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Show A. V s 4A Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday July 26, gOOl ?sr.. m .&& . 5 I noticed that the higher 1 got up the mountains east Of EastCarbon the more words being used that I dfditt A or had never heard. ' Words like Gobicrs Knob, Dr. Columbo, AmeJ, Silly's .V. nd if t,rrrv-- - - - --'- I listened to Ray . , Downard and Don Wilcox reminisce of old tinfos. Ray : A ' voiced. thefollowing: "Anything less than four pointson a deer wascunsid- - ;lioce!';:; I femcmber a bobcat chasing a deer down the road ? '..A.' A. right budd this fence I ; here.-..1.:- - ;- - along theMarsing property. helped Thecabins up here in the old days .were small and with few beds so that many times Us cowboys had to share the bed.. k a I remember a July 4th rodeq here on Nuttcrsjirop-- . ' steer and broke my shoulder. ..' erfy when I fell One time a horse stepped on one of my dads feet, then reared and hit my dad in the head and stepped on his other foot.Wctodkhim to thecabinand he had both of :. . hLsfeetsoakinginapanandhadapatdioyerhiswounded eye and Dr. Coluihbo came in and said, Arnell Looks like r you ha da little aeddent, l remembcf Bdhbie Marsing buying a iiew 3 tub that I poked withasdek and puta hole init.n. 1 remember being snowed in thisareaforll days as we waited to be rescued on snow cats We were down to uric hunk ofdcct&nd a half a can of coffco. Therewtre 22 u .Tte stste's ; . AA'' oa - . - : ' . of us.; . And then we. started talking aboiit Billys Slope and forartg. 'v the Bortdn trail as waysof getting offthe mountain by v. ' Don Wilcox. He told of the; lighthouse l' known for housing ah employee of. the Range Vancy Cattle : . .. in wpw mi-aini de(efespottl.A.baldwaJbiisy. fte ;V.-- ' ' : Biy' - . kauuuii nici III r i m iw a lift! MJ unnnra wvmsninni oini iinmuiiQa. niMjMuiqfewvwuMinH'viwHtwi Tavaputs area owned by Butch and Jeanie Jensen. Cattle roamed in the waist deep grass. 6ig buck And niendbers of theatHe association stepped back intinteAp. hear stones of theokl. wmt Wtugre CsftteRKfl'S .stofPrios . ' ; v-- : Country CoiporaUon and in 1885 kept the . cattle frmgojng off th.e mountain too ewly by guardingthc only frail oh thatside . : of the hill' going ' . "down.. HetaldbfJohn Downard and when.': the outlaws pf the V . day would cross his property on the old : f 4 . 4 QutlawThul,h6whe;; t tt would help them . with food and rest hu thd animals and the .. outlaws.-- and. possees going away empty handed some- west I .1 : V . . Don told of wild . ' shoot-out- s . times' and getting their 'man other " .. Over 150 people times."' I heard ofDillysCanyon where Tom DiHy would take hot cows, and. hide out and even change brands before taking them to '' Sunnysidetbsell.. He told of Moon River point across the valley to the East where Ute Indian stood tip hi front of a " bunch of white men andchaUengcd them to iihQothiin. They decided hot to and for good reason as the the makings of a war party were .. iridiog in the bushes waiting for the if . , converd on the Tavapufi property trirv " " - for r . .. . . ; ; - urs visiting and good duteb oven potatoesand steak. ; i" . i ; t . . i ' , . ' . i . Don fold of the McPhereons that moved up from Green River, to Florence Creek and how the out-- . fow trail alsp passedthrough their property on the way from Woodside to BrownsParknear Vernal. Ahd the stories never died as.?, . over 150sUKkmen ahd thcir fami- -. lies converged on the area as part jj of the states cattlemens associa- - u tion summer convention. They w commented onthe beauty, the die menxaics,thcfeed,the beautiful animals, and wonderful ; hospitality offeredthem by the Cattle Growers Assoda-- ; ; tionand the Jfcnsens. : : j ; m i s .. .' A, .A ' j ; East-emUt- ah . Land issues, cattle permits,? . government .. f.. : lack Of water and producing more beef for more de mand were topics of the day. And for sonie, just sitting in the old wooden swing looking out over thousands of acres of beautiful . ' A -- V . . v . x de-- mands, cattle ' priced-hooand .. mouth. disease,..' . ; f . ... timbered land was enough for the - day. .14m. .No b. o d y ; Kt seemed to be jj: . . . T . 4 4 - 4 ' 4 4 ' 4 4 - . A-- bothered bythe two hour trip 4 .4 A; through East Car- bon and past ' Bruins Point south to . the Tkvaput prop- 1 i H,.'. ,.tbe way back as f. stories found their : . .. m j4 : . ' A- : waytotbe memo-Tie- s of those, who attended. And all left with a taste of ' T vv'; , "Av-- a . -- - the distance on . A V-A- erty. And nobody '.complained about A 'i .. - ' A ; f , s., . f V.; ' 'P ' ' i The recent rains brought the flowers out in fun bloom. . i I A- i i- V -. : ' '...r j ! U ' ' Vv , . ' A , ' - |