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Show Sugar House Sermonettes by E. Cecil McGavin This is tho seventeenth in a series f articlrB on the earlj day history of Sugar House. The series Is presented nader the sponsorship of Sugar House Camp, Sons f Utah Plvaeers. John Taylor had hastened from Kanesville to Ft. Leavenworth Leaven-worth to organize the company and give final instructions before be-fore they departed upon the important journey. Phillip De LaMare was the logical choice to be captain of the entire company. The organization resembled re-sembled that of other pioneer companies pushing westward. The characteristic order in units of ten was maintained, with captains over each division. div-ision. It was an inspiring and thrilling sight when the wagons wag-ons were ready to roll over the trail and be drawn to the wharf where their precious cargoes waited for shipment westward. The wagons were larger and stronger than the usual covered cover-ed wagons that were used by the pioneers and the mountain men who had been following the Oregon Trail into the far West. They had been made under the careful supervision of Captain Russell, the Scotch ship builder who had come from England with the company. com-pany. The iron rims surrounding surround-ing the wheels were thicker and much wider than those of the common freighter; the framework of their chassis wass of the sturdiest and heavy material ma-terial so they could bear the burden that would be placed upon them and reach the Valley Val-ley with a minimum of accident acci-dent and delay. Early in July the new wagons were loaded and the procession was ready to face the West. Some wagons carried 5,000 pounds of machinery, mach-inery, while the largest ones carried 9.000 pounds. From two to four yoke of oxen were harnessed to each wagon as everything was in readiness for the long journey to the Valley. |