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Show 18 ing permanent residents . To ( the'lWorinon thelWorinon ) therefore , , , the problem of transportation was vast importance . . The records of the cliurch disclose that after the year 1847 there was considerable travel between Salt Lake City , Utah , and California . . The road to . California started at Salt Lake City , , and went ( down- down ) t1irough central Utah and swung west and passed , out of Utah near the Virgin River . . The road was a long , hard trip , ( which NAhich ) was attended by ( consider- consider ) able difficulty on account of the rough , , barren , , uneven country through which it passed . . Several roads led from Salt Lake City to ( various- various ) points on the Green River . A road led from Salt Lake City across the Green River at ( Gunnison's Gunnisons ) Crossing , which is the present site of Greenriver , , Utah . . There was another road which led from Salt Lake City to the mouth of the Uinta River . It was at that point that Major Powell , on his second ( expe- expe ) dition , , left his party and went to Salt Lake City . ( Dellenbaugh , Compl . Exhibit 14 , pp . 66 and 67 ) The road from Salt Lake City , which crossed at ( Gunnison's Gunnisons ) Crossing , was traveled by the Aformons in their settlement of Moab in the year 1855 . . ( See Compl . Exhibit 625 . ) The most authentic history of the use of these roads is found in the records of the Mormon Church . . The pertinent excerpts were collected by Mr . . Dellenbaugh and are found in Compl . Exhibits 621 , 622 , 623 , 624 , and 626 . . In addition to the through travel between Salt Lake City and California , it was necessary for the Mormons |
