| Show I JUST ONE HERE OF ORIGINAL BAND W. W C. C A. A Smoot Arrived With Brigham Youngs Young's Party July 24 1847 IS HALE AND HEARTY NOW Talks With n a s Few Fc of lite Pioneers on oh 01 Incidents of the thc EI Karly Days ni The rho few fei remaining pioneers who ho are aie ae travelling gently toward the lie westell western west vest ern ell slope of or life Ifo down which so s man many have ha e traveled tra before them live lve more moreIn moreIn morein In the past full and delight in iu recalling tho ho scones scenes and Incidents of early life In Utah Utah Utah-of of their experiences In crossIng croIn cross cross- cro In lug Ing the tho plains and aini of or tho ito hardships endured before the thc long Journey was started A number of them were In iii e mood yesterday and a asmie smie smile of or pleasure l lighted their faces when the they wore were asked to recount some of or their experiences c during durin the early days While hie the ho stories of or those these early days have been boon told nut and told re-told Ie they never grow IO old to the men and women who passed through them horn and are arc ae always alwa's topics of or Interest and ant profit pron to the younger Olm el generation Just a few of those troublous early times In Utah wore e recounted yesterday by hy the plon- plon who made their way to the park to enjoy enjo the lie exercises In their honor antI and to live lve over again aJain In memO memory at least east all al the joys and the sorrows of nf those times In lii the lie words of some of the thc pioneers themselves these experiences cx- cx are told tole Come With i 11 t I i ham Young oui ti Of th the tho I I 3 mon nien three women and ami andt t two wo o cli children I Id making rig u up p the lie original uial land lani hanc of or pioneers rs lint entered the tho Salt Lake a valley I ey hut one was ns present day clay to celebrate the lie ninth fifty tUt anniversary of that event That man mau was vas W. W C C. A. A Smoot of Su Sugar a ward With lh Brigham Youn Young as tho the leader loader of the band hand of pioneers and Wilford Woodruff captain of the company to which Mr Ir Smoot belonged they loft left ler Florence April fi I r J I IS S 17 arriving In the thc alloy ailey at 1 11 1 o'clock on the morning of July 2 21 1 J Mr 11 Smoot carried the tho takes stakes to make male the lie lne line hue for or the first lock block or street ever over laid haiti out in Salt Sal Lake ako Ialo City and anti ho lie has lived Ivec to see sec those hose lines len lengthened anti broadened until mill the thc city covers an area scarcely reamed dreamed of In those hose early days Mr 11 u. u Smoot was vas not hot In a reminiscent mood nood yesterday ay but hut said ll that lint some sometime time h ho lie recall recal some ome interesting incidents connected d with ihl the journey of the pioneers pioneers incidents Incidents with which riot not many are aro familiar That band banel of men anti and women who came to the tho he valley aley In lii 47 17 7 were ere as grand rand an and bravo o hm anti and ant honest a lot as aseel ot said Mr Mi Smoot over el e got together MI morn morning InS and I revere re cle them them hem as I revere my own parents But lut there thero Ill I'll Il tell tel you ou more about the he trip omo seine time Were We're going to the he park pak now and H W tid tal take e mc me mca mea a lon long time to tell tel even evena a few fc of the incidents that happened on that hat lon long journey Journe Im I'm Im the tho only one of or the thc original company living in iii il this part of the thc country I believe o there rc are me half a dozen others Ivin living but hut I r cant can't recall their heir theil names I was 1 19 9 when I came caine antI and anc that makes males me is no now But Dut ho lie carries hi his years yean car lightly and andew fe few ew would take this sturdy pioneer of or nearl nearly three score years ago to be hc bemore bemore I more moc than r 55 5 I Hardships Donl Iun Scum So Great Groat Mrs E E. D D. although not nota noti a i member of tho ho orl original company I hat landed e hero here in 1 1817 8 i 7 came caine a year aler and anel has made mallo her bet hel home honie In the tho Salt Sai alt Ll e Lake valley aley most of or the lie lm tune time sInce With her hel brother she he was a I of oC Ezra T. T Bensons Benson's Bentons Benton's company I lint bat loft left Winter Quarters early carly In 1848 1845 I LI Like the rest of or the pioneers they cane by Iy ox team tho the journey coverIng cover- cover I lug Ing up a period of six months Oh yes we had hael to endure endUe hard hard- I ships hips saul sail Mrs Irs s yesterday the lie samo same as the re rC ret t of the lie people hut but ut I was young then lien and somehow th he the hardships dl didn't nt seem so o great When one has ha youth ho lie can endure a good oo deal and as I look back hack now ho the hard hardships dont don't s cm so much after anel al all Started When hen Three Works Old alI A very ery tiny tny morsel of humanity was J J. J Woodruff when his parents set et out to join Jiin their brethren In the valey valley of tho lie mountains Just three weeks had haul passed IH over O II his head when the journey was as begun besun a Journey Jouney which took tool nearly six months months Captain Cap- Cap aln tain A A. 0 O Smoot was as in charge of tho the company cOlpany with which Baby lahy Woodruff Wood Tood ruff ml traveled across the plains the lie company reaching Salt Sni Lake September Septem her ber be 1 G No 1 I cant can't remember very much about that trip said alt Mr 11 Woodruff yesterday but hui I made a lot of others when I 1 grew grev to young manhood and auni when the Saints wore WC still making their way aerol across the Ilia plains Ins in wagons wagon drawn n by hy horses or oxen But Dut its it's the lie first trip you ou are arc interested In andI antII and antI I cant can't give you OU much accurate information mation maton about my observations that hat hatt t time I If e. e lames lIC Leach Oll OIk t SUI Survivor or 0 While not nol a member of or tho the orl original wig wig- inal foal baud band bald of that blazed the trail trul for the thousands that were vere to come after them James Jamet Leach Loach Is the thc oldest living man who ho Is counted among among the pioneers of or 47 With lh the he company having as Its Is leader John Taylor later president enl o of the church Air Mi MI Leach left lef Winter iner Inter Quarters in fui the spring of the he year yeal from which history dates In Utah and arid reached the lie Salt Sai Lake valley valey on the tho second of the he following fol rol- fol- fol lowing loving October 11 Mr Leach I ls is now Dl n years old and despite his years l recalls cals with a wonderful de degree leC of or accuracy events connected with wih the trip Back In Illinois I was a farmer sl said Mr Ir Leach yesterday hut but wo we woI didn't have time to do much farming in iii the he carl early lays days About bout all al we ve had time to do was vas to pick greens and sago sage roots root We o were minute men you know ready know ready at al a minutes minute's notice to todo todo tb do anything we Wo were wanted anted for Yes wo we had hr hardships but I am thankful for fO them I bore them patiently and it mal makes es one feel well wel when he lie looks back and knows that he hc has borne his L I burdens with wih patience C. C V. V Spencer father pf D. D S. S Spencer SpenS Spen Spen- S of the Oregon Short Line Is another another an an- other of tho the pioneers o of 47 who at attended attended at- at tended yesterdays yesterday's festivities at the park Mr Mi 11 Spencer arrIved in Salt Sal Lake September 22 and in relating some of or his experiences yesterday mid n il Didn't Look Promising bi I I r i came from Ma Massachusetts with witha wih number numb of who a r other converts men converts con men had hind good homes and line fine farms and andl l when we first looked over o this desert waste aste we could coul not believe that they could ever eVel make mak anything of or It IL It There h I I I I I I I In tho In alleY valloy I were itIe Quill only three trees vall that I these along alon the thc ed edgo of or City I creel creek about In the lie the c center of lh the block h between State tate and anel Main Third a and Tl Fourth Yourth South streets treet That was about the lie only green stuff we wo had to 10 look 1001 at the lie fr first t fall fal except when we looked e Into our looking glasses Three days ays after reaching Salt Snit Lake continued Mr Ir Spencer we wo got to figuring on the amount of or wheat an and Hour we had and anel found that In 1011 order to carry us 18 through h the eight months before a new now crop croft would be he ie al ready I cy we ive would have ju just t two ounces of of- lout flour to last each cach member of or the thc family I had char charge c o of tho the commissary commissary commis commis- sary 1 department for that family said Mr tir Ir Spencer and the lie first thing I did was to set sol throe three o of the lie boys bos to digging s sego roots First we c called caler the lie roots or 01 Eo anything els else we wc might aught ha have haIn In ad addition ad- ad Illion to the tho flour dessert desert aHI later named It I fill up Oi lp dessert and I al always always always al- al ways used to say a to the he family that no matter how hio ItU little hour flour we wc had hael vvo wo always had sonic some up fill up nl dessert Yes things have breve ho c changed since then lien and anti Mr Mu h Spencer branched off to tu tell tel of or the lie changes In lii man many customs and practices ices tices during the lie little lite more inore than half hat century that Hint has elapsed sluice since ho en entered entered en- en the valley valey Among AmonI the most interesting characters characters char char- was sas Harriet H H. A A. nar Badger fladger C Mrs 18 nac Badger er was vas one chic of tho the throe three children chil dren i lel IOu born I In ii this Ii is valloy aloy having ng been born December 7 7 i. IS 1817 17 Her father was John Taylor who iio arrived ed with wih the first band hane Mrs Mis Badger Is living In lii Salt Sal Lake Lako and anel hilLS has a a. number of descendants She Drove hOH in un Ox O Team Louisa X N. Decker was as one ono of the lie few Cew pioneers who arrived with wih the he A A. A 0 O. Smoot company which reached this his alo valloy September 12 12 IS 17 Ii She Sho Is the willow widow of the tho late Ch Charles Decker Mrs I r Docket Decker relates most Interestingly ly her many totes luios Sho Site was born in New Jerse Jersey In 1831 1 and mind with her hC parents accepted the thc Mormon faith hen When the lie exo exodus us from froni rom Nauvoo oo au began she loft left lef that place In a one horse e outfit thriving driving that lint outfit out- out lit fit ft as far as Winter Intel Quarters When she reached there her mother mothel died diell her father faher fathe having been killed In the lie thelast last battle at Ht Nauvoo just the lie exodus Site She then lien drove from rom Quarters to Fort For Cheyenne Che enne where her hor outfit was as stolen h by the tho Indians From 1101 that lint place sho shio throve drove e dro an ox team to this vale valley Isaac Manning trial and alI Jane E. E James were iere the lie personal body servants of oC the he prophet Joseph Smith Tho ilio former former for for- mer Is ST Si years old and antI the thc latter later Is is 93 3 Mr Ir Manning and Mrs James arc colored colored and anti are arc ae brother and sister They he have ha e had hall man many and und arlel varied ox- ox Mr MI Manning fought with the Nauvoo oo au le legion lon and In the lie Civil Civi war ival In iii which ho he carried caTiel a drum chum Mrs h James came caine with wih tho lie first HIst pioneers and anel has lived In iii this city ever over since both residing at Second East he President street steeL They were baptized by hy dent lent Youn Young and ant are ale devout followers of the lie Mormon church While the they arc e very er old they yet recall many In Interesting In- In teresing Incidents I Helped id lied Build lid Iii t I CIc c di Steamer h James Lawson Laison arrived d In this his a valley I C Sept 21 1847 ISH and settled s at once In what is now no known as us the lie Sixteenth ward having re resided on the lie tamo sanie all homestead ever e cr since his arrival H Ho lie wa was horn born In lii Kinross Scotland In 1 1520 8 o and joined the thc mon church In InIS IS 1810 10 at Glas Glasgow ow He came to America Amen Ameri ca In 1813 1843 landing Jr first t at New Or Or- leans Taking a boat he lie started up th the river rivet tot for Nauvoo hut but the tho boat sank nl whereupon he returned to that cl city He lie then tried again nn and finally reached reach ell Nau NuU Nau Oo on He lIe left lef there thelo with his family at the lie time lime of or the lie exodus In company compan with wih Parley Parle P. P Pratt Pral anti and was vas on his trip to this his valley valoy from June Hi 16 to 10 Sept 21 1 He lie was raised a mechanic and helped build the st hr-st lar large e steamboat on the river Clyde In iii 3 1838 1838 J J. J U. U Frederick B. B un and Elnathan arrived In iii this valley valey Sept 26 I 1St 1817 18 In iii the lie A. A 4 0 O. com company pan having come from Miss Mis Th They y traveled part of nf the lie way on the Erie Eric canal and und on the lie Ohio river Ii er for foi 1400 miles mis George O. O Noble ohle arrived arrhe Oct Oct G fi 6 1847 He lie Heas Was tas as born In iii Nauvoo Fob Feb 2 2 lieu here with his famil family 1 1841 1 Ho lie Io came calc wih Ills In th the tho Grant company Ils of or the he father was was as Joseph Bates one c captains pains of fifty Ills His mother muther died at Winter Quarters He lie with wih others was as forced out of and crossed the river on oui 01 the ice and on the lie opposite le shore in iii th thin tho snow und and cold colI James Oakley ia a was born In iii New NewYork NewYork ew York In 1 S1 and amid joined the thc church churchIn In iii 1 1840 Ho lIe le was as a a. 0 mcm member C of the tho Mormon Mor lol mon men battalion nd nu is living 1 at Ines present nt In ie Mrs 4 Agatha atha Pratt Prat Is ts the he only surviving sur sun wife info of oC the late Parley P 1 Pratt Piat She Sho loft left lef Manchester England in Jan 1 1847 and wont went to 0 New Now Orleans From that city she proceeded to 10 St. St St Louis then lien to St. St Joseph on boats hoats from flom which pl place pace ce th she sho went to tn Winter Quartel's Quarters tel's lers driving an ox team cain from there thero thereto to 0 Salt Lake arriving arriving Sept Sopt 28 28 1847 15 Ate tc Mule Mulo Meal in Mexico Charles E. E Gallon Calon Calon was a member of the he Mormon battalion and left lef Nauvoo Nau Nuu- oo 00 In itt 1 1816 S 1 6 proceeding ln to Los loN Ancl An An- geles cl s It I was vas a hard harl trip said Id 11 Mr lr Calton lint hut at ut tho the last we wo were elC ditched ditched ditch ditch- ed ell and alibi then lien we ive came camo back hack setting selin our out faces toward tho the rising sun a again ain aine We Ve came cam eastward In itt the thc company of Capt Jefferson Hunt lunt Wo Ve c drove in and arid when wo we reached her hero here I 1 said We e had better camp II right ht here Wo Ye hall hail to oat eat mule mulo meat In Mexico and we wo may 11 have tare to again if Ir we wc undertake to go goon goon goon on to the tho lie Missouri 18 river All Al of the lie pioneers gave Interesting Incidents connected with their heir travels and arrival and anti now as ns us they look hack back along alon tho he vistas of oC thi th the past their eyes ces often ofen 1111 ni with wih tears teals cars as they re recall ue IC call cal sonic some incident connected with some seine relative e or ci friend who iho Is 1 lying on the plains or 01 In itt sonic some unforgotten spot |
