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Show Pioneers Who Are Recalled to Memory i By Lyman Skeen Editor Ogden Standard In our valuable paper of April 8 appears an open letter over the signature of Robert Rob-ert L. Davis, of 3210 Adams avenue. Ogden, Utah In this letter he refers to the celebration bald in Plain City on Marcl) 19th, and quotes me as .Mlichting aome of the pioneers ot riain City in my talk upon that occasion occa-sion First Let me say that was the far-therest far-therest from my mind. 1 a now. as I did then. "All honor to the pioneers Of March 17. 1859." one of the objects for which the celebration was held. What is tho celebration held for each vear In Plain City? The day haj a three-fold meaning. First. To do honor to the pioneers who eauie to Plain pity on that date Second. The organization of the Reli I Societies in the church, under the direction ot the Prophet Joseph Smith Tlurd. St. Patrick's Pat-rick's da. Now the question is, who were the original pioneers who came to Plain City, March 17. 1859. and who arc still living'.' That is the question. mn and the only question I dealt with upon that occasion. 1 did not refer to the people who came here in the late spring and summer of 1859, 1 take it that Mr. Davis is right in the names he gave you only lie does 1 include nearly all of them. A great majority of the pioneers of 1859 eanie from T.ehi. I'tah On November 5, 1858, the following named men left, Lehi to seek a new home Wallace Raymond,. John Spiers, loi eph Skeen, William Skeen, Thomas Ashton. Thomas Singleton. Joseph Knbinson, Jeppy Folkman. John Pol ker and Alfred Folker n aiming at Salt Lake City, they hired Jessie Kov an engineer to come with them to Bee if they could obtain water from Four Mile creek for irrigation purpose.-, .f-( ter surveying snd finding it feasible, I thr returned to their homes in Lehi tor the winter and made all arrangements arrange-ments to come back tho following spring and locate where their new homes were to be. On or about March 8, 1859. the following named persons left Lehi by ox team (two had horses) for what is now known as Plain CltJ arrlrlng here March 17, finding about) a foot of hard crusted snow all ov r the ground except underneath the big sago brush, there being no feed here for the stock, they had to brous around the aage for a living until the snow melt ed John Spiers, Wallace Raymond. Jos eph Skeen, William Skeen, Lyman Skeen. Joseph Robinson Jeppj Folk-man. Folk-man. Robert Maw. George Musgrave, and wife, Victorene. Charles Meal and wife, Annie. John Folker. Alfred Pol ker. Daniel Collet. William Sharp. Thomas Singleton. Samuel Co Bseklel Hopkins, Abraham Brown and Byron Brown. This sturdy band ol pioneers camped in their wagon! on tbe crown of the hill in what la now Lyman Skeen's lots, and watched the melting of the snow and listened 1 the howling of the coyotes until sprir.-.; came, when they planted some small crops and then returned to Lehi lr their families and others. To the others who came in the lave spring and summer of 1859 I have the greatesl amount of love for th- endured en-dured the hardship- of pioneer lift well as we did. The onlv ones living now of tile original band of March 17. 1869, thai 1 know of are Robert Maw. Victorene Musgrave, Alfred Folker, all of Ogden, Og-den, and myself. (Signed) LYMAN SKEEN. |