Show A With the Pi Pioneers r J Seventy-one Seventy years ago ago tod today y July 24 1847 1847 a small b band nd of hardy men men entered the Salt Lake valley getti getting g their their first first glimpse g i p pe e of oft t ire t salt sea and the ideal basin on its s Ji the h heights bordering Emigration canyon r These ese men men were the advance guard of a train of scores of people the people the Mormons seeking Mormons seeking refuge from pers persecution cut ori in iti th the Mid Middle l West braving the terrors of plain and mountain to to establish t then homes an and l places s' s of worship ip in sheltered 1 territory y vj startling even in 10 that day of adventure were endured enuf en en- dured d' d by the pilgrims Terrors and alarms lar foreign i n t td to all persons of gentle tle nature ture were encountered Indians hideous in war paint w watched ched the progress of the caravan and dogged the steps of the pioneers looking for tl the chance to catch unawares the guard But hardihood faith and iron determination triumphed The creaking r oxcarts lumbered down the slopes into the valley carrying their heir precious loads of women women and children ch j bronzed muscular mus mu's ular men strode ode beside betide the thee wag wagons ps The Land of Promise had been reached l i Through Through 1 famine through the ra ravages ages of the elements through the th scourge through heart heart breaking breaking days and weeks and months th and years yearn the pioneers fought fought with faith in their I hearts that they were meant to survive until the valley y bloomed I Ir r with willi trees and flowers and bore Jore harvests of grain and fruit it under the to divine gift of water to the soi soil applied for the tile first time time in history by Anglo The battle was won Today all aU Utah is celebrating the advent of the pioneers into th Valley of the Great Salt lake Today Utahn native nati native e and are adopted adopted are paying homage to the living and dead of this first brave brav contingent trying to express in public de demonstration the grat grat- etude In their hearts for the foundation of the he present immense prosperity prosperity pros pros- l erity of our Toda loday tho the salute is to the Pioneers who helped build and strengthen and nd develop the unquenchable spirit of Americanism E which Is triumph Old Glory over the ramparts of f t a lJ in land d. d W |