Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-05-14 | Page 7 | Know Utah

KNOW UTAH By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS Failure of pf the war department to change Its its' plans plan regarding regarding- the command of ot Colonel Connor and to direct the detour of his command via tb the Isthmus of at Panama ref resulted in the march of tho the volunteers rs On October 17 11 the Ole command reached 10 Fort l' l t Crittenden formerly Camp Floyd Flod Here effort was made on n nth th tho part of the tile owners of buildings which had been abandoned when Camp Floyd was deserted to have Colonel Connor locate there rebuild the fort and establish permanent headquarters since he had been sent to locate a post Colonel Connor determined determined deter deter- determined mined that its site should be near Salt Lake City He continued his Ills march northward to ZIon On his way to Salt SaU Lake City stories were circulated to the effect that he would meet with ith opposition when he attempted attempt d to enter the city and that an armed force was awaiting his arrival The stories were untrue untrue un un- true in every particular and were circulated by real estate dealers who had property for sale at Camp Floyd llod S S S Salt SaU Lake Lale City was reached October 20 Colonel Connor was not molested nor was there any excitement excite excite- men ment manifest st over his his arrival He lie saluted Governor Governor Gov Coy Harding at nt his residence and then moved on onto onto onto to the foothills of the Wasatch range and encamped with his command Some time was sas required to erect barracks and the troops were compelled to live in dugouts and huts The fort was located where it now stands and was named after aCter Senator Stephen StephenA A A. A Douglas of Illinois Lat Later r on it was found that when th the Fort lort Douglas reserve was set apart that it overlapped the municipality of ot Salt Lal Lake e. e There also were vere some Borne differences regarding the waters of Red Qed Butte canyon which had been appropriated by bythe bythe the military All differences were finally amicably Adjusted Later on by act of congress a part of the tilO reservation was set apart for the campus of the University of Utah It was as not until fifteen years after fter the pioneers reached readied Salt Lake valley alley that Brigham Young de declared de- de himself satisfied with the United States officials officials dais sent to the territory A greater part of or that time he heas was as governor of the provisional state of Deseret and of the territory of or Utah In August 1562 Governor Stephen S S. S Harding arr arrived ved accompanied accompanied by Justices Charles B. B Waite Walte and Thomas J. J Drake This was the tho same year ear that Colonel Connor established Fort Douglas k S S S After the induction in office of Governor Harding ev everything moved along smoothly but it was just the calm before the storm which broke in December 1862 when in his message to the territorial assembly the executive reproved tho the Latter-day Latter Saints for al alleged alleged al- al disloyalty and the practice of polygamy These Utterances incensed the Saints At first the message message mes mes- sage was suppressed b by the assembly but later a committee of the United Stat States s senate saw that it was vas printed