Show Recollections of or President Preside t Lyman Lymon M lI t LT Ir IrIAN PRESIDENT P IAN MAN of ot the council of ot Twelve WM was w a very v young oun boy boyat bo boat boyat at the Ibe time of ot Ute the UI founding of ol olIan Ian Ban Bernardino Ur but atilt UIl remembers remember vividly many many of ot the stirring Incidents of ot the trip Concerning them ht hi said I to the Ih Detent Deseret J N News wr I I r was Wall 11 U year yean 11 old In 1061 and anel lived with my patents parent on the th Lyman stir sur aure survey vey e ey between the h Cottonwoods Cottonwood In iH salt Lake county from which we wt started for southern IO California The company was wai In charge char of or my m father Amaat M Lyman Iman and Charles Charlet C Rich Ieh both mem men ben bere of ot the council of th tb the Twelve Apos Apa Apostles ties Uti Our guide wa wu Capt Jefferson Hunt of th the Uti Mormon Alter After pausing pasting Parowan which WM wu the Ih fron tron frontier frontier tier southern Utah Capt Hunt thoroughly Instructed u us UI how to t proceed pr on our nur nu journey joum safely avoid ourselves to the sa savages ago Our journey over the del dw arts was waa a trying one ent on In the summer we arrived at al a the Cajon paw pans fit t the tilt lower lOler mouth of which we w cam l for many weeks under the tha sycamore more trees tree While waiting there the for tor our chiefs to In select a II suitable camp for the th colony loD loDa a school action was wa established by James H U Rollins HollIM with only the broad spreading sycamores at as our school hoop home My Alma Muter Mater was a the sycamore lC end and nd It Itha hu ha ever Iver remained In my heart beart u at my III favorite and sacred tree DEBT A 1 If VT ONE ON II The pui purchase chare was wai WI finally made mad of the theRn theRan Ran Han Rn Bernardino ranch from the for tor the th turn sum of ot and the tilt flint Ant pay par meat ment of WM WWI mad male Daring l the following toll lx years yean Y every evel possible ef effort effort effort fort wo was made madl by the poor colony colon to toI I JoB pay y the balance balAnc of fit with the ex dx exorbitant Interest of those early cm oat times time but In la our foal final removal from that splendid valley 1111 In lit 1151 It r 1 the I h sacrifice of the ranch to pay rho It ir We e ewa r wa wit hom hJ hut but nj ae I h r ae aes v s o 0 went IlI EL t Harks be b ors ar t 1 ort cn Ii equal partner with the th original pare pur purchasers chasers and sunk lunk hit his fortune foetus of 01 in the tb venture He Ue d of ot th tM the ranch no and 4 paid pale oft IU its debts debt DAYS DAn DAYSI DAnI I l p pent nt my m boyhood days day d in that sunny lunny clime Freeh In my m mind I I a feature Iture of or oLlde the face of ot the volley valley vall aa as we W drove down Into It U only a hew few miles mil from our temporary torel home hom There were wIn many man cattle roaming freely reely and ana wild over ov r the tile plain thy They were very fat How could this tale be when whOn wh the Ih plain wa 10 so dry y and dusty dut We soon mon that the secret wed waa In Ina Ina ina a growth of burr clover the cheese shaped burrs of or which teach faCh a little bigger birr a pen pea literally 11 covered the Ih ground und and were we blown Mown Into Irto drifts drift like Ilk windblown wind blown snow now varying III from tithes hrh to feet fet In depth eed was waa Wala rich grain and the Ih e a as ai al sure of of the tb burr burr Will vas strong It g enough ugh to hold add protect the mattw for a u long time We found plenty platy to amuse mUll ui us In th the valley volley For tho young youn step those there were wre till nil kind of tropical 1 fruits and In the wood woodi along the tM San Bat Santa Batto ta to Ana river the walnut alnut and wild abounded For Jor the gunners fUnne there was waa iu sit abundance of wild geese ee end anti ducks duck III In the Ih valley out antelope and ana n deer In the foothills foothill fool hili and bear III In tw t t mountains mountain The handling hon of wl WI lj d horses by b tho the Spaniard wa wa an p II attraction to 10 our boys boyi and many them took UP liP the occupation l It to a grant degree ot of excellence cell ce feature of the tilt valley Which I 1 found on ona o oa a 1 visit In I II had not entirely enU lf OC or orvet penrod was waa the he I Wowing blowing vet wind storms torm oft I tp Wt des dea ert err north norther they call calf i now They The III at lota tor lor a afew few tew hour hours and for d i flU fitt fitting fl flIn ing In the air with Ith undo sand which penetrated everything On In the fc Or 0 r crops crop were abundant site Ite of the city of Eau Ban a Bernardino we w grew wheat helt equal to any An produced on the earth and tomato 11 to spring print P 0 along the thet t ream If It w We built t 0 fence f ten nee ct of round or even iven spilt green n timber It would sprout prout and nd gro rr r into Inlo a live lIy fence producing un tin abundance of o lire fire firewood e ewood wood end and fence post pats SPLENDID COLONY C The Th colony was wai WI made matSe up liP ot of a spun plen did average Anra of the thC Saints mostly from the eastern to and southern states t w was not lIot large but larger than the Pr i deny dency at first Intended When tone tome families were rr selected others other that Wire were N near relatives or clop 10 friends wished to Join Join the expedition From rom Australia and the Pacific III Ial ands and an our ranks rank were swelled by Immigrants grants rant who ho located with ua u or remain remained ed 14 long enough to to outfit for for the the valleys vAil TUB MAT lAD HOMB III COM I NO I The Th faith of the Ih people of ot Ian fait Bee Ber Bernardino I nardino was waa merely severely tested when In III 1117 they the were wert 11 called called home born of or orthe the Impending Impend In clash between the Church and the government They an with one accord by b telling selling their possessions at al a 1 serious rlou sacrifice and facing the desert detert they had h t crowed crossed cI In their poverty but six years yean ara this thin too jail when wll Independence and were ready y to crown their struggles struggle Yet Yit we WI have hare never returning to Utah to cut cast our lot tot with our brothe brothers In their hour of ot trial Reaching Beaching the Salt Halt Lake Iak valley vall In inlets m lets the San Bernardino colonists colonist rol nl set ut tied among limon the tb valley residents resident Who had bad remained on their fiat Ot holdings holding bold In Today a 4 years year down the stream tram of ot time the history nf st the founding of ot inn Ian Bernardino I is like a II beautiful dream am of ot the past pant The valley valle now dot dotted dotted ted td with the tb most mOlt prosperous homes home of southern California her plains plain made beautiful with dowers r vineyards and orchards orchard may be d with lIh an estate tate of which the owner said Mid that If It In heaven haven things thing would bo be n RII as beautiful and Ind to 10 his hI taste as a they were t upon his hla ground then Ihen he II could coul die 1 contented I t t Ont Ora night however boeer we 0 were ro fol tol followed followed lowed from Springs to Mountain I was wan mule back while my companion Willie Newall was waa driving the tb team We Wt kept the In Indian dian dlana at t a distance till after atler daylight when they disappear dt across the doe dea eel A NARROW In Kit lIU a party ot of eight h ht and all th the mules mule In route wire were surrounded nt at Las L 1 1 I n ns nt i i s y 9 t i y I 1 p 1 i r f t t r h hI I 1 i it t t n t tJ i I Y f 1 y X XI I t J t ty ta y 1 fx k i i t t Y i i a t 1 s 1 a 1 t X 1 I Y H MRS L T CRISMON Rode Rod a Howe hone to San When Only Fourteen Tears Tera Old |