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Show .Ul ' -v ; !s , '! - - .:, Mr , I ( 5 V k S , , ,,, . , I ... -' : ; . . . "V-nv - - , Ed Corless Ed Corless relives childhood memories of Ignatio With the moving of one of the buildings at the Ignatio Stage Coach Station, fond memories were brought back to Ed Corless who spent 15 years of his early childhood life there. This station was built in 1904 by the Uintah Railway Company. It's purpose was to help stage and freight lines. All mail and passengers coming into the Vernal area had to cross this toll bridge. Five families were living there in the early 1900's: Waters, Ennis Gurr, Johnny McKendell, he lived in a tent (his family lived in town,) Bob Lotter, blacksmith, and Ted Corless. I Corless' mother ran a boarding house while his father took care of the toll bridge. "I got my pants kicked a lot of times for climbing up the boards on the j bridge," he said. i With the building of the White River j Dam, the bridge and buildings will be ' covered with water. According to Corless, the happiest time of his life was while living out there. When he came into town he "got into mischief." This was a lively little place, according to Corless. They had some of their best dances when people from Watson, those on the freighters and the families joined in on all of the fun. Corless came to Vernal when he was 16 years old to go to school, "When they could get me to," he said. Just before the winter of the flu, his parents gave him a choice to go to school or get his horse and go to Hell's Hole, half-way between Watson and White River. We went to get his horse and go to work. The family only came to Vernal once or twice a year. Groceries were purchased at Watson and Ouray. It was 18 miles to White River and 18 miles to Ouray. Corless and his sister, Vera Hacking, went back out to see the place not long ago. Sitting on a hill he wondered, "What I ever did with my life. It was just like yesterday we lived out there." |
