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Show Dedication of Rockwell Monument Monu-ment Set Dedication services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock near the Point of the Mountain monument to the memory of Porter Rockwell, early day scout and peace officer of the territory and bodyguard body-guard of Brigham Young. The! monument is being built not only to( commemorate the memory of this pioncsr but to" mark the site of his station which also was his home on the Pony Express route and the; Overland stage route- i George Albert Smith, president of th- Utah Pioneer Trails and Land- marks association, will be master of i ceremonies. Speakers will mciuae , Andrew Jensen, assistant historian. Heber J- Burgon. stake president of the East Jordan L- D. S- stake. The Draper Junior high school band wnl PlThe monument stands at the side of the state highway and will be built of stones from Rockwell's station stat-ion East Jordan stake adult Aaron- ic priest hood members are Duiicnng it The trails association is providing provid-ing bronze plaques bearing the official of-ficial insignia of the Pony Efpress marker and the buffalo skull. Insignia Insig-nia of the association. The Rockwell station was .he sec ond Pony Express stop on the west from Salt Lake City- The f rst st0p was Travels., Rest on Lovcn-dahl's Lovcn-dahl's comer, south of Murray. |