found such a concentration of steamboats. They stretched for four or five miles, curving with the river itse& sometimes two and three deep. By night, the procession of boats on the lower river was one of magical splendor. Hundreds of lights glanced...
purpose of purchasing supplies for to fit out the companies of saints at Florence on the Missouri River near to the old Winter Quarters (The railway went only about fifty miles to Muscatine]. We stayed at Muscatine until eleven p.m., when we went...
"By the later part of October 1879, the Sreater part of the pilgrims that were to make up the company booked for the San Juan Mission were on wheels headed for the Colorado River at a point east of the Escalante Desert. There were only a few in...
intended to take them out there and exchange them for sheep. We went by way of Bear Valley, down the Sevier River, then turned East up Grass Valley up to Koosharem. At this point, we have a very bad snowstorm, about eighteen inches deep." (Lehi...
Everyone in the Jones family worked hard because it was a necessity. Henrietta was no exception, she could drive four horses as good as any man. When the family moved to town from 3-Creeks in the fall of 1904, school had started. Will was the only...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
They had a steak fry in their back yard, attended an Episcopal study group, all of which were interesting for him." Monday, Iuly 15th: "Still in New York, we got off to a rather late start but made the day...
Family Man
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school. The other 5 of us went to the Metropolitan Art Gallery where we barely skimmed the surface in 3 hours. Many wonderful objects, so many, in fact, that it was hard to absorb them: Whistler's Mother, the Thinker, Renoir,...
Man of Many Hobbies
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This poem was written while on a flight home from Washington,
D.C.:
Now I ponder my contributions Earth shaking? Not so, I fear. What have I left behind me In the long way from there to here? There's comfort in the...
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favorable to his client. As he flew home on the airplane he put together a little verse, which I think speaks for his analysis of his professional practice. Now I ponder my contributions Earth shaking? Not so, I fear. What have I...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
began counting the number of times we crossed the wash, but gave it up as a lost cause. We saw a live bunny. We ate more of our lunches. We lost one straw hat to Emily who threw it over the cliff' into the ravine. We stampeded some cattle, saw two...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
boats; the girls now were acquiring the knack of rolling sleeping bags up small, and were even able to calm straggling hair. Suddenly shouts sent our glances toward the river where one of the rafts was being carried toward the center of the...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
With the "Shasta" tied securely, we shoved off into the constantly flowing river. A long and interesting day lay ahead of us. Just four miles downstream we made (or we should say four crews made) the landing at Smith Fork. A short hike through...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
The day ahead was to be rather long, and spiced only by one stop at a previously unexplored canyon. But we were told of many landmarks and points of interest to keep our eyes on as we drifted down the River of No Return. This particular aspect of...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Then, suddenly the battle began. Crews maneuvered and battled for the downstream positions, and war was on. Water poured into boats from all sides, people went overboard for many purposes: to rescue hats, to get hostages, to pillage other crafts....
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Eventually, the war became too rough. Betty was pulled into the river and held under accidentally; Glad was getting mighty cold; and Merlin lost part of his finger as he tried in vain to retain a large can which was his last weapon. When his crew...