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Show lIS .OUITICU, Scene - CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1976 'Ve-itfi- -- -- 6 -- VWhsi rZ t r. S' ? ,1 r V?-- "'. SJW, s jV. .. 'f Mai :f",i atj ' r-- .,w :.,. w tV .! I I Wt A- v."S. V Si I i 'jf ! V. S?U rmzisi-.'ts- Xi M PR if WAGONS 110!!! The Nevada Utah segment of the Oregon Train pulls out of Morgan, Utah. The two trains met at Fort Bridger last year and continued to Ft. Laramie, Wyo., where the personnel disbanded for the winter. - 3.& It - '"Sifeij 7, 5. WAGON TRAIN . AsrMem :tyw m . iv i i. t y -- A. A marthat dont love a horse, thee is something the matter 4h him. Rogers, 1931 When he Oregon Trail portion i the Bicentennial Wagon Tain Pilgrimage to Pennsy(unia pulls out of Ft. Laranu, Wyoming, on March I it will have mostly Northet Utah residents at the heft Five of the seven members pf the manage ment teamwill be from the area. In all, thje are five trains Logan-Treionto- KENT PETERSON, the train's wagon master, will have the responsibility of leading the train across the prairies and into Valley Forge. Kent is a professional wood carver from Wellsville, Utah. Over Fffl&e ;A n that will cpverge on Valley Forge, Pefisylvania on the fourth of ily for the countrys moslblaborate bicentennial priect. The Wagon Train is brg sponsored by the commftwealth of Pennsylvania ad Aitkin-Kyne- tt Inc., a Pefisylvania based n contracted to ational project, has a Pennsyl-wago- n and a As they pass heir trek east . up an official ach state. Any agons or rid-fas long as at their own or te musical is each encamp-h- e local people In fact there at the en-- e for the local people free Icharge. In fact there are litharges at the encampmea. The talented groups havlbeen captivating audieni all over the " country w'ith their 12 songs. The train coming out of Ft. Laramie will have the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah wagons ' plus the Pennsylvania and Chuck wagons. The Nebraska wagon will join up at the border pnd continue with the trait; to Omaha. Here all the wagons will be loaded on barges and float down the Mississippi River until they get to St. Joseph, Missouri. At this point the California train with the southwestern wagons will join up. They will then continue up the Ohio River until they get toburg, Pennsylvania. By then the horses and drivers will have arrived and the last couple of hundred miles on the great wagon road will be traversed by the original people on into Vally Forge, Pennsylvania. Craig Feller, Tremonton, the business manager, will have the responsibility of setting up the parade routes, contactingT.V., radio, and newspaper people about the train and doling out the paychecks to the official personnel. I've been writing and taking pictures about local teams and drivers for the laast couple of years. The wagon train will definitely be my heaviest project, Feller revealed. Its something that everybody has at one time or another always dreamed of doing, laughed the photo journalist. Among my other duties I . !. vHi. be producing a slide show and a documentary film of the wagon train he added. .Another Utah contributor to the train has been Jack Peirce, owner of Jacks Jeep ' in Garland. Peirce, a local business man for 40 years has provided the Utah man- agement team with a camper for the wives and kids. I wish I could go myself Peirce stated. Kent Peterson, Wellsvillq, who has been around horses and teams all his life will be the wagon master. Peterson has actually built his own will wagons and carts from scratch. A wood carver by trade, he will give demonstations at each encampment. My favorite is the totem ' ' confessed Peterson. pole With over 40 to his credit, his work is scattered over the country. He is also a member of the Old Ephrium Mountain man club in Cache Valley. Decked out in his full set of. buckskins 'and his Hawkins long rifle, Peterson will lead the trail east. Probably the hardest working member of the team will be the farrior. Phil Wykle, Millville, obviously loves his work however, Wykle is the official blacksmith at Promontory and regularly puts on demonstrations and shows with his authentic forge and equipment that he has collected over the years. Phil is also an auctioneer and a collector of antiques. In between all of i PHIL WYKLE, the train's official farrior, checks the frog on Babe, a Shire draft horse. Farrior Phil, as he is known in Millville, will shoe all the horses on the journey east. . . his hobbies, Phil has even' managed to pursue a profession. For the last five years he has been the farm and ranch broker in Loan. As far as the wagon train trip is concerned, well it should be a lot of fun, grinned the official farrior. Monty Smith, Logan, will hold down the job of setting up camp. Another Mountain man member, Smith plans to take a teepee along for his sleeping quarters. This trip just fits right into my life style, Smith roared. An expert marksman with the muzzle loader he has won many prizes with his sharp eye. Most recent was the first place he won at the Fort Bridger rendezvous last year. We were competing with SO teams from all over the country Smith stated proudly. Andy Ritter, the youngest Utah pioneer, will receive high school credit for the trip. The sixteen-year-ol- d will turn in reports of the historic journey at its conclu - ' sion. I'm sure he will learn more on this once in a lifetime experience than he will in the last few weeks of school, commented Emmitt Ritter of East Tremonton, the boys father. Being one of the official cooks is no easy task and with just a few weeks work at the Cross X Cafe in Tremonton under his belt, Andy explains: I love to work, I would do anything to get on the train. Boyd Munns, a Garland Dairy Farmer, will go along as assistant business manager until Fellers wife is able to travel. He will be filling in for her since she will be preoccupied giving birth to the Fellers first child. Munns will actually run the train when Feller goes back for the occassion and will return home to his farming responsibilities when the three of them catch up in I just plain Nebraska. wanted to go, Munns shrugi ged. ; ''tea BOYD Ml'NNK, an old hand with trams, will acromp thr train as assistant business managrr. lie will artu: run thr train when Frllrr flics back to Utah in April for birth of his first child. ! Hollers Craig Frllrr, a photo journalist for Garland Times in Trrmonton. Frllrr, a resident Drwryvillr, will srrve as thr train's business managrr. GIDDY-UI- thr of I |