Show ill Antelope Island Where Buffalo Buffal Herds Still Roam I Island is revisited by party C Cold of old pioneers who spend da dain day in a reminiscent tour tour Old Old ranch house still standing I Antelope Island risea from Crom the Great Cren Salt Lake Lale a garden Gaden spot In iii tho the midst of oC that dead tea ca In lii which no living thing 18 Is found save savo a tiny that i I. I really too all tn to lo be called b b. b by any such uch name The Island Island has It Its of ot level land overgrown o with verdure that flint U 18 unsurpassed ell as ng foot food for Cor stock stock and and and the tho pit pity Is so much o oIt of It Is going to waste Ranges flanges 0 of high higi hills traverse tho Island front from north to lo south the tho highest peak feet above the level of or the lake or about feet teet above sea soa level lovel Springs of oC sparkling water are numerous numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu and their crystal flow Is It chillIng chilling chill chill- ing cold during the hottest months of ot summer It U Is a picturesque beauty spot that Is almost unknown by those nearest to It Aside Alde from Crom Its natural features the variety vallet found In Its contour the alu as cia a n. cattle caUle growing area Antelope Island occupies a place In tho the history of nt the state that Is 18 unique In the early days das of or U Utah's lh's life liCe It was a spot pot I of oC r refuge for or sought much pol l a- a mitts and pretty prett romances found their wa way into the pages cs of or the Islands Island's his his- tory ory I the advent of th the pioneers of oC it 1347 ISH into Utah Antelope island had been inhabited by a mountaineer and trapper rapper known us ilK Daddy add Stumps Stump Stumps left the Island In 1846 18 and went rent Into the eastern states He Ite re returned re- re turned In 1848 not with tho he pioneers but ut at the thc same amo time He lie had been engaged In trapping tL In raiding little reps crops sufficient for COI oi his s support and andas I was as perhaps the first man to use use I I Irrigation In the tilling of ot the thirsty thirst western soil roil Remains of oC his hit prIm Hive habitation on tho the island lland are arc tobe tobo to tobe be bo found there tOd today y of his loneliness Stumps left the Island and went Into the northern part of the state While lie ho was lh there hero ro ho lie was dispatched by a knife In tho the hands of an Indian f for l' l a aronG ronG committed by j upon an un Indian squaw Unlit Built Handi Hou c in ill 18 1819 19 Tho The next white man to lo live upon 1 the Island was Fielding Garr who was as commissioned b by Young Youns to go to the Island and care caro for 01 or tho the church horses es and antl cattle That was I in 1849 the year oal that tho the atthe at atthe I the ranch was built a picture of oC which Is Jg found Cound above This house heue was built o of adobes or 01 sun dried brick made on the lie Island The house as ns built over 01 CO ro yrs years uro still HUll stands In Jn an sri excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent tnt o of 01 preservation Slight al i be n nade but hut silly gorier It t Js s 's th the same nu 85 orIginally or cd d. d In n to this house e. e there were K und and f many ny ot or which nrc arc still n standing lan nc Flue hon horses CH WCO o Imported in and placed on the tho Island and a fine lino race of animals br bred Many ot or thc these c animals animals ani ant mals mais were taken to other parts ot or the state stale Among Amon the tho nc 1 finest t saddle fadlo horses that have hae ever carried a man were lor tho those e raised on the Island They were welO Heet and sure Hure of oC their footing In Inthe Inthe the annual ups round on In the tho Island the pursuit and nd cor corralling u of these e horses formed Corme o lJ yearlY exhibition U ot horsemanship that was the occasion for large gatherings to witness tn the Iders feats eat of or skill with rein an and lariat The rho end of the horses came to conquer conquer conquer con con- when it was vas found impossible quer them and a l band and of several eral hundred hundred hun hun- dred deed were shot with long range guns uns under tho the direction of or John White e for Cor Young S At the limo General P P. E E. Connor Conner with his United States Slates regulars regular's carrie came to Utah Ulah ant and gave polygamous members of oC the Mormon church some uneasy moments the tho Island was Vas the tho refuge of lC President Young Your and Heber C C. Kimball The Tho under 1 r f hc r of oC i VV u. u io Ut families to and from rom the tue Island to lo visit lh the refugees formed ll an exciting episode In the early history of Utah I In 1852 Horace Stansbury a ago government gov gov- eminent engineer visited the island to mal make e an nn survey sur of or the land and to take alto the elevations of or Its Us mountains On top lop of the highest of ot these he ho erected a monument made of oC cedar posts This spot Slot marked an anel el elevation cle of or fe feet t above c the level leve of oC the lake The Tho monument stands today tollay From this peak a u. I w view ot of the country for fool or hundreds of ot miles In every Vcr direction may nitty bo be ob oh- V V Among tholine horos taken to flie wasa horse IJ named Cat CaU culled called terror ally throughout tho tim theat the tho nt at horse liotte c. c This hl animal wa va va In H u a poor pOD c condition on by hy William JU 1 Kini- Kini haU foe foa Un t n cul his condition was waR Unproved and his ro progeny ony became l known an tUi the finest In th the West Cat t appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap pear pear-ed as os a a. b hl high h Jumper III In Barthol- Barthol circus cheU for tor several season The Thu Bartholomew brothers were Utah youths and mail V their home borne In Fill Fill- more That was 53 years ears ago am curl I their organization organisation became juite well wel known n throughout the Vc Vestas t a as far fat as cur t. t t II it Southern ou tI lern Ca ll i a tO LU WJ W I CI t l made yearly carly It trips IIi l I Produced SU Hj I Among tho the products of nf the I lan was as a u. tine line quality of maple mallie au sugar gar This was made h by Richard Ashby thou though h It was never nevel a commercial article ar ar- ar- ar tide The Tue first grapes and peaches ever grown in the thu state stalo were wera also grown there Many well-known well families made their homes on the island for sovera several I years Among them were the String String- ham hams tho the Garr the Badgers the Ashbys the Weavers ers and anil the tho Pickets ls rh The rho men inca and until W of these families I vl visited the city by iy riding horses to tot t town wn a and returning I In l the C same were way These rhese little can canLerS t ors o ui Ul f 00 jv IV m o in CO es looked 1 upon by the young youns girls or of o those early days as mere pleasure re trips exercise rides or jaunts and little lit littie lit lit- tie the thought was 11 given n to the 1 hardship as it would be term termed d in this day o or of electric elect c and gasoline conveyances I Fitly Fifty y years a ago o antelope were numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu on the Island There wore wor thousand thousands of or them and from them th the island took toole its Us name Benjamin Garr now a r resident of Ogden is authority for tho the statement that he ha has seen w 2 0 of oC those animal In one no herd her on tIle the island at tt one o. o Timer There were many V VV V drives s formed a diversion for Cor thin liar expert It of oC till tho early dR days clays lt o sheep sh kt on Von tho the J i a I Uc wore woi-c much much- dreaded by hY tho tilo lp n In 1 lai- lai a numbers J and amid lh thy and to ho tho td OlO or o of tha hen thoy they ll fl clown wn upon ripen O theta horn thor farther u Into Inlo the tho wat water rA rho Tho salt saIL saltwater saltwater water l' l strangled the beasts beast and their lives HV's were s oon sonn ended herds Hords of oC 1 wild 1 buffalo roved the lie grown graSs s of or U island bland In Iii remain ol ot of thus those days and now v tho thee thoc c big ller herds s of ot blon hison only 37 mos nest must l' l lir n rn huHs owners O oC lle ui island i nd the the company first attempted to propagate therace the therace therace gate ale them but they found round that thal race Is doomed J all oilier oilier- m b of the lie animal kingdom when families arc are born hOln now ow m in members bers of Qt the they hey a aro of or the male sox sex Time alono alone is s required to see ee the race extinct ItIs It Itis Its Is s doomed an and th the greatest greatt great great- f est t experts hllL scon seeta It for yc l but but ut have vf h been en 1 lla to Hud mid any any- remedy Pioneers bl c bit L l Island a. a d. d At i chance metIng sev r ral l w ek eka ot or oT men wh wild Had had soon soen Antelope a o ago aro island in the early days and who had hall of the tho life of the state tn lc been a a. part parlor tho timo made to revisit then a plan was and to earlier e activities scenes of their thick revive memories of or tho tine years yei's YC ll that nS while not forgotten will ne never r r and whose stirring times have Jave blotted almost from their mem Included In the party John Henry Henr lent Joseph F. F Smith and many others Because or of which could not bo be foregone fore fore- fo c engagements SSt th the party on nn th the tho date dato set cort- cort gone Sol Sol- Solomon Sol Sol- d Young of provo Pro Oscar of if omon Kim Kimball ball Charles Charies Robert Rob Rob- White Edward H. H ert Taylor T. J John I Anderson and William Spry Of or these Oscar Young a son of oC Brigham Young Young- Y v R engaged In hi much work voik of C t tanco In th tho curly days layS ot tho States stUte's when ho he WitS was quito a a. youth V I lj Un took In many r ot or tho the stirring scenes of oC th tilt t early Ily da days JaS In tho talc's history Charles Wilkins va was practically cally caily i lu churca e ot at Uio UtO r Jound l. l UK IM 4 11 It fl was VIlS In those days day Ho lie o took tool paI In many bC f the tho most hazardous ous experiences of those da days s 's sand and his recollections If written would form for reading moro morn Interesting than thon time the most Imaginative lye notion fiction This party mot mel lust last mornIng morn- morn log Ing at 7 1 o'clock cl at nt tho ho home of John White hUe I- I Prom From rom there bore thoy they wore driven to Lo th 1 Island b by Mr tr White and Mr u T A were r i IlL t V cover eu J UA au wagons nc e w used unit ami the tho Journey journe consumed four hours each way The trip was made over made over tho the road leading across tho the Jordan river crossing the lie stream atthe at atthe the time famous bridge From JIom there thero tho tiro narty ty wont west and north tim passing the old grade Ia of the tho Deep Creek Creel road ejected in iV by In John Julia W. W Young Youns The Tho old sandbar was uvas followed from the shores of oC the lu lake ke opposite Kuys' Kuys t to V the island The deepest water was about eight iJ inches che on the thc first trip trIll and on the south tho the return leluan a wind from Crom carried curried this water north an and amid tho the bOll bar was almost dr dry I Hack to tn i thc o lie Old Oll Ranch Hunch on t VV at the he island nt ol a a. aiss lilies fes rein the tho ij V iss road took om eric I lIe me party h Hats to sagebrush h extensive the oh ranch housu In passing I lie lh the sagebrush as they drew near the e ranch the they found rich pasturelands pasture and lands overgrown with June grass excel excel- 1 Both of or these provIde lpt food tood for the grazing cattle There Is I probably food rod o of this sort ort 2000 growing on 00 the Island to lo fatten I cattle for the market The cattle Fertility y of island is wonderful wonder wonder- ful and hills and canyons furnish grazing for great herds History rich in stories of pioneer romance which are nrc rO roaming about aboul the Island aro aio line in-line condition and as fat a. a as tire the most fed herds Near the tue ranch there Is li tr If field planted with baric barley rye ne and wheat All this grain g Is well headed and shows how w well adapted Is the land laurl to dry farming arming The barle barley stands about 18 Inches the wheat not much less and the rye rc Is IR nearly nearl three feet A short distance from the pastures where this grain was planted arc are found volunteer crops the seeds having been blown onto the tho ground round from Irma tho the plan planted led crops ropa There where the time ground round was not plowed or In any other Wll way prepared pre pro pared for or the crops the grain Is growIng grow grow- Ing ng almost as well as wh ro It was planted i This speaks volumes for tho the productiveness proc of th the wit soil Riding through these pastures on either cither side Ide of or the thc highway thero there were seen icon fine herds of oC fat Hereford cattle callio Calves trotted with parent cows and showed showell promise of qi the tire finest meat meal The condition n of tho the cattle told well of or the fl flue fine ne grass grats r rt's ts t's afforded on the he Island Inland Thero There are several sc hundred o of the herce e cattle on the 1 island and any number of fine horses The Tho coats coat of 0 the tho he horses are arc sleek and glossy y and I their theIL backs ore are well rounded The pasture pastur's niches makes o of the island horse an tn animal surpassed by no other range ranse animal in ima I. I I The rile Catulo Tho The curiosity of or the Island tho the hybrid called Catalo Calalo Is a hugo huRo mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain of flesh Ho Is and runs uns with tho ho other cattle like a a. brother brothel He Is half h buffalo and half Hereford I and his Hereford blood shows plainly In the tire bald face In other respects hais heIs ho he hoIs Is much like a buffalo His shoulders have la the bt big hump and his hindquarters hindquarters hind hind- quarters quartel's that trim appearance that of oC fleetness lie He Is of or a dark brown color and anel his hair hall Is much like I that of oC the cow In this respect only does doc ho differ r particularly from Crom his sturdier ancestor His birth was a freak Creale of nature and antI the thc Smithsonian Institution has looked upon this queer hybrid with the greatest realest Interest Special assignments have been made I front from tho the Institution and Investigations have havo been carried callied on under tho the direction dirce- dirce lion ion of ot the government Under thi th the operation of the ire laws of nature t there herc pan can n be bo no propagation of or his Kind Tire The horses on tho the island are arc bein being raised from rom the finest brood mares marcs and line lino Imported stallions The colts I growing I on tin tho the island Islan postures pastures are limbed J and n fleet fiod and their shoulders I ders der derand erS and Tind ba backs kl l ak 0 sturdy I vaco raco ot or fine Uno horses to come In a n few fow year fear years Quo of or theMe lino Uno stallions I IB Is shown In tn tho the picture above Ho Ito t Is H owned l by y Robert Taylor Faylor and Is pro- pro somo or ot tho finest colt oot that havo 1 boon oon In this Ills Wf kIrd di disposition arid and purity of or blood shows well in tho younger race now growing on the Island V On b by- by Company Antelope island Is owne owned almost t In HH its entirety h by tho ho Island Inland Improvement Improve Improve- mont ment company In which John j E E. shareholder cr Dooly Is tim tho Uw I Ah S1 i r f i 11 heh 1 t-f t avlo John While Ito ate arc I members b D Both th of or those these last named men active o In thE earlier days of or the tho islands island's history Mr White is too too well known over the state stale as us a a. breeder o of fine fino stock to need further mention in that line anti and It Is Is under hl his direction that the tho stock stock- raising is |