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rapidly as the season advanced. Crops came up but withered and died for lack of water. After some two and a half busy months of exploration, house huildins, etc., the time arrived for the men to return to the settlements. Some of the company had found the new land very pleasing and satisfactory; they would soon return with their families and possessions. Others were going home to stay, the San Juan Valley did not offer what they sought. Preceded by a few scouts and road builders, the major part of the company left Montezuma Aug. 19, 1879. Their route lay westward along the north bank of the San Juan to Recapture Creek, then north up that stream to the foot of the Blue Mountain. After crossing the Colorado River at Moab, they followed this trail through Green River, Castle Valley and down Salina Canyon to Sevier Valley. They had made a circuit of almost a thousand miles and had built several hundred miles of road through desolate desert country. Most important of all, they had located a site for San Juan Mission Settlement.' An account of the famous Hole-in-the-Rock trek was written by Kumen Jones which was chapter four of "The San Juan Mission to the Indians" contained in the writings of Kumen Jones, which reads as follows: "When the first exploring party which was sent out had found what was considered a feasihle location for a settlement on the apparently rich bottoms of the San Juan River, their leader, Silas S. Smith, took steps to have a shorter way explored for moving the pioneers into this new location. He wrote the Church -4uthorities to have some scouts from Escalante sent out to look over a way from that point to the San Juan River. He gave them general directions as to distance and location on the map." "Charles Hall and A.P. Schow were sent out from Escalante and they came down as far as the west rim of the Colorado River Canyon. After looking down through the "hole-in-the-rock2 through which they could see water and a canyon leading down from the river up to a flat looking country, this party returned and reported clear sailing for a wagon road to San Juan. This latter report was founded more on a desire to encourage travel through the village of Escalante that to find a feasible place for a permanent road. All who have seen the first old trail from Escalante to the settlement at Bluff on the San Juan River, all who will ever see it, will say that the above scouts must have failed in their task." "Imniediately after the explorations of Charles Hall and Bishop Srhnw, preparations were hegun for the second pilgrimage to the San Juan hlission, as it was then called. The Saints were advised to provide themselves with provisions, clothing, seeds and implements to last at least one year."

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 77
Description	rapidly as the season advanced. Crops came up but withered and died for lack of water. After some two and a half busy months of exploration, house huildins, etc., the time arrived for the men to return to the settlements. Some of the company had found the new land very pleasing and satisfactory; they would soon return with their families and possessions. Others were going home to stay, the San Juan Valley did not offer what they sought. Preceded by a few scouts and road builders, the major part of the company left Montezuma Aug. 19, 1879. Their route lay westward along the north bank of the San Juan to Recapture Creek, then north up that stream to the foot of the Blue Mountain. After crossing the Colorado River at Moab, they followed this trail through Green River, Castle Valley and down Salina Canyon to Sevier Valley. They had made a circuit of almost a thousand miles and had built several hundred miles of road through desolate desert country. Most important of all, they had located a site for San Juan Mission Settlement.' An account of the famous Hole-in-the-Rock trek was written by Kumen Jones which was chapter four of "The San Juan Mission to the Indians" contained in the writings of Kumen Jones, which reads as follows: "When the first exploring party which was sent out had found what was considered a feasihle location for a settlement on the apparently rich bottoms of the San Juan River, their leader, Silas S. Smith, took steps to have a shorter way explored for moving the pioneers into this new location. He wrote the Church -4uthorities to have some scouts from Escalante sent out to look over a way from that point to the San Juan River. He gave them general directions as to distance and location on the map." "Charles Hall and A.P. Schow were sent out from Escalante and they came down as far as the west rim of the Colorado River Canyon. After looking down through the "hole-in-the-rock2 through which they could see water and a canyon leading down from the river up to a flat looking country, this party returned and reported clear sailing for a wagon road to San Juan. This latter report was founded more on a desire to encourage travel through the village of Escalante that to find a feasible place for a permanent road. All who have seen the first old trail from Escalante to the settlement at Bluff on the San Juan River, all who will ever see it, will say that the above scouts must have failed in their task." "Imniediately after the explorations of Charles Hall and Bishop Srhnw, preparations were hegun for the second pilgrimage to the San Juan hlission, as it was then called. The Saints were advised to provide themselves with provisions, clothing, seeds and implements to last at least one year." 77
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1157.pdf

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