Show J PLAN LAN TO MAKE REPAIRS REPAIRS- TO HISTORIC LANDMARK t- t t r J i J T H. H EARDLEY who hn has just justI I I returned from a n visit isit to Fort Bridger and anti who bo urges this landmark landmark land land- j I mark be preserved 11 1 I 1 c 4 e i p pt t ht S kV FORT BRIDGERS BRIDGER'S WALL VALL IS FALliNG J. J H H. H Eardley on r Return From Wyoming Suggests Relic v Be Reinforced Ett Eff Efforts will be made mad by the mem mcm- hers bers of the tho Mormon lormon church Interested In keeping keeping- up landmarks of at this state I to have tho the remaining remaining- wall vahl of Fort Bridger er W Wyo o reinforced so that this relic of ot early carh days will vill remain stand stand- In ing f fOl r or J. J H. H Eardle Eardley night watchman at the church offices on E. E South Temple Temple Tem Tern pIe and a G. G A. A R. R veteran and old Indian fighter tighter has Just lust returned from froma troma a visit to Fort Bridger where shero ho he spent so so many years of ot his life I happened to meet some friends while there said Mr Eardle Eardley telling Of his visit The They were Apostle Anthon An An- thon thony lying 1 and President Hart of the tho tt seven coven ven presidents of ot seventies lIe They were Interested In the question of or hay hav III ing the remaining wall of the fort reInforced re so- so Just as I was vas Interested In that matter also My 11 boyhood days das were spent near I that old fort It Is now owned by a Mrs the daughter of ot Judge W. W C Carter who ho accompanied Johnson's Johnsons Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's arm army when It came caine to Utah In I the early territorial days dars The fort fOIt was built In 1850 as a I protection against th the Indians The Tho year I first saw It was 1860 when as a mere lad Ind I drove an ox ox team there from the plains across I 1 soon saw Jim Bridger tho the famous Indian fighter whom shorn I 1 knew for or many years afterwards Stable Stables Still Stand When I was on this last trip thelI there thel I saw remains of the time old road over which T hi fl r I 1 came flirt th 1 five fifty nn r T t- t to o 1 i i n years ears VA- VA ago aro w u 1 Lo formed tho the big corral near tho the fort those days dRs An And the tho pon pony express stables are arc still standing In good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough condition to permit their being used for horses now even at this late date Well Pell did I recall those days tIa's as I looked looted at the wall of oC the lie fort tort and the theother theother theother other hl historic relics and recalled how I had heard hearl as a boy of ot of ot- faring fering President Young 1000 to the tho Mormon settlor settler In fn the tho territory who would raise the first bushel Lushel of ot corn th thereDo there ore reDo re Do you OU know If Sf fishermen here hero only knew It it that the locality around Fort Bridger Is not only good OO fishing grounds but Is a n beautiful spot as aswell aswell well veil The town of Bridger Is on the tho Black Fork rl river r and there thero still stands the boulevard Id of or trees which the tho soldiers sol sol- diers of Johno i s arm army planted there when the they first came Mr fr Eardley EarUe then spoke of the In In- In clans who were of ot most interest to him when he was there as a bo boy T Tell II of Indian Uprising The They were the Shoshones Their chief wn was Washakie He was always s a friend to the white man But the tho younger braves bra wanted to pillage and steal and tear down the he telegraph wires So the they revolted from him I him I Ican can cnn remember that time time and and choso chose another brave as war ivar chief old oM Night lIa Hawk wk was as his name As commander of ot John Quince Knowlton post No 8 S. 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R Uta Utah department of ot Utah volunteers Mr Ir Eardley was Interested In that period of or the territory's s history Ho Tie went wenton on to sa say sayi about this point When the Indians revolted and broke down the telegraph teler-raph lines lilies In tho the sixties President Lincoln sent s-ent out a n call asking for volunteers to put down the uprising uprising- It was as Imperative that tho the communications bo be kept up with California The Tho Utah response was memorable It was probably the tho quickest quick quick- est action In all nil the tho union at that t I ni o. o Pre President Young received the message message message mes mes- I sage one ono da cia day That night he called a meeting of at th the minute men as the they I were termed And the next day the themen themen men enlisted In the tho union arm army and I tho the following day they were In the saddle The wires were repaired and protected by br our patrols for tor four tour months and the men all received the regular honorable discharge papers Man Man- any 1 Lessons Lemon Ion Learned These and many man other things 8 are aro the lessons which we learn by visiting that historic spot I own a farm there whore m my home was located for tor so many years cars So I am Interested personally per per- 11 in the fort But nu the tho fact tact that I the only remaining portion of ot the forts fort's wall 30 feet In length and possibly 9 feet teet high Is beginning Inning to fall tan In In- In ward vard Is a ma matter of vital Interest to Utah historians and historians of ot the western vestern part of our count country It would only cost about to have ha the tho wall braced And It Jt would be of or lc ie value to have o this thmia relic of or frontier In Indian In- In dian days kept for years to come And Andrest Andrest Andrest rest assured there are arc enough of or us t to do It ft too And Mr Eardle Eardley despite his seventy seventy- tour four years spoke as earnestly as a a. young young- man and his voice olce rang ranJ with the clear note of or tho the days gone by when the eyes looked with keen glance Into tho the dim trails of at wilderness and plain |