Show MILLARD PIONEER RECALLS stagecoach STAGE COACH oison olson tells allien he ile dhove stage through kanosh in pioneer daas celebrated FIFTY FIFTH WEDDING anniversary RECENTLY IN SALT LAKE al AVAS AS HERE IN 1875 I 1 took the stage in 1875 being hired by E il baldy sackett the manager of the stage line from york to hugh white purchased the line from gilmore and salisbury but afterwards mr white said he waa was sorry he mada made the deal aa as it was too much bother to him and that he was happier shoeing horses for a living and in that way didn dian t have to lose so much sleep the stage held up ared bird delving one day fred bird of peters burg now hatton was driving the stage coach near holden when a robber jumped from behind ia a tree and held a gun on him demanding him to stop mr bird did stop and at the same moment said turn that gun the other way the damn thing Is liable to go oft off the robber said give me that mall mail bag he took what he wanted out of the bag quickly mounted his horse and rapidly rode away orison whittaker was hosier hosler at fresno tor for some time baldy sackett was proprietor of the south ern hotel at thia this place during the prosperous mining days tim hawkes jim ryan and matt cullen of the cullen hotel in salt lake city discovered the silver horn mine at fresno beaver coun ty the indian chief Beave could be heard night times preaching to his people as we drove our stage coach near the present location of beaver city the old utah stage line of gil mer salisbury was sold to hugh white baldy sackett was S the general manager he ile had a great many rem reminiscences as a jolly stage driver as he recalls them from the good old daya days in the 70 s when a fellow full of pep and ginger and sometimes also loaded alth nath good old bourbon whon he was not frowned down by his neigh bors just a little swig to the driver of tour four horses he took that to make him hold the rib bons better but should he over indulge he would receive a lepri mand from some passenger the horses were well groc groomed ined being prized prize then as much as a cad iliac illar would be now t horse flesh was almost on a par with human flesh in tact fact they were talked to by their fond attend the coach of 1875 was a vehicle of tine fine art with its curved dash ants like guests and servants they were trained by skillful skill tui drivers and the arher had to be an expert to hold his job one of the tests tor for a driver bo to pass was to see how near he could drive to a rock without striking it or how close to a precipice without going elver over however the secret of this test was the man who drove farthest from the point of danger of continued on back page either test was the safest man to hire board and seat highly elevated the body of the coach on each side was quite low with steel steps and side doors panelled panel led with french plate glass under the driver the mal mail bags were stored and laced in with a leather apron the same as at the back end three passengers would sit on the high back seat tour four in the body of the coach and two men were seated near the driver one be ing a messenger who carried fire arms to protect the passengers from robbers and indians gold and sil sit ver bull topa were often carried by the cholach from the mining camps par ticul arly from through K kin tn osh northward bound for salt lake city episode of fhe vie runaway on the rough roads the coach would reck rock like a boat on a rough sea going down a steep grade the vehicle was controlled by a foot brake holding the back wheels once when the driver was feeling his stimulant he reasoned that it N v as a POOR TEAM that couldn coulden t out run a coach down hill so he whip ped em ein up and let lot em run wild it soon developed into a real runa way naturally exciting to the pas one of them johnny him melr elch got stirred and op ening up a side window HE but as he shot off the big lurching coach careen ed toward him at that instant break ing a hind leg on him on the thumb hand side he received wonderful care at the hands of the kind folks especially by wm win george head man at the corn creek station statton he in atas as kept until he was fully recovered without charge to Himmel himmelreich retch aa as the stage stag company paid all expenses IvIl mileage leage the average rate of speed of the over this part of the divis ion ton would exceed 5 miles per hour the driver would drive continuously for 24 hours changing horses at the various stations en route and then rest twenty tour four hours on good roads other stages elsewhere could make better time than through this region orson whittaker in the deseret news of febra ary 24 1931 photos of mr and mrs orson whittaker were ov er the news note that on march 1st they celebrated their fifty fifth wed ding jannifer ary sixteen children were born to Q the couple 44 4 grand children and S 9 areat grandchildren mrs owen C staples of kanosh is a daughter we thank mr whittaker for the story our columns are always open to material from or about the old timers PE FD sr |