| Show PIONEER TELLS TEas OF OE SALT LAKE IN 4 47 Father George Matson o of Springville Came With First Company MEMBER MEMBER OF RESCUE PART PARTY Commissioned in 1819 18 19 to tu Sa 58 un Juan c County for Passage 11 iI e u uI I Gull Gulf of or Mexico Ieko lor- lor S r Father George e Matson Ia o of ue J halo iio and hearty heart at tho Iho ape ugo i iSO u so SO years calS and a pioneer and amI trail blaze bla fut or 1847 this city cilY for fOl a few days J He lIe was wag summoned b by telegraph fiti his home t to bo at the tho bedside of Mn Mr Clarence on of this city hi his daughter in ln At l the tle he hc wa a balled from rom roni h ht home Mrs condition was thought to tu b bo be ber er very so sc- sc lOllS but ho he was tap gratified on un lie her great leaU l'eaU I. I at his sons son's home to tu find Cind Improved cd r Father Matson Is ono one of tho ho vet ver f fow tev w pioneers who huI i th the In ravages i of or time tinie ami ancl upon whon th lh the hard winter of Pt tho the curly lays days o Utah have not hOt left their mark Hi ili was born In Wilmington f- f Delaware Delaw lI In I 1827 aUl and uni cumo to Infill ITah with ti tin first company com PUll of ur if pioneers In I 1817 i. i He lie was wal active In tho ho of lh the Ic territory In its young young- lun years yu CIS and tool In ii many n of the te early all ft outlet dramas which were of or occur occur- II In those early days In tho the history his his- I tory of Jf tho stain tato He lIe wt WH a n mail mait fr from Oin m Utah to 10 the Missouri river amIn and am andIn In III that t hazardous occupation hat had mallY ninny experiences with Indians In Iii diana diang und U n bad menI men I I EmI Early Expedition g He lie was waa one uno of or the tho tim tim-Ft white while men menever mener f ever er t to gaSe a c upon the scenic wonders of lIe Pr tho he picturesque San an Juan count county having Im born been commissioned by b Parley Parle P. P Pratt nIt to tu g go o o In lU 1840 1849 to explore that hat country countr The object of the lie ex- ex ex expedition was to tu a If a water watercourse course lc the Gulf of Mexico suitable suitable suit suit- travel lra was In able a le for fot Immigration existence Jt It was planned to lo do du awu away with the terrors of t the lun long Journey across Iho tho ho endless prairies from tic te t river rI to Utah It was found fount that rugged rug country countr through h which this I flowed lowed made such uch a scheme hit practicable impracticable In 1856 1 Mr 11 Matson Matron Int n was vs w one of oC a company of fin fifty men directed to tonj nj cu from torn starvation atlon a hand cart company which was sas blockaded by hy snow near neal Fort lla Badger BaJger leJ The trip was Ih made dc bet between Christmas and New NewY Y Years's arsi da day and was one of tho the most trying ever Ol taken h by this sturdy path finder who hud had hu passed through many r- r Stirring times am and who ha had come out unscathed Among Fh t Homo Builders Mr Matson was one of those who built buill the vcr very first h houses usel ever built views with amazement amaze amaze- Im In Ill tins city and und mont ment the great advances that have been made inada In this elt city since his first r f view of or tho the city which was then a park o of pines and sagebrush h. h Then Maln street was WitS the he bed of or CIt City creek am ama a. a and d a pole Jote fence Conce marked o the property line lines linos s. s Here and there was a frame ramo or or dobe shuck shack with the thc legend store blOC informing the Iho passerby that commercial commercial commer commer- cial clat activity It was not dead h lii the city though at that time line it was an ideal heal Illustration of tho ho pa pastoral toral the unbridled un un- bridled and the simple life tire Mr t r. r Matrons Matron's Is widely scattered sc scat scat- t- t and Immediately consists of or ten tell I children and anil six fifty grand Iun He proudly says that he has nut not an ani n h or pain pail and amid that ho he is ever rea ready y i his lIs n j not having developed the thc American disease by hy Irre irregularity irregular Irregular- ular- ular ity or nl ot- ot over indulgence er in ill food or drink |
