Show PT fy ARROWHEAD TRAIL PAST FAST BECOMING FINISHED ROUIE beaver press federal highway 91 commonly only known as the arrowhead trail la Is rapidly becoming a finished highway this road cen ta al utah from salt like lake city to the arizona line crosses southern nevada via las lag vegas and reaches los angeles via baker barstow vactor ville and san bernardina this route also alao gives southern california its with southern butth and I 1 ts along this kig highway aida dd towe to the pleasure ahil a nd comfort ot of many thousands ot of motorists annually recent betterment and construction work along this route Is notable from nepal to Kevan a distance ol of ten lea alles mlles SAW mw oil road from beaverr beaver to the iron county line nine miles new standard gra vel franf cedar city to the ash creel bridge 23 miles new road from st george to the indian reservation 13 miles new gravel this means that the arrowhead trail through the entire state 01 ol 01 I 1 utah la ii a completed highway a ais als tance of miles the arizona strip 17 miles in length that connects the utah and and nevada improved sections to is now under construction construct lon and will be completed early in 1930 nevada has completed more than SO miles of newall new oil in the past three months and by 1931 the entire route across nevada miles will be oiled prom from las vegas nevada to barstow cal to Is miles about 12 5 miles ot of this distance to Is in california california will have this section completely oiled by 1931 from barstow to td los LOB angeles miles Is paved historically the route of the arrowhead trail occupies a high spot in western road annals over this train escalante calante Ea endea endeavored vered to reach the pacific coast in 1776 Ea escalanti calante Esc alanto after discovering utah lake journeyed as tar far south as the virgin river and there the native indiana dis dig garaged cou raged his hi ambition to cross the deserts that they reported lay between the virgin river regions and the pacific the pious spaniard ac their advice and returned to tanta fe via what la Is now southern I 1 utah and northern arizona crossing the colorado river at the old ute crossing now known as the crossing ot of the tb fathers up to tao 1826 the in land barrier of desert and mountain continued to page live five PT TRAIL PAST FAST BECOMING FINISHED ROUTE continued from first page daga bad b ad abood in the way ot of all travel between the pacific and the great salt lake in august 1826 jedediah Jed edlah with a party 0 of 16 men lett left ashley fort now ogden tor for a trapping and exploring tour to the pacific the route they followed approximates the present arrowhead trail they pawed passed utah like cros bed aed the sevier river followed south to the virgin river and followed that stream to where it emptied into the colorado they camped on the colorado some gome point north of the present boulder dam site atte and cros sed ed the desert to california reaching san gabriel mission on december Decem bir 22 1826 this was wag the first farat overland jaud tourist party to ever reach california the pattie party the first to cross the southern route did rift not reach the pacific un until tilma March rc h 1828 |