| Show - - - ' T' I - - - — ' I I It 'h yr i I ' Zbe Salt gukt Sunday Morning in her lonely Toby Tyler companions ' z - (Conthme4 from Precodinst Pa mil In the afternoon and she hasn't been IaId out' yet?' Recovering somewhat from the blow of Roxie'S death: Aunt Libby was! at jonce confronted with other trotibles-- -what was to be done with the bo43t- of her departed pet?' She must be buried yes but how and where and whatshould mark and protect the grave- that it mightnot be forgotten or overrun by cattle and horses or dug up by: wolves1 Some quarter of a mile away from the 'stationhouse to the south and west there were three human graves—two adults and a child who had perished On the ' desert trail some years before and like thousands of others who had died along the pioneer trails in pioneer Such gross neglect days their names were unknown Close by these three must never come to her pet dogs human graves she decided to bury Rosie The burial was attended by few mourners and no elaborate trappings but with at least one real sorrowing heart This was theside of the Overbeginning of the Dog 'Cemetery by themore pages of time land Trail With the turning of a few others of her family of canines must soon join little Roxie in her long last sleep g Now happened another tragedy This time it was Bishop who was called to join his companions At the time of the sojourn of the Rockwells at Lookout wolves mountain lions bobcats and coyotes were turner- ous especially the latter and nightly their howls and hills and cedars called forth a yappings in the near-b- y baying challenge from Toby Tyler in which the smaller members played a noisy part On the night in question shortly after nightfall a pack of coyotes set up a loud which was re- Chorus Very near to the ranch hous echoed across the hills by other ban s taking tip the refrain This challenge so near at haij4 called for Imme- - - ' ' - ' ! rIettg t) i 18 monuments or markers along the Overland trail between Salt Lake City and line every Overland stage and Pony the Express station with two exceptions These two are near Salt Lake and will be taken care of by the Utah asso- the present time there are Utah-Neva- clot ion Two da stations well toward Utah's western have the walls still standing and showing their part holes used for defense and protection in' the Overland stage and eony Lxpress nays These two are to be reconstructed and preserved in their present condition They tell their own story Almost all the other stations were built of more perishable material and so there is little or nothing remaining of the original We have photographs of all the station sites before the monuments were erected These stations from Salt hake City west are as follows: 41) Travelers Rest not marked) 42) Rockwell 43) Joes Dugout (not- marked) (4) Camp Floyd (5 Rush Valley (6) Slactown (7) )'aust (R) Lookout (9) Aunt Libby's Dog Aremetery also at Lookout (10) Simpson Springs (11)'- Riverbed 02) Dugway 413) Blackrock (14) fish Sprifts (15) Boyd (16) Willow Springs or Callao (17) Burnt Station or Overlang Station and last in Utsh (18) Deep:Creek or Ibapsh Each carries a bronze plaque of historic data and also one of the Pony Express rider The Dog Cemetery monument is an extra in the line both in design and sigpilicance and erected because of a growing interest in its unique history The erection of this line of markers along the Over- land Pony Express trill from Salt Lake Cityto the stale line Is perhaps the most outstanding achievement of monumenting a- Pioneer 'trail thus far ' ' rock-bui- lt Utah-Neva- to-th- i 4 P ' n i da away diate and loon returned except Toby and Bishop A little later An hour Toby returned but Bishop was still missing passed two hours three hours and no Bishop A search in the darkness with loud calling was of no avail and so wait- abandoned until morning in the hope that Bishop Would be back home after a night out But morninircame still no Bishop ani ' Whether Bishop had been lured away by the attractions of the wild females or had gotten so far from home that he had lost his way or some accident had befallen him was an unanswerable question Poor Aunt Libby was beside-hersel-f with fear and anxiety Seth Littleford who was in the employ of the Rockwelis at the time and who is still living was ordered the next morning to mount his horse and begin a search for the dear missing canine All day hohunted returning at night but no dog The next day end the next he searched far and wide with no results Aunt Libby had given up hope of ever seeing Bishop allye but the search must go on till be wasIbund and his remains properly laid away beside little Rosie and the others who had gone before So Seth continued day after day and after a week of scouring the country far and wide he at last came across the mangled remains of poor little Bishop—evidently he had been killed by the The body of the poor unfortunate little dog coyotean wet made as presentable as possible wrapped in the:best that the Rockwell ranch possessed and with solemnity and sorrow befitting the occasion was consigned to Mother Earth beside his companion - ' I - - - - - t - i - " - ' i' r - Fe - - ' ' 4 t ' t ‘ f -- - P - - 6 - - ' k 3 - r I r '1 i -- - r i' '' 4 ' - '' 44 - i : k - - i - -- -- ' ! 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'i 'k - ) or-loot- shown above unique structure should pet dogs This remarkable-anendure for centuries and is perhaps the most outstaftding and attinctive monument in existence to man's most faithful'and devoted companion—the dog—and I doubt if felt loved and any man or woman ever lived who really trust-mothan did and animal this devotion appreciated Aunt Libby Rockwell Mny they all rest in peace! now Following Iis the inscription on the bronze plaque marking the spot: Inclosing graves i west side) of two men and a sixties Origchild emigrants of the inal wall erected in 1881by Mrs Horace (Aunt Libby) Rockwell to shelter graves of her beloved dogs: (i) Jenny Lind t2i Josephine Bonaparte (3) Bishop ' ' BATHSI' FOR- : Cemeteri" I ' 4 I- - : t The original burial plot was about 15 feet square Inclosed by a rock wall two feet thick and three feet high wall was constructed of heavy blocks of hard blue limestone carefully- shaped and cornered by the mason and accorately placed Inside this 'inclosure on the graves wcre planted some of the old flowering tea tree much useCin early days as an ornamental shrub and now after more than half a century it still survives over the graves of Aunt Libby's pet dogs Also on the graves were found pieces of crockery she used for flovVers 'to decorate the graves using native wild flowers when in season In time all her dogs the companions of her isolated abode were gone also fewer and fewer people passed along the old route the horse ranches had given way to the sheep train There seemed now to be nothing left to live for Alone most of her time sorrowing and grieving over the loss and companionship of her beloved pets she would sit for hours smoking her 'pipe from which she seemed to derive a great deal of satisfaction Finally weary and sick with disappointment and loneliness she packed up and left her desert abode never to return Shortly afterward her own life came to a tragic end when she was burned to death presumably by her bed or:clothing beibg set on fire from her pipe Three score and ten years brought changes: the old Overland route wis entirely abandoned except as a stock trail the once live and active trail became impassable and no one traveled it any more The stations fell Into and two years decay were destroyed burned to construct ago whtn a moVement was inaugurated markers or monuments Att the oilit station sites it was difficult in some cases to identify their exact location Ccrild Mrs Rockwell have foreseen what would take of her place more than half a century later as a result efforts to permanently mark and protect the final resting can place of her pet dogs her joy and satisfaction be imagined her wildest dreams and fondest ' scarcely hopes could not have equaled the reality- of the present Just to think that at this date when so much of our pioneer history already is beyond recall and much more is rapidly passing into the dim distance of the past the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks association the National Oreg tion with the interior of Interested to ' ''' ' 4 - 1 eN s ' - i0 4 - She-coul- - - - - - 17 C Cal COIIPLEXIONI : I - ' : - - BETTER' FOR - ' - I : - - V Time welts not for dogs or men and as Aunt LAbbY mourned over the graves of her departed pets and Companions she well realized that it must be only a short i period till the Ilast of her pets would be laid in the grave But even though they were dead and buried they Were not forgotten never forget them and she how determined definitely and finally that their last resting place would not be forgotten no nol even when she herself had passed on to the Great Beyond With this In mind she called on one Carl Nelson then employed at the ranch to construct a heavy substantial rock' Wall to inclose and protect the graves This wall wairt0 be built so that it would endure for tges Carl hesitated and MaiIt'd that this work was out of his line but suggested that she secure the services of Gustave Johnson who was a real rock mason Mr Johnson was engaged for the job and at once proceeded with the construction of what has since become known as "Aunt Libby- Rockwell's Dog ause tiE7) Edo 1:21160 - t 4 4 e - - v s m heart-rendin- r: 5 carried out in our country and this is only a of what we hive for We are looking into the future Confidence that this monument project so well begun will he continued on through Nevada and California to its western terniinus at Sacramento and also to the east to lee materialize And still another dream we fondly-hopInto a reality These sgovernment officials and enrollees in the grazing service who have done such a commendable Job of building monuments have also built a graded road along thjs whole line that is easily traveled by auto except at one point that is now under construction (Dug- way pass) An excellent beginninefor a real highway ThisOverland trail Overland stage line and Pony Express trail !offers a last and only Opportunity for the Construction of a national western highway of the utmost the Rocky mountains to the historic importance from Pacific coast !while it- is still possible to follow the old trail station by station through perhaps four states- -Wyoming Utah Nevada and California It has been my privilege and I really mean privilege to follow this old trail across these states not once but a number of times and I arit fully convinced that it would be a privilege embraced andi greatly appreciated by hundreds of thou- Sands of Ame peoplA if a monumented highway so well begun in1 Utah were constructed along the Actual Overladd trail our country's most int- :route of the west The value of such a trail portant pioneer highway as a Means of 'preserving for the people of the United States the pioneer virtues of the builders of west-CAmerica chnnot be overestimated Such a highway Would be listing Joy and inspiration to the traveling public for all time The building of such a trionumented highway would Seem to be both an opportunity and an obligation that should not tie allowed to pass without action by both state and natiOnal governments and the American PionCer Trails asseciation - We recommend and urge upon the federal government and the liArious states that steps be taken toward the building of such a highway expressing in tangible form the natiott's appreciation of the character accomplishments and service of our pioneer forebears who made America and whose sterling virtues and courage are so urgently required to preserve America In the so present and future The American Pioneer Trails elation and all its affiliates stand ready to pledge every possible aidlo such an undertaking myself and others to the department of the yiterior through our representatives in Washington calling attention to the historic importance and value of preserving and monumenting this rapirlly vanishing western trail The authorization was not long in coming and the camps soon were in action on the project wish here 'to express my deep appreciation to Senator Elbert D Thomas of Utah for his prompt and efficient service in helping to bring about the necessary arrangements with the department in Washington Almost immediately work was commenced on the 15-foot monument at Simpson springs under the able super- Others soon followed until- at vision of S W Madsen childless vigil here about 1S(I6 to MO They died but live again vs Finally how came this beautiful monument pictured above with its substantial stone and cement walls heavy iron railing and bronze plaque marking and commemorating the site of Aunt Libby Itockweirs dog cemetery also three human pioneers? The Pioneer Trails and Landmarks association has for years hoped that by some means a line of markers or monuments would be built marking the station sites of the old Overland route from Camp Floyd westward But how was this to be accomplished? It's still the desert as in pioneer days the way almost impassable and less inhabited than in Pony Express days Some two or three years ago the writer was assigned the duty of finding if possible some way by which this could be done A survey of the situation confronting us seemed to offer but one possibility Two government CCC camps under the direction of the grazing service had been established on the old trail in Utah—one at Simpson Springs and the other at Callao or more properly 111 'love Springs of early days These government camps seemed our one and only chance but would the officials state and national be Interested in such a project? The feast we could do was to give them a chance and this we did Almost all of these desert stations are on government domain—onothei reason for askingfor government help My first contact was with Mark W Radcliffe of the grazing service Next Chesley P Seely regional grazier Both expressed themselves as being of that service greatly Interested 'and considered the project a most worthwhile undertaking on account of its historical value and offered their hearty cooperation Next Floyd Baker superintendent of the Simpson Springs camp came into the picture also Francis E McCarty superintendent of the Callao camp The wholehearted support and advice as to the proper procedure in the undertaking was a real inspiration I was overjoyed at the attitude and encourgement received from these men and was informed by them that if an authorizationfor the project of building these monuments could be obtained from the department at Washington they would gladly take over the job in cooperation with the Utah Pioneer Trails association and the National Oregon Trail Memorial association Letters Were at once sent by George Albert Smith A Unique Story Of 1Pioneer Days 'Bout People and Dogs AnclPioneerWays ' Atigut 31 191J Zributy— - ' t 4 0 1 ' i ' ' ir |
