| Show VETERAN PATH FINDER John 11 Colton Collon Ono One of or of or Valley la is Here John 1 n I Colton one of or tho the dIaco U nI of 01 o Death Valloy Valley California Is Ista IsI ta bt I Salt Lake Luko this morning on Ott his way wayt it h t hIs hit farm larm known aa mu tIme the J t ranch at Neb Meb Neblie lie He hue has Joel l been ben over to 0 LodI CM Cill Calit to it a reunion of or nil all the tho members of tho tito party alty which made Inn the tho trip the western desert trout from Suit SnIt Lake U IL l was OB held helel Feb eb 4 tho the r sary 7 ry ot of th Ih the day da they through the after four of or their theft uncut beri ber haul hall to death In p nth There were over 30 to In the tho th party but only four tour were vere still to hold the reunion of cr IDOS 1008 Hr Is a IL cousin of ot D I D Col Colton ton tori one me of at tho the of or tho tim trans transi railroad Ho lie describes his In lii Salt I LoPe In l n the summer jummer of 1849 18 while bound for California Wo Wu Vo got sot hero horo too late Into Intone ne its k ti ld l to Lo go on through by Ity II the route the time Donner DOllner party had hod brett been frozen to death puti v ue f Were tre e ton te curly to 10 try tho the I route routt It IL was Willi too dry III We o spent two r months here lucre and I became lie ito with many members of or the Church especially well Veil acquaint acquainted ed with Parley 1 P Pratt and Lorenzo torenzo snow IIno Wo We finally started west to tho the San Juaquin vahloy on un a uhn hit or miss sort ort of ot n II trail After going southwest for fora a II a time wo we 0 decided to cut cutoff oft off from the trail and try It northward And then It was wall that we encountered the tho terrible Death Valley Valle In which we were lost loat for tor quite a 0 time and lIntl finally emerged through the tha at ot Lodl LOlli We Wo found round the bora borac In Death Val Vai Valley Vaile hal ley le and silver Oliver mines but hut In i those days doa gold was waR too loo entirely tho tIu quest to bother hother with little things like borax and all sli sliver allver ver ve Mr Colton lives hives at city and will go so to his home there alter arLer visit visiting visItIng visiting ing nt tit his hili Buzzard Roost ranch for tor a a 0 welk |
