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".' 1, -- fai , . , t- ,44 , , r qr.. ,, ac ' dimb, ......:: .. ..., 4 - ,: '', ,....", -,-.- .-s. an , ; , .,.;,,,,-,,,:,,- -,,,,.- ha of .. '. .'s 1 4 ,..,,,,.v.4,140,r'rl all right. The :' d . Donner and ' g ..! ' leaders, . :,,. 7 ks.?:.- -----.... 4 George ....,,,, : ., -f , ,, , ' 4 :::,. ', ''..''.t; .. o James Frazier Reed were weal, IA -t-e, -.... ,,. MORRISON-MERRIL.,,.:, L it. AN AD.,:.',,,,,....-..CO. ,:;. ',...'"'"0,,,c7-; ' , ... ,r.4.2. t. thy men, and they. had provided ,,,,, ,, , , t ,,.. , "., t prl ... , . ' I... .s all the supplies an emigrant - v-,,,,,,,, I, 1 ' ''''''''. ",,L.,...;,,,f,,..tN.:,..t.," , , ' am. was need. ..,.Tr"rtrain There would f -. , . ' -. .,. ,,,, .,,..,,,, . ., .,,,,.......,-,- 4 Though not identified with the ...,,,, it: it , tv,s. 12.,,,,,,,....,,r-,i,7., and there was a ,A ' ', , .. t tto.:"""14,'"4 ',,,,. 1.7, t:,I1,--s: '4' ko!' ,Tatt?',,,,,, - ' ' ple clothing ',.''''':4w,,,, .,, . f , ', CITY ,, i,' , train of wagons.. '' good '. .... 1 ' A 0,34 , i ., .''.. , ',..;- - a, ,,,'.1".411.44111ratiat.' 10'''''SZ,,. tii:w.10F4..1. ,1 .' '' 1 ..', , , ''' ' , ''. ''. ' ' ". t .1 ., '' txt.1: : ,. , IWagons Abandoned i,,,,;.:::f. v very first 'pioneer develop ...,,.. the journey acrou They began ' ...TRAPPERS' RENDEZVOUSThis is an I . frontiersmen. Trappers- indulged in tall the salt ' flatsthe ume area .. -- ., . .., ,,men of our .state, the growth ,. - artist's idea of a gathering of western I ). which a century later became tales and singing and even scalp dances. , .. ,,..,,y,,.:, , , ...---,.. - ,, 1 , the world's arena for land speed ,,,,,,A.1,,,.. t,. ,...4.,.:. ..,.., ,. ,,.. tests. Wagons sunk in the oozy , , extended has business this of .. salt. Cattle thirsted, and so did . ' , ':?: , :' 4 e,','",!, human beings. Some of the . ,,, ,,,.. A. , ,.,, i .' ,,...,., wagons were left mired of half than 4 ,..; more through In the saltine plain. Thirty-si- x ' ..&,' "'''' li, - -. .. ,, ... :";'",:-, .., .,..., il , , , animals dropped dead on the VW 0 v ,...',t. tt..',',. '.' ; t.,.,',,' , ... ,,...2....,,,v."13,01It salt. Water was found. and no Pre-rione- er first historic Utahts century. :,;! person expired, but the patty ,,,..,:,:.., q,, k ,,..,1,,,.,,,,,, 1 1r 4...-,-' , ,,,,,,,- t ,.,.,; was weak when it reached the ;,' ,o."1:t 0, 4 1 white Utah's first . :,,i:.,,,,,, ,z,,r;..,,,,, ..,..,,,-'year4Ound Sierra Nevada Mountains. History is silent about many things, but it has worded , ( ,,. ' .t ,,,,,,,,.---,,,, , to was worst some -And the . s yet settlement, so far as it is known, important visits of the white man to Utah before the . Mormon Mine ''':,,Ilf,', pioneers arrived. No doubt there were early expel. was Tort Robidout in what is . . In the Sierras, the Donners ditions which left no known record. ' . X' I ,' now Utah's Uinta :,;....., ,5,,,...t. .....,.....r7,- ..4,.., ., rtgion. But it were 'trapped t .,.,...... by the heavy A Guide to The State" lists the following impor,,,,,,,,,, ,7,,,,r........-"Utah, ;.''' .0,is-lasted only 14 years, or therescarce. snows. became Food tant visits: . A 'Women began to boil harnesses , , .;.,,,,:,,fabouts. 11'1, 1540 Cardenas, a SPaniard, though he may not have . Land boots and any scrap; of t .'" ,,,, ,, A , The fort was founded about ...-.'.,, .......s.,,,, .,.., touched what is now Utah, approached it 'south of the ,I, leather they could find or food. . .,....,,, ',04' , 1822 on the north fork of the Colorado River, The water in .which they were .1771 ' Fathers Escalante and Domingues. :.' boiled was served as broth. Franciscan intey River, now called White ... ,. -, priests, traveled - extensively through Utah, as fat north as Socks River, a short distance Survive -,Forty ,,...... Utah Lake. -later the outset At a sete I corporation L. partnership elsev the forks. Mt little winter and its cold and 1124 General William Henry Ashley's trappers entered snow stayed on. Famished emi,":'.',... Bement, primarily's trading and of the founders the names ..,,,..,. it began as a Utah carrying after ..... South Pam crossing grants died. The survivors, bat'44,..;.,. etittitting post for treppers, was ' 1821 ate the flesh of the ' , Jim Bridget floated a bullboat down Bear River to .4,4 , tling for life, Weil lumber business of very moderate proportions , also known as tort .Wintey and discover Great Salt Lake. corpses. It was a miserable exl'ort Uinta. men like Bible-totinkind that , .,..,., 1126 Jedediah S. Smith, g - .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,:,"-:-- . periencetile with limited facilities and very few employees. trapper, crossed ,..,.0,,,,,,......,,,,,a-1,...- .,., Cluster of Hula to forget, ,,, Utah on his way to Southern California. He was the first ..;,frs-- ,. . ' 't-.., --Forty-fivthe .1',.t of white man to traverse what became Utah from east to west took place in the succeeding two decTort R bidout consisted of a growth Steady , ,i Donner-Reed original and from 'to party ', ..:-,north south. Cluster o huts, log survived. 1032 Antoine Robidoux, a trapper-trade- r, des ' during' which period added capital and the , founded what r.' , enclosed y a log palisade. Out,The enter.. .. 4.. Mormon asPIoneers has -recorded the settlehistory ...: ...,.: ide the walls were Indian r, .:....1 ' and . ' ment in Utah, in Uintah Basin. ing Salt Lake Valley the follow;1;4 progre'sis 4pone-Yt 1100OtiOn Or r ,i . i wicklups made of buffalo, deer , :,,t: ' 1137 Philip Thompson and William Craig established ing year, followed the Donner-Ree- d Cr elk skins. sewn together. f ' solid i in foundation resulted some route of, a the The of met.hojs , Fort building way. et in Hole. f Brown's "'The fort did erne business . ;tit1 I ,... t, ,.. Daritar Donners, as members of the , I. '' company, on the way to Califorwith the Utah and Snake Indi. t ' ,'Z'J -will wholesale end in both retail customer ,, have were called. group good the to first nia, traffic Utah. brought ans,; trading them such articles emigrant .4 been a large plaque honored 1143 C. . John by Fremont Captain made , Ss. aminunitions beads, knives, important explorait distribution of buiying materials. tions near Great Salt Lake. representing their journey on the and tobacco for skins of moun. "This monument Is The Place" 11444 Miles a ' a mountain Goodyear, , man, built tale sheep, beaver, otter, elk log ' to be dedicated July tt. home at site of Ogden, Utah. and deer. ,s,.,, '''''',114," "19 ,1,0"41"1"614'41 P 1, I' (4 11',.! tO 111,119,149,9,99,19949..,M91.999919,90999994m999119994rnr41,4914,' .., 1146 Harlan-Youn- g Donner-Ree- d - , and blazed 4' ' Vti !It lir '',.4 V 'k emigrants , Wicked Settlement ...1 , ,.:.,:-wagon trails through Utah. t 1,71,:listli-OfittP.4 i'k 44-Tr:;'-- mi EL ) , . 1 17) A rillii 0 1 litril tlj-,I- C(.1 r , ' 0 SwaYs , , , Ps 94 ,. litil ,,c1?i vI IN) A I , , Zaitlea Centennial . , 0 , , . 4 r U - 1:1dif"jillsiset wenorrriee(tilteTliTy ,, ., .f.11.... ..1 ... .. a e51 -- .1116 i,i. . , - , ''. , . s.'4 4,44 : erlef at 1. ri4, .7N. .:.,., :,.., ., ' , 00'00. , - e '' , D ,, ,..' the chilled breezes of fall whispered through the white wagon 0, A ...4, tops. But there were many, many miles to go yet , Leaders of the Donner-Ree- d 1:0::;:.,. 5 I' 4'14'''' 4 11-- 1 .. N ed:ote:.; '. le 46 --,- i7 ;e ' 4,,t,t'lit.,,',..-fg.'4:1- - ' ' , r. 4,, .4 .' ,- r,..; .i."1 ,,' '' ,,,;. ss - , ' . California L oat Party in 'I a 0 its "::. d - . ., ,,,, s , ' ., ' - ,, ' ,. ,...,...,,,..-,...:.,....-.-......s- P ak. '''''- ' .. " ...,, fejt.. ' .."''Ji.,44'r 411 ' s:',114044,4,3l! 40v,,, 4,,,..,,,..... ' ,....t ,,,,,,,:,;:,... ki v,t.. b,,. ,, ,,.. ' , ."..''''''''''' V." ,. A,,,:. ' , , , ,. ....: 4, - .. 154r 3r17 24 ' '''"..' - .. , ' i .s. ,,,,.. ,,e. ,..e ,,,, ,, ''''''44e, ",,,,. , ' .s, . ' .'.Z4!.11..v.., -a 4 r..,... 1' ,, , - . 4..., ' ,. : i , . ,. ,..,....,, ,. ''''111- r A ...14,,,11 ,,,,t4 'I' 7 tat.lriste .....,. .. ,. ..... ,. pi:" ,'. ,' N't '''''''"' f,n..4,e,.4-111,,A1.1....,- ,A,04 t ei , . , .., .,..1.....,,,c;-7- - -- ,.. ,, .....7, . -' .. , ,,,,- '''' ...- , ,,,,r,.-....,- , '''" ,-- ,,.. , .. 1847 r - ,,. .."; , .. , ''' ' ,....,,,,,,..,,,,....,......;,..: e ..,. ... -,- - 4 , De:etet 'Newt .;.: ',',''' . . . -- , , ' - .t- - --- 7'..--- ., ,. 419.99909 , , , ' , . , - ' - . ,.:..,.. - :::, , - ,- I '..- - , -- .7.. ,-,- --- , - ..4'. . . ' - '', , , , ,, - - , - --,, ,s.--,, ''..,. ,4,' . FtI Roboidoux .s.,. , --.- . E ts a ed ecords History,'11-- is e About 1832 . , .., , , , 4 , Arrivals., s- , ' , , , ' ," , ,L .. - ' T '..' .., . - ' -- ' ,h ,:, t- ' to , .., ': Ti . . of all ' .....',!;;.,,:,,,:.,-'''N,.- , ,1 ,,,,,,,,e , BegInnIng 1 8 ; y . , 1 ., 1 7' he ar , -, .., , UI , ,;.,...--- . . ,'',..,.-,...-,:- ,. 'AS.H. ..".I ''.. -. :. ....,, -- ;!- .:' - .. . .4. .', , i. '- ,. sr -' i IF .' dirt-roof- ed - r, ,.i , -- . ,.., ..- 4 .. , . :t .1! , ,. ! . - ed - . - - - , , ' ' , . ' - , ., ---- ' .r6ti ' t Mooted Town , Will; iams, Methoditt Clergyman visited Tort Robidoux in the Summer of 1842. He journalized that ' , - , - ., - - . .. ' I - 1. T - - . 1 .,,.,.. ' ,,. A ,,...., ,,, , :, ', ... - , ,, ..,, .. --. , . , ,,,,,, .., . - , . , ., , , ., ' . . , , , , , . , .... 4, 44 , , , , . , , . . , , 4' , ' ., , ,, , , , -,, ' . , , - . . i t , .. - - . 0 , . , - ' ''.- , r t. I ,..,.10.4....,,,,.... ,,r,,, ... I .. ,. , - , i i 1 , '4"1"17,r .... !i 7 , 4, ... . . 7 -- ... .,,,,,,.. -I- , 4 ' ,,.,..--., . ,., ,,.... , - r .- '....'.:,,:.:,,-,...,;- ''- :'; - ' , ' ' , .., 4 , .,, - , ,, . a community institution. , , . , " , . . ,,,,,,,,' . , ., I ' , . i , , , ., . nw,.,..4,,,,,, ''' , ... , . ' .,., . - , , -- .., - - ' I 1 ,,..... '"' , . - ...,. The . fic. . . ' .t - I S. - . When Mt. Pleasant residents asked Brigham Young for permission to set' replied: "if there is' for 30 families, you enough 'water have my permission." The area then s 4we, known-a"the land of wild hay." , Meadows stretched north end south: , t Irciday, the city is a thriving dairy and en center. sys- toms of the ,city are municipally own- id.' c NewT4ark emits reOentlY were laid out and plans ore moving ahead --- - on- - a recrestion-- pro- - , , , S. , - ,' ,,.. .,., , , , , - , s ", I k s',, , - . . , , -- - 1, ,! '.',-,- ; , , ,' - ... , - , .. ' ? ' ' '' , ' - rem. , , . , - .. . 1 ' ' ci;r4tivitn.endtlY6heet.Id - .. Public , ,. Int rb tory - . , . .. .,... . " Main Street - kottsin and h cg-t- Pot, ' MCI& s,..-1-- - ,,-- all ., it , .44,. .., '' ' f t ,.,.,." ...... ' ,...;.., , , - (:) .c.11 - , -- , 1, .,,,,.)- ,.-,- - , .. ......, - , ,s, t., ... ..,.,. ., , ,e 1 0",,z, vdt , ,.' , A'... ' , 4... rP 6 , S, 3 4 4, :k' , . .. ., ... , ' . , . ,....----;...,....:...............,.- ,.,.,....i. ' . ,,. - ,,..,, . ,,,,,,, . . , ...,, -- s firilit s 0 ,..it ., 7:1 .... ,4 i , '''. ,, - . ' - - .. ; It , .. 0 I I,- .4, .. , 4 .. .. ... .. , . . . i.,4, '4 ' -- -' -'- . ' s .... . - , . -,- - , I - ., , 4 . - - '' ,S, - , , 4 - s ,, L ... , ' ..i . silit!i0si.010tre't - - i:1 . iitlif4 .i.' . .,. lirill'l If t:'141ii'llit (.9(ailtil fDfil:1110 - - .. --., - ',. . ... , - I ,, 1 11 , t 1 4 aterials.-orrison-Merri- ... . S. - ; .; , is ... . '' - ' - kis Adv. Ces".61 rm171.1" .. .' , , 9 - -, - 1 - ., "'' '''' - , . The Company h still serving theintermotintain Empire with building materials, but now with 'ths- - precision, speed and giant strength of full mechanized equipment. The Straddle Truck and lumber Lifts shown here. typify the modern facilities at the service of custo. mers.,, The office ,building, woodwork mill and warehouses and yards occupy eh area of 10 acres. A network of rails covers the gtoundi, A large' fleet of trucks is at, the service of the trade. Lumber, roofing, insulation, hardwavr, glass,,'and cement arbut few of the 8000 items that make 'up the divers. and complete stocks of building -& C march of progress-ushereM m in .. , , by the great Centennial! ., .., i , . ,, S. ed - Ai . r - - . ,...-,- NI' - . ' It en enn la - ''' ormatialeol . -- ,, , - 1.. ,...4 . ''''''''' i . , . , , r. ' 1 ,..... . ' ,.........., , , ' '''''' --......- - ,...,........,. ' , . 4 - . ''-- - ' , ,. , , '" Cl , . 1 , . sommostambloaa ' flanks city's business distiict traftourist for in is line highway 89, .,,,, I - . , - .. , - . .. . , , ., , 5atrytew - . . . , 1 I - . , . . . . ' ' . : .41, .. 7..... ,,,,,,,..,.,,,,,,,,4,,,,.,..,, ,;',,0: ' t .,, 4 , , ., . 1' , , . . i ' -, , . ' .1 ' ,'...,- 4t.., ,.. , . .... , 1 ;....:...4). , sg..3'6,-.--,...,-- . . . ..,, , . ,. ,' . . ' ,.. , - , . .. .,, . ' , :e . 4,1-- .4, I 1 64--'4. , ,,L s,- . , .. I , , , . --- . . , - , . , . . . a group enterprise ;4' , ea 1 , '.,.1.- ;- . , ol ,. labor". It became a new era in includinj of the wholesale division of the the notably expansion , enterprise. The Current advertising referred to such items as the installation of a private telephone ex. ' change and ,the establishment of an electrically-o0E1- wood working factory. Of not least importance, , ' an incroased measure of employee participation in stock ownership on the part of those charged with serves to stamp the, business as Major responsibilities, , - , rr VI ,,4,t,,40.'it , w. , C , other-respect- , , . , .. .. .. ,,, , , '' I r 4 4.k AA, ,',, ,,,,..,' ' ' , ... . to quote part of an the time when -advertisement of that year - "men and horsepower gave way to machine power on keevy loads in the saving in time and ..., 0'4 ,.-T,- '" f; '. 'A,,,me,d,,A,,m.or,,,.,,3,N,,,,r,,oatk..iw,k.,k.vtA,uao,,to,,,m,w Tansitton 1 1 1 ib ', ' .s. .. ft '':",,...;' 4.1 ' 1 ., .. , - ,,, - .,,,,, , ! '11 .,: , , ' c' e , .,, , - --- .' ... ,..,,whoLiegaorn4...4mMit,44,,,,,,94,,,,,,,,sa-allowomo- ,,,,,., . s , . , ., . - - , I 'II .. - . - - it "1,- - 4 . . ' , .. 4.....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......, -- . - . : .'" f , , .,..-- 44. ' In the days of Nephl, reached its end. While its found- Utah, thereearly was a mosted wall er, Antoine Robidoux, was around the settlement The town sway, Int Indians totally de- was founded In September, 1831, stroyed it All the occupants, it by Joseph L. Heywood and ..,.. is said, were mamentd. others. , men, Trench and Spanish, were "as wicked men", I think, as ever lived." Indian squaws were the place was rife with drinking marketed like slaves. VIC swearing and idleness. Its In 1845 or 1846 Fort Robidoux . 4.". - i - 4 , - - .....24 , .., ... ....., , . -- - - - .4. ' ' , ' ' - , .1 . "V . - |
