| Show the tree that was determined to live perhaps that one remaining sign ot of family life which shows that hat the people of bullion city lived worked and had dreams of a future ie fig a little old ered apple tree planted plaited there by lieutenant jacob iress in 1869 and which Is still growing near the edge of bullion creek we will ill never know where this trew this tree first took root it may have been beeh mothered by a large Ap spreading reading tree which graced the garden I 1 of some stately old new england mansion aud yet again it may have lave started life on the idge dge of a kansas bluff one thing sure is that it was brought in a covered wagon or by hand cart across across the thea s plains to utah day after day itis it Is jostled and jolted over plains kalns and mountains then one day it Is carefully lifted from the wagon and green fingers place it back in old mother earth it just begins to grow and get a good start and tt it Is again taken up and once more placed in a covered wagon after miles of travel it finally arrives at marksville marysvale Marys vale ville utah from there the he tree just a mere slip of a tree Is cir carried ried to bullion city here her it 1 is carefully planted the he soil built up well around its roots to anchor it firmly it drinks long of tle the nourishment in n the soil and breathes deeply its leaves gently in the early spring breeze as it reaches leafy arms to the sky A shadow passes between it and the sun A gust of wind has caused a giant pine to sway high above it to the left of it there is a group of slender saplings whose light green leaves shimmer and dance in the breeze some shaggy oaks grow just above it on the hillside the little tree like the p people eople j of bullion city was busy taking root that summer but it it could have expressed itself it would have been grateful for their presence no doubt it felt the shock of the impact from the trees they felled to use in building their homes and the eachles of their hammers resounding across the canyon spring and summer passed and autumn came with its warm days das and cool crisp nights the apple tree like the saplings shed its leaves and was left naked to the cold winds and ley icy snows of a winter in the mountains but it had taken a firm hold on life during its first growing season and it had stored up a reserve f for or juat bust this so those first warm days das of its second spring brought the sap and renewed life into its slender branches year after year it continued to grow but those who had planted it destinon desti destined nod to see eee it reach maturity and gather its harvest they had great dreams r for 0 r bullion city but they t reckoned with its adversities the geological and geographical str structure of the ca country antry so after a few years yeara they left for greener pastures but the tree now firmly rooted take up lift its roots and move it continued to struggle f tor ex istance it warred with the wind when the weather was rough and in spite ot of the deep snows that threatened to obscure it it was determined to live in summer a wild canary a blue jay or an occasional camp robber nests in its branches and in winter a hoot owl can be heard calling from it to its mate in a nearby pine the late spring frosts claim most of its fruit but in the tall fall of 1946 a prospector stumbled upon it imagine ills his surprise to see an apple tree growing in this primitive spot he paused in his climb to take a closer look and counted 13 ripe red apples clinging to its branches today after 78 8 years of struggle against the elements this apple tree still grows a tribute to those who plant planted ed it and to the miners of bullion city |
