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Show -- ( 2A Emery County Progress tfpm nun gnf w'" iTT' -- f "f r in'" ft I rnfiwmi (ftwyiryw mnwwnig wtiQWBUTri y mgy toMiiqy ri Tuesday, November 29, 1994 roots to its Returing By Hazel Owens Guest writer Thousands of people have come to Emery County to see the Castle Valley Pageant in Castle Dale where one can catch a glimpse of the faith the early settlers had in facing the barren hills, the deep gullies, the weeds and winds, the heat and dust, the cold, the mud and the snow to create homes rrmn nrwwji BUY TWO GET ONE FREE Liter 1 NAYA Water TO DEALER For Mtfi coupon you aocapt routa gnt. your local rxaca your atock rtfr to oqutofr NOTE auvvusd aaiaam v) l our ft lent package Bi apodfWi prouoad you a ol tv hma copbo wH N cuao1' ing yo?vafiocatoncorKLmfraud. of jfoant ttoca pc0 mjt pon un taa Bxwri m ofar hwotsBioi to odmt pi cou- rquB. Voditcopted. or c?dad You cufiomr pot' atad mufl pay ary wquiPd dopoat or jl Caan Tat coupon may only ba in 00 oM vBjo faoaamao by your local Coca Cola route tateman. Hold tor local route aaiaamar to rodoam a Bolt ng Co 215E 1850 S. Pnc. UT cm aot in a desert wilderness. We have much to be thankful for now as we see thriving communities, green fields wherever there is land that is level enough to be cultivated, and to see hundreds of sheep and cattle grazing peaceably in the fields after spending the summer months high in mountain pastures where only and horses can follow. Yes, the pageant teaches us a lot- - and so do museum. How well I remember the visits to the big museum in Los Angeles when I was in grade school in California. But memories are even more precious when they can be shared. This was brought home to the Owens families in Ferron this past week when a big truck trailer from the and flat-be- d Association in Electric Valley Pahrump, Nev., came down Molen Road to the Bob Owens home to pick up an old truck Chevrolet GI that years ago had been converted into a Coupon Expires post-hol- e throughout the Pahrump Valley and vicinity. You see, Robert (Bob) Owens, his son Jim, and his son David and their families once lived in Pahrump. David was a deputy sheriff in Pahrump, Nye NEW OWNERS Come see us at Tony's Country Kitchen in County Nevada, in the late 1960s. He is now a captain in the Emery County Sheriffs Department. They had moved there from Las Vegas, Nev., in 1963 after Bob had retired from Ferron ne ni lib rQimil ToMinlm oitbtfjel Bob Owens, Ferron, stands in front of the old trailer, Chevy truck as it is loaded onto a flat-be- d the sheriffs department in Clark County. Many years prior to his retirement, Bob had purchased a ranch and large cabin in the mountains near Pahrump and raised cattle and horses there. He spent his weekends and vacations in the Pahrump area, attending to his cattle and horses until he relocated to the Pahrump Valley in 1963. Back then, there was no electricity in that area, although Pahrump was only 63 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Neither was there electric power in Amargosa, 44 miles from Pahrump, nor in Beatty, 73 miles away. ButPahrump Valley was a very desirable place in which to live. The climate was good, and although they had little rain there, they had plenty of underground water, as the valley, 26 miles long and eight to 12 miles wide, lying at the western foot of old Mount Charleston and surrounded by mountains (and incidentally, only eight miles from the California line) was situated on J&B AUTOMOTIVE the third largest aquifer in the United States and had plenty of underground water. In fact, the Paiute Indians who lived in that beautiful flat, smooth valley named it "Pah" meaning water and "Rimpi" meaning stone or rock. The name finally evolved into "Pahrump" the Paiute description of a -- spring or flowing waters emerging from rock. Much cotton was raised there in the 50s and 60s and an old hay baler was converted to bale cotton which was then shipped to Bakersfield, Calif., before a cotton gin was built in Pahrump. There was then at least 15 farms in the valley, and land was being subdivided to build homes. There was still no electricity in that area. In March of 1963 a group of Joining Bob Owens are Valley Electric Association employees of Pahrump Dave Valdes and Carl Kaucky. Photos by Hazel Owens farmers was able, with the help of a $3.9 million loan from REA, to contract with a company to bring power to the valley. Amargosa and Beatty were also provided with electricity at that time. Bob Owens and his family saw all this take place and saw the rapid growth throughout the area that required maintenance crews to begin extending the lines immediately. One piece of equipment that was used throughout the service area was the Chevrolet GI drive truck that had been converted into a post-hol- e digger. The truck was used for a number of years until a larger, more modern digger truck could be purchased. Bob Owens was a local rancher, stockman and beekeeper in Pahrump for several years before moving with his sons and their families to Ferron. Bob's daughter Atha remained in Pahrump. By then, the old post-hol- e digger had been retired from service and was owned by Stan Ford, an early pioneer since 1944 in the valley where four generations of Fords now live. Bob Owens purchased the digger and had it towed to Ferron where he used it to dig fence post holes on his ranch. Others borrowed and used it until it was once again retired from use and lay idle for several years. w mr in & Bob saw old farming equipment and other things that had been donated to the museum. It was exciting to see what the new Historical Society was doing in preparing the museum for the preservation of memo- - per GET ONE FREE and celebrate with us the Grand Opening of our new store! Thursday, Friday In 1993, Bob retired from farming except for a few animals to keep him busy. He returned to Pahrump for an Easter holiday visit, and it was then that he learned from a dear old friend, Harry ford, that the Historical Society had formed and thatMr. Ford, who hadlived there since 1944, had donated land for a museum to be built to preserve for posterity any items and artifacts pertinent to the life and times of the area. BUY TWO 120 West Main, Castle Dale, Utah 84513 381 -5337 Come Saturday, Dec. 1, 2, 3, 1994 Store hours: Open weekdays from 8 am to 5:30 pm and Sat 9 am to 1 The truck was once used to help bring electricity to Pahrump. Nev. digger to be used to take electric power 4 fl 6 pack cans pm t. Valley Electric Association volunteered to send a truck up to bring the digger back to Pahrump where it will be lo- cated at the Pahrump Museum. It will also be part of the Power Company's Anniversary Celebration early next year. Things moved fast after that. Harry Ford, who donated the land for the museum, was de"1 lighted to know the old digger truck would come back home. I He initially contacted Valley Electric Association and last week employees Dave Valdes, formerly of Loa and now area foreman for the company, and lineman Carl Kaucky arrived at the Owens home with a flatbed trailer, loaded the old truck, and hauled it back to Nevada. JPl'bXJl'C'frS- - A GRAND PRIZE weekly newspaper established in 1899 and published every Tuesday 190 E Main, Castle Dale Utah 84513 ISSN 0747 2129 Postmaster send changes of address to Emery County Progress PO Box 589 Castle Dale, Utah 8451 3 2 Jazz Tickets, a Motel Room, and Cash for Two Meals! dassilied or display advertising call 381 2431 For editorial Other Prizes include Hats, Free Oil Change, Free Merchandise, 2 Jazz Tickets and more! See us First for Quality Tires at the Best Prices! showing the location of the future home of the Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society stirred warm feelings, and he offered the digger truck as a gift from the three Owens families who had once lived there and still had fond memories of the valley to be added to the museum collection ofequip-men- rights reserved by the Emery County Progress All property ol Emery County Progress No part hereol may be reproduced without poor written consent Lots of Fun Prizes!! Drawing will be held Sat., Dec. 3rd at 1:00 pm. Pahrump again. The sign All Enter our Free Drawing for No purchase necessary. Need not be present to win. ries. As Harry Ford said in an article for the 6th annual ediof the Pahrump tion (1994-95- ) Valley Magazine, "A history of the Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society," "Ifyou don't know where you came from, you aren't going anyplace." 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