Show I SO ME LIVING PIONEERS I 0 MR RICHARD A KEYES of this city belongs the distinction M4I I dis-tinction of being the oldest surviving pioneer Gentilenot I the oldest in years but the one having lived longest in Utah He started from Kansas to this valley with one of Livingston Living-ston Bell Cos freight trains traveling with them a far r I I t I asFort Bridger where he joined Phineas Young and Porter I I I 1 Rockwell and In their company entered the valley 24 hours j Ad i fM ahead of the train having made the entire trip in 42 days I I 7c ch On arriving in this city 11 Keves entered the firm of i 1 11 t Livingston Bell Co who were the first merchants in the p a J city The train of goods with which Mr Keyes started arrived 6t5it0 ar-rived a few days after he did and the first day they were opened the firm sold over 8000 worth of goods the money pouring in so fast I BICHAHD A KEYES I I that it required one man with a bucket behind the counter to carry off the gold goldAt At that time the city was under martial law every ablebodied citizen I having been required to appear armed and equipped to joni the Nauvoo Legion Le-gion and march out to meet Johnsons army Mr Keyes was at that time a boy of 1 hut he was at once mustered in although in a short time succeeded I suc-ceeded in buying his discharge for the sum of 300 This discharge was the I 2 7 z4 o ri 1 < L tlJ t < + 6 t Zd a e77 d 74 ts1 g q t4 74 cLJ f h r L b L T 4 AF y7j 1 7 < o n 7 nf Z f y a A Y J 1 4 r v 2 0 0 ht7 T fcZi R KESTES DISCHARGE PAPERS FROM THE NATJVOO LEGIONFrom the o nal Loaned to the Herald I only one issued and has been preserved by Mr Keyes The accompanying cut is an exact fac simile of rJ L Socm after this occurred the move and Mr Keyes concluded to go to California He spent some time in traveling through that state and then sailed from San Francisco for his home in New York The following year ho returned to this valley and again entered the firm of Livingston Bell Co The firm carried on their business until I I I I f B I > F < J 1I J 1Fr Ip 1 fm > yt j i I J V f Ij N rr i L u 1 k J y l 1 1 I f ri as = I fc SHE OLD COUNCIL HOUSE COR1TEK Prom a Photo Loaned the Her aid by Mr Key s 1S62 when they sold out to Kimball Lawrence MrKeys then went to Montana where he remained until 1S66 after which hereturned to Utah where he has since made his home |