| Show II I i L The Old Mormon or rion Trail Tram in 1910 Ii The Tho Old 01 1 Mormon Trull Hiat hu hats for years been n II romantic sentiment 1 among monK the tho old aid timers In this thin ad adJoining 11 1 Joining states wherever memories of uC uChI the tho hI old olal pioneers are arc held 1 In to reverence Of or late into III to years there have been ninny Imn lIi t speculations n A nn to 10 II Its H c Few people In III or around Salt LAlit Seam eem e m to tot t havo any nil well veil denned defined ilea Idea about Rb It ItIn ItIn it i In fact many an hn 10 their doubts n 1111 to 10 toI I J Li whether there are or any traces J of ot the old ohl Mormon rmon troll trail left ate 1110 one old ohl timer In SnIt Salt k expressed 1 lil his belief 1 fer n 1 3 1 hn troll trait must la 1 I all over mor 1 grown with brush and largely obliterated otI If It there them IH is anyone who linn line hn j 1 i mario tho trip on toot foot or on nn U I i from Echo canyon through to don canyon and cun can give II Information 17 j by b tho the took tank from observation lion I no ono seems able to 10 him Kven gnone One of or the land bent pouted lasted IJO men In Halt Hnit lIlt r rake iknon on ancient local 1 Mated elated i as i i n II feet fact that tho the distance from lion Ilene 10 fer station on nn the t rond road where hr the troll trail leaves Echo ho canyon toi to tn i W I not over nver IS lR or miler by pedometer It II In is Just JUMI 36 35 miles mile but bUI mure mitre of ot that later Inter IntrA 1 A representative of ot The Now sews walked every lr font of oC the th distance the Ihl other nv with movements movement by a 11 eter to 10 b discover that thai with tho the ex fOX 1 h I relation of ur rout miles mil north of or the tho big 11 re reservoir six lx Ix miles mill over Jill Big mountain moil the short trip over Little mountain tin the troll Iroll may TIA bo tan called 1 not merely n a 1 n but a very good road As Us things thing tire many any one on horseback ought to 10 make malie tho the trip molly welly a 1 vrn I n person might do It II by h buck buckboard board at al some omo risk The Tho old 01 1 timer nt rat Henefer like Jlko to 10 tell tIll visitors how haw ho tho than first pioneers cans cann through that An tn attempt had been mode to push on down Boho Fehn F ho cnn can canyon yon van on by hI h the time rIt or OB 0 a Oen nen JC J C e Fremont Fromont ascended 1 the tho canyon In 1844 1814 Hut But the Ih advance teams could not get R t through on account of ot the th obstructions So Ro they the turned off or to 10 the loft left up Ul Henofer can canyon yon poll Two or three miles up there are nr springs and n 11 bog where tho thin entire first company got mired There they 1111 stuck until mother company arrived and 1 I by y doubling up u the aggregation managed tr to pull 11 out nit of or this slough Blough of ot despond 1 tf I II 1 and forg forged d on up tip the hill hili n long lOll steady tedious tHou climb for seven on miles The mad roud Is I very cr good fer or nn kind of or a vehicle nt at present pre Ent It was not noto KO so o easy En then K through the sage sagebrush tiKI brush The Tho view vi must have deeply Im Impressed Impressed pressed the Ih tired pioneers for tor It II l t a n magnificent one Awny AW ivay to 10 the tho south stand forth In the Ih hazy hnz blue atmos nUno atmosphere phew phere the thc Twin peaks below Cot at canyon To the right looms I i I ts IY IYA A 9 Y i Li Lip n fir F p J Yip l 4 a at t I 2 r i I I Y I Ii i rt I i COPYRIGHT C WING WASH WR 1 I SENOR DON JUAN RIANO The Ih new nEI Spanish P Sinister Minister ter to 10 the 1 Sates SIal up UI the great IneRt crest of ot mountain in ill upper City Croak and In In looking further are dens I discernible the limo many familiar peaks kIt in inthe inthe the tho Salt Rait fake valley environment lint they thoy Iho aro nil afar ort oft One can enn nn stand thore Ihor Imagining what must hn h M en n the tho sensations of or the pioneers no nit tiny th Y hulled halted to rest their hut they the stood looking wondering rendering what nil ail this stupendous x o n scenery NIler mi I Ih g glater ht I result 11 In III t later Inter on Oil closer rinser approach pronh ul Thence It Is le Ion down lath hill to the reservoir now new empty 11 It miles front from This Is III one name and n R miles amities Ioni averages nOK n a 1 quarter mile wide and hut huta hll i a 1 maximum depth of or to 60 0 feet reet Just nt at present It II Is III 1 empty the th water having been used u ed fur for Irrigation This ThIll last InBI four miles of or road roil Is I a trifle dangerous be bo because entice cause of ot other parts stony anal a 1 good I like City Creek beyond I ond the th north northfork northfork fork rork However It is IN n used II I hy by h farm wagons sooner or nr later extend extended ed tel 1 repairs will be bo Imperative tI I It Is I It nt at t thu reservoir r that the tho Ih It canyon It M I met stet u 1 very wIry good country road rat trail Irad leg In from near r Morgan City II through to 10 In iii Parleys and thence on 1 11 to Park It Six Aix milt miles milel beyond l the tho re reservoir the tho pincers turned up tip what whal Is I known ns as 1 I 1 cutting over OV 0 T r the tho Iani 1 Into Mountain Dell canyon cOllyon rinse close h by jy Its Ito It head However n a more morl fm fec r bio Ible road rend Is le tunic now found just JUI n 11 tulles miles WIt west of H I from a n print on in 11 Fast road rond known ns as n Little Dutch Where n 0 welt v ill 11 defined trail buds londi off to the tho right up liP what InU It Ir call d 1 lilt liS Mountain It l I is five P and a n halt antics thence lo tho top f the range a n 1 yenta verita veritable rItA ble III hl Hock Hand to tl Dublin OS on bud 1111 budas as ate I Farmington Is IB saying Haying u II good denim I From the ll e summit of or this the range the Ihl lie view 1 from Irom the than divide l is repeated re repented r touch much anti The pioneers must have stood there more or nr less lens Ie amazed at III tho the great nl natural spectacle spread out before Iron them for It Is well volt worth nn an hours study something never noI to be h forgotten with lIh nature spread out In most mOlt Inspiring and spectacular grandeur Hut now cane a I tug lug of war for tor the pioneers with n descend descending ing gradient of or 15 16 1 and ond 20 30 per cent down Into Inlo of lit Sit lit Doll Dell canyon omon Wheels hels must meet bo be locked women and children token out cut or of the tho wagons 1111 RII 11 II and In rase ropes must be fastened to rear axles tj to I hold hick from sliding down ton tat fast Two flo f mils mill of this Ihl till 1111 a n gradually de descending 1 road rond down 1011 the th canyon Is loathed hied There ThrE l I la n a sheep trail lend lendIng Ing directly up over the range rAnKe to the right for rOl four tour miles mill into Inlo the head of ot canyon near the Ihl switch switchback Ih back but bul of ot course the pioneers pioneer knew 1111 II nothing of or this but saw pow sawn n senra com t m Y easy 1110 way wa to pet get down thu the canyon Had the th way 11 been cleared they would have gone Ione right on to Mt It Dell on Oil the Park City line and thence down Parleys Hut the Ih way la wits was ob obstructed advance agents eouts climbed Little Mountain three miles rust of Parleys and saw Immigration canyon tanyon which seemed to 10 present n a 1 minimum of ot difficulties and over oer Little Mountain the caravan went unit The de descent descent 1 scent was wa fierce hut but comparatively short and nr the bottom reached In ht safe safety ty t From that point paint It was walt easy sail sailing ing In In contrast with previous l experiences encee It required l Just one ono week elk for forthe forthe the tho pioneers to make the tho trip front from lIl to 10 the th mouth of or Emigration canyon where their eyes rested rented for tor tho thin first rIOt time In the tho valley of or the Great Orent Salt Snit I A maim on ca horseback can make the tho through trip of or 41 1 mites miles In ono day One on foot toot can leave lien Hen Henefer efer at nt 4 u nm m and catch the limn lust cur Ilir curat at lit Little Mountain station on nn Judge Youngs road It ll Is I A Il lonely trIp for tor the randi rands H a aare are Ar few t and far tar between There Thre Is im no habitation at I nil between 1 canyon road rond anal W SV C Wilkinsons on Mt Ml It Dell read roo l 12 mile miles beyond I Bo So It t 1 is 1 hardly sAfo for n II person to 10 make the trip alone a II as should occur there would 1 I lam small chance of ot th the victim bring being discovered In than to It save f II him Mr Wilkinson recounts several Instances where returned s shave have hA bravely bra I started out not from maim Little Mountain to make moke the trip trl over orr the th old trail for tor sentimental rIll on nut But ho ha says loRY by b the time Um they the have hlo climbed BIg nili Mountain and got lIot n a fair rAIl Idea 1 11 nf of what It h I beyond I they Ihy inlet Ju t throw uti UIl both bath hands han and In quit 1 and nd return nil fagged out nut There Thero are ArA any of or wild 1111 chicken on RIF IIII Mountain but hut It Is la contrary to 10 low lAW to II shoot hoot them h e |
