| Show Burnt Corral and Rattlesnake Fill I IJohn John Bennett was up from Deseret Friday and in the course of conversation conversa conversa- conversation I conversa-I tion said You seemed to doubt the rattlesnake story of snakes got In one day but I believe it Years al ago o what is now Bloom was then Burnt Corrals I have seen great balls of snakes there and I fully believe that one could easily get or more in a aday aday aday I day there I have seen big clusters a afoot afoot I foot in diameter We Ve would take our six shooter and fire fire- fire fire-a ashot a shot into the I ball and they would begin wriggling I loose Yes there were that many there there therea a fine bank and a rattlesnake l I den In the evenings men on horseback would see the snakes on the cow paths all headed home for the hot bank where their den was W. W J. J Starley Stanley was listening to the conversation and said Yes I 1 have often heard Dad tell about Burnt Corrals Cor Cor- rals Hed He'd been there often Never knew before that was Bloom Then John continued You have a place right close to you that Is pretty nearly as good for rattlers rattlers- Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattle snake Fill on the Sevier just above Delta I used to work there with the teams when the canal was being built and I can tell you the snakes gave us usa usa usa a lot of trouble The scraper would uncover them then they would be angry and strike at the first horse or orman orman orman man and many a team ran away because because because be be- cause of them We Ve called that fill on the ditch Rattlesnake Fill and It was well named flamed To get things right go to an old timer Burnt Corrals and Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattle snake Fill how how long forgot |
