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Show The Salt Lake Tribune f Sunday, July 15, 1984 K1 , among the last of the pioneers to enter the Salt Lake Valley. Wps Me was delayed by iliness. ' Obscure . fadts about Send ft, in the (rodeo) clowns The life of a rodeo clown is not all fun and games. Beneath the grease paint and floppy wigs, behind the zany jokes and Keystone Kop-lik- e pratfalls, they have a serious side luring. the jumping, y bulls cowboy-hungrfrom brahma their fallen riders. The clown is bait and his talent and spinning, courage keep it in one piece. At left, Jon Taylor of Burbank, Calif., looks bored, just waiting inside his decorated barrel. Colleague Rick Young, above, takes a pratfall during the 1982 Days of '47 pioneer arrival Rodeo. The following are some obscure, interesting facts that you probably didnt know about the original Mormon pioneers of 1847: : DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . .The pioneers came very close to altering the Salt Lake Valley at the mouth of Weber Canyon instead of Emigration Canyon? Miles Goodyear $sited the pioneers on July 10 and tried to persuade them to travel through Weber Canyon and then settle near him in the Ogden area. But the pioneers were skeptical of Goodyears apparently selfish motives and later the narrow passageway of rocks, near tie present-da- y site of Henefer, made Weber River any further the Mowing impassable. Thus, the pioneers turned southwest into Blast Canyon and thus settled in Salt Lake instead of Ogden. Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow, acting as advance scouts for the pioneers, were the first of the pioneers to view and enter the Salt Lake Valley an July 21. The main body of the original pioneer group actually entered the Salt 3 and not Lake Valley on June 24? July - Brigham Young was one of the last pioneers to view the Salt Lake Valley. He was delayed by sickness and so he did not arrive in the valley until July 24th? 2 The Salt Lake Valley was actually a foreign country in 1847. It was still apossession of Mexico and would be until Feb. 2, 1848. Crops (potatoes, com, buckwheat and beans) were planted and ditches were dug by the pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley on July 23rd? July 24th fell on a Saturday in -- bait -- SUNSET SPORT CENTERS SALT LAKE -3- ALLIED 6419 SO. DIAL 9425 22-2- STATE DIAL 1 1 700 571-084- EAST 1 160 NO. MAIN 882-719- TOOELE 1 JERRY'S SPORTING CENTER 838 9400 SO. EAST SANDY HOGAN TRADING POST Brigham Young actually saijl It is enough. This is the right place, drive on. when he first viewed the Salt Lake Valley from near the mouth of Emigration Canyon instead of saying the traditional, but incorrect quote: This is the place.? 50 SO. MAIN STREET SALT LAKE CITY I Emigration Creek was originally called list Creek by the pioneers? ' City Creek was dammed to create irrigation water on July 24? The two biggest objections by the pioneers at the time they entered the Salt Lake Valley was a lack of rain and a lack of wood? Just three weeks after entering the Salt Lake Valley, 71 men headed east and returned to Winter Quarters to guide their families to Salt Lake? .' 65 FAMILY STORES 4860 SO. REDWOOD 969-160- 723 TAYLORSVILLE 0 EAST CENTER 561-597- MIDVALE 7 1864 SOUTH REDWOOD 942-410- S.L.C. 0 MURRAY FEED & GARDEN .'In 107 'By 262-64- SO. DIAL 1847? August Brigham Young and other men also returned to Winter Quarters (Nebraska) to get their families? They didnt return to Salt Lake until shortly after the seagulls saved thg pioneers crops from the crickets. October of 1847 there were n&re than 1,500 persons residing in the Salt Lake Valley? 500 SO. STATE TAYLORSVILLE 5400 SO. REDWOOD RD. MIDVALE 1110 E. 72000 SO. CROSSROADS PLAZA 2ND FLOOR BOUNTIFUL 420 W. 500 50. TOOELE OGDEN SUNSET LOGAN OREM PRICE VERNAL CEDAR CITY CENTER 5250 SO. STATE STREET SALT LAKE CITY can take your seat at the upcoming rodeo for free! With the purchase of any pair of Wrangler jeans, you'll receive one free ticket. But you've got to act fast, ticket supplies are limited. That's right, you AA 1 at CALLISTERS Live it to the limit in Wrangler 0 3615 SO. REDWOOD RD. SALT LAKE CITY 5 VuS' SHOPPERS BOOT CORRAL 984 '47 RODEO ARE GOOD FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 1 8, THURSDAY JULY 1 9. RODEO TIMES: TICKETS FOR THE 1 DAYS OF 3400 SO. REDWOOD SALT LAKE CITY 974-560- 3 7:30 p.m. Daily THE FOR YOUR TICKETS AND GREAT WRANGLER JEANS SEE ONE OF THESE WRANGLER DEALERS. BB8M CO-O- P 46 SO. MAIN STREET BOUNTIFUL 295-43- 31 B 1 |