| Show A SIGHT TO BEHOLD Elizabeth Jacobsen Story 1513 Madison Avenue Cheyenne Wyoming 82001 Non-Professional Honorable Mention 1903 their east would Division Anecdote In the early days before the turn of the century and up until the sheep owners and cattle owners of Sanpete could graze flocks of sheep or their herds of cattle on the Wasatch Plateau of Sanpete County absolutely free Then in the winter they move the herds down from the mountain pastures to the East Desert - or to the West Desert The West Desert was Jericho where most of the Mt Pleasant livestock were taken The sheep were herded by young men from Mt Pleasant some of whose families owned the livestock It waspleasant job foryoung man to spend his summer on the mountain and to have his own horse and sheep-canp wagon withwhite canvas cover for his shelter and inside stove and table and bed Each herder had his sheep dogs to help him control the herd In the morning there was much work ing to get thelr herds bedded down noon there was time for the herder sheep were resting in the shade of horses some rested and some spent to be done and also in the even for night time but in the afterto spend as he pleased while the the trees Some boys rode their hours foolishly carving names on the lovely white barked Aspen trees with their pocket knives but there was one boy from Mt Pleasant who did not waste his time or talent and Each painted afternoon lovely things he got - out birds his paints trees brushes horses and small turpentine animals and his dogs and sheep and the lovely mountains and streams Then at the end of the summer when it was time to bring the herds west t0 Mt Pleasant and over to the West Desert they all came with their sheep-camp wagons down to the valley Some wagons and herders were not needed on the Desert Many of the camps were left in Mt Pleasant until needed again in the springtine the next year The young herdermost sdmire was the one who had painted lovely things on the entire space of his new white canvas wagon top Both outside and would you believe it inmside as well It was truly Sight to Behold and one for with This painted wagon was pulled into the Madsen ranch barnyard needless to say the artist was very proud of his work Everycame from far and near to see it it was very colorful amd one wishcould have seem it It should have been saved along many other lovely things from the past which we have lost 73 |
