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it looks stormy. Hyrum, Peter, and Johnny Willden start with the cattle. This road is just a trail, rock, fallen trees, and stumps in the path. The women and children walk most of the way to the top, with mothers carrying babies. Then it started to sprinkle so we xot in the wagons and didn't take one good brcath until we reached the bottom. We have a good camping ground with watcr, food and fecd close by. We are very thankful for these. I V e had a good supper, prayers, and go to bed as we are very tired. Traveled 20 miles today. Oct. 25 -We warmed rocks and put in the wagons to keep warm. Traveled 2 miles today. Oct. 26 - Escalante -Not traveling today. Hyrum is gathering stock they left from last trip. . . . we are camping one-half mile above town. Oct. 27
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are still waiting for Hyrum. T h e horses will ha\e a good rest. . We spent the evening talking about our call to San Juan; some thought they would just as soon stay in C e d a ~ . But when a call comes from the President of the Church, we go. We had prayers and go to our wagons. AIR) God bleqs us all.
Oct. 28 -Leave Escalante after two days rest. . . roads are rough this morning. . this afternoon they are terrible, sand up to our shoe tops. The women walked and the wagons didn't qet into ramp until after we did. A cow and calf were lost. Sister Willden and her little girl and boy walked miles to find them and didn't get to camp until long after dark. There is no water in camp tonight and it is blowing so hard we couldn't get supper. We didn't stop for dinner either. Oct. 29 - Wc all had to l a v e the trail. IVe go back for the wagons tomorrow. T h e men stand guard over the horses and cattle; they are restless and determined to go back; there is no feed or water. We eat a cold lunch. We cannot wash so we have prayers and go to bed. Oct. 30 - I don't know what this place is called, hut I call it Devil's Txvist, and that's a Sunday name for it.Up hill and down hill, the poor animals. I never saw a horse pull, paw, fall down,
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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 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| 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 |
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