Pioneer Trails President Dedicates Historical Monument Near dear Stockton STOCKTON Tooele County County- A monument on the site of ot the first army barracks in Utah vo t two miles mUes south of Stockton on Rush valley valley valley val val- ley road was dedicated Thursday afternoon with Dr Howard R R. Driggs of ot New York N. N Y presIdent president president dent of the American Pioneer Trails association as principal I speaker He declared that Americ 1 today Is too much beset by isms too full of people who feel that the world owes them a 6 living Jiving T This is country needs more people people peo peo- pie who are self sustaining self sustaining who pos possess es the qualities of the pioneers pioneers pio plo he said aid Woman oman U Unveils ells Marker l He expressed the hope that the monument site would be made into a a. park so that visitors could study the marker and come to know more of ot the history of ot their land The monument is at old Slag- Slag town site of the first army barracks barracks barracks bar bar- racks In Utah I Mrs rs Alice Gowans of Tooele daughter of Phillip De La Mare early Tooele pioneer unveiled the marker Charles R. R McBride offered offered offered of of- the dedicatory prayer and other speakers ers were Alex F F. Dunn Peter Clegg Mrs E. E B. B Bonelli Bonell Dr W. W M. M J. J Cecil Alter and nd Major Arthur Proctor executive executive executive tive secretary of American Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pio Pio- neer Trails association Plaque Tells Story i. i The plaque on the monument reads reads' A detachment of U. U S S. S army the first to eater ter the Rocky mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain region consisting of ot two companies companies companies com com- of artillery 85 dragoons teamsters herds and hostlers from Fort Leavenworth Kan under under under un un- un- un der command of Colonel E. E J. J Steptoe reached this point September September September Sep Sep- 2 1854 They erected quarters stables and corrals cut cords of wood and stored tons of hay for their mules horses The camp was located on on the east eastshore eastshore eastshore shore of Lake Rush lake The detachment left for Benecia Cal early in April 1855 An n overland stage station was located here from 1868 to the early W S. S Godbe's Chicago ore smelter was erected here in 1871 operated until about 1880 The place was known as The present line of the U. U P. P railroad reached here In 1902