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Show 1800 24th, sn as d g he JUly , 23 I w nt t Bmamr" had a d h01T.(b on the 25th. and r wa a not much of t.urn -18- tting out Lumbe r , a plasant cl.bration on th. op4lnt the ummex farm:tng My fath®r 8e:,. me pa.rt' of, hi lQ.nd, and !a.rr.lr, I I t nd®d. all of j. t. I had to travel condd(n"ably ae it lay :i.n the Lowe r part of the fitfJld about 2'- tnilf)o "from town" and I would fr<F:qul'ltly camp thr$ vihilfl at ork, alway5 during irrigating and mot of th tim during t.Jlrvru t • Oct. 30, 1860, I tartd on a trip to th$ southorn attlmonte, vdf and rao ther , for a vipi t and to trad0 for Dixi9 takilg my oduco V't) travled s lowly wi th my yokf8 of oxen , for I had no pr horQ, 9 and fath r 11, d it OWl1@d al y t1ince e 10f't Nauvo o Th first night 1;J mtayd at C(!)clar C1 ty wi th Bro. Lun·t. '1hQ next o.8,Y w(!, wen t to Harmony, 17 miles, vihere WG apen t a ploar.sant 0v1911ing at a dan ce a'1d 80ci9.1. ,1Jov®mba'r 1 we wen to Toquervill, finding the rOD.dtrJ vry rough&lid. irocky on th way., Thttre -we wer kindly troatwd,l)y Job Hall, who had rcet'ntly mOTe}d to thi place fl"+om liaroum.ne The next day I trad'ed :ror a li,ttle mo Lanne s , paying Slalt I 7dnt over to th® 11 ttle crculk whe re and flour. Harri$bu:rg wa!B aftel"17ard buil t t and found t11Q} rand v&ry hSH.?.'VY and candy mo s t of th:) way. The s t r ram wa call$d -DuaL Cl"'st}k4i No On6', wa living her e but a f'arm had be en mtarted some' di!l3tanc below th road. YIe campe d he r-e for the night. llry v/ife and mother we r e a li ttl® c.raid of I:ndian, but none made th0ir appaar-ance , and L109t of tb In<1ians o.! Sout}'l®l'n Utah ler fri®ndly at this tim(:t:. Nov. :5 l t"J. 3ta.r·td v6ry arly and went to Wahington whe re VIa s t opp ed a zh:')rt tim. This Wa.£i tht) largalst of our Dixie ettlemel'1t$ but wan quite a mmall plac. We pac®d on to the ,mouth of the Clara Shr am' and found. one or two log cabt ns The p Lace wher@ S'c. Gt:"org \l:5 af-torrnard bttil t was D, vdlderX10rHil). W®' follow-ed up the e t ream to t he fort, a pleat4ant 1i ttle plac and th ]3]dn of tho southern country. Jacob Hamblin and my couatns Dudley and Lemuel l.cr&vi t t 1i ve d hTC. Vl had a p Lea sanf tim(l!: and trade;q. the r ee t of our produce for molawe$p .tc. rruesday, No.vember '7, W$ mtart®d home, tollow'ing up th® Clara. Strea.m to Gunlock Fort. ,The pla.co wa riazae d 9.ftr \r:illiam Hcmblin who lh7<!d he.r e be caus e h: wa such a hun t e.r Wo zte.yed here al1 nighto The Clara. i a "beauti:tul s tz-eam her-eo Th vall<lY if) rather narrow and, Vf!4ry littl land. 'ill fit for cultl.vation,. bu·t large co t tonwood t r ee s alor.g th banks gi V0 'the s tream a maj i$ti c Irov@L'lbr 8 w@ went to Jacob Hamblin' s ranch at appearance. 110untain 1adows, a 1'6hort dita.nc ix-orn t scene of th(l ma.2HMtCl"G. Thi 8 was r.JQrely a ranch hOU36 Wh8rG a. f@,w he rdsmea tayed who 'Were looking after th@ cat,tle and i'lhf.;p.o The rlJCt clay w@ came on. patit l:into Crck to ':Leechefti Springs; and arrived home lat :l.n th e voning of ITovem'ber 100, l:y couIDin, Dudl<ty Le:lvi tt, Ca.rtl0 up with us •• Ue had a very pleaDant trip on th road and njoyed our BlveG very much. I.had vi9ited the Clara once. before il1 the fall of 1856 and wa$ much delighted with th 'plac@ which,s€@med a little ljarc diH.. Soon aftr, the high w;ter detroyed thf: fort and muoh of the farming land nnd ntj_rel,. chemgd ·the Ii ttle village. Some of' -th{J&le Ii ttlOl plnoe had. many advantage$ of wj_ 1, clima.. t, range 9 etc, but thy wsr® o far rmoved from upplie that it wt=lm very hard tor the attler$. Al1othe;r great dra.wback wam th$ bad roadt3. The oountry was. very rough and brok('b!l a.nd the l"oad , . , , . . , ',,'_ , , , .. w re almost impazIB1bl" , |
