| Show I PIONEER RECALLS EARLY STAGE COACH ERA I to r 4 I f I k i 1 i 5 John Henry KImball pioneer stage stag coach driver longs lon for Cor return of good old days as he recalls many adventurous ad experiences of an era that thal has no now w become history The other photographs are arc of the famous Kimball hotel in Parleys Parley's can canyon canon on built by his father William II JI Kimball as a home and I which served as a stage station and a pony express banI bam built in Mountain i Dell by Ephraim Hanks I father of Mrs r Kimball without a bolt boll or nail nan no Doth Both th buildings s are arc still standing and arc are recognized as famous Utah landmarks Good Old Days' Days in Utah Are In spite of all the modern conveniences of the twentieth century John Henr Henry Kimball 81 pioneer stage coach driver would as soon turnback turn turnback turnback back the pages and live over oer the good old days Mr Kimball who now lives li in a modern apartment at North Main street is reputed to have driven more persons in horse-drawn horse vehicles than any other living man in Utah And persons he carried have won niches in the halls of fame ame of or various Various various va va- rious lines o of endeavor Some of oC them are Chauncey M. M Dep Depew w President President dent Harrison President Roosevelt Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr and hosts of or others too loo numerous to mention Although Mr Kimball now no enjoys the pleasures of modern inventions inventions- the telephone electric lights and the thel automobile he he believes the old days with attendant hardships and suffering suffer suHer- ing made better men and his wife another hardy pioneer agrees with him HARDER WORK NOW It may be hard to believe he observed as he reposed in a comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able arm chair in m his apartment butin butin but butin in those days we didn't have to work half as hard to live Jive as we do now with all these modern things Mr Kimball today is the oldest living member of the Heber C. C Kimball Kimball Kimball Kim Kim- ball family It was Heber C. C Kimball Kimball Kimball Kim Kim- ball who came to Salt SaIl Lake with Brigham ham Young in 1847 and who aided aided aided aid aid- ed in bl building the community Born November 22 1851 Mr Kimballs Kimball's Kimballs Kimball's Kimball's Kimballs Kim- Kim balls ball's life liCe has been the life liCe of the west wesL He knew Main Mam street when it was a cow path and has seen Salt Lake go grow to lo be become ome the thriving community it now is Adventurous tales fales of pioneer days escapades of oC the stage coach era and the romance of oC the Indian Indian all al arc are related by the thc pioneer in a man man- manner ncr ner that would make a fiction writer feel Ceel slightly abashed Mr Kimball drove the stage stase from Chicken Creek to Fillmore Utah Utah's first capital in 1871 He lIe later drove to Stockton and Ophir and on other routes in Utah but during his whole career as a wrangler he never was held up by bandits nor was raided by Indians he recalls PRIZED POSSESSIONS Among his prized possessions are are two pictures One is of the old home I of the Kimballs in Parleys Parley's canyon which was vas the station o of the original original oris- oris inal Park City stage line which WilHam Wil Wilt liam Ham H. H Kimball his father Another is a photograph of oC a barn wh which ch Mrs Kimballs Kimball's father ather Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Hanks erected near bear Mountain Dell in Parleys Parley's canyon It was the first pon pony express station Mr Kimball Kimball Kimball Kim Kim- ball explained and was operated from rom April 3 1860 until the pony pon express was abandoned Both buildings buildings buildings build build- ings still stand stand- The house which Mr Kimball first built bUIll following his marriage stands at 62 East North Temple street anc ancis and andis is recognized as one o of the landmarks of the city |
