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Show I and his followers started from fromSanta . Santa Fe New Mexico ( then a apost aS.anish aSpanish ' S.anish Sanish . , . post ) they explored c-qJlored c qJlored - and andfound andfound andfound found a crossing of the Oreat Great OreatColorado GreatColorado GreatColorado Colorado river that is today called calledthe calledthe calledthe the Crossing Cross1l1g of the Fathers also alsoknown alsoknown alsoknown known as The Dandy Crossing Crossingand Crossingand Crossingand and is situated in 111 the extreme extremesoutheastern extremesoutheastern extremesoutheastern southeastern part of UtahNext UtahNext Utah UtahNext Next s \ e find the Lewis Le\\is Le is Leais \ and andClark andClark anddark Clark expedition 111 In m 1820 21 up the theMissouri theMissouri theMissouri Missouri river to its head\\ head headters headwaters headwatersthence headwatersthence \ \ ters tersthence thence over the divide to the theheadaters theheadaaters theheadwaters head\\aters head aters headaaters \ of the Coluirbia Colun'bla Colunbla Columbia ' nver river nverthence riverthence riverthence thence down dosm this river to the thePacific thePacific thePacific Pacific oceanThe oceanThe3 ocean oceanThes The Thes The3 endured untold hardshl)5 hardshl5 hardships hardshl)5al'd hardshipsand hardshipsard ] ) al'd ald and ' at times were half starved but butmanaged butmanaged butmanaged managed to keep on friendly terms termsith termswith termswith ( \\ith ith with \ one exceptionlth exception ) \ with \\lth lth the theIndhns theIndi theIndians Indhns Indi ins thus giving glvmg to our great greatUnited greatUnited greatUnited United Stat States s much Informationof informationJf information3f information Jf 3f our great "e e seatNext " we't wet seat we'tNext ' < t tNext Nexte Next a \ we \\e e e find Col Pike John C CFremont CFr Fromont Fremont mont Kit Carson Old OldGreenwood OldGreenwood Greenwood Jim Bndger Badger and a anumber anumber anumber number of other noted noled e"plorers eplorers explorers e"plorersand explorersand explorersand " and trappers trap.ers trapers . doing domg their part ill In illIOneer Inloneer Inloneer IOneer loneer ex exs expumg , vAll vary g of this vast vasterlitory vasteniitory vastenltory vastenltoryNext erlitory eniitory erlitoryNe"t eniitoryNeat Next Ne"t Net Neat " " we "e e se find the Morirons forn'ons fornons Mormons , ' undel under undelthe underthe undeithe the leadorship leadership lead rship of Bngham Bugham Brigham "Young Young "YoungIn Youngin " "Youngin Youngin " In 1847 settling setUmg the Great Oreat Salt SaltLJ.e SaltLike SaltLake LJ.e LJe Like , . district in 111 Utah Due credit creditmust creditmust creditmust must be given these Mormon Mormonpioneers Mormonpioneers Mormonpioneers pioneers as their hard hardships hlps hlpsere \\ere ere were werealmost ' \ werealmost ere'limost 'limost limost almost ' as great as the LeM Lewlo Lewin " and andClark andClark anddark Clark expeditionNext expeditionNext expedition expeditionNext Next " we "e e find that the discovery discoveryf f eold gold In gl gleat great eat q lantities mntltles tantities at Sut Sutton Sutton Suttons ton . s Mill near Sacramento Cali Cali'orma Calirorma Call'arma Callarma 'orma orma rorma ' . m in October 1848 caused the thegreatest thegreatest rea greatest < > test tompede tampede to the coast coastof coastof coastof of the w \ wo 0 o Id and In fn two and coastI a ai'a ahag aralf I i'a ia hag ' sears years ears California ' \ was as admit admitted admitted admitted ted to the union U11lon of U S 5 with a aop aop aop op ilation IlatJOn nation of one hundred and forts forty fort } , tl ti oJsand oJsandNeada o ojsanc ojsancNevada Nevada Ne\ada Ne ada Nesada \ oJsandI Colorado Colomrlo and oti oU er erstates I > ta tates tes scon seon soon followed follosed folio , ed after the thediscovery thediscovery thediscovery discovery of gold sih slh sill ei el er and oti oU otl er erI erpreclO erprecio erpreciois I preclO precio IS m tals by the II ' man manitlth 1.n 1n ' . \itlth itlth w , \ .11 11 1t1 1t1the . .11tho tho the burro a pioneer plOspectorAlso prospectorAlso piospector plOspector prospector piospectorAlso Also due cicdit cledlt credit must be given glVcn I + IBayden ihaydcn Bayden hayden a aid Id rd h hs s si Sl St n rs eMng e\lng e lng es \ mg explor I , | Illg rng 111 ? part p'Irt pIrt party ' } wro sl-o sl o wro - spent foi for r and a ahalf ahalf ahalf half s sears ears in Colorado and south'astern south I j"astern jastern --astem astem 'astern astern - " ' Utah about tl ti e a years 1864 1864S8 186458 S8 8 Named many m'1.ny m1.ny m1ny ' . mountain mountam peaks peaksnd peaksnd ? nd marked on hi hr map mmeral mineral mmeraldeooslts mineraldeoosrts mineraldeoosits deooslts deoosrts that later the p spectors spectorsfound spectorsfound spectersfound found to Jy . > b b ' of great greatalue \alue alue salue \ , alue andTacle andrade and andrade rade Tacle the great mining mming camps of ofLead"il ofLeadvil ofLeadvil Lead"il Leadil Leadvil " e a Aspen Lake Cits Crt3 CII Silver Silverton Silverton Silverton ton Tellunde Oura Ouras Oura3 } Rico Creed CreedCnpple CreedCripple CreedCripple Cnpple Cripple Creek CreeJ . Victor and other othermmmg othermining othermining mmmg mining camps of the ti'e tie ' stateAfter stateAfter state stateAfter After Tl TI e Iranlth iran man ' with \lth lth \ the bur buro o came the coveredagon covered \ wagon \\agon agon that thatgave thatgave thatSave gave to our great vest "est est west " its jelm perm jelmnel1t permmerit : peimanent \nel1t nel1t merit ' \ settlement spttlement of farmers and ands s oceinen oc . < unen 11en ' leading leadmg to manufacture manufactureand manufactureand manufactureand and < all ill mdustnesThis mdustnesThis industries mdustnes industriesThis This altlde aitiLle altldelllten ai title ' \ written \\lllten lllten by a pion pioneer pioneerDf pioneelsf eel eelJf Jf Df 58 years in m \ western estern Colorado Coloradosoutheastern Coloradosoutheastern eutheastern southeastern Utah and sOtern sOternCallfornla soi sot , . . zerrr zerrrCalifornia , iemCalifornia Callfornla California is a humble effort on onhis onhis onhis his part to t to try and gn gis gi\e gi e \ e a tnbute tribute tributeto tnbuteto to the pioneers of our district dlStnct and andaIthou"h andalthouth andalthoUfch aIthou"h aIthouh althouth " the Cleator Creator " was "as as more morekindly morekindly morekindly kindly to us in the way ct cf moreI an an'lbundance anabundance anabundance I 'lbundance lbundance abundance ' of game Umbel timber Umbelater \\ater ater skater skaterand ' \ waterand aterand and a \ wonderful onderful all the year yearground yeararound 1round ground ' climate clUl1ate compared to other otherdlstncts otherdistricts otherdistricts yearI I dlstncts districts throughout the w ' \ we e t we we'lad wehad wehad 'lad lad had ' mans many man haidships haldshlps hardships unknovn unknown unJ.no unJno . vn to tojay toSay today weI I jay Say In this generation " who "ho ho ssho have have1S haveas haveas 1S as a rule rulelth ( with \\lth lth suth \ \ a fe\ fe feexceptionsgood fe \ s , exceptionsgood exceptions ) good homes automobiles good goodoads goodoats goodoads oads oats sce scrools ools and churches goodI tt tl tl-itare tl itare - 1 at atare t tare I are doing demg all they can to help helpbuild helpbuild helpbuild build up a better cnilization cnihzatron cnilizationNo cnihzatronNo cI\lllza cI lllza \ tlOn tlOnNo No country has a more colorful colorfulpast colorfulpast past that Isorthy is worthy \\orthy orthy ' \ of being colorfulI kept kept1llve keptalive keptalive I 1llve alive in m the memories of man than thanthIs thanthis thanthis thIs \ wstem s astern stern part of the Unitedtates United Unitedtates < - -tates tates - and I sincerely smcerely belleve believe bellevethat believethat believethat that a " we e 0 o o\e o e s \ \ e it to the honor of the thepi thepi thepi pi neers to see that our hlsloncal historical historicalpast historicalpast past be not forgottenWHAT forgottenWHAT forgotten forgottenWHAT WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS FOREFATHERSCREATED FOREFATHERSCREATED FOREFATHERSCREATED CREATED LET LIT : US PRESERVE PRESERVEAND PRESERVEAND PRESERVEAND AND PROTECT |