Show TOE ThE COVERED WAGON of ot the west fitting that we T IS peculiarly IT LL pause long enough h in the speedy speed course along which we tra travel l to pay tribute to a pe period period pe- pe the nod in our development by glorifying people of those slower more ore certain days who fashioned an empire out of the wilder- wilder ness The covered wagon is merely a symbol when men plunged into of those trying days the unknown to wrest their fortunes from untried land It stands as asan asan asan the soil soU of a new an everlasting badge of courage determination tion of indomitable spirit of civilization there Is no In all the story chapter so replete with romance and adventure adventure adventure ture as that which marked the trek westward westward westward west west- ward from the Missouri river No movement of people previously had been on such a great scale nor had so large a shift in population been accomplished in such a short space of of time The slow tedious progress of the pioneers must have tried the souls of those hardy men and women who struggled over rough trails traUs across desert and mountains mount They left to posterity a heritage of great spiritual and inspirational value The foundation they for the material development and prosperity of the west stands today as a monument to their zeal and their far far- sightedness The symbol of the period is the Covered Wagon as definitely distinctive of ot the designation designation designation nation of an epoch as though it bore upon its sides the full history of that band of adventurers adventurers adventurers who vho captured the wilderness and turned it to the profit and enjoyment of ot humanity This symbol was happily adopted to mark the celebration of the days of the pioneers who wended their way slowly and tediously over tortuous mountain and desert trails to toward toward toward to- to ward the Promised Land It is s something worth thinking about in these days of the fleeting wagons of the skies or the gas buggies which conquer desert and mountain roads over old trails that once twisted their way toward the setting sun The ribbons of steel over w which palatial trains thunder their A swift way the smooth hl highways reaching into magnificent ent dis dis- ta ces the int interminable bIe lines lines' line of beacons which guide the pilots of the skies from port to port port none none of these can quite quit extinguish the rocky dusty trails now hallowed In memory memory memory mem mem- ory over which long trains of covered wagons wrote the epic story of the winning o of the west This day In Utah is for the Pioneers It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is glorified by dedicating It anew to their Unforgettable unforgettable unforgettable un un- forgettable achievement In all honor reverence reverence rev rev- and respect we gather to place an In Indelible Indelible In- In imprint of appreciation and gratitude upon their memory and upon the memory of their hardships and sacrifices made that the west might rise to assert its right to a place of wealth and strength and importance Inthe in inthe inthe the nation All credit Is due to those modern modem men and women who have made the Covered Wagon Days possible They too are a credit to the community which felicitates them upon the success so far measured in the first annual cele celebration bra tion |