Show wonderful sight June 1855 I went Wm Holden Pellet Lot and Greg Metcalf across the river to hunt out a a. location returned on the having pitched upon a n grove near the bank of the river a mile below our pace place of crossing but we afterwards moved it to too attice n spring creek on the opposite side of the valley We had awful rain I looked out of the wagon and saw a wonderful won sight eight More than 20 creeks running leaping and pouring off the mountain precipices all an around from one oneto oneto oneto to feet high The mountains all around us are arc barren soft and red sand rocks carved and molded into every shape and now all aU the molded water courses are streaming streaming streaming stream stream- ing with the cre creeks ks and rivers rilling riling tumbling and pour pouring pour pour- ing down the mount mountain in sides 4 The comments above were the diary of Oliver 13 B. B Huntington one of the members of the Elk Mountain l Mission l group which arrived in MO Moab b in 1855 to establish a colony They were recalled by this writer last week following following following follow follow- ing a mid afternoon thunder storm that poured thousands of gallons of water down the sides cliff-sides into Moab valley vaHey And it was a wonderful sight to see ee even though the water caused untold damage after reaching the toe valley Vaney floor |