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Show MONUMENT TO OLD COVE FORT IS DEDICATED Indian war whoops were echoed back from the sturdy historic walls cf old Cove Fort Tuesday, and when cowboys rose up to repel the savages sav-ages the scene must have been very similar to those ,whicii resulted in the erection of the building in 1867. The occasion of Tuesday'? celebration celebra-tion was the dedication of the monument. monu-ment. Addresses were delivered by President Presi-dent Heber J. Grant of the L. D. S. church and others. Among the speakers were A. A. Hinckley and Edward S. Hinckley, both of whom were bornp in the old fort. Two years before the railroad came to Utah the building was erected er-ected to protect the Inhabitants of what is now Beaver county from the Indians. It is said to be the best preserved structure of its kind in southern Utah. . It is built of stone and plaster, with dwellings, lining the wall inside. There is also a fresh water well and the place was equipped to withstand a long siege. Great hollow doors, one wide enough to admit the passage of wagons, atlord admittance to tne civ- i adel. Fir was used in their construction construc-tion and the hollow space between ' the boards was filled with sand to withstand the penetration of the Indian In-dian bullets and arrows. The fort was one of the stations on the old Gilmer and Salsbury stage line, which was operated between be-tween Salt Lake and southern Utah .settlements. |