Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-25 | Page 4 | Looking Back Eighty Years

LOOKING BACK SACK EIGHTY YEARS Reviewing the tho work of ot the tho pio plo pioneers pioneers fleeTs whose day da titan celebrates July Jub 24 Anthony W. W Ivins in an address ss In Salt Lake paid tribute west est estand to the early car y explorers of ot the and then said The first effective effort how bow vor to the colonization and development of community life lite In the Rocky mountain region was made by b the Mormon pioneers who entered the Salt Lake valley on on July 24 24 1847 18 eighty years ears ago ago to to- day It is 15 true that others had passed over the tho road road before beCore Iso Iso- Isolated Isolated isolated forts and trading posts post had entered the valley nearly a century before but no one had bad come come with the the intention of ot remaining to de do- develop community The country was thought to be impossible as far tar as agricultural development t was as con con- concerned concerned concerned having value alue in the esti estl estimation matlon mation of those who were familiar I with it it as a fur bearing region only The real work of making this part of the tho Rocky mountain region inhabitable was performed d by the Mormon pioneers They were were not rovers As soon as they found the theland theland theland land of their seeking they th Y settled down to the task of ot building with permanency and they the made pos pOSe possible possible I sible the rapid progress of all this intermountain country They were a people of industry fortitude and courage and Utah is proud jiroud of their achievements