Show St. St Pa Pauls Paul's ls l's r. r f t to celebrate 75 years year St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal Church Churchin in Vernal is celebrating Its seventy fifth year anniversary during the Bicentennial year of ot the nation St. St Pauls Paul's was too founded ded InVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal three quarters of ot a century ago and its present Church hurch building and parish house located on Main Street are the oldest church buildings in the city FATTIER FATHER received a letter of ot historical significance from the Reverend J J. J Wesley of Philadelphia The Reverend Mr was was Vicar 60 years ago in Vernal According to Father the letter will be placed in the church archives with other memorabilia in the custody of ot Margaret Francke Franeke the church historian According to the letter letter there were approximately 40 members of the church at the time Reverend was here He and his family lived Inthe in inthe inthe the lodge which was used to girls who were attending high school from the surrounding area The lodge later became a hospital Once a month he held services at four preaching stations located at Watson Dragon the gilsonite mine near Watson and a place just over the mountain from Dragon He spent a week traveling The Th trip taip down to Watson took six hours by car carand carand carand and they had to cross cross the Green River by self propelled barge called a ferry A PORTION of the letter reads as follows Dr Douglas from the Pittsburg Museum was was taking o out t the Din Dinosaurs s urs down at Jensen and I knew him quite well and made some trips down there Salt Lake was was was' a along along long wa way way off an and the roads were were J t I very rough and you had to go goby goby goH by car to get to a railroad a a. a hundred miles or s so away at Helper We once sue made the trip by wagon with two horses of which I have pictures I understand understand understand un un- un- un there is a fine Cine road from Salt Lake to Vernal that only t takes kes a few hours now It was quite an experience for tor a 11 young man just out of ot the seminary The country was wild Indians from the reservation reservation reser reser- were always in town and the cowboys were always dashing into town I had two horses which I rode and drove and I used to make trips out Into the valley I l remember a visit I Imade Imade Imade made to the coal mine up In the hills and the ride down in the coo coal I cars to the bottom to wa watch tc h the miners digging coal and loading the too cars I t later had a aFord aFord R RFord Ford Model T and was able to drive around in the valley I would be glad to hear from you and any other persons who are still around Our family Is still intact Mrs and our four children and land an assortment of grandchildren and great Reverend address is Is' Flourtown A Avenue venue Philadelphia Pennsylvania n |