 5,624 Payson,… 4,613 Copenhagen,… 4,999 Panguitch,… 6,273 Corinne,… 4,232 Pahreah,… 4,562 Cub River Bridge,… 5,524 Parowan,… 5,900 Draper,… 5,513 Phillips’ Village,… 4,327 Divide, Spur of Mountain,… 4,808 Porteo Valley,… 5,590 Davies’ Mount,… 13,300 Potatoe “ … 7,331 Deadman’s Spring,… 6,782 Promontory,… 4,905 Deep Creek,… 5,237 Rabbit Valley, Fort of,… 6,821 Deseret Spring,… 5,886 Randolph,… 6,422 Devil’s Gate,… 4,835 Richfield,… 5,283 Diamond,… 3,769 Richmond,… 4,641 Dedoquiba Spring,… 4,659 Richmond Prairie,… 5,571 Echo,… 5,509 Rozel,… 4,000 Ephraim,… 5,633 Rush Valley,… 5,223 Eureka City,… 6,400 Salt Lake City,… 4,261 Evanston,… 6,870 Sandy,… 4,457 Farmington,… 4,260 Springville,… 4,525 Fairfield,… 4,886 Spanish Fork,… 4,556 Faust,… 5,296 Santaquin,… 4,884 Fillmore,… 6,025 Summit,… 5,032 Fish Spring,… 4,269 Sevier Lake,… 4,600 Fort American,… 6,098 St. Mary’s,… 6,200 Fort Crittendon,… 4,860 Signal Office, Salt Lake City,… 4,250 Fountain Green,… 5,875 San Francisco Spring,… 6,527 Great Salt Lake,… 4,218 Scipio,… 5,113 Gilbert’s Peak,… 13,687 Sevier Bridge,… 4,765 Gould’s Ranch,… 4,052 Sevier City,… 6,369 Grass Valley,… 6,857 Skull Valley,… 4,850 Gunnison,… 5,144 Skumpah,… 6,142 Hayden’s Peak,… 13,500 Smithfield,… 4,616 Hanging Rock,… 5,974 Strawberry Valley,… 7,726 Hawawah Spring,… 4,255 Sulphur Springs,… 4,500 Hay Spring,… 5,092 St. George,… 2,700 Hay Patch Spring,… 5,590 Terrace,… 4,544 Heber,… 5,524 Tintic,… 4,833 Hebron,… 5,474 Tooele Valley,… 4,487 Heusch Spring,… 5,373 Utah Lake,… 4,498 Hyde Park,… 4,553 Uintah,… 4,544 Indian Spring,… 5,771 Uintah Agency,… 6,133 Iron City,… 6,099 Wood’s Cross,… 4,299 Joe’s Valley,… 8,420 Wasatch,… 6,151 Kaysville,… 4,298 Wanship,… 6,200 Kamas,… 6,304 Washie-pah-gun Spring,… 4,421 Kamas Prairie,… 6,225 Washington,… 2,906 Kanab,… 4,900 Weber,… 5,096 Kanara,… 5,419 Wellsville,… 4,568 Kelton,… 4,323 White Sulphur Spring,… 4,421 Little Cottonwood,… 4,288 White Valley,… 4,360 Lehi,… 4,585 Willard City,… 4,350 Logan Peak,… 13,500 Willow Spring,… 4,421 Lake,… 4,223 York,… 4,957 |