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About Portage
Portage is a rural village in the Malad River Valley in northern Utah, just two miles from the Idaho state line. It sits on the west side of the valley, on the lower slopes of the West Hills. The valley is filled with grassland and farmland, and the hills behind are grassy with some sagebrush and juniper trees. The Malad River runs by a mile to the east. The valley is narrow, just a few miles across, and Clarkston Mountain rises abruptly on the other side. Portage Canyon opens into the hills on the west side of Portage.
Portage was named by Lorenzo Snow, who was an apostle and later became the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He named it after his birthplace of Portage County, Ohio. The town was settled in 1867 by Mormon pioneers and remains much the same today as it was in its early days. The population is 245, as of the year 2010.
Interstate 15 along the other side of the valley at the foot of the mountains, as well as old Highway 191, which was replaced by the freeway. They head north to Malad (Idaho) and south to Plymouth.
For More Information:
See Wikipedia’s Portage, Utah article.
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