Show PIONEER DAY THE I 1 wilderness by F K SMITH the pathfinders path finders of all ages th sub duars of the will wa erness braw i and hardy men who by their to ID domi lable will their heroism heio ism 1 I I 1 danger and privation in order t blaze the trail rail tor for civilization te tc open trade for undeveloped r resources of 0 new territory tae enquiring minds that beached tor for lidden truths and treasures have had their praises sung through ut t all ages of a crude ventrous ventI vent sous type as these frontiersmen wee we scho school olad sd to the greatest power dower 0 endur endurance anco it is but just that they shaie share in in the honors accorded to the more moie cut cul patriots many who face i i these terrible odds with a deter to succeed or die in thi attempt did not reached the hoped tor for zeal but bu they left land mark for or those who followed foll owea these gal lant men who gave to civilization such vast advantages and liches itches as 1 a rule left their homes with the hope ot of returning to them t ilose who had families felt them in security with some degree of provision for support during that I 1 absence and in case of their death i although few can be said to hay have been in affluent circumstances it was an entirely different proposition with the mormons cormons who left relatives comfortable homes in nauvoo ill III a mormon city of more than 1500 inhabitants the nauvoo temple and in many cases wealth and position and set out in tilt th dead of winter for art an unknown promised land we must admire courage the determination displayed in this move to a strange un civilized uninhabited barren dissert desert undaunted by the knowledge that their undertaking would be bc strewn with dire necessity self danial and sacrifices tor for women and rold little children as well as for men melt hunger and thirst and such otlie othe hardships as turned the follows of moses alases to the worship of tile the goli gold en calf it is human nature to lie ile on cu oars oara when sailing in smooth LUL lui the test of the oars mens lies fles in how capable their power to handle the oars to in veather beather and ofa aa a rough and stormy boea at omaha a more complete organization took place arid and they turned their faces westward in april 1847 their faith wa was thi sure anchor ot of hope on july of the same year they landed mea salt lake ten a desolated shage brush waste at that time a part of mexico this weary worn caravan of emig emigrants rants camped on the site bite of the present pioneer eer park many loved on ones had bad been laid to rest on the lone prairie over which they passed the terrible experiences ol 01 0 the journey and subsequent hardships are ara olten often recounted at the celebia tion ot of the anniversary of the pioneers landing who by the most strenuous efforts economy their I 1 indomitable theli their patient endurance a and nd to IT niarie 1 the desert bloom as tho the lose air wilderness city beciana beci ina pi IT a t rev few years an air oasis in an all des lit elt in 1848 utah was ceded to 0 o tile the states in 1819 IS 19 tile lie mor mons or latter day sans dorried ile he state of deseret Dese iet anc 1 liti altal was made a 1 in 1890 the church prohibited polls pfleg ircy utah was admitted as the state stale in via the union in ii i i 1896 while we Afo maimon faith still predominates other evangelical ean edical churches dot the state the old prejudices have disappeared and all denominations denomination ais hand in hanl in esse movements for tb good of community community and state the people of utah have all re reason to be proud to be residents oi or the state |