Show I I NO NOW I AND THEN r 0 In 1856 there was a scarcity of oC provisions pro in Utah and many domestic domestic do do- animals died from starvation stara tion llon Beaver county was settled and on April 17 of or that year jear ear Beaver City was laid out by a colony from larwon It was in May that the ship Shil Thornton sailed from Liverpool with saints on board under command of James G G. G Willie The rile V ship Horizon sailed from Liverpool with saints under tinder direction of Edward Martin the first coming coining V via New York U the latter via Boston Boston Bos Boa ton and reached Iowa City on June 26 and July 8 respectively It vas was their companies that suffered so inthe Inthe in inthe the move with the handcarts Now seated sealed in the luxurious trains that make male the run across the continent continent continent con con- the Mormon trail being followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed for tor a long distance by the railroad how few give thought to tc the bands of brave bravo men and women who in the long ago endured such hardship and suffering in order that V th they y might build up an empire and make a place in the mountains which would be a mecca for hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- V of ot thousands of ot people every year And the old Mormon trail still remains unmarked V |