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the purpose of this story, just a few points will be noted. The great majority went to work in earnest and a good healthy Christian atmosphere prevailed in the camp. The Sabbath was observed at all times and under all conditions. Every evening hymns were sung and prayers said. Occasionally dances werc held, especially while we were at the Hole-in-therock where nature had made the smooth flat rock floor on purpose." "January 26, 1880, after almut six weeks work and waitingfor powder, a start was made to move the wagons down the ' H ~ l e ' . " ~ The niost commonly accepted version states that Kumen Jones drove Renjamin Perkins' outfit on the first perilous descent. This case rcsts partl!, on the testimony of Jones himself, the only member of the expcdition to claim the honor. H e says: "Long ropes were provided and ahout twenty men and boys would hold onto each wagon as it went down to make sure there would 11e no accidents through brakes giving way or horses cutting u p after their long lay off. I had a well-broken team. This I hitched to Benjamin Perkins' wagon which I drove down through the 'Hole.' It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that Jones actually drove the Perkins wagon and that this was the first one to make the attempt." Kumen wrote the following al~out journey: the "A11 went smonth and safe. By the 28th most of the wagons were across the river and work had rommenced again on the Cottonwood Canyon, another very I-nygh proposition. There was a very important work to he attended to in addition to road making. This was the matter great many animals were needed of finding f o r a ~ for the work horses. .-\ c to move the eixhty odd wagons of the camp, and the open country was limited and many hands were occupied with finding feed." "After working and tr;lvcling nearly two and one-half months. thr future site. of Bluff was rcached on the sixth day of April, 1880. Surely the Hand of Pmvidcnre had heen ovrr the traveling pilgrims. No srrious arridents had l~cfallcn any of them. There had heen only tbvo 'tipox-ers.' l'hrcc I~ahies ; d Ileen b o l ~ the way, with the assist.~nce an h on of old time nurse or two, and the I d e s ~ i n ofsthe Good Father al~ove.>lost ~ e\,eryonr h;rd teen kind and helpfnl and good-natured. I n every rouxh place men had rallied around steadying the wagons down with long ropes or p n s h i n ~ and rolling wa~otrs the Ilad hills. Provisions were up t anythin? I ~ u tplenliful, l ~ i:ood health prevailed and the roughest wagon road in North Amrrica had heen gone over without any serious smash-nps or l,reakdo\vns. Ahout 3?5 miles had heen traveled, 210 of which had Ileen throu$i ~~nsettlcd country over which a wagon had never Konc hefore. The main portion of the camp had heen five and a half months on the journey and all of us as well as the faithful work 82

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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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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
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Description	the purpose of this story, just a few points will be noted. The great majority went to work in earnest and a good healthy Christian atmosphere prevailed in the camp. The Sabbath was observed at all times and under all conditions. Every evening hymns were sung and prayers said. Occasionally dances werc held, especially while we were at the Hole-in-therock where nature had made the smooth flat rock floor on purpose." "January 26, 1880, after almut six weeks work and waitingfor powder, a start was made to move the wagons down the ' H ~ l e '. " ~ The niost commonly accepted version states that Kumen Jones drove Renjamin Perkins' outfit on the first perilous descent. This case rcsts partl !, on the testimony of Jones himself, the only member of the expcdition to claim the honor. H e says: "Long ropes were provided and ahout twenty men and boys would hold onto each wagon as it went down to make sure there would 11e no accidents through brakes giving way or horses cutting u p after their long lay off. I had a well-broken team. This I hitched to Benjamin Perkins' wagon which I drove down through the 'Hole.' It seemed to be the consensus of opinion that Jones actually drove the Perkins wagon and that this was the first one to make the attempt." Kumen wrote the following al~out journey: the "A11 went smonth and safe. By the 28th most of the wagons were across the river and work had rommenced again on the Cottonwood Canyon, another very I-nygh proposition. There was a very important work to he attended to in addition to road making. This was the matter great many animals were needed of finding f o r a ~ for the work horses..-\ c to move the eixhty odd wagons of the camp, and the open country was limited and many hands were occupied with finding feed." "After working and tr;lvcling nearly two and one-half months. thr future site. of Bluff was rcached on the sixth day of April, 1880. Surely the Hand of Pmvidcnre had heen ovrr the traveling pilgrims. No srrious arridents had l~cfallcn any of them. There had heen only tbvo 'tipox-ers.' l'hrcc I~ahies ; d Ileen b o l ~ the way, with the assist.~nce an h on of old time nurse or two, and the I d e s ~ i n ofsthe Good Father al~ove.>lost ~ e\,eryonr h;rd teen kind and helpfnl and good-natured. I n every rouxh place men had rallied around steadying the wagons down with long ropes or p n s h i n ~ and rolling wa~otrs the Ilad hills. Provisions were up t anythin? I ~ u tplenliful, l ~ i:ood health prevailed and the roughest wagon road in North Amrrica had heen gone over without any serious smash-nps or l,reakdo\vns. Ahout 3?5 miles had heen traveled, 210 of which had Ileen throu$i ~~nsettlcd country over which a wagon had never Konc hefore. The main portion of the camp had heen five and a half months on the journey and all of us as well as the faithful work 82
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