Show KNOW UTAH By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS t In 1860 there were three roads leading from Salt Sal Lake City to the El EI Dorado on the tho west California the he land of gold They were the Northern the Central Cen- Cen ral and the Southern The Northern was wa the tho one taken by General John C. C Fremont The latter rounded up the upp upper r end of the Great Salt lake and andover over ver Into th the valley of or the tho Humboldt and Carson rivers It Is declared that every foot of ground passed over by Fremont was perfectly well known to o the old trappers and traders Fremont when crossIng crossIng cross cross- Ing Izig the seventy waterless miles of or the thc western des- des err ert rt which was a R. continuation of or the eastern desert lost ost ten mules and a a. number of ot horses I 4 The Tho Central route was aS followed by H Hastings on what was known as a. the Hastings cuto cutoff said to be a D. much sh shorter route roue The Tho Southern road by the way of or Fillmore and San Bernardino was the longest to San Pedro and then by water to San Francisco o 9 4 0 Among the explorers who ho preceded Fremont was Sylvester Slvester a Virginian He lost his family by death eath In Missouri his adopted home and he determined determined deter deter- mined to make an exploration of ot the headwaters headwater of 01 ofle the le Yellow river He had a company of oC five persons persons per per- sons soils and they arrived at tho the headwaters of oC the South Platte latte on August 22 1824 1821 where here they met General Pratt who was proceeding toward Santa Fe Pattie was fas given command ot of a party and they co crossed cd the dividing ng ridge descended into t the e valley ot the Rio Grande del Norte entered Santa SantaFe and later rapped Crapped on n the he Gila river The breakup of ot the party occurred oc- oc on November 27 1826 Then Pattie accompanied accompanied panted by his son and six others descended the Colorado Colo- Colo rado ado and after incredible hardships reached the HIs HIs- pano American missions They were ere treated with in- in humanIty The father died In durance and the son after being released reached San Francisco from which point he returned home He had been absent six years tars 9 4 Emigrants bound for California were advised to carry airy double shotguns loaded with buckshot to o keep their eyes open and to be ever ready for al alack atrock attack at- at tack rock by Indians Parti Particularly were they advised to keep close dee watch on canyons and ravines For the purpose of oC avoiding white Indians the worst of oC their kind emigrants were urged to make the trip by the theay way ay of or Fillmore f. f 0 It was pointed out that an emigrant company lately followed OO this road roadS and when obliged by death ot of f their cattle to abandon their kit they found on the he tramp a lump of or virgin silver r which was carried carriedo to o California an exploring party afterward who attempted to ascertain the lead failed aUed At the foot ot of f the White mountain it was vas said a cave had been found and partially explored in an endeavor to trace he the sliver silver project The efforts also failed |