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Show MOAB COVERED WAGON "IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS " " REACH SEVIER COUNTY COUNTY2'S , ' ; " a , " ' _ o oyy -yy yy - Wyi T T"t "t t " ' " ' 1 " . Pt . " . , - t 't t , ' " ' } 3 ' " r ' \ rr A 2'S 2S 2'Stiti ? ' t- t titi - tft ' ft > : ' . I rs I r ' " s , qq - ' 1L1 1L1r .ij ij . _ r r , _ 1 of Scfof ' ar.i ari ar.iI ar.iu ar.ie ar.iey4 . I u e ey4 r Scf 1 . . W 4 t t4jf 4jf .2 2 .2W , " .2IUy - IUy 5 frtac EAW . . rl - ' ' ( S-nkf S nkf Snkfsav - -sav sav - luMu- luMu luMuA - -A A - - * - a The Thc above cut published pubhshed last week " eek hi by b ) the Richfield Reaper Re'1per Re1per ' and reprinted reprmted in The Times In Indepemlent Independent Iidependent depemlent dependent through the courtesy of the Reaper , portrays the arrival in III Sevicr Sevier count county } ) of a 1 ' . partof party partyof partyof of weeks in covered wagons in lD search of ofnew a anew anew of \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab people who left this tIus place placc a 1 ' number ago new location Under the picture the Reaper published pubhshed the following fo1\owmg fo1 owmg \ storyTlus storyThus story storyThis This Tlus Thus picture might have been taken hken token in Sexier Se\ler Se ler Seuer \ county 83 years ) ears ago but it wis W'lS WlS was ' actuall actual1Y actually actual1Ysnapped actuallysnapped snapped just south of Richfield last week When Mr l\Ir l Ir \ and Mrs l\Irs l Irs \ T 0 Rockafellow Roekafe1\ow Roekafe1 ow \ and E I : 1 1Moore Y YlIoore YMoore \ Moore l\Ioore l Ioore decided that they would like hke to leave Moab and come to greener pastures in Sevic Sevier Seviercounty Seviercounty county they loaded their thell belongings belongmgs in h\ h two h0 \ 0 covered wagons and set out ant with SI si\ si sic sihorses \ ' ( horses twocaws two twocows twcows , and through throughW'lyne throughWeyne througWayne Greennver Greenrlver Greenrever and 'lnd lnd end chickens They made the journey via calf c'llf cllf self ' two dogs ' some somc cows caws a W'lyne Wlyne Weyne ' Wonderland making makmg as high as 30 miles mLles a day A few days out the calf caU got tender feeand feet feetand feetand and had to be put in m a " wagon "agon agon but the cows gave milk all an the way W'lY WlY wey weyIt W'lYIt wayIt ' It was W'1S W1S wes ' a long ' and 1nd end tedious trip but the group had h\ h two h0 \ 0 ad\ ad advantages adantages adtantages W'lYI \ antages that the fcarly urly Carly pIOneers pIOneerslackedgood pioneerslackedgood pioneerlacked I lacked-good lacked good - good roads and the rubber tires on the lead wagon wagon'lIr wagone 'l\Ir 'l l Ir e ' Mr \ Rockafellow Rock'1fello\\ Rock'1fello Rock1fello Rockefellaw Rock'1fellom ' \ \ in m the foreground holding the Civil ClVJ\ ClVJ ClVJW'll \ War W'll Wll lVer ' cap and ball revolver is an uiholsterer up upholsterer upholsterer holsterer by trade and he said sud : if of he could find fmd fend a . place to farm he would settle here |