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Show ADD aboard fer UP Famnlv OsRfs hotcakes, juice and coffee. Price is $2.25 for adults, $1.50 for youngsters 10 and under. They will serve from 7:00 to 10:30 a.m. Train rides will begin at 8:00 a.m. with other Family Day activities beginning at 9:00 a.m. and lasting until 6:00 p.m. There will be hot air balloon rides, miniature minia-ture train rides, games, hot dogs, pop and balloons, all sponsored by the Union Pacific. Pa-cific. The Art Show will open in the Library from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will be a spike driving driv-ing contest at 10:00 a.m. with Gandy Dancers from all over competing for prizes. A spike driving machine will be demonstrated. The High School Band will play in the Historical Park beginning at Noon. Most activities are free, and tickets will be availabe . at the train. Train tickets can be obtained in advance by calling 387-2836. You MUST have a free ticket for the hour you wish to ride. At 8:00 p.m. the Old Tim -ers Club will present aVar-iety aVar-iety Show at the High School A uditorium . In the late 1870's the Salt Lake to San Pedro Railroad began extending the Railroad south from Salt Lake, arriving arriv-ing in Milford in 1880. The next year a spur was built to" Old Frisco. For five years, until 1885, Milford-was Milford-was the end' of the line and became a freight center for Southern Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The community bustled with hotels, and fine eating establishments. The railroad rail-road hauled freight and passengers pas-sengers to Milford destined for the mines and communities. communi-ties. Ore and passengers were hauled to smelters in the north and points beyond. Many freight companies operated op-erated out of Milford and many farmers and ranchers took to freighting in the win -tuv months. Mail routes were established in all directions di-rections from Milford. When the rails were extended ex-tended south to Las Vegas (Continued on Page 6) . i ' i' 1 Whoo! Whoo! All aboard for Blackrock, Milford, Thermo and other points. Those will be the points of destination Saturday as the Union Pacific will run a passenger train out of Milford Mil-ford to Blackrock and Ther-j Ther-j mo and back every hour from j 8:0 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The four coach passenger train can carry about 200 per trip, and tickets are free if you call 387-2836, but don't wait until Saturday, because be-cause the tickets may all be gone, and you won't want to wait around for another 100 years for another opportunity. op-portunity. It's all part of the Union Pacific Family Days celebrating cele-brating 100 years of railroading rail-roading in Milford. But there is much more, including a barbeque dinner, chuck-wagin chuck-wagin breakfast!, parade, hot air balloon rides, and the miniature train. There will be art shows, variety shows, a spike driving driv-ing contest, games, races, and free hot dogs, pop and balloons. Local residents and visitors visit-ors are asked to wear centennial cen-tennial dress to commemorate commemor-ate Milford's rich railroad history, and Join in the fun and festivities to help Mil-, Mil-, ford and the Union Pacific I celebrate. A Sidewalk Sale will be held Thursday, July 10, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon on Mil -ford's Main Street. Then on Friday, July 11, the Little Lit-tle League Farm Club will have a game at the Ballpark. At noon the Milford - Ml-nersvllle Ml-nersvllle Little League will start the first game of a doubleheader. An Art Show will be at the Library from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. From 3:00 ; to 7:30 p.m. there will be a Barbeque at the Swimming , Pool Park, sponsored bv the Milford 1st and 2nd Wards. ! Barbequed beef, baked i beans, salads, rolls, cake, ! and punch will be served. Adults are $4.50; 6 to 12 year olds, $2.50; under 6, $1.50. At 8:00 p.m. there will be a huge parade, "Progress in Transportation" under the direction of Mary Wiseman. Prizes will be awarded, 1st-$50.00, 1st-$50.00, 2nd - $30.00, and 3rd - $20.00. Floats are asked to line up between 7:00 j and 7:30 p.m. on the street j south of the hospital, 300 North. At 9:30 p.m. there j will be a Street Dance sponsored spon-sored by the Union Pacific-Junior Pacific-Junior Old Timers Club. On Saturday morning, the Old Timers Club will kick things off with aChuckwagon Breakfast at Richmond Hall. Menu will be bacon, eggs, NO CONTEST: When this old Punkin Roller heard about Union Pacific Family Days, Milford's 100th Anniversary of Railroading, he decided to grow a beard for the' Beard Contest. But the planners didn't include a Beard Contest, so Lome Goff may be the only one sprouting a bush this weekend. But for this old Railroader, it would be no-contest no-contest anyway. f JKTHE80S V Ah - Mil II li , w v - 7i,.V---: ! .tL here's more about FAMILY DAYS pie in Milford are still co. nected with the railroa(J one way or another, and ft! Union Pacific is a vital 2 of the community. Plan to attend the Unto Pacific Family Days, ,1 11 and 12, andhelpceletJ 100 years of Rallroadine i, Milford. SB housed a beanery, known east and west for it's fine food. With passenger service discontinued, dis-continued, the beanery closed, and much of the station sta-tion was turned into sleeping quarters for trainmen laying lay-ing over in Milford. The Union Pacific is presently completing a 64 unit Clubhouse Club-house for trainmen just north of the Depot. Milford has a colorful railroad history, and there are many 3rd and 4th generation gen-eration trainmen working out of Milford and they will be found up and down the tracks. Many have advanced in the company and hold positions with the U.P. in other communities. com-munities. But to most, Milford Mil-ford is home. The Union Pacific has been a good employer and has contributed greatly to the local economy. It has participated par-ticipated in community efforts, ef-forts, financially and In many other ways. Today, the traffic is mostly most-ly freight and railroading is not as important as it once was. The economy is more diversified. But most peo- and eventually to Los Angeles, An-geles, Milford continued as a railroad town. At one time there were nine scheduled passenger trains stopping in Milford to partake of the fine eating establishments and hostelries. Milford continued con-tinued as a freight center for several years. Later, a Roundhouse was established employing several sev-eral hundred men. And rip track crews worked around the clock making repairs and keeping the trains running. run-ning. The Roundhouse was closed down in the late 1960's and the last passenger train was discontinued in 1971, until Amtrak renewed it's . passenger service last October, Oct-ober, with the Desert Wind. Traveling between Ogden and Los Angeles, the Desert Wind stops in Milford once daily each way. Milford has had several depots, beginning with a box car. The present depot was built in the 1930's. It once |