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Show Thursday, July 29, 1999 Messenger-Enterpris- Page e New appreciation for pioneers (Continued from page 4) never have achieved this great of an appreciation for my ancestors & other pioneers without walking a third day. Today was the most challenging day, both physically dc emotionally. The trail was in the midst of a mountainous terrain, with many ups and downs, which makes it difficult while pushing & pulling a handcart The heat was stifling, especially in such an open area with few trees & such dry grass & many rocks And to make that worse, the leaders (on horses of course) sent us accidentally the wrong direction, only for us to Miller family follows in fathers footsteps with forward to, but they had Zion, and 1 home cleaned I got up because of them, we do too ' & tended to my needs I hae a total of 4 blisters on my feet, heat Tamber writes in her journal have to turn around & pull our handcarts through a dry ditch & and all the way up the other side. Then they told us that it put us a half an hour behind the scheduled lunch break. We didn 7 have lunch until 1:00 pm & we hadn 7 had anything to eat since a sucker for a snack Breakfast was at 6 30 a m And we had already burned all that energy up It was a long walk home after lunch and once we w ere in Mantt m e had to walk over 7 blocks to get to the start of the to keel over When rash up my a tanned handcart rawhide-wheele- d An interesting story is told by Favvn Miller of Manti Her husband, Tim, pulled a handcart with his family the whole distance The handcart he pulled was made by Faw ns father, Montell Seely, in 1996 Mr. Seely is the author of the upcoming Castle legs, a sunburned neck regularly. Journals and diaries are line from my watch Only minor problems for a true pioneer. Although my feet hurt. Im thankful I ha en t lost them to frost bite like so many in the past including Nellie Unthank Most of my mot nation was from the things w ait mg for me at home, my family, a shower, indoor 7 & blocks m motor ehic les, etc But the it another toilets, parade was about think then I By everyone pioneers had none of this to look & supposed to express feelings, like she has, as well as facts and events. No doubt some of our limping home adults will write similar comments in their journals. Congratulations to the Trek Organizers and all the participants It was a beautiful sight to see them coming down Main Street at the conclusion of this great e ent Valley Pageant A unique feature of the handcart is that the wheels do not have iron rims Brigham Young had the pioneers w ho came w est not use iron because of its extra weight and cost Instead, he told his followers to use rawhide. Mr. Seely followed that advice and photos by Max Call made the wheel nms with she praying, crying or just taking a nap? Iowa to Winter Quarters In 997, w ith his children Maik and Jancllc, they pulled the cart on a trek from Castle Dale along the old Mormon Trail Then in 1998 they participated in a Hole in the Rock" trek Thus, Tim, Fawn, and their children followed in their father's (and grandfathers) footsteps when thev took the cart on the Manti trek 'It was a tough pull," Tim said, hut we're glad we went 1 Handcarts line up in a row for the night a u Children of Tim and Fawn Miller relax in wagon with wheels, built by their grandfather. Water tanks eased the burden of cooking and drinking raw-hi- de In 1996 he and his children pulled the cart on a trek from -- Is 5 raw-hid- e Walking and pulling handcarts was a change for most of these trekkers S? MANTI CITY J 1849 A I 1999 A BIG THANK YOU from the Sesquicentenmal Committee TO ALL THOSE IN THE MANTI TRI K NDPRD1 Covered wagons string out across the hills Dutch oven turkey is a delicacy that pioneers didn't enjoy ND THOSE OUTSTANDING IU L 1TRS It was wonderful! HI! Thank you. thank you. to everyone who worked and walked and talked and planned and stewed and called and rode and coi ked and typed and sang and laughed and bandaged teet and c n and on We even say thank you for those up there on their high horses" for helping the walkers along (Although "they didnt entertain us much1") Our next celebration connected w ith the annual Sanpete County Fair (August Ail you trekkers will be rested again and readv to om the is 14-2- R CF on the last day of the fair (2 st) m front of the Exhibit Hall at the bairg'otuids 1 Starts. 1 This mule ard its owner are glad to get to camp Small wagon is escorted by walker and horsemen 9am ee. $10 includes (or $10 towards another Vsquicenten-maCollectible) and Sports Dunk Prizes in the following categories. Children. Icon. Adult Form: included below. Fill out and turn in. along with check made payable to. l Manti Sesquicentennial into the box prov ided at Manti Grocery j Name- Manti Sesquicentennial Run - JI g Phone: 1 Category: JI I can help with: 1 OPY Grabbing a cat nap on the ground i I 1 Address: 1 What's a parade without horses? 1 I BDnnRnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnRfl I I I |