Show to L. L LETS LET'S GUARD WHAT HAT 18 IS S LEFT By Dy V W. Kail rt District Conservationist Soil Conservation Sen Service ice J. J u Rock Hock House House- l n t I There are only three places place 9 along the fifty mile stretch o othe of or ortho f tho the Paria River nl where th the sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone stano cliffs widen out enough to allow profitable farming The vallo valley Is wido enough at such suell points as Paila Parla Cannonville and Leos Leo's Ferr Ferry The flat land in and about th the e vicinity of Paria Parla attracted settlers settlers set set- tiers as its early eary as 1865 Here Her there were Vero alluvial flats favorable favor favor- ablo able for irrigation Don Carlos Carlo s Shirts in 1866 settled at Rock RockHouse Roc k House only to be driven away by hy Navajos the next year oar Rock flock RockHouse House was relocated in to 1871 1371 In Tn 1872 eleven ole families moved mo in and produced produce planty pant o of oC f corn sorghum and garden truck Farther down the Parla Paria Adair 1 ille was founded in 1873 1813 This soon doon became a prosperous com corn community of of cattlemen and Carmels farmers farm Carm- ers els Doth Both the farmers at I villa illo and Rock House had considerable considerable con con- trouble with their r ditches and In 18 1878 8 the fifteen n families at Rock flock House and the th e eight families at moved moved ed upstream and settled th the e present site of Paria Parla This town tow town n prospered for several years with excellent yields In both field an and d garden crops Numbers of cattle increased and their quality improved im Im- proved pro The Tho Church census of 1881 1 Included resident members There Thero were also nonresident nonresident nonresident non non- resident cattlemen and about 20 24 Pluto men and women who worked on the basis of half ra ra- Damaging floods in 1883 and 1884 caused this prosperity to como comp to a sudden end nd in 1885 The Tho floods in 1884 washed away farmhouses and fields which made anode tho the narrow stream channel Into a large wash A few rew acres downstream which were pro- pro by rock buttresses were the fife only arable lands to remain All of the rest rost disappeared September September September Sep Sep- of oC 1884 1851 left only 48 peo- peo plo po In the community and in 1885 1385 the tho town was abandoned Parla Paria being on the only established established trail to the Ute Ford now called The Tho Crossing of the Fathers and amI the only feasible crossing of the lower Paria River drainage was used as a village e eby by both tho the and Navajos nd rid probably tho the cliff cUff dwellers before them Jacob Hamblin one of tho the scouts scouts- for Cor tho the Latter day Saints Saint Saints Church Chinch visited this place man many times Umes It also served d as field headquarters for under Powell in V 1872 1872 Wheeler Jeler eler in 1872 and 1872 and Thompson in 1875 CHAPTER H UI Tho Thu Daniel of of Deseret Tho The following stor story was written written written writ writ- ten by Carlton Culmsee Utah State Stalo Agricultural College Logar Logan Logan Lo Lo- gar gan gan- gan Utah This is a CL tale talc of the Daniel Boone Doane of Deseret It Is a story of a CL man with a restless eager r spirit He lie was a rare combination tion a tion a Latter Day Saint who was Ivas also a lonely trail blazer This frontiersman was named named nam nam- ed Peter Shuns Ho penetrated Into many remote hidden valleys val val- leys toured leys-toured toured gashes of canyons canyons Ho many summits never troden by a white mans man's foot I Ono da day a CL warm spring in Dixie Peter loaded up his wagon yoked his oxen and plodded off ocr to pioneer a CL valley he ho had found to the northeast northeast- the Valley VaHey of the Paria That was the last that his Dixie friends s saw of him hint for many months They worried when he failed to return to them in the fall But Dut they could couIll not ride In search of him for snow clogged the passes They worried all winter r. r So as soon as tho the spring suns Continued on page paJA five rive 8 r Utah Q History IS OT Continued from preceding page opened the way the they saddled their horses and rode in quest of or him In tho the rocked red-rocked valley of or the Paris Paria they feared to find only the tho bones of oC Brother Drother Peter but they went After a a. long hard journey they found Cound him hint To their great joy and surprise he was ver very much alive all They found Cound him by bytho bytho tho Paria Paris River m doing some of tho strangest pioneering ever done in this pioneering America Ile He He was plowing with a a. team not trot of or oxen or ot horses but of Indians A half dozen ragged pulled Peter P plo plow loa Peter ex explained Ho lIo told why ho ha had not nol returned tho the previous previous ous autumn Ho He had raised a afine flea fine crop of grain But Dut Indians had stoles stolen and eaten his oxen and had cut of or his return He had turned his hut tut into a fort I From the floor of it he had dug duga a cave e to a a- spring so that he lad had plenty of or pure water In the walls of or the cave he ho dug where he st stored red his precious grain Behind the stout walls of his cabin he withstood with stood tho the siege of or the fire Indians and the tho onslaught of or winter As cold and the snow des deepened deepened deep deep- P ened seed tho Indians grew famished At last they came carne begging to the white man who stood warm and well fed in his cabin The They pled for fOl or food With a Christian forgiveness and generosity Peter gave them grain grain He lIe kept them alive ali through the he white moons of cold and snow snots But Dut when spring s sun n warmed warmed warm warm- ed away the snow and made the soil goll ready for Cor tho plow Peter called the Indians to him He told them You have ha eaten my food I must raise raise more for another winter is coming coining Because Because Because Be Be- cause you ato m my oxen you ou must pull my plow And such was the firm kind courage of oC the man that the Indians Indians Indians In In- did his bidding Such was tho strength and hardihood o of or orthis this Daniel Boone Doane of Old Deseret Continued |