Show IT oe Sleep dep on on Summit 7 i iv v r 1 1 14 4 Fell in Blizzard r rf z r 1 1 ahns to Raise Memorial l i By D. D L. L R salt gait ninety of oC f t il d there Denver Den Rio TIlo th thu the a abere hero u Ue t 1 to toof title ascends s b by loops dt Wasatch mountains the time 1 of ot et into the desa des des- down dOn way trey ra Its little unmarked c sole soli sol sol- I. I a B a e i Otte lit Is In this village e of oC the thelie tera remains of f t seventeen lie Ili lime I soldiers 12 omen mt the thc last rest rest- dead heroes none heroes none f 1 1 cI ot of these railroad tlc tic beaton ather-beaton a 1 there save Savo the ones scat scat- the Grass rags In the theof tiro of ot na nature ture 14 bloom loom tit td a stories told toM b by re rest resl- lct l- l Summit the tho soldiers I ct cf nt of ot Oen Sidney Johnf JohnJohn John- John I f which Y was J In tho the state i l i um it i Is h 1 that tn-lt they bc bell be- be ll ilL blizzard and were wore i it in a 0 11 lit hit found thet tho the death th Th The They were 0 t sprIng by a ban bind band of ot finK tad and burled It Il Is said Summit lUbe Denver Denyer Rio Grande rill rail pound 0 rails up tho the old ol Us tint cent 8 de from tram tho the cast east the tho thoAt At it at the tcp top of ot the tho range nearly nearl fret relt above AboTe f sea lo level lo cl was v named mimed fa lu Su Summit But t to tho Indian aTo ed the 8 spot sot t because o of his hiss nature and to the tho trapI trap- trap I s It J i had til l long DS' DS been known as ns Sol Sol- cJ The Pilot of ot Death who JUl guided c the sto staggering steps of ot the the freezing men mener meno over oer o er er the tho scalped blizzard mountains on that un undated ted l night could not have o picked out a 0 moro more secluded spot In which to put lila hIs dying wards to sleep could not havo tucked them un under er the blanket of oC snow mo monn nn and watched them fall Into o erlo everlasting sleep at ot a place moro more free from tho the vicissitudes of oC civilization than by the little mountain mountain moun moun- tain stream The story stor of ot the graves as elated related b by timers old-timers of ot that part of ot tho the state has hns numerous Imaginative touches All that Is Js needed IB Is a n. vivid ld description of oC the tramp of ot the freezing men I drifting drifting- aimlessly as ns they surely did before the Coyotes 11 ItC col Secret In the tho spring of ot 1862 1662 according to Information volunteered b by residents of or tho the place tho the remains of ot tho soldiers soLdiers sol soL- diers were found by a 1 train of ot Immigrants grants Members of ot the part party wore oro attracted to tho the scone It Is Js eald said b num numerous rou coyotes coote otes which had boon feeding upon the tho bodies bo les of ot the soldiers sol sol- diers The Tho remains cro assembled and burled buried In a n. little HUla ravine near tho the mountain top No national cemetery over had so mich solitude e In its surroundings surroundings surroundings sur sur- as d des c this nook on n tho the mountain side she It would seem that tho the guiding gulding hand of C Death must have been beeri familiar r with Ith the summertime time beauties of ot tho the place when whon It put ut tho the touch of or muteness on the lips of or the victims No suitable monument ever his has been boon erected in iii honor of ot tho the men though re residents of ot the state have havo brought tho the matter mattor to the attention of ot tho the war department and state officials ACcordIng According According Ac AC- cording to Information said to have luwe been given Ghen by officials of ot tho department depart depart- department ment Of ot war the records s of ot tho tle command command com com- mand of ot which he the soldiers were mem mem- member bore ber- were ore lost with the men Another report ref says that tho the men were do- do nn and for tor that reason tho the government government gov gov- O has never felt ell In their graves Neither of or these reports has been verified Bits of Jt history from Crom the early days of or the state show sho that General fiton stor lost mon man many men during march through Utah Utah- Tho The reason renson has hns never or been determined It Is Ml said that many of oC thorn thom deserted State historians In recording early events refer only In a a. general way to the tho unmarked graves gracs One Ono writer well known throughout tho the state declared do- do dared ol recently that as 05 tho the government did ld not deem It Jl necessary to honor tho time sol soldiers alleged to bo be buried In Utah It was not the tho tho stator states duty to credit rumors regarding the nature of oC tho soldiers soldiers' deathA death A falso Impression regarding tho the exact location of oC tho the graves has been t dyon to tho the b bv In the tho Denver A. A I Rio hlo Grande Grano railroad Tourists w who tio travel tra over o tho the railroad are uro told b by bythe bytho tho the company that they can con see eco tho the plot surrounded b by a R. wooden fence I near enear near tho the tracKs Tho place pointed out by tho railroads railroad's representatives In is tho the burial place of or two Italian children who died lcd of ot scarlet fever evor Tho alleged graves o 0 of tho time fiddlers cannot be bo e seen on from the tho train tho the view being obstructed ob ob- l by a n small mall mesa At present there Is Js nn an agitation among residents of ot Soldier Summit which promises to reach ref tho the committee commit tee teo tables of oC Congress Bec Because ulo of ot tho the fact that hun hundreds rods of or now residents will soon noon become citizens of ot the place the tho blackened railroad tie tic Is Ie becomIng becoming becoming becom becom- ing a of ot humiliation to tho town Citizens CItizen of ot tho the declare that a ft suitable monument will Ill bo be erected over the tho graves before another year has hao passed It Is le pointed out by those thosa who are arc behind tho the plan to erect tho the monument mont ment that a n mom memorial slab slob could be betaken betaken taken taleen from tho the granite rock which crops out of ot the tho mountains on each e sido of ot White river for tor a Il milo a away woy |