Show Was Custom of f the Advertising J a Utah Jc p 1 0 I these photographs show Many of the early frontiersmen spent their leisure time carving their I names on rocks they passed dur during their journeys westward according to investigations of the Utah Historical I Landmarks association Cache Cave marked by the association and shown in the picture was W one of the first places reached by Mormon emigrants C. C JI J I I T t 4 C S. S 1 f- f ft t A 5 xv x f i 1 f S vr Vii b ii I e i I v i te 4 A L 4 4 b i ILU Names Carved in Rocks Reflect Rugged Nature Nature Nature Na Na- ture of Frontiersman Relics Abound Miners frontiersmen and emigrants emigrants emigrants emi emi- grants usually arc are depicted depleted as bearded bearded beard beard- ed in individuals H of ot rugged physique anc ancin and andin andin in many cases this characterization 1 Ls Is correct Recreation was considered Just as mu necessary in covered wagon days as mu asat asat at present In fact according to man many Journalists there was too much recreation Over long dr dry stretches the emi emi- emigrants emigrants grants frequently traveled at night resting during the day time Whenever Whenever When When- ever they reached a favorable camp campground campground campground ground the horses and oxen were turned umed loose to tt graze and get their fut fill of water the men repaired the wagons from timber Umber growing along the he banks of or the stream and the women did the weekly Jy washing Emigrants Emigrants Emi Emi- grants rants were for the most part energetic energetic ener ener- getic people and the surplus energy was aas expended in various ways SOME CARVED NAMES NAtIES Those Thore who would advertise themselves themselves them them- selves melves to future generations sometimes some some- times imes carved their names on rocks others piled up heaps of or stones or commemorated their then passing in other ways rays The first stopping place of the emIgrants emigrants emi emI- grants rants when they entered Utah was near icar Cache cave about a mile mUe off ot the present highway and just above Moores Moore's service station at Castle Rock ock Reuben J. J Redding must have been teen an nn athletic young oung man alan an for he hem was m the first one to tt reach Cache cave likewise the first one to reach the tt top p Df of if Big mountain where the pioneers obtained their f first view of or Salt Lake City Cache cave e was reached by the emigrants migrants on July 12 1847 and on July ruly 12 1931 the Utah Historical Landmarks association erected a marker there where t tie the e first recorded record record- ed d names in Utah may be found OT THEE OTHER ER RESTING PLACES Another famous resting point wasat was wasat wast at t the mouth of Grass creek two and one half miles south of Echo Before the he rock there was submerged by the waters raters of or Echo res reservoir enol r. r dozens of names tames might be seen Inscribed on the rock ock Among those most prominent are i-e i those of Hale Hales Thurman Moore and casto Casto all we well known I in n early pioneer history in Utah Another fa favorite a- a recuperating point was Just I fa-I beyond the famous city of Rocks on Goose creek which lies close to the corners comers of Idaho Nevada and Utah On Record bluff may be found dozens of ot names These names afford a study in Some are scrawled Indifferently indifferently indifferently on the rocks others are cut with great eat care Many of these names have no dates after them and in some cases it is up to the rock register ex expert expert ex- ex pert port to determine whether or not the names belong to the pioneer period or are arc recent Modern youth Is indifferent compared with the serious minded boys of 60 or 80 years ago and styles in carving names have changed Some of the old names were placed on the hardest parts of the rocks and required hours to inscribe MANY TAR SPRINGS Almost all of the old routes had tar springs along them It was the custom for emigrants to gather this tar to grease wagons and in man many cases buckets of or it were carried along the trail In Cache cave ve may be found tar writings 60 or 70 years ears old What is even more strange st is that the tar t. has protected the outline of or the letters letters letters let let- and wind erosion has cut the surrounding surrounding sur sun rounding material away leaving the letters in strong outline The Thc William Casto referred to Is the grandfather of an assayer herein here herein herein in Salt Lake City David Moore D D. Moore and S. S Hales worked d on the Union Pacific railroad and frequently pa passed sed through Echo on their Va way to ro they lived The name of Thurman Is well known k in Utah both on the bench and in educational circles |