Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-03-27 | Page 2 | Handsome Cannon Presented to Utah by Major R. W. Young

CANNON PRESENTED rO UT AU BY MAJOR R W THE CAPTURED SPANISH GUN A very verY handsome piece of ot ordnance is the cannon c cannon which ich was wa presented to the th state sf of ot o Utah Uta by Major Young The Te gun although not rot more than four feet et long is of immense weight and it took tok the combined strength of twelve men mento mento mento to mount m it on the gun carriage on which whIch it now stands t g It is of solid sold brass bas and is a remarkably rem handsome field feld piece pl It I is embossed and engraved with wih fanciful designs along its it entire entre length and engraved around the breech brech I Is curiously enough a date which is memorable in American history 1776 The full ful date dat is Oct ct 31 l 1776 Alto Altogether Ala Altogether gether the cannon canon ia in a trophy tophy of o which Utah Ut may my well ivell be proud