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Show -- Where Ina Coolbrith was, singers, artists patW4 LEKI FEES PR2SS. LEU, UTAH p.,j maintained. At any time, should Porter Rockwell was 64 years of return, imagine his when las. On October 5, he was admita rider or a coach be a few min age. The place was Skull Valley two U. S. officers surprise them ted to bail in the sum of $15,003. placed aS around a magrHj. Joaquin utes behhid time, it was cause on the O. P. ranch not far from selves between him and his reThe case of Poner Rockwell Miller described her a; a daugh- for some uneasiness. When the the place where pony express volvers and read the warrant for never came to trial June 9, 1873 ter of u - ods-- de u - v Uli u d bullion was enroute if the dust of riders changed their mounts and bis arrest for a murder commit he died in Salt Lake City. most devuviy fair. the coach was not seen at the ap- where O. P. Rockwell maintain- ted 20 years before. Rockwell ended the colorful life f Itius It is a beautiful story that of minute the buckboard ed quarters as an officer of the turned to Heber and said, "He- one of Utah's great souU. the life of Ina Coolbrith; it is pointed was in readiness for an extended law, watching and guarding the ber, these fellows have arrested Pioneer of Timet Incident J In Utah. Rfoted Porter was the father of 15 more beautiful to read her stosearch. Wells Fargo Express lines and me for murder. I have never killchildren. His first wife, Olive ries and poems. See By A R Anderson i "Nauvoj the ed any body who ought not be Just such a case occurred at the mail route. Beebe, was the mother of four Beautiful" by E. CecU MeGavin. I Point Here Lookout caused by a lone are the environments anJ killed." AN ILLUSTRATION ihildren; his second wife, Ann The officers did not take him Neff, was the mother of seven; bandit His plans were perfect surroundings where hundreds of ong whom were Lewis C Bid f Rockwell Don't believe all you hear and his porter with the for- soul stirring frontier stories had tJ the state penitentiary, but im- and his third wife, Christina amen, who married the widow about Rockwell. I Much of the week! tune of gold was equally good their beginnings. In this neigl last of prisoned him at Fort Doug- .j Joseph and William Pickett was the mother of four. articles and books have The trail headed borhood was oft well the a became the husband of towards spoken lonely been the wid written with a purpose of spot in Cherry Creek with a hid deep, dark and never penetrated. besmearing, not only Rockwell's den some outstanding cabin and small spring, often A convenient place, supposed to fjitig Pickett family were two daugh- life, but the church of which he iht life of Porter Rock. ters, visited by the range cattle and be where the final deposit of the Agnes and Donna, the lat- was a member. A era oh in horses. This ter became the famous Ina Cool- - "Heart Throbs of thepara place was not uii wayward desperado. It was here West gives known to Ltly Porter's only comas he chose an where many of the horses that Porter, ot onui an illustration. California. ics his dog His way of dash in a rim location where the made the advantageous in due time the Picketts set "There have been writers who cabin with the saddle and raised. It was were was view. his within There ning heat have accused Rockwell of most a the buckboard. His bed out for the Golden West of Calhere four where the horse stage was a smoke smouldering escap of ifornia. The blood relationship of the major crimes west cf the coach came with a whirl of dust the secret chambers from The the ing chimney. right Formerly larth, cuddled in a buf-- L to the Prophet was to remain a Mississippi. As late as the year time to make the arrest was a that scarcely settled before the His protection were secret never to be spoken of. The 1834, one of these books, under question. Should it be now? Un driver was again lost in his Ya duel authorship, could not re . fvers, quick and accurate leu Agnes would be hid the flight doubtedly gold once more a widow and that in sist the emotional nineteenth cen handy as his fork and without den and the Rockwell manifest good judgthe land of sunshine and gold, tury prejudices. By these writers fortune would man useless. the of choice was no The be ment in selecting the Skull Valf'dere when these drives with new associates and friends. Porter is branded as the official extended ranch. into It became famous for ley waiting process A made. Days, hours and tier heart was turned to her church trigger man, whose capPICK and and in the meantime the its cattle and horses, but more days fwere vital The bodily promising daughters, Agnes and acity is was to "bump off any- smoke curled from the hosfamous for the did become it chimney one who stepped over the traces 1 the darkness of the nite Josephine Donna, the latter beand the man being watched oc pitality extended by the owner Je wind howled, 'the snow came the famous Ina Coolbirth of the church discipline. One of casionally inspected the broken and his family. One writer mensnd the cold penetrated whose articles and poems were the very amusing accounts in .his down corrall as if contemplating tions how indignant Rockwell book is the case of a married wo hands and feet It was sought for by the press. She took into his became when he learned of their a pony pressing prarie irter considered the need the first rounds of the ladder of man who was, according to the service while making a mistreatment and the near mas writers, guilty of infidelity. Thus 1 tan (whiskey) to sum-- L her great fame. of constant watch, sacre by the Indians. He says Three days blood and flow of At this time the family was it became necessary for her blood without but little food and water, Rockwell came to our rescue, to be shed. This fell allegedly 331-- W en the tired and worn visited by the oldest son of the were trying upon his endurance saved our lives and would have within the realm of Porter's offurther of to man, and sleep. Another gruesome piloted us into California, had part Prophet Joseph, whom they re- ficial FOR A FREE ESTIMATE have des- - fused to duty. So he was ce, until the fleeing night was over and the early we asked him, and that without recognize unless he be- taken care of the little tj of mat'er Located Across Street North From Hospital safely housed. came a party to their "secret for morning indicated that the man charge. cutting the woman's throat. Thi at the house had concluded that of Porter's work was with life." of It was the latter part August writer apparently overlooked the FURNITURE REPAIRING ler world in saloons. Up he had evaded pursuit, secured and early September, 1877 when Upon one of Orrin Porter Rock f.ict that the woman in question, on his occasion, in this neighthe treasure and started two Lehi boys Heber Austin and well's visit in California, he call- whose name they boldly pubRockwell was also Parley Austin contracted with y. a wayward son of a ed at the home of his old friend Slip Covering lished, died 33 years after she there. He made the bandit car- Porter to put up his 100 tons of lurch official, who had of Nauvoo, the wife of Don Carlos was to have murbeen supposed " Ider Rockwell's supervi- - Smith, whom Porter loved secry the gold over the mountain to meadow hay. This was a contrpct dered. She died in 1890, at Span(Custom) home wa and a time, sodden the 0. P. ranch, his winter ond only to Joseph Smith. She ish Fork, Utah, from an abdomjob. The Austins were to receive at Skull Valley. Almost dead two horses when the harvest was le entered a saloon, where was found convalescing from a inal Rug and Furniture injury, caused by an sat in conversation, and serious sickness of from a four day and night watch, completed. The days roundup typhoid fever. carriage. She outlived he left the robber guarded by a hi, what others failed in The flory of her past beauty was Porter twelve brought in 50 head to be sold on Cleaning years." ranch hand, from whom during the Salt Lake market. From these satisfy a grudge, fired gone as the hair of her head had ROCKWELL MAN GETS HIS k at the unsuspecting the night, he escaped, leaving the Austins selected their two. gradually disappeared. Tears fill In the Improvement Era some without a trace of his where- Porter responded, "You fellows With the disturbance ed her eyes as she admired the from the able abouts. RETTED Porter said, "What shall know a good horse when you see $15.1 of Rockwell's hair, hang- years ago appeared beauty of Kenneth S. Bennion, an 1th him? Kill him?" of the it. These are $250 horses. Youre pen evidence time a For long broad his shouling loosely over Chairs OWN PORTER ROCK. ders. Tears speak louder than article on the life of Orrin Poner location of the wanted man was were to have been $200 horses." Rockwell. This writer was a son without a trace to follow. UnexCUT HIS HAIR 29, Saturday morning, Sept words, and revealed the inward of Israel Bennion who owned a pectedly, firm over the wires, 1877, Heber Austin came to the one of Porter's visits to wish and thoughts of the neighSALE ranch neighboring the Porter came a jocular sentence that be- stable in Salt Lake for his aniof the bor of Nauvoo. "Yes," Rockwell Sua, he learned Rockwell ranch in Skull Valley. f the widow of Don Car-jit- h, said,"your wish will not be overgan Rockwell's research. It ap- mals. Two men, well dressed, Often did the riders of these two cashed their buggy and moved peared that the man was an the youngest brother looked. Few men did love, as I sent the and expensive prarie holdings join out of sight. Porter Rockwell was operator Jtophet Joseph Smith. His loved Don Carlos, and it will nevin their large round- following message: "I am the Jth her provides the follow er be said of me that I passed up together a little late, as he had been drivup of horses and cattle. Tiey man that robbed the stage at do widow his to an opportunity fy: were neighbors and close Mends. Lookout. Rockwell got the gold ing all night, but immediately M of the members of the a favor." At a barber shop the Kenneth wrote from first from me. See if you can get it passed to the rest room. Upon his made and shorn locks were church in left Nauvoo long hand information. In the days of from him." Where did the mesp at exodus of 1846. Among into a toupee. It was a source of the ffeESH? WHY ABE pony express and the stage sage come from, the east or west? Rockwell presentTHESE THE HENS Here' some really fresh fjemaining were the widows pleasure when of coach, large shipments gold No one could telL By a process HAVEN'T EGGS LOO widow. from California Prophet and his younger ed the coveted gift to the to the East came of determined news for you. If you are FRESH? MISSED reasoning it was I, Don Carlos Smith. These He further kept the family se- over the Wells Line. the message came from Fort When you have property to Fargo Stage curious about how we recap lying days for them. Ag- - cret for life, in this neighborThe time, of course, was a secret tell or want to buy, or need whera Porter received B.ridger, and famous your worn tires to last so widely and along the route ahead adlbrith, Don Carlos Smith's hood, that the a clue that sent him tracking the a good Insurance policy, pick neica was a Coolbrith Ina long, stop by and see the I" wrote to her kinsman, known vance information was sent to humorous, jocular robber who up the phone and call us. A. Smith. of the Prophet Joseph Smith. quality rubber that goes tie officers and guards to be on thought he was beyond the reach Prompt, Eelieable, Bonded ve no other one to ask A paragraph to mention the the watch. On the route through of the man "who never taued to service given. Let us cover into each mold of your tire. 1. My mind is much troubl- - two with insurance, daughters, Ina and Agnes, Nevada and Utah the Indians get his man." See us for superior service mortgage your iut coming to the camp. I neices of the Prophet. In the car- were not always to be trusted and so death won't wipe out what Mont., in Butte, after, at economical cost Not long i come and I do want to avan crossing the plains, lead by the desperate robbers were watch Rockwell arrested you have gained and leave Porter Orrin feel alone all alone. If the traveler, poet and leader, ing their chance. your family without a home. the gold robber. ere a Carlos or a Joseph, James Beckworth, the little gi'ls There was always at the RockIt is serious! ARREST then how quickly rode astride of his horse in front well ranch, a buckboard and a ROCKWELL'S Information given without obU be there. I love the. of him when the travelers em- fleet pair of horses at hand but AND DEATH ligation. I of Christ I love to be erged from the rocky gorges int-t- h on these days a careful watch was It was in the fall of 1877 when brethren. But, alas, there Home Real golden valleys of he Pacific. in front aching void that. I seem He waived his Estate Co. able to fill I have sold them and said, "Here is California thumb off that Take your 1 printing office for $70.00 little girls, here is your king20 South Center leak and telephone M. S. ,'UJ that was fulJ J J American Fork, Utah LOTT PLUMBING AND jiiau my ueau removeu miuj dom!" A prediction I garden May the Lord filled later. Iona, by her poemsr. Phone 162-- J HEATING, Now for perfou all." and writings, became the manent repairs to faulty, L. O. Johnson, res. ph. 656-- J 'e was a npw snoial flf- Volumes ot her poem worn-oplumbing. We can ior. leveloped in Nauvoo, am became eagerly sought save you money. W. R. Harding, res. ph. 220-service. Only the most exClint Mickelson, res. ph 611-perienced plumbers employed to do your job. 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