Show OUR PIONEERS PIONEERS JU HISTORY TOny OI 0 or UES J ItEm I James FOREWORD James James Reid Held one of the pioneers of or early earls days das da s is 1 ts nov non 8 1 years ears eara of age In fairly good health and able to read rend without the aid of glasses i iJames James Reid as born In Moore Wigton shire Scotland on onI April 29 1853 1653 I At the age of or 10 years In the care of at Isis his he sail sail- sailed sail sailed ed to Lh Liverpool England About i April 30 1863 1803 they the embarked ed on the ship Antarctic Eng Eng- England England land Ens-land land and were ere 7 weeks and three days s before they landed In York Seven and nt fifty peo- peo people peo people pIe or saints were ere on the tessel essel There was a no great deal of sick sick- sickness sickness sick sickness ness and death measles being the cause of most mast of it It They landed at what w 11 as known at that time 0 as Castle Gardens in New York They marched in rows to the railroad station about one half mile away boarded a street streetcar streetcar car drawn by six mules and were t taken en out of the main city cUr to the I station where where they got on ona onI I a train for St t Joseph Mo 10 From FromI I St Joseph the they went on to Flor Flor- Florence Flor- Flor Florence Florence ence Nebraska by a steam boat traveling tra up the Mi Missouri river t I At Omaha Nebraska there w s1 wis I I a store where the necessary eqUiP eqUiP- equipment ment lor for the trip across the plaIns was as secured They wel were e allowed ed edI edone I one fr frying pan one stew kettle battle and one dutch oven oien Those were about all alt the cooking utensils utensil ne- ne ncI ne I I and about all aU they could bring The fund sup sup- supplied supplied plied all the food and transportation transportation tation for Saints to Salt Lake La City Cit SUP SUP-I At Florence they a ere Imet met unet bv by the Mormon teamsters frosts from Salt Lake i who ho took them to Utah There were 75 wagons eight wagons eight o en to each wagon making a string of a a mile or more In length Quoting from Mr Reid About the only ony experience that stands stand out in my mind as the worst that happened on the entire Journey was a thunder storm s onn It was V w very severe When we Iol first s ted started ted out of 01 the flats from Omaha a it be- be be sail gan Such terrible thunder and lightening and my how It did rain The ground was covered by tv too 0 inches or more of water after the storm cleared away and that was the only storm on the entire jour jour- journey journey ney The The Indians were ell more friend friend- friendly friendly ly and would come carne to the camp eary early mornings and talk with the teamsters Other experiences were ere such as herds of buffalo blocking the road and making it necessary to stop and wait walt for them to W mot mo move e a on There was waa plenty of buffalo meat and fish to eat almost all nIl the way wayA a A company of U S ca ca cavalry aIry moving moving moving ing from one fort to another came as far as Ft Laramie traveling with the Immigrants for safet safety They kept the camp In meat To be continued |