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Show IDE HISTORY ! IN EARLY DAYS Man Who Saved Starving With Ogden Spuds. Dies In Denver DENVER, Colo. Nov. 18. Calvin Luther Lightbu'rn, friend of Henry W. Longfellow, Brlgham Young. General William T Sherman and many celebri-Itles celebri-Itles of half a century ago. died at his residence here yesterday morning He 'was 7 B years of age. Mr Ugntbur'n was born In Clark COUrity, West Virginia. September 17 1842 He served throughout the civil War, much of the time as alde-de-jcamp to his brother. General Joseph I Llghtburn He came west In a prairie schooner irom St Joseph, Mo. in s: Proceeding Pro-ceeding north from Greeley, 'olo.. over the Overland trail, he reached Salt Lake, where he opened a general merchandise atore in the autumn of I1S6C Reports of a discovery of gold ih Wyoming took linn to what Lfl BOW South Pass City Eighteen months later he laid out that town and also (Miners' o 1 D - He freighted from Salt Lake where he had established social and business connections with Brlgham oung. until 1S72. He saved the lives of nearly '000 men and women In South Pass City during the starvation winter of 1S69-70. 1S69-70. In the autumn of 1S6H food ran short there due to the sudden influx ,.f fortuno-seekers from Irglnla City-Mr. City-Mr. ljghtburn met the situation by hauling potatoes In prairie schooners from Ogden during the yvinter, and laid the foundation for his fortune. It Is recalled that Llghtburn led a posse of former civil war soldiers on an expedition of reprisal against In-I Hans who killed several of a small band, but had to flee from an army Of 2000 Washakles, reaching I-inder Just In time to gain the protection of the fort He was also engaged in several sev-eral other conflicts with Indians. No arrangements for the funeral' have yet been made . |