Show monument to jacob hamblin ready keady for or Unveil unveiling ind ceremony tile monument rit erected on oil the old kanab fort site alte in honor of jacob hamblin apostle to the indians is completed and ready for or tile the unveiling ceremony which will take place next sunday Sep september tern 3 apostle george A smith president of the utah pioneer trails and landmarks association john D olios giles and probably howard it II driggs of the oregon trails and landmarks association will be present and take charge of the ceremony cei emony the utah pioneer trails and landmarks association are furnish I 1 lug ll 11 g a beautiful bronze plaque 24 i inches aches by 2116 inches with a rals raised figure of an oxen head the official marker of the association a at t the center top of the plate with the following inscription below erected sept 2 1933 jacob hamblin norn born april 2 1819 died august 21 1886 the great mormon frontiersman and 1 d indian missionary settled in t the 1 i e tooele thoele valley utah in 1860 and began peaceful negotiations with tile the red men lie ile was so BO successful that the officials of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints sent him to establish residence among the indians at santa clara utah in 1854 A tort fort was settled on this site in into which ho be moved in ile he assisted major J W po poleu w ell and party in ill 1809 1869 72 ile he was trans f pried in 1878 to arizona and later to now new mexico ile he Is burled buried at alpine arizona ilia friendship with the indians indiana saved many lives utah pioneer trails ond and landmarks association and the citizens of the kanall stake the monument was wag erected by local men under the me direction of tile the high priests quorum of 0 the kanab stake it Is built of petrified trees and native stone and cement it Is some 12 feet high and about 8 feet wide with a center column of a petrified tree standing on a cement and stone base and two knotted petrified trees ot of shorter dimensions limen slona at the sides between tile the 91 feet center columns and the two outer all shorter 0 arter columna Is rock work ot of native stone and cement the petrified trees in the monument were selected from some found just juat north of the historic navajo wells east of kanab those who assisted in the construction st of the monument were W W adair joseph NV covington heller J meeks julius S dalley joseph B S johnson frank M hamblin jacob crosby jot jet M Jo johnson linson orson W pratt J G Shurn way claire ford isaiah Is alili meeks drig hanx ham A riggs george crosby win vill Mackle prang jack crosby john flani blin and claude ford the high priests quorum of the ganab kanab stake also made contributions in cash |