Show OUR PIONEERS J john ohn A lambert sr john A lambert br sr waa was born in blairstown warren county new nev jersey october 22 1881 he lie ws vs the son of israel 0 and sarah E hawk lambert La rabert ills 1113 early life WM was working on an his fathers farm lie cut grain wit with h a cradle and did many things much different than we do now in im the tile family t to kan karl usaa but after alter two dr summers bummers they decided to move back cut john jolin lambert vent as far as andl impolis im polls indiana where in cebral nry ary ial he enlisted in the army rhe mae lint four months were spent to tra columbus ohio july 6 1831 1931 he came to port fort garland colorado and joined the esth infantry they were transfer red to cheyenne wyoming and irom from there were ordered into aln tah casin main to establish fort thom burg bur fatur companies compan lea of the ath infantry were ordered here 0 it P D mr lambert VM a rn denber aber ot of the 11 company with J P achl nd el captain the compa companies came as far as park city on the train they were unloaded at the forks of the road just below park city and began their long trek into the basin there 71 ere ere two hundred men 75 six ix mule teanis and 75 pack the companies arrived in ouray in october 1881 they camped about where the town of ouray ouy ou y now standa stands they were the first soldiers in thia this section in the spring of 1883 1882 the indian department issued instructions that they could not riot establish a fort on indian territory so tho camp was moved to the mouth of ashley canyon on the oreen omen homestead ami and fort thornburg was located during that aulmer the soldiers cold lera were engaged in making adobes for the tort fort part of tha the men were de majed to build a road over taylor mountain the road from the fort north to government park waa was constructed by these gol soldiers diem men from port fort bridger built the road from the pare parc north to fort bridger wyoming the sawmill was established at the park and mr rupple was head these companies remained here until the tall fall of 1882 when they were mere recalled to fort delcas the regimental head quarters in november 26 1885 mr lam fc 1 L rt married caroline carolina I 1 L swenson in salt lake city he ile was honorably discharged from the army on february 17 ISM lie worked in stockton for ars ars in the mines and it was there tle that t john A lambert jr of this city was bom mr lambert has engaged in mining practically all his life he lie prospected fw gold in idaho on the snake river in fact he haa has been in nearly all the western states in the interest of mining for the past tieh e years he be has pent considerable tl time ne in the aln lah ah basin although hi in his seventy year he is aa still hale and hearty and cry active he ile and his wife are the vie parents of five ining in ing children and they have hae eleven grand hildren they ney reside in sal salt it t lake city at the present |