Show old pioneer road i opened to tourists 1 BLANDING A vast expanse of almost inaccessible scenery in san juan county has been opened to I 1 automobile travel with completion i i of the white canyon road leading from the national bridges to hite 1 1 j 45 miles mies the area has been inac I 1 tessible ces sible except by horses i during the and the I 1 road was traveled by pioneers and J prospectors when it was not much i more than a cow trail now the I 1 trail has been built into an automobile 1 road and reopened to elers this time tourists who travel i much faster than the slow plod ding pioneers danger and adventure of pioneer days was recently recaptured by J wiley redd keeper of the I 1 matui natural al bri bridge dge monument who I 1 has a special interest in the road A young child chila when he first traveled over it in 1892 he recently found the remains of an old pioneer wagon during one of his trips over the trail A veteran of the area he has piloted hardy i tourists over the trail into some of the most interesting corners of san juan county the mute remains of the wagon its ils wheels patched together with wiehl old iron straps to keep the dried up bellies from falling out of the tires raised the question as to what pioneer or prospector had bad found the going a bit too difficult I 1 a half century or so ago the area where it was found is a desperately dry region at certain a seasons of the year and perhaps the traveler had been overcome i by lack of water over the hazai hazardous bous trail and had left his wagon when going became impossible s ble to hunt a drink or find a way back to some more hospitable 1 ter i found with the rotting wagon were the remains of a horse collar deseret news of august 6 |