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Show __TheSaltLakeTribune UTAHCENTENNIAL Sunday,January14,1996 NORTH L3 OMING Continental Gen Wvern CL iver \ag Weber MILES Independence RiBear River 5 A Cet Gack). = a Divide .sw Sweetwater Aver FarsoneL/* Soutlt i fa \S* Die Rock a Springs Missouri River CasperGienrock lenroct Lake SALT Boonen in LAKE ciTy neerasKa u . Peak. For ri [khan Aver: Scottsbluff Loup River §——_ Ancient Bluff Ruins~~\_ Columbus Laramie ER \QUARTERS n 1895, when ‘i ‘Council hut North Platte \ Salt Lake City ins Uv Scotts Blutf Ney. UTAH KansasCity was born small town where Violin and go to the Theat Both Salt Lake and Anne's activitie changed since then. Salt Lake i COLORADO KANSAS Westward, Ho: pions Hal capital of U would attach to a wagon wheel and would turn 360 revolutions in a mile, each mile then being tickedoff MormonsLost All in Rush for Promised Land Adult Day Center, where she can share the With Pratt's design, Appleton Milo Harmon, a skillful carpenter, fashioned a model from wood and it was mounted on one of Heber Kimball's wagons with the proper circumference wheel From that day forth the pioneer trek was more a \ z 4 T bia company of others and participate in fun activities, while returning to her home in eS the evenings accurately measuredfor the benefit of Mormon com- St Joseph Villa began its ministry of long panies that followed. While not unique, the Clayton- term nursing care in 1947, Since that time Pratt-Harmon odometer can be considered among The three women were Harriet Page Wheeler the earliest uses of the device in overland travel Halting for two days at Fort Laramieto refit the Young, wife of Brigham’s brother, Lorenzo D. Young; Clara Decker Young, Brigham’s wife; and Ellen Sanders Kimball, wife of Heber C. Kimball The children, Isaac Perry Decker and Lorenzo Sobieski Young,werethose of Harriet Young These and the men of the companywould be the first citizens of Great Salt Lake City of the Great Basin of North America. There were 73 wagonsin the camp, 93 horses, 52 mules, 66 oxen, 19 cows, 17 dogs and a clutch of chickens. Completing the travel organization of the pioneer they have expanded their services to include a wagon train, making needed blacksmith repairs and such, the pioneers learnedthat a Mississippi detachment of church membersplus a sick detachment released from the MormonBattalion wereon theroute to meet the main companyand accompanythemto the Great Salt LakeValley. wide range Happy for quality health care Mid-June brought themto the Platte River crossing, where an advance work party of Mormons had dreds: Stephen Markham and A.P. Rockwood; captainsoffifties: Tarleton Lewis, John Pack and Shadand captains of tens: Wilford prepared a ferry to take the pioneers over. Once across, they would follow the Sweetwater River to South Pass, the saddle of land that separates the ra T, Benson, Phineas H. Young, Luke i phen H, Goddard, Charles Shumway, James Case, Seth Taft, Howard Egan, Appleton Milo waters of the Pacific from the Atlantic, the passage over the Rocky Mountains to the western slope Harmon, John S. Higbee, Norton Jacob, John Brown 275 miles (by odometer) from Fort Laramie The pioneers now came in frequent contact with and Joseph Mathews. On April 19, the camp moved out under the supervision of the various captains, covering 20 miles the first day on a line of march along the north side of the Platte. The south bank had by now becomethe Oregon Trail from Independence, Mo., to the Willamette Valley. By 1847it was a national wagon road as far west as Great Salt Lake, since the Harlan- grows. so does the and lifest.le options. To mee these challenges, St. Joseph Villa has expanded to Young also received information that some 2,000 company was the naming of two captains of hun- of care to the elderly like Anne As the senior population include a complete continuum wagons of immigrants were on the road west for Oregon and California and advanced companies were but two days from Fort Laramie. That was enough to hurry the Mormon campback on thetrail In addition to the Adult Da Ut I 7 nowoffers e © Independent Living \par ol p enter. St Jose ph Villa © Residential Living From Anne and yourfriendsat St. JosephVilla. ¢ Inpatient & Outpatient Rehabil © Special Care Unit for Alzheimer & De © THC Senior Medical Clinic © Long Term Care Oregon-bound immigrants and occasional parties of trappers and mountaineers eastbound. At Pacific Springs west of the pass, they encountered noted mountain man Moses “Black’’ Harris, who gave them issues of the Oregon Spectator, the first news- e paper published on the Pacific Coast, and a number of copies of the California Star published by Samuel Brannan, the Mormon elder whohad takenthesailing ship Brooklyn to Yerba Buena the year before Young and Donner-Reed companies had pushed it through the year before. Thetrail wentall the wayto California by the Fort Hall route. In buffalo country the company hunters knocked down a meat supply, and in mid-Maythe pioneers Also at Pacific Springs was Thomas L. The Sisters, employees and residents of St. Joseph Villa are proud to he part of Utah’s heritage and its futur “Pegleg’ Smith, who operated a trading post on Bear River St. JosephVilla near Soda Springs, in present Idaho. noted the addition of an odometer” to their wagon Two days later, near present Far: met Jim Bridger, who suggestedit train. William Clayton, who was keeping a journal of the trek, had been frustrated in attempts to accu- Wyo., they imprudent to 4 151 East Bishop Federal Lane yal) South) Salt Lake Cin, OP S4 115 bring a large population into the Great Basin until ratelyestimate the distance traveled each day He appealed to scientist-mathematician Orson (801) 487-7557 @ See NEXT PAGE We’ re proud of our Pioneer Heritage Our “family owned business” has — Madein Utah been serving Utah for over 40 yrs. by Utahn’s MATTRESS FACTORY MATTRESS SALE ANY SIZE MATTRESS 588 EACH PIECE WHEN YOU BUY THE SET ae (We Futons) One of the Largest Futon Displays in Utah Futon Mattress Package Includes Hoaga’s is the Meegee Wgsn2 Lr a L 1, Thick Futon Futon Dealer in the West. 4 this is $199 Value we 3. 2 FREEPillows Mattress Package only $269| ; A $109 Solid Hardwood Beautiful Light Black Metal Frame Oak Color DAYBEDS REDUCE a Deck Deck iromS109849 539 — 5] 99 Plus 549 iit igHT Frame Dec Sohgnbay * $49 $99 ' Plus Poly Deck Poly Deck wy ‘cone199 2.949 ad S Hoaga's Bunkbeds Follow Government Safety Standards and Have BeenTey HEAVY FUTON BUNK Plus Poly Deck Pol $99 Plus sag LUde}soheta]Ulal32) Ph $49 b a $ pTNC CITY Eas ae Let MATTRESS FACTORY spending her JOT st year enjoving the St. Joseph Villa on a small secondarygear. @ From Previous Page ich is celebra Centennial Year, while Anne is Pratt to help him out. 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