| Show AT WINTER QUARTERS of Historical Interest Ihe I A Visit to a Place Utlefdiy Sanls ot tile missionaries I labor as our section ot Truth being In a ot n ue river which many years ago TrJoneer brethren and sisters tmv rlonoor our and enjoyed the mcurer I camped ri td temporary home while fnrts of a omro were exiles In the wilderness hat 1 they Z the desire to search for wknodln us salliken examine the land mark they left and behind Between thm six and seven miles to the narlhweat Is I tho mile town of Tlor e of those land marks II was one ence thousand or moro vf the HUlt four here rnV0UrrataOUoft 3 Israel > and Jbrave vf persecuted I able lUG fHnih summer and fall of e1 hajed Winter Quartem From nd founded able this little band all the I11ong enlisted its part nCn and boys hoOled 10 non flat lion volunteers of the him of our country 10 rIght orint the ell 11 their Mloon war thu Showing till deotlon to the Union thOught love and time they ur their families tho same I at nut pnmltlrt to live fit peace ii of the United Uhln the con em StIFloretKe once Winter Quarters 10 a small Place uninvIiiing In op DOW f Anti at a stand still 18 tOiOll pretence walked throughth An wo rialee street wo notled a learbers hop mln meat markets And two or three twO hlch comprt the business stores or the oil The few Jnhab portion IIvlll In a Scattered condition I itantel are ot of the houses were In good lIn condition On a hill to tile went Is I a brick school building lInco nice upporU thftc church vlz lplco Christian and Pnbytprlan pal or attention was directed here prin dJ our > LIlY to look l nt the old burial ground hTre sleep the ashes of several hun i where drM of Hose who so bravely fought and endured the trials of being plundered plun-dered burned out and insulted re duct to poverty suffering from hun and fatigue until through Prolonged pro-longed ttt exposure their mortal frame succumbed and they were laid In tie ce Here they rest until the resur vetrump On rwtf n trump hall awaken them the beautiful afternoon nf April 14th we visited this loi ely spot whichi we found In a most dilapidated condition micrlng the treating plice made sa crcd M the memor > fit the pasti our tl iprht I hearts sank within t us nt the sight of the desolate and doleful appearance Mam of the Kiavcs have sunken one IWO and three feet It Im hnpoIIle to dlgnat on grave from another ex tgu = r theV he sunken I Many hi been burled the since JI4 anl hIeve I t still used hy the Public I though but llttli room Is I left In It Um I gentleman told ON It was difficult to I without disturbing som dig a grave disturbingLsome other People who do not care to pith pi-th usual price cf a lot In other come terlcs or the fte for Interment which li I 115 to t 2D bury their dead her I free of charge The place was rendered more for taken hy I a fire which tad s I none over n-one third I of lli lot from the burning of crass In an adjoh Ing Held Burl 09 uur visit to the city We Intro I 4ured ourselves to some ul the hurt I ne mn team whom we learned the I names i of several i von still residing I hr and wh once belonged to the II I fold or nol but have fallen away W < had a friendly chat with a member of the Joephlte organization win pointed put to us Property owned by Brother noldbraoln who Is I now 10 Utah Th In dyne of Florence 3 Ir l 11 Walker its > lilt next person vIMI rd lie also received m kindly And told us all he knew ot the Interesting history of lie place Mr Walker father nit Dies nf the oldest settlers of I Ion hOIIII come front Unstated In < n early day He lost tl e spirit of the Oopl for ciumen unknown and want no farther Ills death occurred I about time weeks URO L Juit a we were leaving I to return to Omaha w a th tare to meet Mr Ale n stepholIll who mlgrated from I r m Fnstan a latter dav Saint In IM6 a do lt tm i1 t t IH convert of Elder Orson Pratt Mr L Stephenson may hO remembered by some of the lalnt be mn A ferryboat ferry-boat at Winter 0 inrters In IS 56 and lie 1957 lie was oil deit that a 11 r conver E WnllIhnI Jah oor Tg Ar Patton w t th I ilm I wan short To our 2 question whether he had united with III any other ehutvh he answered Nn 114 sir anti ever shall They have tried r H rl re thin Once to get me but falW I Before ending the amount of our A Ih vlalt to lJorence we must may I tat 61 here 011 the banln or Missouri ricer tit In I situated the purlftlne fountain of at the Omaha water works We enjoyed a IB B our r 1hro the concern nnd watched Ill toh whle in I ere t the worting of the great I its hl raull tumis l light large cnglnea IM and boilers were In use lo furnish mo CO IB lion to the powerful machinery As the sun was taking In the west lie hide farewell to the peaceful town nestling among the I rtr and wen lei ourway in file burtilreer city or Omaha On April file we called upon Tter J A Williams MroAmerlan rector or an 1 plsc 0 > pal Church Rev Williams li I living In a house which was built I leader t11e lIrocllnn or President Yout at Winter Ourln In 1810 Sam yen rs ago the building was moved team there to Ol1jaha anti is I IM Sol ding III good condition Oil North Twenlefh street Rev William A PM enuiteously showed us throulh tho houae and seemed rlealto talk Kith us The i work nf tho lord Is progressing very Illrell In this C5 Tho Nebraska confmnf wilt lie hold here all April 3nth and May lot The New Is I read with much ap tb l11211011 Anil we look anxiously for to DrIlVell Ael MondaY nirniner Iver Pta Ing for he wcllno of Zion I We are it It Tour brethren In the lospe1 1 of peace i little r J WILLIAMS J TIIATCIr torn Omaha Tel h A Ihil ilr costs |
