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Show 1 Attend Brigham City Peach Days, September 0 And 11 --- Utah s Oldest Harvest Festi Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Is WeFl Worth Your Hour Or Day For A Visit As Seen From Headquarters Of The Bird Refuge Great Wildfowl A j1 Lee Boat On Bear River 0 Factory Is 17 By David H. Mann Jim Bridger, Western Amen ras foremost explorer, trapper and fur trader, in the fall ot 1S24 stumbled onto the greatest natural game bird refuge west of the Rockies and thought he had discovered an arm of the Pacific ocean. He is credited with discovering Great Salt L a k e, on the north shores of which is now established the Bear River Migratory Bird refuge, an area of 64,000 acres located at the river's injunction with the lake. Bridger and a party of Hudsons Bay company fur trappers were camped on the Bear river, which flowed westward through a valley known as the Cache. A wager was made between members of the party as to where the Bear River ran after leaving the valley. Bridger was selected to settle the bet. Late in October, 1824, he and launched his bull boat floated westward. After shooting the Bear river narrows, a dangerous stretch of rough water which ran through a deep and narrow gorge, he enterd the Great Salt Lake valley. Bridger climbed to a rock point to and wa9 the first W'hite man to set eyes on the Great Salt Lake, which 20 miles to the south glistened and sparkled in the autumn sun. Mistaken For The Pacific Then Bridger paddled his buffalo-skin boat down the river, eager to reach what he thought " ' . i', - - ?, l rivers edge, in the foreground, and the Prommountain ontory range in the background lies 6 1,000 acres of the best waterfowl hunting, the best producing area of favored bird food, the best breeding, feeding and resting area for migratory birds in the West. Its the Bear River refuge, located just 17 miles straight west of the court house in Brigham City, and an interesting place for any visitor to Utah to spend a few hours, a half-daor even a day. Refuge personnel are friendly, courteous and help lief ween the y was the Pacific ocean. A few miles from the lake, he entered an area of swamps formed by the rich silt deposited by the river. In these swamps his astonished eyes saw millions of ducks, geese and waterfowl of all descriptions. Great flocks of ducks arose before his boat, obscuring the sun, and the roar of their wings was deafening. Hours later he reached i'ne lake, tasted it, found It salty and returned with the report that he had discovered an arm of the Pacific. WELCOME TO Captain John C. Fremont, as the pathfinder, came to the shores of the Great Salt Lake in the autumn of 1843. Fremont launched his rubber boat on the lake and explored the Bear river marshes. In his writing he mentions that he loitered most of a day shooting - ducks and geese in the marsh, which was abundant with waterfowl. Brigham Young led his band of Mormon pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt Lake July 24, 1847. Soon after arriving, Young sent a party of men 4V V 'I V r , ful, and will see to it that a visit is both interesting educational. Sixty-nin- e species of birds ramain on thi fuge all summer long, and a good many more may be steel on the refuge at any given time. The er in the center of the picture enables refuge exper; survey the entire area with powerful glasses, and in ing season to keep a sharp monitory eye on hunters, headquarters buildings include the office, the duck tal or laboratory, garage and boat houses, and horns employees. 100-fo- THINGS TO SEE IN BOX ELDER After July 1, visitors to Brigham City may certain of catching trout out of.a mounto stream if they visit the Mountain ViewTro farm, at the north edge of Brigham Fishing equipment is furnished, no fishing cense is required, and fishermen pay only the fish they catch. The fish are even dec 4 ed, ready for the frying pan, for you. . , . OUR ' VISIT MOUNTAIN VIEW TROUT f north to explore the valley. They reported that millions of ducks and geese could be found in the great swamps at the mouth of the Bear river. Thousands of Acres Of Ducks In 1849, the United States government sent Captain Howard Standsbury of the topographical engineers corps to explore the Salt Lake valley. The following excerpt taken from Standsburys cant: report is Monday, October 22, The Salt Lake, which lay a half mile to the eastwar covered by immense flot wild geese and ducks, which many swans were being distinguished by size and the whiteness plumage. I had seen large (Continued on Following The Grandest little town in the U. S. A. Were proud of its scenery and its achievements. A fishermans paradise, golfing, camping, swim- o O PICK OF THE PICTURES ming, boating, horesback riding Everything to make your vacation here. the best is muMt FOR VOUR COMFORT BRIGHAM TRUCK & IMPLEMENT CO. our International Phone COMFORTABLE SEATS AIR CONDITIONED Dealer .500 3 FEATURE CHANGES WEEKLY ON SUNDAYS - WEDNESDAYS - FRIDAYS LWJ B H AT IQ HI A MTruck's COLOR CARTOONS 1:00 P. M. SATURD thi |