Show JULY 14 SUNDAY MORNING THE 1940 OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINE- Coming of Railroad PIONEER R Striking Event for fA Fi'MJM Early Utah History - - - ': ' - - 1 - With the building of a transcontinental line passing through the Mormon state mining began to develop in various parts of the terri' " If I tory particularly Little Cottonwood canyon Rush valley and Bingham canyon Smelting and stamp mills were erected first in Salt Lake East and canyon then in valley other places Some of the ore was shipped outside to be refined in outside mills Coal Slower Coal was slower in development' the first coal mine was in Coalville but the product mined there was not of so high a grade as that found in other parts of the territory Sanpete valley for instance and Carbon county In 1872 it was known hundreds of acres of coal lands existed along the railroad line but little effort was made to the "J m ' tttn tiIa ' lOntiIBi— 'mm in Il'ltf' iiiihhiii develop the industry beyond IU Miw— small domestic demand ' Mining Industry Aided A this picture from back "in the Wi illustrates hangThe development of the mining OGDEN ALWAYS LIKED TO DECORATE industry in Utah was facilitated ing of bunting is no new thing for the junction city In this view looking north up Main street (now not only by the advent of the main the Broom hotel building at the front left is the Washington boulevard) from Fifth (now Twenty-fifth- ) line of railroad through the terrimost easily discernible landmark Tall electric light poles added dignity (T) to the street in those day tory but especially by the construc—and note that one enterprising business house (extreme right) has decorated the pole in front of his tion of branch lines from the capital to outlying districts establishment as a barber pole There were other benefits to the area derived from the coming 'of the railroads Culture was advanced by making the territory accessible to distinguished tourists statesmen artistsgtnea of letters and women It provided an outlet for home products thus giving impetus to agriculture and manufacturing Market for Raw Materials — VvJmll striking and Perhaps the most PAGfc LLfcvtH Here's How Ogden Celebrated Back lri'90's i iv Old 'Iron Horse' Brought EDITION event in the early hisUtah tory of speaking economically and socially was the coming of the railroad in 1869 —Before the arrival of the steam e there was no trade to speak V mining languished and there was little contact with outsiders Efforts to develop Utah's known resources coal iron silver gold and copper were almost futile The cost of such ventures was entirely out of proportion to what was realized General Connor of Fort Douglas discovered this when he attempted to establish a mining industry t No Market for Surpluses There was no market for surplus agricultural products because of the vast distances to be covered to - market centers and slow means of transportation What commerce was carried on was a result of the fortunate location of the City of the on the highway between St and San Francisco route of Caints in '49 Many travelers hearing of the gold strike on th$ Pacific coast were willing to sacrifice most of their household articles to secure miningequipment aii fast transportation to the fields of shining metal But the railroad changed all that far-reachi- ng f r - sky-scrapi- mi n I m - - ng Cattle Were Important to the Utah Pioneers '!' Tragedy Rode With "V v ' j Fated Dori ners On Westward Trip 111 - o Party Wracked by Suffering on 846-4- 7 Journey to California 1 come separated and never suc ceeded in One reassembling about three group was caught miles from the lake which now bears the name of Donner Twen ty-o- including Captain Donner ne and his family were caught about talked-omost one f eight miles below at the foot of of the Probably the pass They built wagon trains of the early fron- rude mountain huts as shelter from the Donner mountain snow tier in Utah is the Donner headed Food supplies were soon ex George by party Various writings combine to give hausted and starvation and death the following brief story of their seemed the ultimate fate of all disastrous journey overland By the middle of January the Preceding the Mormons by one drifts were 12 and 14 feet deep De ill-fat- ed ft i mm year the party left Illinois April cember 15 1846 and headed for Indepen- hoping to join with the Oregon-Californothers ail They reached Independence d on May 12 1846 started west- ard over the Oregon trail At Little Sandy river on July 19 they received a letter by special messenger from Lansford Hastings advising all wagon trains heading for California to take a new route from Fort Bridger through the mountains around the south end of Salt Lake Ignored Advice Eliza P Donner Houghton in her "Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate" describes the crossing of the Weber river on August 3 and receipt of another note from Hastings advising all parties to await his return as he feared they needed him to guide them the Donner group felt so they pushed on mountains Hardship and suffering dogged their wagons for 16 days and they emerged at last into Salt Lake valley from Emi gration canyon It had taken them 30 days to cover the ground they had expected to cover in 10 or 12 At the edge of the Salt desert they discovered a worn sign which when decinhprrt — mm " axj a aim hard iertnights drying across desreach water" They pushed on bat at the end of two days and two nights with food and water exhausted they still had no relief m sight Not until several days later September 12 did the first group reach water Men women and children suffer- — N?a incredibly Thirty-si- x head of fattie had been left on the desert bleached bones to mark the dence Mo on ia QTime i 1 - A- ioiow i ne greatest tragedy overtook the party at Truckee pass It was December and winter snows I Iff v ''- I --:- "I -- i n fv I'-- : r — f - y r ' v - f:- 1 ' y V X tM) - Jlj) ' ' 't ( '7 :'77-- I I Pharijong in Tibet claims that its post office at 15300 feet is the world's highest Gold mined in the Transvaal in a recent month was valued at nearly $35000000 ORCHIDS to Pioneer Days - Vtheir trail fni Stopped By Snow 16 1846 William Eddy headed a group of 16 who took six days' rations and started by snow-sho- e to Sacramento January 10 1847 this group 'The Forlorn Hope" encountered an Indian village and secured friendly guid ance to the home of Col M D Richeys 35 miles from Sutter' Fort Rescue Party A rescue party was immediately organized and went back into the mountains but before it arrived many had died It is reported oth ers in order to save themselves ate the flesh of the dead Of the original 87 in the party 39 had perished The last survivor was picked up in April 1847 the same month that Brigham Young's par ty set out for Utah ' if — CATTLE ARE IMPORTANT Flowers For All Occasions if Ii Utah's dairy industry is the second largest agricultural industry in the state The total income varies between $7500000 and $11000000 annually Out of 30000 farms in Utah 24000 are engaged either full or part-tim- e in dairying When you consume dairy products you are using nature's finest g food and at the same time supporting an industry that w constantly addmg its value to the welfare of the state body-buildin- ' DAIRY PRODUCTS BUILD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY The FLOWER BOX WEBER CENTRAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION : ' Main Floor TO UTAH TODAY J Ci Penney' Owned and Operated Ogden Utah by the Dairy Farmers of Northern Utah |