Show IN PANGUITCH STAKE editor deseret newa early in the morning of friday thee the ath dinst I 1 left panguitch in a cart carrying the united states mail in charge of don carlos carloa shirts for the purpose of visiting the distant settle ments of cannonville Cann onville henrieville Henri eville and Efi escalanti calante tc from panguitch the road takes a course due east for one and a quarter miles until the mill is passed and the river crossed then we turn to the right and follow up the east bank of the south fork of the sevier passing several ranches on our way until we near the place where the town of hills dale once flourished turn to the left toward the mountain sand and soon don reach the mouth of red canyon through which our road takes a winding course until the tops of the mountains are reached about fifteen miles southeast of pan duitch then we descend gradually for nearly six miles until we the east fork of the sevier nearly ten miles below where it rises in the forest covered mountains to the southwest we are here in the middle of a fine upper valley called the east fork valley and which at this time of the year is full of stock sheepherders campe are seen in every direction and tens of thousands of sheep are grazing within a radius of a few miles this is a very cold country in the w winter inter and is often covered with snow to the depth of six feet or more on level ground the altitude being nearly feet to cross this tract of land in the dead dad of winter is of often ten a most dangerous task and for months at a time it to ig never attempted except by the ruall mail carrier or those who of necessity are compelled to do so to guide the traveler when the snow has obliterated all traces of wagon roads poles are stuck in the ground at about the same distance from each other as telegraph poles the tops of these are painted black in order to appear as different as possible to the white snow but even with this aid there is often danger of the traveler losing his bis direction in the blinding snowstorms snow storms which are very frequent here from the crossing of the east fork we travel about four miles to the rim of the basin or to a point known locally as aa the dump or jump off P 1 where re the country suddenly breaks break off and slopes toward the colorado river and where a most awe inspiring view is had of the rough broken sandy and desolate coun country fry lying southward at this particular point there is no mountain ridge or summit not even a low ridge to cross in order to get from the headwaters of the sevier to those of the Pah reah aa a tributary of the colorado but the level plain simply breaks off into a country that is as different from that lying on the north as anything could be before we got very far down the dan dangerously bourly steep road we found it indeed both a jump off and a dump ifer for as we proceeded slowly down the steep incline that part of pur horses harness generally called breeching by most moat teamsters suddenly gave way and our cart which was rather heavier loaded than usual through having an extra passenger along came down upon the horse who at once seemed to forget all about a sore foot which had bad caused the progress of the morning to be rather slower than ordinarily and off he went with a speed that would have done a racehorse race horse credit the cart with the U 8 mail and human freight following soon the muscular arm of the aliver was found altogether inadequate to the took task of holding back 21 and away we went down down down while the infuriated animal tried its best beat to kick the cart asunder the historian conceiving the fact that this was a little more than common experience in going down a steep hill and also remembering mem bering that the history of panguitch stab e was only half written yet and hence n t being ready to have his limbs broken made preparation for a graceful spring i rom irom the doomed vehicle but in tying to carry out his purpose he lost his balance and his intended graceful Hrace ful jump off terminated in a regular dump into the hard road whereupon the horse left the road and landed in a side the cart completely over while the horse who through this gulch manoeuvre got rid of ef the cart started in the direction of the colorado river the united states mail sack a quantity of flour a valise a bundle of dinner dinner bucket an extra pair of shoes etc including a driver and a historian were trying to see which could roll to the bottom of the b h ill at the quiches possible speed when all came to a standstill it was discovered that no one was killed that no bones were broken and with the exception of the slight spraining raining sp of a wrist and an ankle the breaking of the harness and a spoke and the scattering about of our baggage all were in a fair condition to continue the journey but it took us about an hour and a half to mako the necessary repairs and get off and then the n we had two more runaways before we got to cannonville Cann onville the animal having got terribly excited over the experience at the dump Cann cannonville onville is a little town situated on the west bank of the west tributary of the Pa breah at the foot of a nearly perpendicular bluff of red and white sand stone the settlement has existed since 1875 1975 but owing to disadvantages of different kinds it has perhaps nt n t progressed as fast as some of our other settlements still the people are cheerful and confident that their town will be a success and that they will be able to make a good living here A number of young orchards are promising well this season and the grain fields and lucern patches scattered along the creek shine off in pleasant contrast to the sandy desolate looking country around them the from which the people get their irrigation water is a very treacherous stream like nearly all other creeks and rivers on this side of tae the rim of af the basin it is subject to disastrous floods which sometimes will tear away dams dam canals and everything found in its way and at such times the liquid is more like a mass amass of stinking mud mad than a stream of water As a part a r t of the Conn onville ward there is ia the e village of georgetown on on yellow creek which iu its reached by rounding a point pot nt to the southward it is situated in a narrow valley or rather a canyon about three miles southwest south west of canno bonville nonville non ville and is across the boundary line in kane kaae county both beth johnson the newly appointed bishop of the ward resides here hem and about a dozen other families clifton a village lying four miles north of cannonville Caun Cann onville in the lower end of a valley opening into the from the east is also a part of cannon ville ward it consists of thirteen fact ilea belonging to the church who farm on a small scale and get their jr ir ir gation water from pine creek a tributary of the east fork rising in the Ea escalante calante mountains A canal fifteen miles long conveying the water across the rim of the basin has been made by the few industrious men who reside in the village pour four miles east of cannonville Cann cannon onville ville a short distance north of the main fork of the Pah reah lies ilea the village of ef henrieville Henri eville named for patriarch james henrie of the panguitch stake until two years ago this place also be longed to the cannonville Cann onville ward but now has a separate ward organization with daniel goulding as bishop this like the other three little settlements 3 already mentioned stands like an oasis in the desert its shade trees orchards and green fields showing shading the great contrast between the country in its wild desolate state and those tracts which have been redeemed redeemed by the industry and thrift of a god fearing people last night I 1 held a meeting with the saints in cannonville Cann onville and delivered an address on early church history there are quite a bumler of young people in these new settlements who are depending upon history and tradition for their knowledge of what was done by the prophet joseph and those who assisted min him in laying the foundation of this great latter day work and as a rule I 1 find the young men and women much inhere interested sted in church history I 1 start for escalante today ANDREW JENSON gaele couney county june jtb 1891 |