Show FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY tio tho erso encountered the first drat pre he ore fire they baa ever seen on beane wed n c ad fulay ay for several days d ays the smoke of the fire lied over the west wt at an aart 1 I they had already passed mites miles 0 oc land where all was macke moda ing ahat the nrc fire hail had preceded them but a short abort time on W wednesday dries day afternoon bolever lim bo vever they Z caught up lip to it the anle prairie was ablaze and and cinders flow in every d literally Ilter ally covering the wagons wagon a annl bpd tit men v vs it WM divided decided to retrace the road a short distance I 1 distributed among this or of tens the campers the ihrer I 1 r portion acif n mast welcome addition to their to aaen r john greenleaf Ilo linan one of HT film ors loam bom in gensee county count new york october ii ih isae ho he was as it ocille active yo youna it nir man irian of 18 years when hen Is ho r started carted with I 1 I 1 h 1 the h e P pioneers I 1 0 n 0 C r I 1 he I 1 e be bearsted arsted of ilia hla I 1 c st t r einal and dell cn durance in FB immink ond and outdoor parti and WILM was of great help to tho the p neer AI in n the lh iong mr air it ol 01 man rv sed t to a minte an incident of the trip v allen hen lie he accidentally shot one of Bilg rutham harn youngs horses barges I 1 11 g x I 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 V er mw k I 1 N A 4 oj 40 vi i i I 1 a Z 1 l I 1 1 1 1 51 icv 0 1 i I 1 I 1 0 iuppo r I 1 4 i NC 1 Z 7 I 1 1 I 1 P I 1 t I 1 ir 1 N I 1 J I 1 va I 1 I 1 af I 1 1 I I 1 IS N 1 I i lq 1 I 1 I 1 0 O 6 1 1 IMM k Y I 1 5 Z og rl I 1 X V 1 r Z 3 I 1 11 byl 1 11 4 0 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 P I 1 I 1 77 JOHN GREENLEAF HOLMAN from a donned by mrs mra nancy holmon holman of c I 1 where on a small leland inland thy they could camp a and nil be secure from the fire all the peairl t was burn burned bare but on the island g and f feed eed we was found and it was easy to ford across tn tit it too no he hir tile the camp c a evil wits was made fw for tho the night miles enli train from winter quartee and wor rear I 1 alyf t 0 O ties to he covered W 1 I 1 the he volley valley ot of tile the great creat salt lake the road all it day Y had been bad a slough blough about a nall wado had to be crossed cro eKed and ella road read afterward was boggy boey and the baag were continually sinking through t ahn 11 a mod od ithe T the bt hunter had abood luck during V tho day sven buna jnes beant bajik killed one e cow and alx aix lx cal cakes co and the moat meat he ru 1 lied into the presence of the leader ot of the party pany and excitedly cried Ifo Prent dent younk young 1 have shot al old john john mho eked auk d mr air young in jut just MM am excited a manner why old 04 john your horse replied I 1 loi niall oh said youn bilth a of oc relief never mind my boy we ise have more horses ho ea lie thought at first it was john omen green nho he ion aam hot mr it holmon molded at frol ria aqunt sunt until lr nation hn to idaho and settled in v chere here ho he died ber r 5 4 |