Show 185 tion nor the visits so common to the history of the other islands There is no fresh water on the island so stock raising has never teen attempted there Except for the attempt of Alfred Lambourne to homestead the island for the purpose of cultivating a vineyard and the limited activities in extracting of the Utah Guano Company seen no attempt The first Stansbury and by to make guano the island has it economically important recorded visit to the island was that of his men in 1850 Except for occasional lake adventurers and those interested in bird visits life of the island has an abundance the island was scarecly visited until Alfred Lambourne took a homestead there in the which 1890‘s Of the island’s 163 acres Lambourne ’ s homestead entry acres the remaining acres being divided between lf acres of school land the railroad land and seven and Lambourne had gone to the island for the purpose of carrying covered 7835 one-ha- out a long proposed scheme of planting a vineyard Ee hoped that the lake air plus natural storms would supply enough his vines He built a oabin of native stone his library pictures and even a piano transported water to supply and had to the desolate plaoe Here he whiled away the time reading vineyard exploring the island and wish- painting tending his In calculating the ing the time would pass more rapidly time he had been on the island he made the following entry |