Show History Tells Life of Early Manila Settler MANILA The liThe Life We of James Roger Lamb will Viti be the topic for the April Daggett County Historical Society meeting April 20 to be given by Kerry Ross Boren Doren Daggett County Historical Society historian James Roger Lamb was a guide scout an trailblazer hunter cattleman cattleman cattle cattle- man raiser of fine horses and was a casu casual 1 m member of the Wild Bunch Dunch and made his imprint on the history of Fort Bridger Mountain View Burnt Fork and Lone tone Tree in Wyoming and Summitt Uintah and Daggett Counties in Utah HE WAS born in Salt Lake take City February Feb Feb- February 14 1860 He lIe was the second of four sons of Mormon pioneers Horace Merrill Lamb and Naomi Dewhurst Horace Hor Hor- ace Lamb had been called in 1953 to aid Orson Hyde in the establishment of Fort Supply near Fort Bridger In 1857 during the Johnstons Johnston's army Incident the fort was burned to the ground and Horace Lamb returned to Salt Lake City In 1862 he returned to Fort Bridger country to settle with his wife and two year two year old son Jim Horace Lamb is buried in the Lamb plot at Fort Bridger AFTER THE birth of Jims Jim's youngest brother his mother became seriously ill III and the three children Jim George and Will were adopted by an Indian Indian In In- dian dlan squaw and lived with her for about three years The remainder of his life Jim Lamb remained close to the Indians In In- Jim Lamb made many important acquaintances acquaintances ac ac- ac on the early frontier around Fort Bridger He lie had heard Jim Brid- Brid gers ger's tales of the west He lie was a close clase fiend of Uncle Jack Robinson and was the source of much documentary in establishing establishing es eSt es- es Uncle Jacks Jack's cabin as the oldest oldest old old- est existing cabin in Utah Jim Baker the old trapper was perhaps perhaps per per- haps Jim Lambs Lamb's closest friend and early companion Mr Baker took Jim under his wing and taught him the art of trapping trapping trapping trap trap- ping hunting and scouting These traits were never outgrown by Jim Lamb and even when he was in his eighties he could be seen trudging around the hills or riding his favorite horse DURING HIS life Mr Lamb saw the coming of the Union Pacific Railroad Wyoming and Utah statehood and other events of similar importance but most of it escaped him His Ills time was spent pursuing ranching ranching ranch ranch- ing and raising horses He lIe excelled in both of these occupations His horses were in demand across seven of the western states and not the least of his customers were Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch IN 1885 Jim Lamb made one of his long adventurous exploring excursions through southern Utah and while tin Toquerville Toquerville To To- met and fell in love with Lydia Mary Iary Clawson They were married in inI I Toquerville in February 1886 and shortly short short- ly afterward moved to Manan Idaho But the lure of his country soon called Mr 1 Lamb back and in 1888 they moved back and took up a ranch on Smiths Smith's Fork Earlier known as Lambs Lamb's Creek JIM LAMB lived and ranged in various various various var var- ious places from Canada to Old Mexico 1 but when he settled for his last days it was upon 40 acres of ground in Man ila ha Here he died September 12 1948 at the age of 88 years Ills His wife survived survived survived sur sur- until 1955 Both are buried in the Manila cemetery Their son Archie and his family still reside in Manila |