{"id":2116,"date":"2018-11-18T23:56:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebervalleymag.wpengine.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2022-06-02T01:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T01:01:49","slug":"paradise-land-heber-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/en\/dont-miss\/paradise-land-heber-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Land&#8230;Heber Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In Ute, \u201cWasatch\u201d means \u201cmountain pass\u201d or \u201clow pass over high range.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Originally discovered by the Ute tribe, the Heber Valley served as a summer hunting ground. It was also a place where materials could be found to make tools.<\/p>\n<p>On July 24th, 1847, Brigham Young declared, \u201cThis is the place\u201d and moved the pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley. But Heber Valley, caught between Salt Lake and Provo, could not be settled until there was a road through either Parley\u2019s Canyon or Provo Canyon. In 1857, sawmill workers in Big Cottonwood Canyon hiked to the summit of the Wasatch Range and saw Heber Valley; they called it \u201cparadise land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mormon church leaders sent exploratory parties to settle the territory. In 1852, J.D. Parks and William and Robert Gardner set out to find the source of the Weber River and determined that the valley, now known as Heber Valley, could support a settlement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2117\" src=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7b-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7b-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7b.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>However, it took another six years to establish a settlement. With new immigrants arriving daily, the need for land increased. Church leaders directed new immigrants to the new settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Settlements had become communities in Utah Valley and a direct route from the immigrant trail to Provo City became a priority. A road up Provo Canyon and through what is now the Heber Valley would save immigrants, traders and the military time and money. In 1855, the Provo Canyon Road Company was established. Because the territorial government was not terribly interested in building this road, the LDS Church organized men and resources and started construction.<br \/>\nBy late summer of 1858, ranchers from Utah Valley were grazing cattle in what they called \u201cNew London,\u201d since most of surveyors immigrated from England. Finally in 1859, a road linked Provo with Heber Valley\u2014allowing pioneers to settle Heber, Midway, Charleston and Daniel. Most of the initial settlers were immigrants from England who were converted to The Church of Latter-Day Saints by Heber C. Kimball, hence, the name Heber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2118\" src=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/hebervalleyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The first homes were\u00a0 built in 1860 from\u00a0 locally quarried red sandstone, adobe and brick. Many of those homes and buildings still line historic Main Street. In 1862, the Utah Legislature made Heber the county seat of Wasatch County. The town\u2019s population grew in 1866 as people from surrounding settlements moved in during the Black Hawk War.<\/p>\n<p>Heber\u2019s economy depended on agriculture, livestock and dairying. In 1899, the Rio Grande Western railway track was completed making Heber City a shipping center for agricultural products.<\/p>\n<p>As Heber grew, locals opened hotels, retail stores, markets, lumberyards, banks and a movie theater.<\/p>\n<p>By the mid-1960s, demands changed. Milk and cream from the Heber Valley Milk Depot no longer shipped in bulk and the demand for coal and oil was replaced with natural gas and electricity. Over the years, the train transitioned into a historic attraction, now the Heber Valley Railroad.<\/p>\n<p>Now, one of the top ten fastest growing areas in Utah, Heber is host to gourmet restaurants, golf courses and a diverse population.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Julie Hooker<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ute, \u201cWasatch\u201d means \u201cmountain pass\u201d or \u201clow pass over high range.\u201d Originally discovered by the Ute tribe, the Heber Valley served as a summer hunting ground. It was also a place where materials could be found to make tools. 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