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Show HISTORY OF EMERY COUNTY. 599 and ate it to obtain strength to continue the journey. The liquor caused a sudden numbness, which made them fear death was approaching, and they tramped all night through the storm to reach their wagon, which had been left on the east side of the mountain. After a tedious, tiresome and almost impossible trip the men reached Castle Dale and distributed Christmas toys and candies to the children. Many pages could be devoted to relating stories of narrow escapes by cold, hunger and privation endured by those brave men in the early days, but this incident will suffice to show the perils incidental to settling in an isolated country, with no railroads and high mountains lying between them and the base of supplies. / But the pioneers of Castle valley were men who braved the dangers of isolation and conquered the arid deserts to found homes for themselves and children, where peace and plenty would smile upon the future generations and children would rise up and bless the bold pioneers who opened the pathway to this chosen vale. In the spring of 'SO many new settlers located in different parts of Castle valley, and new irrigation canals were constructed to tap the different streams. The Rio Grande Western railroad was graded into Utah during and those who sought employment found plenty of work, while the market for farm products was the best, and the year closed with brighter prospects and more bounteous supplies for families and domestic animals. The prices for various farm products this fall and winter were the highest ever recorded in this valley. Oats sold for five dollars and wheat three dollars per hundred pounds. Onions found a ready cash market at 10 cents, and cabbage 8 cents a pounds, eggs 30 cents a dozen, butthis season, |
