11-03-2019, 05:35 AM
I grew up in Brigham City and dated a girl from Mantua and buddied around with a few of the local guys from there. That was about 50 years ago. Back then, it was pronounced Man-a-way. Don't know if with all the outside folks moving in and the growth of the area if the pronunciation has evolved or remained the same. To me it still is, and always will be, Man-a-way.
Another fun one is the highway canyon leading up to Mantua. It seems to be know and called by many as Sardine Canyon. If you look on a map, it is actually Box Elder Canyon. Sardine Canyon starts at the top of the grade (summit) and runs east thru the mountains to Paradise. It was an old Pony Express road. Sardine canyon hasn't been a main travel route for well over 100 years, but to many, the name incorrectly is used. Now, I haven't lived up in that area for over 45 years and perhaps the name was changed on the maps to coincide with what most think the canyon name is, but as a youth growing up, it was always shown on the maps as Box Elder Canyon and the stream that runs down it was known as Box Elder Creek. We fished it all summer long as kids. Just a trivia.
Another trivia is west of Brigham where the Golden Spike was driven. That has been corrected now, but for years it was taught that the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point. It was actually driven at Promontory Summit. Promontory Point is South of the summit a few miles where the Promontory Mountains comes to a point (ends) at the Great Salt Lake.
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Another fun one is the highway canyon leading up to Mantua. It seems to be know and called by many as Sardine Canyon. If you look on a map, it is actually Box Elder Canyon. Sardine Canyon starts at the top of the grade (summit) and runs east thru the mountains to Paradise. It was an old Pony Express road. Sardine canyon hasn't been a main travel route for well over 100 years, but to many, the name incorrectly is used. Now, I haven't lived up in that area for over 45 years and perhaps the name was changed on the maps to coincide with what most think the canyon name is, but as a youth growing up, it was always shown on the maps as Box Elder Canyon and the stream that runs down it was known as Box Elder Creek. We fished it all summer long as kids. Just a trivia.
Another trivia is west of Brigham where the Golden Spike was driven. That has been corrected now, but for years it was taught that the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point. It was actually driven at Promontory Summit. Promontory Point is South of the summit a few miles where the Promontory Mountains comes to a point (ends) at the Great Salt Lake.
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