| Show LETTER FROM NEVADA editor deseret news Leav leavine iniz overton lincoln county nevada on the iest to return to st george we traveled five miles through heavy sand when we found ourselves at the lower end of a steep and rocky dugway which leads up to the top of the bench or mesa that extends from this point many miles eastward toward the beaver dams mountains in utah the other way it extends from the clover mountains on the north to the RIO bio virgin on the south and Is ia badly out cut up by washes and gulches the tor top or of the keshis mesa is very rocky and covered with desert vegetation including fine specimens of the keg cactus which in some instances grow in large clusters one of these which we measured was about twenty feet in circumference two and a half feet high and consisted of no DO less than fifty seven keg shaped cactuses each of which was about the dae axe of the hub of the etheel of a corn com mon farm wagon one of the brethren sugg suggested ted that it would be a fine specimen to send to the worlds fair at chicago so it would and could the state of nevada be induced to bear the of shipping it thither it would per pr prep bp assist materially toward raisin raiding mr ue buxe of the state as to the of its natural production it su surely would be a curiosity and an a IN ec itol of g great rest interest in any worlds fak it ought however to be labeled alli aft off offa for twit would be an exceedingly prickly object to handle after traveling about ten milea mi lover over the mesa meia we found ourselves on the edge of that part of the same which overlooks over looka the rio Vi virden and on the top of the famous bluff known to travelers eleasin in this part odthe of the country a big virgen hill there is another road which leads down clown a wash to the east und and which more timid teamsters prefer although it to is several miles further f ur but as none of our little party were inclined to show the white feather we of course braved the dangers of the big virgen 01 the most featured of which to ia a nearly perpendicular ledge of rocks extending across the road showing a bold front nearly three feet high in driving over this rock with all brakes on and two men studding standing on the hind wheels one of the horses hesitated about going down so steep a place and finally concluded he would rather not consequently be braced himself on his hind legs and with all toe the strength he be could muster in his rather stooping condition pushed back until his bis feet slipped from under him causing him to keel over backwards and the next position he found himself in was lying in the crag of the rock on his bis back kicking the air with all four by loosening the tug mandall all the straps and buckles which raloh fastened them to the wagon and his mate we succeeded in getting him on his feet again and by hitching to the end of the tongue we got down without further accident but all except the driver now thought prudence the bist best part of valor and conse conge walked down the other part of the hill bill continuing the journey up the river which we crossed seven times we sir ap rived at bunkerville Bun kerville in the dusk of the evening just as the clouds opened their batteries and the r belr umbrellas but notwithstanding the storm the good people of bunkerville Bun kerville turned out to listen to a discourse on the divine mission of the prophet J oseph joseph 8 smith ni I 1 th the next day in company with president erastus B siow I 1 crossed th the e rio virgen thirteen times in traveling a distance ot of fifteen miles to beaver damp where we held an interesting meeting in the evening the following day we trav aled thirty miles to price where another meeting was held price ward consists of two small email ham lets namely price situated on the southeast bank of the rio virgen five miles southwest of st george and bloomington lying on the opposite side of the river the channel of 0 which at this point is about two bun hundred yards wide price lies a short distance below the point where elder joseph horn and his bis company corn pa uy of cotton growers located in 1868 1858 but the present hamlet only dates back to 1874 and is at present occupied by eight families bloomington has bw five families a d the whole ward has a membership of sixty four souls or thirteen families nephi R fawcett is ie the bishop of the ward Samuel Ml lesof mormon battalion fame is pheward the ward clerk and beeer deserves ves special mention for his diligence in keeping his bis books in good order and for recording im important ar events as they have transpires transpired in the ward from time to time ANDREW JENSON PRICE washington co utah march 26 1892 |
