Letter to John Taylor, 31 May 1884
Rexburg, Oneida Co. I. T. .
Prest John Taylor,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Dear Brother;
We arrived here last evening shortly
after 5 in excellent health and spirits. We were
met at Market Lake by Prest Ricks. The
Weber, Ogden, Logan, Portneuf and Snake
Rivers are all very high and overflowing
their banks—in many places the road from
Market Lake to this place is under water
and we were obliged to travel over rocks and
sage brush. Rexburg town site contains 1120
acres, there is about 75 families and 400 souls,
the city lots contain 2 1/2 acres, there are four lots
to a block, streets six and eight rods wide, about
one half of the lots are fenced, and there is some-
thing over seventy houses. There will be at the
end of this week a field of 1200 acres enclosed,
over 500 of which is in crops, two water ditches
