Railroading

Since I really believe railroading served as an important catalyst in the further growth of young Honeyville, I think it is fun to find anything from the old narrow gauge railroad, the Utah Northern Railroad.  Below is one of the handful of pictures I have found showing the one of the engines that ran that line.  I also include a picture of some spikes that I recently found that belonged to the narrow gauge track - laid in 1872 and replaced about 15 years later with broad gauge track.

Regular railroad spike next to narrow gauge spikes

This was one of the UNRR first cars, but had been transferred to another line in this photo

Froiseth's 1871

     In the waning weeks of the "Utah Drawn" exhibit at the Utah state capitol, my wife was kind enough to go take some cell phone shots of the rare, private collection, maps that are on display.  Of particular interest is the 1871 Froiseth map of Utah, authorized by the territorial legislature.  This is the oldest know (to me) map listing Honeyville.

Froiseth's 1871 map of Utah (angle due to glare) taken August 2017 at Utah State capitol

This map became the basis for many maps that were published very the following decade.  I wish I could get my hands on a good quality digital image, but the ones held by public universities are too fragile to scan.

Honeyville is near the center of this photograph of the 1871 Froiseth Map of Utah

There it is.  Honeyville was listed as a city on maps in 1871, seen on train time tables in 1872, and referenced in journals as Honeyville about the same time.
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