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Show 1 The i History Of Ougway Proving Gropnd Mike Boyd by SP5 1. 1967. murks the 25th anniversary of Our history dates back to 1942, follow-- L Haor- - At that time, the United States Ground, Warfare Service, located at Edgewood Proving racosmized the need for an additional large-scawest to find a suitable location. Major March tv nLmn.i Srf jlt sin: fa-j-- c- - test-rylan- d, le rr1 vsi-"- this original group, made the was to become Dugway Proving selected this regjon for what YEARS BEFORE Major Bums and his group ventured into the Great Salt Lake Desert region, many other men passed this way. were the Goshute Indians. The Goshutes were The fa been forced to live on the Great Salt Lake had outcasts. They crime they had committed in their tribe. bfca,iM of Desert "" about Mark Twain travelled through this country and later wrote this to say about the Gohad He his bode, in "Roughing it We came upon the most wretched type of mankind I shutes: It. small, lean, scrawny creatures ive ever seen. The Goshute Indians, kill and eat jackrabbits, crickets, to ivine no higher ambition than carrion from the buzzards and coyotes, embezzel and whoppers n naked except in the winter they wore a rabbit-j- men of the Dugway Proving Cround company, Chemical Warfare Service, ready themrelves for guard duty during the 1940s. Sometimes, the men used hones to patrol their areas; at other times, they used motorcycles and bicycles. heywere mostly This hardy group of individuals were enlisted men who were assigned to the test operations group in the early 40s. Part of their job included setting up samples and munitions in the target areas. It is interesting to note their obvious taste in apparel for summer wear! wore neck with a cord and cape drawn about the not of brush windbreaks amm L. n..!. merely !! ,v .' Most people find it hard ta believe that horses were used by sheepherdets and security guards bade in the 40s. who herded sheep and living quarters of the enlisted men Thate pans hanging on the big tended animals in the 1940s. side of the wagon were used by the GIs for washing their dishes. In 1898, Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, sent a group A of men into this valley to care for die needs of the Goshutes. tract of land was purchased, water rights were acquired, and they were t audit to form. On March 23, 1914, the Federal government Skull Valset aside 34,500 acres of land for the Goshutes between the mi mountain Creek range ley and the base of the Deep border. Utah-Nevfc- fo white HISTORICALLY, the Utah region was not visited by since home their made it had Indians men until 1771, though fathers Dominguez and EsCatholic In 1776, times. prehistoric calante led an exploring party from New Mexico through Utah in search of a route to the Pacific coast. They did not complete their were die first known white men journey to California; but they area. this to visit Not until 1819 did white men great numbers. In that year, British in search of furs and the next two exploitation and exploration of much can trappers. again enter this region in any trappers wandered into Utah decades or so witnessed the of Utah by British and Ameri- Gaptain John C. Fremont passed through Utah during the Pacific-bounemigrants. early 1840s and was soon followed by Fremont made the first detailed scientific observations of the area. v Permanent settlement did not occur until July, 1847, when mon pioneers under the leadership of Brigham Young entered the valley of the Great Salt Lake and founded Salt Lake City. d Mor-Man- stoves for heating. This one is of the ta.iMtap during the 1940s used of the building all wood. features structural the Notice warehouse. in the Commissary located pot-bellie- This is a picture, taken in 1942, of an old form house located at Simpaon Springs. It was built before the CCC camp was constructed in the 1930s. Many people believe that is an old Pony Express station, but its only connection with the Pony Express is that it is located near an old station site. Today, there is scarcely a trace of this building remaining. Test Run Second Section Friday, February 24, 1967 This building is located on Buchanan Place in Ditto Area and was constructed in the latter was used to test incendiary bombs. It is a model of part of 1943. At that time, the building a typical Cerman home. I . |