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Show i N e L The .gden Valley News February T ¥ .- Volume 1, Issue S e i I e R g S PN . e .‘ '-4---22'}'"..__ T By Harold Edwards "“\«"\'v""v‘ and Shanna - -~ Fr ancis Beardof'Dire ~ National Recreatlonal Trall[. ~ Soon after the early Mormon;p_f_-.}_::' between Canada and ploneer settlers arrlved in Salt Lake Memco - City, Brlgham Young, the rellglous i 4—\?“1\"?\\?4.,:_/\\ v othS~ fo‘r‘iv .................................................... ............................................................................................ - Western United States as a g»and political leader of the newly | g BCHA# | Utah that sit on the The western seg— 5 National Board. “This - Inent of the old pioneer marily interested in pre-—e servmg pack and saddle stock use in Amerlca S g teer service projects trappers, this party, led by Thomas developed by the Wasatch- | = Cache National Foresta ~Abbott of Farmington, became the first group of whlte men to vrsrtthe . humber of years ago. R Unf‘ortunatel)r, the eastern Valley. Bsegmentof - qthis trail, extending N I wl J e eSS ST mtegral role in ‘the efi'orts S, ~ surrounding area to have the County vacate a quarter mile stretch of the 70k,,_.to‘ protect and rehablhtate ', : th1s early ploneer trall Recently St ‘-_;_‘State Non—Motorlzed Trail grant 50 foot wide trail easement. 'f""-j,,Fortunately the petition for the vaca- f’f,.y;momes in the amount of $10,250 from th?. orth Ogden - tion was denied, and new support for - -WeTe€ awarded for the proposed PI‘OJ-f’vi-"i»L’ff*l: 4 ect—whlch mcludes general rehablllta—,lf-_ Vthe rehablhtatlon of. the trall has i N i . an S £ N e Divide and since been generated. -~~~ tion on the deteriorating trail which downinto ~ Mr. Edwards, in. addltlon to has recelved very llttle malntenance Ogden Valley, servmg on the Weber County Public ";;‘"-:'overthe years. i o has received 1 ands AdVlSOI'y Council, has also - The grant was awarded ac avery little . been actively involved in the regismatchmg grant. Weber County P recogmtron o ‘tered national nonprofit orgamzatlon"".'f agreed to be thé grant sponsor if keU even though it called Back Country Horsemen of - B 3 is still pass- e TN e N Six years later, under the | ex1stence L Ogden another expedition came mto America (BCHA). Mr. Edwards - BCH would complete the necessary i’;f-paper work. In order to receive the - able \and rouserved as Utah’s State President of ~grant, petltloners were requxred to tinely used by Back Country Horsemen of Utah " match the state grant funds by an those who are (BCHU) durlng 1 994, and 1995, and equal amount. The matchlng funds awareof its f‘currentlyserves onthe State BCH generated by the petitioner could be a | e B monetary contribution or an 1n—k1ndv’v’ T o leadershlp of David Moore of - “Harold Edward ” _ntrlbutlon, such as a dona—"" ion valued in the 1way. of abor or equ1pment “The ,_nhas been a driving force - the Valley, or Ogden S Hole as it was ~in ‘ the effort to preserve ~ and develop oneof the “also known at the time. This group was trying to find an alternate route rant was awarded dueln oldest trails in northern art, to suecessful partner- th1s account of the first known County The Ogden Rotary . the Weber County =~ 'Clubv also made a financial ?fi'donatlon ‘North Ogden Clty | wagon belng broughtmto the Valley . Public Lands Advrsory e ""'»‘Councll Mr. Edwards ”The explorers left w1th pack ammals became aware of a- ipledged to donate the use of X ~ and one wagon ‘loaded | with supphes o phght that could have They traveled by way of North ‘j‘;;.j...i;destroyed the trall S ;their heavy equlpment and - - prlvate_qdevelopv_ers in th ‘committed two weeks useof tequlpment operators for work. ‘on the North Ogden trail -~ ‘side. Th;e U.S.--rFore,st;,Servlce.,, Ogden, across the mountains, and o Jv,:future A few years ago down into Ogden Valley They found there was an effort by it necessary to let their wagon down by ropes over the cliffs when they e } T T el e T e T TN T T e ot e e T e ST e ‘North Ogden Pass. In the Charles F.Middleton: “The | wagon that was taken into was taken by hand of man. words of ~ first the valley No mules or oxen hauled that vehlcle Isteered B the wagon. The wheels were locked and my companions held on to the * vehicle with ropes to prevent it from §ll R e : | e e Tt Y S Your mm‘ar(ytlememge ;aobafilyisns gaml as it shauld ha T rfée an?h tonhflameyaa & - need America’s motortycle insurance spetialist working for you, We offer more mramga&i o thar: many other insurance tamp(mles Sp&fifll discounts, a convenient payment ;llfla ond a professional 1folt-free dlaim service.Se dofi 1vmrr? SlmP|V tflll teday fo get breaking loose and dashinng down the B ..*»-;ihe mmpfete ;arntatfionytmnsed IR steep incline. "The wagon was. left inthe Ogden Valley one: 1 612-2880 Currently there is an-effort by communlty leaders, service organl— Fax: FOR that brought the first wagon into the g Valley ~ The trail descends off of the -27 (AUTO), : T 612-0911 WPeartlnsa@AOL COM ALL YOUR EHSUKAHCE NEEDS -~ AND 30 OTHER NATEOHAL COMPAHEES If you’re with one of these companies why not have a local ag North Ogden Divide down into - Liberty. The approximately four mlle— - long trail, which begins in North Ogden prov1des a connecting link to ~a portion of the Great Western Trall | that is bemg developed in the | Fan hlppmg by local communlty s jgroups. A $4000 financial .donation was ‘made by Weber to Fort Bridger. In the book, Beneath . Utah, a historic pioneer " Ben Lomond’s Peak, complled and trail leadmg into the “edited by Milton R. Hunter, we read - Valley. Asa member of - zations, and interested individuals to preserve and restore this historic trail T - . vorking in the back coun-';ff,;.» try; s e played i were crossing mountains through the T i land and in domg volun— Western Trail that was T e i e T T e TN T e e e e ter T > S B e e TR T T el ST ~ back country, educatmg users of the back country m' the w1se use of they_'_" | - made their way into the Valley, travDivide, and another at the -ellng up through Weber Canyon from_ - Junction with the Great N - ’\\,/\,,-"",\/-"fi,./."".*,.\/—\/ R e T N P N N N 'eXploratory expedltlons Thus, in the-, ~_mouth of Coldwater T SR summer of 1848 the prophet sent a Canyon in North Ogden ~group to Ogden Valley. This group - below the North Ogden Salt Lake. Other than earlier fur =~ | organization, which 1s_pr-r—i' < ~ formed settlement sent scoutmg par— ~ trail nowhas a developed7t1es all over the terrltory on tra’ilh'e"ad _]ust north of the - of He iS"also one - two state directors for — €4 r_f;,jpf{,fi;,;m 1954 Universal Uradoovesitaoy HSUrENss Comgany | |