Show 1 Mormons in Big Horn Korn Country I f tAT 1 the IM Mo bior ISn ha haI lave I h i the l T t t tile the teat weIK I I no nn One who ho is 41 tM te kraal I NI eel with Ith the crt of the be put 1 t III t I truth III I that the Kor da dape An r o rull h hoe r ben pe Mormon people have hav I 1 ell el In the settlement 0 of all 1111 the thel rel l nit Ise re Ie ton on From Ul I ha ale Into an aJl the th nd no formed In the esie J I esme Into the n Big f Ir h 01 t Cr from m eastern Utah end lid JI n 10 tho Ih 0 OP Y Ban river liver They ettle ut II a caul and lid the pears ok i to t Th people w very Furl a had het a Wry Uk to get t tI outI 0 r eo that grope could be berI I rI TI They struggled on tor y In but III u d In I tin h Tho It Ike Ik tor some OM am to com comand In for Pm n end and I Ole th ri k ks It Ito f to 10 keep the eons but h its rat of God during the week It tI hool IW and cu Itt II nt both young oung end old Id The tr he lh ii I I of a portion of tilt Ili I lIi I Ilsen be began n In the spring of 1 gua ill A O 0 Woodruff and JOrl W IV McMurrin the basin buln of 1 Ad ol 41 th In that trip th the I op do II In On that trip they IV I ov over other I of the lId reported tM the ot of 10 the tf C Ili Ih church tr h In In Salt City In Ih I rat or 1900 1100 II a few Caw men were wre called to of Ih work and lid many or u ho ned volunteered I to 11 In the work rl In April the from point In Utah lash therm and about the river at Xay l they on the at t a point above bov Lovell A grant I for lb the tract of land had been n lie see from imm the tate state land board bard and n fl U Ih th Ih of May ground war broken It at rh Ih head had ot of the caul Work Wall wa untIl about aboul the middle or of Pe when the town of Byron Bron and and i OI I ley y were laid out en that homer home could he built buill Ix before fore winter The pen pk j lull In and amt all 11 wen re night and nd morning fr rs II is It t Ie u a pet pari uC of the Mormon Kormon t piny ae well am work It WU was Ind Inspiring to 10 to 0 the lIOn ad 11 r or of this people white while ug lin 11 h aU all their might to build th this flU radial 1 Their were re In this company m mere poor people and winter w we ILl ap and they were without the of for themselves or 8 n I A general ra fad t wu was call calland celled and Ih the Load was implored d to rend work where money could M be camel afterward Mr I f s II P W week n M of the Burlington ft ap apa a l and wanted to tG let the Mormon pe pk grade ratio O 0 miles mile ot of rall railroad The pf r wu waa the was lute and tit lAs people e were re p prepared to with lIh the cenal II On May II 11 Ih the ditch was 11 rem Om It I Ie IT mile mil Ion long and lid cost t up upward upward ward of t It n very doubtful if Ie any ny other canal was wr ever with as little cash outlay to the MIt lr as II Ibis one un the M Mlles II of rock IOk to o be blasted and a tunnel too tI feet Inn long In solid rock reek had to be bill built II Th gravel rut cul above Byron of Ii a mule mil Inn tong and II ri feel d deep I the settlers The he water cost In per acre and ali the settlers had bed to 10 J pay ly In actual arc cah was wa 18 11 cents DI per art or I for each 40 acres Ik It trek took thousands nd or of dollar for pow powder der and nd tools but the t wu was that the people f wire were and who lied ad ch charge made a profit from the rail nul railroad road work and It Il was wa used to street tb the ditch All the people dirt tore tors and bore tor ty they were wre all la boron boreta 10 lots for tor both It tote an and landall land landall all having ual share ha to la labor la hot bor performed The Mormon built hullt Ih the reed IOd to Pryor mountain to 10 get t t thOOM 10 loge and what al little Ih they 1 have to build their cabine There hes been Men a gnat t CI ety from one quarter quart abut the Mormons wo n much h from Montana The truth shout about t the matr inetter la t that the country ha h hn been n held book because mn men uld hot gut el a little lumber luber to even erect Ih the to Im improve their farms farm of lu In and ot who lave hays had aces e to grind arin for themselves Two Tw or three or at tour men as the case mI may b be haw have had ha to ties the same granary and yet the IhO Um tiny her bel I to be held beld for future The Mormon have built buill nearly mile mil or of railroad In the Basin 20 mI mIor or of the government roa road Cod Cody Ii 11 mile of careal at I Rosebud Mont and tunnel and mile mUn of oC can canal at al Billings have bae 11 greatly In the government canals at t Garland and Huntley have hav alo built buill the Dona Domi lake reservoir In ht the Wa lug Horn mountains haw laVil built meeting wi and lid schoolhouse Thy They have been I the he pioneer beet ral raisers of t the h country demonstrating that IMI th the sugar befit beet will do well 11 her re They am IL now W the prime movers In getting guaranteed that thai a sugar factory factor may Ik b Ikeo eo erected Nd They have never hI hrut n III haw cult 1111 t where Mr the they have been on fo od I Into court coun to defend Th Thre They cure re for tor their own poor and lid tl try lO 10 mind mhd their own burner b They ar In the development or of the country nod slat and lid are re Amon among th the worker to promote a butter order or of A Welch in tile the Journal Jour Journal nal |