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Show UTAH'S PART IN OREGON TRAIL TOLD IN MAGAZINE B "The Highway Magazine," na- tionally distributed for the past 37 i years and devoted to the improvement improve-ment of highways, railways and municipalities, carries a feature in the February edition relative to the "Old Oregon Trail." Titled "Hell On Wheels," the story describes de-scribes the route of the famous trail and some of the incidents in connection with travelers who passed over the same. Some of the material in the article along with a picture of Bear Lake was furnished fur-nished the magazine by the Utah Dept. of Publicity and Industrial Development. While in the main, the Old Oregon Trail skirted Utah, part of the users of the route chose to travel around the west side of Bear Lake in Utah. Well markd wagon ruts and Indian stories tes- Itify that many Oregon Trail trav. elers passed through the Bear Lake valley. |