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Located in Utah on the north end of the Wasatch Mountains, the Wellsville Mountains have the distinction of being the steepest mountain range in the world. While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow. Box Elder (9,372') and the Wellsville Cone (9,356') are its two highest peaks. (disputed — see talk page) Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 13th 219,887 km² 435 km 565 km 3. ... The Wasatch Range (also seen as Wasatch Mountains and Wahsatch Range) is a mountain range that stretches from southern Idaho and Wyoming south through central Utah in the Western United States. ...
Nestled at the base of the WellsvilleMountain, a topographic curiosity because of its narrow base and unusual height, lies Wellsville - Cache County's oldest permanent settlement.
Wellsville was the only community in the Valley were fls lived and worked their land.
Wellsville was surveyed in 1863 by James H. Martineau, who put into effect what was a Mormon community concept: four-square orientation with the points of the compass with the streets meeting at right angles.
Wellsville was the first settlement in the county, settled by Peter Maughan in 1853.
On the western edge of the county lies the WellsvilleMountains and on the eastern edge lie the Bear River Mountains, both northern branches of the Wasatch Range.
Taking up the land between the Wellsville and Bear River Mountains is Cache Valley, a relatively flat valley traversed by the Bear River and dotted with small farm towns in the west and the larger, more urban, and faster-growing ares in the east, along the benches of the Bear River Mountains.
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