Show RAMBLING THOUGHTS OF A by frank silvey many of my friends are arc still asking me what are you doing and what is ia the object of the american guide book and historical survey through the column of the san juan record I 1 have in a recent issue tried to explain this but I 1 will I 1 again repeat to give gie all points of interest terest iri as for far as possible in southeastern utah how to reach these points by auto on horse back and on foot where ta find guides horses hotels cabins supplies of all kinds indians cowboys prehistoric ruins our grand scenic wonders that no pen has yet been able to di scribe our aviation emergency landing fields since december 12 1935 the rim has many thousands of words and sent into our state directors ano and assistants at ogden and salt lake city ile he is trying to help put southeastern utah on the map with what success success only time will tell but I 1 trust the future and have faith that all will turn out for the best I 1 do not believe in misrepresenting or over boosting any district but giving facts as far as possible will not injure our district in any manner N no 0 history that has ever yet beer been written since the dawn of history has been correct from a standpoint of J certa certain in critics and the Rimrock Rim rocker cr expects criticism from a few he lias has gathered and is still gathering information from pioneer residents of san I 1 juan and grand counties also from several counties on the western slope I 1 of colorado where he has in pioneer 1 days riden as a cowboy and prospect or he can give references by a number er of old pioneers of that district still living today p ono ona bynem the old pioneers are passing away over the great divide from whence there is no return from our ision dision of heaven and the indians happy hunting ground so it is high time some one should try to write a history of the past events in the lives of the pioneers of our district I 1 am trying in perhaps a crude way to record these events in a fabii fail ana partial way regardless of count yand and stale lines regardless of rate race or creed and as all blood is rod red all tears are salt so be it A utopian dream some will say but it is a good dr dream earn at that and 7 our so called drea dreams Ts in the past have made history for instance columbus ed edison is 0 n an and d in many an y others the rs h have av eintha in the past had their dreams come true our modern architects our great engineers have dreamed and planned ahead for great buildings dams and bridges and have made good goltl so we should not ridicule all dreamers as they have been in a measure instrumental rn in the advancement of civilization |