Show 1 DO YOU duchesne construction AND COLORED SOLDIERS WHO HELPED BUILD THE STOCKADE Basin plon- Mr who baa lived here since about the el our B t feature The of lh of Ft Du- theme will be concluded In next of the Vernal Other Ym Be- will appear Chesne during the building per- lod soon after were going quite fait Just Tho wrecked at Ft Thornburgh in Maeser ward as- JoDy colored line M neThe- regular which later became the home of Ellis J. They would bring a good supply of Cedar logs and what a barn-a-fire they would have at night This drew the crowds both young and old and there was much hilarity and evi- dent when a spark from the lire fell down the neck of an un- buttoned coat A few of us boys would be at the lira early to watch them cook and eat their which consisted of great rounds with plenty of fresh hot butter and They used these great largo Dutch In two of them they fried meat onions and and fried eggs In two large steel frying These colored boys were well and used very good It did not take very much coaxing to get them to sing and they exhibited much nice Of course we reciprocated by singing our school Before the lumber was all hauled some snow came and a good lot of frost with We could hear those great wide- tired wagons sing on the frosty snow at daylight In the morn- as they crossed over the west end of the Valley and up gf th-Valley v Times lively around the building quarters the shelter for The of- quarters were east and west across the north end of the The original build were with lean-to kitchens on north side or I was told do with i construction hired two expert George Butts as well at ny second class carpenters Most of the privates or troops Born colored troops with wives built Uk hill in the ne the hU W the river bed where the water was deepest so that he could cailly fill his buckets which were from the arms of his wooden yoke which rest- ed on the back of his neck and Father sent me to get his orden many but lie did not seem lo m. I often sprinkle clothes by filling his mouth with water and squirting it over the It Is said that he lived over one hundred an called into the service two In- and commissioned them as maybe to keep post- ed on what the Indians were thinking and talking about They were of the South Johnnie Starr of White- They had their squaws and papooses In their tepees at the foot of the hill not far from the west end of the river Their horses were always kept These scouts were go- between-men in the business with the Indian agent and the Uriah Curt Indian spent his first win- ter in the Uintah Basin at the home of my P. Reynolds of Mill Ward and was later employed as an inter- preter with office In the Fort Among the first utility houses built was the big ice house above the bridge on the east side of The water supply for house use was pumped i the river into a large tank hauled by six mules driven by Tom Each hack on the high ground a forty Ball- n which was filled every The shop all Its A Just east of the shop and the hill the idlers installed bake ovens bread I ever Civilians were no allowed to buy this a baker We thought It was a real even though some said the colored baker would mix the dough These were deep snow winters and very 30 and 40 below zero tern- Dentures were The only fuel available in these days was cedar which was ol T JL rM campers from stealing but he was a long time making the so i doubt ij any one At times a bottle of whisky was deposited in the wood where the guard could easily find The troops had long large box wood stoves as they would cLu workman Showalter is Pending the winter at San Ber- as a guest of srn A- Evans is former Vernal resident high-energy flashlight battery U less than 2 inches in nd 1 in |