"It was a typical Mormon village, one of a line of closely connected settlements running along the valley between the Wasatch and the great lake. Many of the streets were lined with locust trees, whose white blossoms in June filled the air with a delicious fragrance. Under the trees ran mountain brooks, falling in white cascades down the hilly streets. Picturesque low stonehouses were set back in bushy yards, each house with its orchard beside it, delightful old overgrown orchards, in which the children played and calves grazed in the dappling sunlight."

Florence A. Merriam, 1894