| Show PIONEERS ERS WILL I HIT THE TRAIL Men Who Blazed the Way for Civili Civilization to Be Honored GUESTS OF SENATOR CLARK I SOMETHING OF THE TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS OF EARLY DAYS who blazed i tho the Pack trail tran Ute the al alkali kali hail stretches of ot the Nevada desert In Inand 16 and paths palla over oer the rugged rug ed mountains suffering thirst and hunger in opening a route to San Bernardino are to make tire the journey journo again Oct Ocl 9 over the San Pedro Los LOB Angeles Salt Lake railroad They ae the guest of President W A Clark whose who e railroad closely follows follow the trail over which they struggled to open a u high highway highway way to southern The special excursion given to them is in recognition Of the energy bravery and fortitude dis displayed played by b that hurdy hardy bond bend of men who f first t opened up the old San Bernardino Bernar trail I Who the Survivors Are The survivors of the tho first band of pio plo pioneers pioneers who left Salt Lake City on May 9 15 BbS for br Las Vegas and will participate in the excursion are as follows W V C A Smoot James A Bean A L Hale Itale Ben D n jamin jam in Cluff W V W V Cluff Henry Heath 3 S L n S S Worthington Ruel Rue Barrus Harlus William Price Jones James Oak ley icy William C Mitchell William Bobbles Charles Crismon Alexander Gemmill 1 I N Dunnon George A Milton I Musser Mus er Elliott Billott Wilder Vilder Harrison Thomas Dallin Hop Pender Ponder J Lawson I Nathan Tanner lanner and Phil Margetts Mar etts I Fifty years ao azo these old grizzled pio pioneers pioneers pioneers then their In Jl the prime prinie of life volun volunteered when the call was issued by Pros dent Brigham Young to go 0 to Las Vegas for the tIre purpose of building a fort for the protection of the United States mull mali and emigrants that were to follow them The rhe Journey was a perilous undertaking but hut nevertheless n the tho mettle of these men Was vas not to be daunted and three weeks after the call was issued a band of forty men i with six ox teams tooms and pack horses homes started I to cross this thib waste country known only to a few Spaniards and Indians I Perils of the t e First Trip j 1 The hardships they suffered are known only to pioneers They launched out into this unknown country covered with cac cactus cactus cactus trees and inhabited by hi nothing save the wild horses and lizards Time and again they got lost and wandered about sometimes their own trail Water was scarce and death threatened them from thirst Many Man of their oxen ox n nand and horses died on the trip and they were forced to leave some of their provisions L J behind They rhey fought an uphill fight against nature but they were not to be b discouraged by hardships The Indians made trouble for them while they thy were camped near a spring or th the head of a small stream the Indians would stampede their cattle They en engaged engaged engaged in a number of skirmishes but none cone of them were killed FV lihr r nearly six weeks w ks these men struggled over the dreary drear wastes of Nevada before they reached Las Vegas There in the canyons they found round streams and settled to build a fort for the tha protection of the pioneers who were to follow them Began to Plant and Build l pon their arrival they proceeded to lear clear the lands and sow garden seeds each man slanting lantin about one and a quarter acres ares William Bringhurst was chosen the leader of the th party part after they arrived at atI I Las Vegas and under his direction tho the thomen thomen themen men worked They rhey rhe constructed a canal from the Vegas springs to the townsite they located for tor irrigation and domestic purposes With plenty of water their crops flourished and they the raised enough grains groins and potatoes to provide them with witha witha I I a winters winter supply After their crops were I well under way thew threw proceeded to build an adobe fort tort It was built twelve feet feat in I height and eighteen ei inches In thickness and on the south side 1 le in the interior they erected houses hous s to live in When this was I completed their mission on which they had been sent by bv the Mormon people I had bad fairly begun They rhey did a great deal de l of missionary work among amon the Indians They taught them the principles of their religion and ard made friends with them They rhey also traded with them and taught them the tIre theart theart art of ot farming This was Vas done during the tire winter months mon hs while they were housed behind fort The following spring they explored the surrounding country for tor timber lands and mines mine These pioneers then took up UI the old Spanish trail from rota Las Vegas and worked their way on to San Pedro and Wilmington ton harbor In their explorations they the climbed cUm d the tire mountains west of ot Las Ve Vegas Vegas Vegas gas followed the tire Colorado river on the east thence up the tIre Colorado to the I Muddy river thence up the Muddy ludd to the Great Salt mountain While they were at San Bernardino they traded cattle for or mules and gathered supplies for their return trip Other Parties Followed The Tire years following parties of ami grants started across the tire desert for tor I southern California Although the trail had been beaten the journey was not nt free tree from hardships and many lives were lost Jost I N Dunyon one of the survivors was WitS a member of Captain Bells party part which started across the desert to San Sari Bernardino They rhey traveled through southern Utah to Resting Hestin Springs on the tire edge of the tire Great Southern desert There they the camped for some time preparing for tOl forthe forthe the dangerous trip across tire the great stretch of alkali plains After a rest of 0 several da days das s and feed feeding ing lug their cattle attle c well they the broke camp and started through the heavy sands The Th next stop they the made was at Salt Springs where they found an air old abandoned gold golt goldmine mine The rhe water at ret the springs was salty salt and they had to boil boll it for drinking purposes They rested here for a day da and then attempted to make Bitter Ditter Springs a distance of forty miles The rite distance was too great a Jump to cover and their supply of water gave out Many of their oxen and horses gave out and death stared them in the face fuce When V hen their animals lay down and died dietl the men cut the throats and drank dr the blood to quench their thirst This company contained women and children and many of them died there Seven wagons and considerable provisions lona were W rc also left heft behind About of the tire company reached reache Bitter Springs and then after a hard struggle they ar at arrived arrived rived at San Bernardino Took Men for First Trips These are some of the things thin encountered t red by the sturdy pioneers who first crowed crossed crOt Sed the tire desert For several veral years after the trail was waa opened many lives were lost and the Indians grew hostile and drove away awa the emigrants sheep and ad cattle At this time Los Angeles was only a village and San Bernardino wits was wasa W i ia a ranch Each year jear ear brought more mote emi erni emigrants grants to the west over this trail which winch marked tine the beginning of the empire of southern s lI thern California Now over this same trail straight as the crow flies files the theSal San Sal Pedro Los Io Angel Angeli An sells Salt Lake rail ruU railroad rod road r d holds its right Of elf way Will Cross the Desert Again I These Th old pioneers pioneer companions in tho the tImes timeR of hardships hardship and distress have ac accepted acI accepted I the invitation to cross the old I trail again before their death in a Pull Pullman Pullman Pullman man palace car instead of with a panic panK panKI train They Th y will gather in hr Salt Lake from I different parts of Utah and Idaho arid and audI leave I lie for a weeks trip to Los LOll Angeles Some Somo of them have not met each eatch other In years and while they the are in Los An Angeles geles gelM eles a reception has been arranged for fortl tl Badges have been presented to them in m I burnt leather At the tire top is an arrow arrowhead arrowhead I head hd the emblem of Salt Lake route The ox team Is also represented as Gui thu method mf thod of transportation in 1886 1816 1 Below Betow it the head of an Indian and a modern equipped train with wIlt the e date 1806 1906 |
