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Show PAGE 23 THE ZEPHYRDECEMBER 1995 prosperous mining town, it now lives in rich memories of its former boom and grandeur. Then on through a narrow valley on to a higher elevation and soon on a high level desert stretch with mountains bordering on either side. Soon pass a sign pointing to Sutro, 1 mile. When I was at Sutro, I was only one mile from the highway yet because of the high sagebrush could not see the highway. Along this highway for some miles, then took a side dirt road southeast across country. from Ft This particular road was the former Pony Express route in 1860-6-1 Churchill to Genoa. The road was poor and very rough, but 1 enjoyed driving across the back country toward Ft. Churchill. The road wound through a valley then through a canyon and along the slopes of low hills, running sometimes through wooded sections along the river bottoms again across broken rock tableland and at last emerging in a valley leading eastward and soon at old Ft Churchill. Here I stopped for over an hour to walk about, write and take i NORMA NUNN (W)259-502- 1 (H) 259-72- j 75 PRETTY BIG STOCKING. pictures. Ft Churchill, built after the uprising of the Piutes near Pyramid Lake and as a protection for travellers and ranchers who were fast settling the western ranges, it had an interesting period of occupancy and saw some fast action. I strolled around, looking in all of the old shells of buildings and walking through most of them. Many of the buildings are only two or three sided while others retain all four walls. They were all constructed of adobe brick and one old building contains thousands of bricks supposedly for the repair of the buildings. Sagebrush covers the flat on which this historic fort stood and on the hill is an old cemetery. After spending some time among the old buildings I drove on to the highway and turned north. This is a fine wide road and after starting on it, it sweeps upward in a long curve to gain a low ridge. From this point one has a marvelous view of the surrounding country. Two ranges of mountains, one far to the north and one to the south from which direction I had just come, roll on mile after mile toward the east and seem to meet on the horizon far away. Between these ranges lays a vast desert of high range country, stretching on as far as the eye can see. A beautiful sight in the late afternoon sun. Drove northward until I met the east-wehighway, turning west on it and sweeping on mile after mile across high range country. The sun was fast sinking and painted the desert a golden red, a magnificent sight as the low ridges threw long shadows across the range. Drove to the Silver City road, thence northward over the new road to Virginia City. The evening star showed clear in the sky as dusk settled over the ranges with that pink and blue afterglow so common in the west hung over the desert until at last darkness wrapped this beautiful scene in her shroud of black. Drove through Virginia City and down Geiger Grade and at Geiger Point, I saw Reno for the first time at night from this high spot and it presented a beautiful sight with its lights strongly showing up through the darkness. Thence down into town and found the extras on the streets, declaring Hawaii had been bombed by the Japanese. REMEMBER, A HOUSE IS THE ULTIMATE STOCKING STUFFER. QUALITY REALTY 505 MAIN ST. or 21 FAX st 259-649- 3 259-83- 87 HELP WANTED is looking for someone in the Salt Lake area to sell advertising and possibly distribute papers in The ZEPHYR Northern Utah next year. Call: or write 801-259-77- 73 GREATEST SELECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ANYWHERE. 82 S. MAIN CDs TAPES 259-440- 5 T-SHI- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 9AM-11P- MON-SA- T M NOON-- 1 1PM SUN CHECK US OUT! BEFORE GOING TO JUNCTION. AIWA ft JVC SHELF SYSTEMS, BOOM BOXES, Box 1806 Castle Valley Star Route Moab, Utah 84532 (801) 259-729- 6 i PORTABLE CD PLAYERS. Cabinets, Furniture, Doors and Custom Interior Finishing, custom homes, additions, remodeling ADVENT & JBL SPEAKERS. QUANTITIES IN STOCK PLUS OVERNIGHT SPECIAL ORDERS. I |