Salt Lake Herald | 1909-08-09 | Page 3 | Soldier Who Saw Salt Lake in 1857 Marvels at the Changes

Soldier Who Saw Salt Lake in Wo II 1857 Marvels at the Changes The wrinkles on his face disappeared only where the grizzled gray g whiskers commenced and the whole re reflected r every hour of his 73 7 years as a K X KS ES S Golder Colder stood at Main and Second Send South Sunday afternoon and with an unconscious unconscious sious expression expresion of ot amusement looked loe about him He looked Just like half haJ the veterans who constantly passed and and ad there any way wy of knowing from fr thre want him the cursory glance one might give that cursor the last lat time he stood sto at Main tlDe and ad Second South and looked looke around all al and he ho could see se was wa a few mud houses hou about as many Indian tepees Golder a served through the th war from St II 1 sere to 65 In the Iowa He was wa wounded 6 three times and was wa In innumerable innumerable innumerable merable skirmishes and fights Golder was a soldier for five years before the civil civi war enlisting in 1855 18 when 19 years yea old in the First United States cavalry He reached Salt Sl Lake after a a months march mch across the tile plains bout Fort Leavenworth when C Je Jeson son brought the first United State StaSes th t u into brout the valley vally of o Salt Bt Lake Lak t Devils Gate In 1857 Ive Ive never forgotten fOlot the t first f sight at ath we had h of Salt Lake Le as we rode r down c U th valley valey said s the tile veteran as he hi h at the th crowds crowd surging peat past pt I 1 there tre were about abut thirty r mud mu homes h awl almost alOt as a many Indian Indan tepees tep here b aai I it wat an altogether cheering sight B I Ican I II I can tell you ou cn Golder helped to lay Jay out and ad a lick lish Fort Ft Douglas and lived live there t three tr months Dug after alter it I was w first t going beck back ck to Leavenworth Colonel Colonl Johnson late in MET 17 1 when wb t latter left In the following year he w ws s With Johnson to the New Mexico J b Wih against the Indians and served re until ut Ml enlistment expired expire in the early MB iN whim he h reenlisted for the civil war wa