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Show El [ ElDown Down the Trail With Our Pioneers Jj I ( By Wmford Bunce BuncoMrs ) Mrs Mary H ( Wilcox ) Day Daycaily-day Daycaily day , cally-day cally day tally-day tally - ploneel pioneel pioneer of Moab , "as as was "asborn wasborn " wasbom born November 8 , 1860 at Mt MtPleasant MtPleasant MtPleasant Pleasant ; , , Sanpete county , Utah Utahwhere , where she spent her girlhood The Theeally Theearly Theeaily eally early settlers of Mt Pleasant Pleacant ; ex- ex experienced experienced ex experienced - perienced many hardships hardslups The In- In Indians Indians In Indians - dians were treacherous and the thegrasshoppers thegrasshoppers thegrasshoppers grasshoppers constantly played playedhavoc playedhavoc playedhavoc havoc with their crops The reSI- reSI reSIdents residents resi residents - - dents grew up depending on each eachothel eachother eachotnei othel other as one large family famJlj ' A forty fort tort fortMis y > ) w 1 M . r 6 6r 6L 4 L , 4 = 1 1pr pr- pr prm - " m _ - % . K1 K144fr 44fr 44frr r ) x { 4 4Mrs Mis Mrs Mary H Day I " , ' was 'aas aas as built in the center of town for foruse foruse foruse use during times of Indian raIds raIdsWhenevel raidsWhenever raidsWhenevci Whenevel Whenever any trouble from the theIndIans theIndians theIndians IndIans was suspected , a large bell bellwas bellwas bellwas was rung rtmg rang and the settlers would wouldgather wouldgather wouldgather gather inside the fort They would wouldmoe wouldmove wouldmove mo\e mo e move \ their families and cattle in inthe inthe inthe the large rock inclosure fuclosure until the thetrouble thetrouble thetrouble trouble was overOne overOne over overOne One night mght just befoic befOle before dark the thebell thebell thebell bell began to nng ring and large torches torcheswere torcheswere torcheswere were ablaze All the settlers hurried hurriedmto hurriedinto hurriedinto mto into the fort only to learn that the thefirst thefirst thefirst first 1 lailroad ailroad railroad train had arrived in inSalt inSalt inSalt Salt Lake City that dayClothmg dayClothing day dayClothing Clothing Clothmg wras was anotnei anothel another ploblem problem ploblemthe problemthe pioblemthe the settlers had to face in those thosedays thosedays thosedays days Cloth could not be purchased purchasedfrom purchasedfrom purchasedfrom from the stores and each family had hadto hadto hadto to depend on itself for its own ownclothmg ownclothing ownclothing clothmg clothing Wool was gathered of off of ! ! the thebrush thebrush thebrush brush where the sheep bailing tiailing tiailingthrough bailingthrough ti ailingthrough through " would ould lose it The sheep at atth1.t attint atthit th1.t th1t tint . time Ume contracted what was wascalled wascaned wascalled called caned ' 'scab scab ' ' ' and they , would .ould ould . lose losemuch losemuch losemuch much of their ' wool ' 001 during the thespring thespring thespring spring of the year ear The wool after afterbeing afterbeing afterbeing being gathered " , was as " washed "ashed ashed corded cordedand cordedand cordedand and spun into yarn The yarn would wouldthen " wouldthen ould ouldthen then be woven into cloth , , maJ.ing maJing making maJ.ingJcans makingjeans makingjeans . Jcans jeans tor for the men mcn and dlesses dresses di esses tOl fori tOlth forithe foithe the th ' \ women omen All AU the stockings stocl.ings stoclings . 'acre acre 'acreknitted \ ' wereknitted ere erekmtted kmtted knitted by hand When they wore woreout woreout woreout out the stockings were wcre unravelled unravelledand unravelledand unravelledand and made into blanketsShoes blanketsShoes blankets blanketsShoes Shoes " were "ere ere a luxury Whenever a abeef abeef abeef beef i v . was as killed lJlled the hide " ' was "as as 'aas aas tanned tannedfor tannedfor tannedfor for shoes and the tallow was made madeinto madeinto madeinto into candles for lights When the thecandles thecandles thecandles candles weic 'aere aere ' \ CI e all gone the old fue- fue fire- fire fueplace fireplace fire-place fire place - place served for lightWhen lightWhen light lightWhen When Mrs Day went to school scbool , 1 1Continued ( Continued on page 5) 5 ) I I With Our PioneersContinued Pioneers PioneersContinued ( Continued from tram first paee page ) they were seated at crude benches benchesand benchesand benchesand and the teacher had only one book bookThIS bookThis bookThis ThIS book was torn apart and every everymorning everymorning everymorning morning each student would be begIven begiven begiven gIven a So page from it to study dur- dur durI durIng during dur during - - I ing the day At night the pages pagesI pageswere pageswere were gathered up and put away a\\ay a ay \ \ for forthe forthe forthe the next dayMiss day dayMiss I marriedI Miss Mary H Wilcox was marrIed marrIedto to Herbert Steven Ste\en Ste en Stesen \ Day at Mt MtPleasant MtPleasant Mtj Pleasant March 8 . , 1877 In 1879 Mr MrDay MrDay MrDay Day came to Moab and ) lh Ih iced ed in the theold theold theold old fort here during durmg the winter wmter of of1879-1880 of1879 1880 of18791880Mr 1879-1880 1879 1880 - 18791880Mr Mr lV11 " and Mrs Day moved into IntoGrand intoGrand . Grand county in 1882 and resided at atMoab atMoab atMoab Moab for several years , later taking takingup takingup takingup takingI I up a homestead on Wilson mesa mesawhere mesawhere mesawhere where for many years they resIded residedin residedin I in the summer , farming farmmg and ralsmg raising raisingcattle raisingcattle cattle Mr Day was a deputy sheuff sheriff sheuffof sheriffof sheiiffof 1 of Grand county for several years yearsIn yearsIn yearsIn In about- about about-the about the aboutthe - - the year 1884 , he operated operateda a small sman flour mill on Mill creek creekabout creekabout creekabout , about abouthere \ where \\here here \ the power plant is isI isno isnow isnow I no now V located ThISas This \ ' was \\as as the firstflour first firstI firstflour I flour mill mm in the valley and it dId dIdI dIdvery didvery didvery I very poor work at times Sometimes Sometimesthe Sometimesthe Sometimesthe the corn and wheat after being beingI beingground beingground I ground " would ould be so dark and coarse coarseI coarsethe coarsethe coarsethe I the meal could hardly be used It Itwas Itwas Itwas was al\\ al always alays \ ays run through a SIeve sievethe , I the coarser grist being bemg used for forI forcereal forcereal I cereal and the finer flrler flier for making makingI makingblead makingbread makingbiead makingbieadEight blead bread bleadi I bleadEIght breadEight i Eight children . were v.ere vere bom born to Mr Mrand Mrand . and Mrs Day , six of whom cur- cur sur- sur curI curVlve survive ; sur survive - vive Vlve Mr Day died four fourears \ears ears bears \ , ears ago agoMrs agoMrs agoMrs I Mrs Day has 47 grandchildren and andeight andeight ! eight great-grandchildren great grandchildren - At the theI theage theage theage I age of 76 she is still acth acti\e acti e active \ e aI'ld aIld and aI'ldI andtakes andtakes ' I takes a lively interest mterest in eveIday everyday eveIdayI eveIdayhappenmgs everydayhappenings everydayhappenings ) I happenmgs happenings |