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Show Scene 76 (Mi X " Vv;" . s fell! - f""J"T""HT I t3r- - TS. Tfcn it m ... THURSDAY, lV-it't--- I fri fT 7, U " 1 1 l T ... " twt--... - ' v man that don t love a horse, there is something the matter with him." -- Will Rogers, 1931 When the Oregon Trail portion of the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania pulls out of Ft. on Laramie,1 Wyoming, March 24 it will have mostly Northern Utah residents at the helm. Five of the seven members of the management team will be from the; n area. In all, there are five trains that will converge on Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on the fourth of July for the country's most elaborate bicentennial project. The Wagon Train is being sponsored by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Aitkin-KyneInc., a Pennsylvania based firm has been contracted to handle the national project. Each train has a Pennsylvania lead wagon and a chuck wagon. As they pass , through on their trek east they will pick up an official wagon from each state. Any independent wagons or riders can join up for as long as they want at their own expense. A 40 minute musical is performed at each encamp-nren- t site for the local people free of change. In fact there are no charges at the encampment site for the local people free of charge. In fact there are no charges at the encampments. The talented groups have been captivating audiences all over the A tt 1 'A Nan ti The Nevada Utah segment of the Oregon w Mt I WAGON TRAIN r KENT PETERSON, the train's wagon master, will have the responsibility of leading the train across the prairies and into Valley Forge. Kent is a professional wood carver from Wellsville, Utah. s ! where the personnel disbanded for the winter. " Logan-Tremonto- iiri'in 111 ! Train pulls out of Morgan. Utah. The two trains met at Fort Bridger last year and continued to Ft. Laramie, Wyo., .JSf 7 WAGONS HO! ' Vs r m -- v I 1 25, 1976 -- n - MARCH -- ., f.i k-!JT CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- country with their 12 songs. The train coming out of Ft. Laramie will have the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah wagons plus the Pennsylvania and Chuck wagons. The Nebraska wagon will join up at the borde? nd continue with the traiiv to Omaha. Here all the wagons will be loaded on barges and float down the Mississippi River until they get to St. Joseph, Missouri. At this point the California train with the southwestern wagons will join up. They will then continue up the Ohio River until they get toburg, Pennsylvania. By then the horses and drivers will have arrived and the last couple of hundred miles on the great wagon road will be traversed by the original people on into Vally Forge, Pennsylvania. Craig Feller, Tremonton, the business manager, will have the responsibility of setting up the parade routes, contacting T.V., radio, and newspaper people about the train and doling out the paychecks to the official personnel. "I've been writing and taking pictures about local teams and drivers for the laast couple of years. The wagon train will definitely be my heaviest project," Feller revealed. "It's something that everybody has at one time or another always dreamed of doing," laughed the photo journalist. "Among my other duties I will be producing a slide show and a documentary film of the wagon train" he added. ( Another Utah contributor to the train has been Jack Peirce, owner of Jack's Jeep in Garland. Peirce, a local business man for 40 years has provided the Utah management team with a camper for the wives and kids. "I wish I could go myself" Peirce stated. Kent Peterson, Wellsville, who has been around horses and teams all his life will be the wagon master. Peterson has actually built his own wagons and carts from scratch. A wood carver by trade, he will give demonsta-tion- s at each encampment. "My favorite is the totem pole" confessed Peterson. With over 40 to his credit, his work is scattered over the country. He is also a member of the Old Ephrium Mountain man club in Cache Valley. Decked out in his full set of buckskins and .his Hawkins long rifle, Peterson will lead the trail east. Probably the hardest working member of the team will be the farrior. Phil Wykle, Millville, obviously loves his work however, Wykle is the official blacksmith at Promontory and regularly puts on demonstrations and shows with his authentic forge and equipment that he has collected over the years. Phil is also an auctioneer and a collector of antiques. In between all of - " 'If 0 If! PHIL WYKLE, the train's official farrior, checks the frog on Babe, a Shire draft horse. Farrior Phil, as he is known in Millville, will shoe all the horses on the journey east. his hobbies, Phil has even managed to pursue a profession. For the last five years he has been the farm and ranch broker in Logan. "As far as the wagon train trip is concerned, well it should be a lot of fun," grinned the official farrior. Monty Smith, Logan, will hold down the job of setting up camp. Another Mountain man member, Smith plans to take a teepee along for his sleeping quarters. "This trip just fits right into my life style," Smith roared. An expert marksman with the muzzle loader he has won many prizes with his sharp eye. Most recent was the first place he won at the Fort Bridger rendezvous last year. "We were competing with 50 teams from all over the country" Smith stated proudly. Andy Ritter, the youngest Utah pioneer, will receive high school credit for the trip. The will turn sixteen-year-ol- d in reports of the DAYTIMI 5:3 5 Summer 4 A.M. Am 5 Ntwt historic journey at its conclusion. I'm sure he will learn more on this once in a lifetime experience than he will' in the last few weeks of school, commented Emmitt Ritter of East Tremonton, the boy's father. Being one of the official cooks is no easy task and with just a few weeks work at the Cross X Cafe in Tremonton under his belt, Andy explains: "I love to work, I would do anything to get on the train." Boyd Munns, a Garland Dairy Farmer, will go along as assistant business manager until Feller's wife is able to travel. He will be filling in for her since she will be preoccupied giving birth to 2 Understa World 2 Early W 2 Today 3 Captain 4 Hotel Ba 5 Captain 2 Today 3 News 5 Spin Off 3 4 5 7 News A.M. We The Prlc Lilies, Y High Rol Gambit Truth or Romper Hollyww Love of Happy C S Love of the Feller's first child. Munns will actually run the train when Feller goes back for the occassion and will return home to his farming responsibilities when the three of them catch up in Nebraska. "I just plain wanted to go," Munns 2 3 Magnlf Machine The Y Restless 4 Showoffi 5 The Y Restless 2 Jackpot 4 All My C 5 Search f Celebris Jack Lai Ryans H Edge of gsxj MONTY SMITH, a Logan real estate salesman, will be the train's head camp jack. He will be the wagon master's top hand and assist him in setting up camp and providing the hay and grain along the trail. 2 Days of 3 As the W 4 Let's Mi 5 As the 3 Guiding 4 $10,000 F 5 Guiding n 3 The Doc Edge of 2 3 Another Match G 2 3 Tattletal 4 One Life 5 Tattletal 2 Somerse 3 Musical 4 Ysu Den 5 Big Mon 2 That Gir 3 Mike Da 4 Mod Squ 2 Bewltchi 2 Megllla ( 4 The Lucy 7 Lilies, Y( 5 Spotlight 2 Mickey i!o n Off 4 c iiiigan'l 5 Dinah 7 Mister S borhood BOYD MUNNS, an old hand with teams, will accompany the train as assistant business manager. He will run the train when Feller flies hack to Utah in Aprilactually for the birth of his first child. 4 Hollers Craig Feller, a photo journalist for Hip l eader Garland Times in Tremonton. Feller, a rrsidei.t of pfweyville, will serve as the train's business manager. GIDDY-UP- ! ! ? Jeennle ! 3 The Price 4 Brady Bu 7 Sesame SI .V o 0 , |