| Show THE FIRST FREIGHTERS Anderson Fairview Utah Non-Professional Division Honorable Mention Essay The early Pioneers insurmountable with challenges persistent of Pioneer use the In the and area confronted courage they were proven were They endeavored determination endeavor old of Sanpete but of transportation to through sheer improvise the wagon many to overcome fortitude and forced ways with these challenges vision In many necessity new methods that apparently had fields to not only of achieving served the Pioneers so well in crossing the plains to Utah was againpriceless possession wagon the was sturdy primitive inlimited vehicle durable roads way for dependable it was the first housekeeping for freighting The wagon and practical mobile home but most trains it was adaptable on wheels of all The it was coming with goods it was to suitable the work and commodities from Salt Lake must have beenmost welcome sight to the Pioneers of Sanpete and undoubtedly each arrival brought jubilant excitement anddeep appreciation for the miracle-of the wheel filled try to the cedar visualize Indian knoll see in my mind eye the wonderment thinking as he sat on his shaggy his the stoic face bathed in that must have pony on some distant warmth of the early morning sun his coalblack hair waving gently in the morning breeze his weatherbeaten his hands resting silhouette tenance wagons blending frozen As of the never before these scene seen his have with the hawk-eyed covered must such on the unkempt mane completely in unbelief he watched magic firmly wagons Did ever-obedient beautiful vision this landscape riveted traverse fascinated an object of his his child beloved of he suddenly the develop for the wagon and perhaps alsobitter hatred for it beginning of the belongings from end one for his limited primitive campground to another on method his coun the moving valley forest the He deep had respect It signaled the of moving It quietly horse his announced personal new era of transportation in his cherished homeland The Indianonly means for moving freight was his own back or his faithful horse Sometimes when the freight was really heavy drag was used consisting of two poles one on of each side of the horse buckskin around the neck The front ends were tied of the horse and the two together with straps other ends would drag Indian well-defined behind withbuckskin rope joining them together and providingplatform to carry keen eyes the freight were the of the only roads the The dim Indian trails knew Many times he had to his moved from his winter quarters to his summer hunting grounds using this method of transportation--a method fathers through generations which had been handed down to him from his Now change was crowding in and the Indian fore didnknow quite how to cope with or accept it The Indian related to the horse that pulled the wagon he related to the roads they were enlarged trails that he knew well but the wagon he couldncomprehend--it was total mystery |
