Show i I Spotlighting n t tI I I 11 1 i t I I UTAH UTA a I Express r f f i 1 d Mormon Trail Trull I r 1 sn 1 first the buffalo following ollo the rat contour of the countr country left fell t U stress cross the great plains flatus Worn Vorn I r per or er by wandering IndIans Indiana and ft i jr perSi r be trail troll was finally r det de- de Into a well marked harked road t Pioneers tracking Ivard in IS 1817 17 Two years latS lat- lat S rt thousands of California gold ers followed the trail as far r h During the next twenty y yrs Sri rs some Mormon emr emi emi- r I is IS traveled to Utah via ox team 4 hand haud cart cart thus the road load tie Ibo bei 1 i known as the Old Dormer ii- ii I in 1860 1560 the historic coy D Express utilized the Mor I I I r 2 Trail Trait wearing ou out t good j I si and fearless men to rush th the thea r a fall across the country to the flit Coast I Today travelers leaving lea Chicago westward over over either the thea hp n a Pacific Railroad or by auto We ile via Highway US U.S. A j d themselves traveling over th the 1 j Mormon Trail and Pony Ex- Ex S s road The rail line and the the r I sway iway vay follow this historic trail trail fl nearly nearly 1500 miles leaving wit it j I I Dior- Dior Henefer Henefer t Utah tah When Che he Mora Mor- Mor 2 a 1 Pioneers in 1 1847 1547 S 4 7 reached f lay 11 what is known as Henefer t I I aty y T miles east of Ogden rather I la n II attempt to follow the he ancient isn trail through the narrow nano con cons conss ss s of Weber Canyon In many many I ices ices ices wide T enough h for or only the there I re rr whose banks were choked h Ji cottonwood trees and dense dense s I I They the I Ic Turning S south they irked c ed the Great Sa Salt t Lake valley ralley I following the Donner Party I ll II An d ft ft u I 11 ma aue e a u a Sear iU previous precious I erl over mountains an and 1 cancan can- can e. e They arrived at their de destt- destt I- I ion Jul July 2 24 4 18 1847 4 7 7 Coming toning out of Emigration Canon Can Can- I on that historic day Brigham t g looked over the vast ex- ex se K of the Great Salt Lake valley I lid d spoke those memorable words words' ThIs its Is The P Place lace Ms month that bit of Old 1 mon rmon Trail from the community f Henefer across the mountains J Salt alt Lake City became a State irk I rk by the official proclamation Governor Herbert B. B taw Maw I Administered dm by the state pub- pub ill ty and industrial development t. t mission the old meaning mean- mean ing Ig cg road of the early pioneers II f soon be converted into a mod- mod automobile highway over which may ride and have pointed po Ito to them the historic 1847 camp amp 5 3 and and at one place the on OD ruts still discern discernable able after fears ears Dedicated by Governor Maw as asIs 5 Is The Place State Stare Park c the event was as marked by ting Dg an early pony Jony express 1 ty by 22 picked riders of the J fer er Pony Express organized t pia Ta the past year to keep alive alIye Feer er memories as well as rethe rethe re- re the famous runs each ter Ier ron W Tracy chairman of tho the tl 11 department J department of publicity and andy y rIal development commission to that the This Is The tate slate park 1 Is s the third to be beas beted i I II t ted ed as a historical recreation recreation- d scenic area which Utah folks ors ora k and tourists may mar enjoy l Is the te plan of or the department I red Mr Tracy to ito encourage of a state park 1 atea ate ITer ry J a county of Utah and that I F ore state park the Jacob b in t state Park at Kanab anThis an anc f r Th This Is Is The Place I. I state park j y the Wing of a slate t 1 that will make Utah ice e e eagerly erly sought by tourists I thoroughly enjoyed b by all seek seek- I n and ana recreation |