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Show 4 Tu-ida- Lakeside June? 1M7 y Pioneers From Hi brother, Kjte. helped in ihe handcart he was puftmg. At one point e left our handcarts Eke the Martin Handcart Company did, Before heading up id the memorial marker, we ate lumh. 1 caicJ bv Church PrcviJcnt Cor. hn II, ilmtklcy in Auguvi IW2. Jkfure vUitwg ihai marker the teenager mured the viiur center where dpta)! Icil Ihe tragic Several teenagers had accidently left their taik (unities behind. Quickly others shared their lunches wnh the unfortunate, It seemed petty in a rlace where many haJ died of starvation to be and triumphant stories of the handcart pioneers One display hat ihe names of all those in the hand cart companies and the wagon companies that traveled wnh ed sctfUh. Those who died while on the trail are highlighted. Hut many rrvre survived the ordeal. Of the 404 members of the Willie Hand art Company, 327 lived. I rom the Mamn Handcart Company, 431 lived. After talking to Clair Murray of Logan, also an Ll)S service Our teenagers took handcarts made by volunteers at the visitors center and followed part of the trail before we headed for In dependence Roek, Wyo. Joan Talbott, who is serving a service missionary, I followed the trail alone. The others were ahead. said visitors may use the hand carts free for a day. If they use them overnight or for several nights it costs SIO per handcart ) at Antelope Additional star parties are planned July 19, Aug. 9 and 16 and Sept. 6, Telescopes will be set up at Wlme Hoik Bay. just below and east pf Buffalo Point on the tv Members of the Ogden Atra-nomic- al Society will be available before each siar party to amwer questions about the universe or the use of telescopes. All observing sessions arc free. However, there ts a $6 per car eJmisoon fee to Ameiope IdunJ. At least one telescope will be set up earlier in the evening to safely observe the sun. John Sohl, director of WhU's Oit Planetarium, will present a slide show and distribute free star maps at dusk. Summer Is one of the best timet to watch the sky," Sohl said. Star parties ore wcaiher permitting and will be cancelled if the sky is overcast. STORAGE SHEDS 10X12 T-1--11 Barn-Styl- e Shed Reg. $1350 SALE Because her feet were frozen, the doctor cut ofT her toes. Lloyd said her grandmother went on to raise 13 children. Baird told PnotObyLORCTTAPARK vehi- West Point 1 0th Ward Young Women's president Judy Frew and youth from the ward hike up Independence Rock in Wyoming to read names scratched in the rock's surface. UPHILL CUMB: Piece of cake," panted Susan Dickson, one of die adults. No, 1 wouldn't have made a good pioneer. Im glad I was bom now with all the luxuries." ment would be small. But its across the trail. like a big dinosaur turd," she said. Arriving at Independence al- She spent many hours with her friends and alone reading the As soon as the doors flew names on the rock. One name hit open, the teenagers scrambled to Someone had inscribed a home. the geological wonder, a mass of about 23 acres. It covers more girl's name along with her birth-dat- e than a mile around the base and and death date on the rock. is about 136 feet tall at its highest She was only 17 and one of the point. many pioneers who had traveled before Brigham Young's arrival to the present are scattered all over the top of the rock. I The next day we headed back to the visitor's center, grabbed our handcarts and walked to Martin's Cove, where many of the Martin Handcart Company who died were buried. This trail them buffalo meat and sang songs to them. . Around the fire that night, Brady Hurd, 13, had thought people. Now he has a small understanding of what they went Hvy 1 Mlngd Door With Camaoa Boll Mata! Drip Edg Redwood Runners -- CaOarTHm , ts? ' Whitcomb Latch THE WOOD SHOP several teenagers discussed how the trip made the pioneers more real to them. of pioneers as stories, not real Ouallty ConitrocUofl framing Tamko Shingles OS Floor Hurrtcana Bract 24 OtttrExpInt Junto, W? Uw 710 N. Main, Smithfield a (801) 563-911- 9 or HOURS: MonSat 9 a.m. - S p.m. Closed Sunday through. Ben Johnson, 8, who accom- J NOW OPEN IN 397-235- 5 lT PCS? PAGING DIGITAL qg&edQhhI c Z 'mmserve CIUUIAR Ephriam Hanks, one of the first from Salt Lake City to reach the handcart companies. He brought panied his parents on our trip, complained of sore feet. 1290 SO. 500 W. & story of the $1150 HMmlM was all gravel. BOUNTIFUL Mary Morris of North Wales left her mark on Sept 12, 1832. One of my group, Emily Hess, 13, said she thought the monu- - U.S. SAVINGS BONOS 9 pm Island Sute Park. family. At the end, water bottles, from Throughout the evening ky. watchers can observe the Milky Way. planets, galaxies and dor-en- s of siar dusters. trav-ele- Instead of walking through the rested sandy terrain, the well-fegroup pulled the handcarts on a paved vail. They had few things to cany inside, mostly leaders or peers. Inscriptions The first star rarty, planned July 12. will begin at diok So-ciei- y. At the memorial marker, Lloyd told the story of her grandd mother, Mary Goble, who with the Martin Handcart Company. She lost most of her Instead of Wizards and freezing temperatures, the teenagers pulled and pushed the handcarts under the sun in 90degree weather. Rock, we circled our vehicles most like a wagon train. moon With a silver-thi- n quiikly selling, the night sky Will become a wonderful baikgrounj ebtaee wnh siarv As I walked around the bend, I saw the group in silhouette along the ridge, l or a moment it seemed as if they were pioneers from long ago. But then the illusion was gone. mission at ihe visitor's center, snacks and cles awaited them. Weber State University's On Planetarium tv co.ponoring a series of viar parties this summer with the Ogden Astronomical Land. We walked up the trail that had been made by teenage volunteers of the Riverton, Wyo., Ll$ Stake during their spring break. Our biggest trial was fending oir the moHjuuoei and listening for rattlesnakes. them. ; Planetarium to host star parties TtezflD Fibromya lgia? ismi frequent fatigue, muscle or joint aches, poor stamina with exercise, or a tired feeling, you may suffer from Fibromyalgia. n syndrome BUNK BEDS ADJUSTA MATIC is a fairly common but treatable Fibromyalgia affecting the musculo skeletal system. 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