| Show The reason for going was that when you reached relieved of finding that trunk from RG to the THE PUMP CAR OR SECTION on the Sanpete Valley train to and from Logan Salt Lake with your trunk as baggage you were old man withhorse and bugay to transfer your Oregon Shortline or vise versa CAR Many trips by teenage boys were made to various railroad towns in the first 15 years of this century using the pump car The Sanpete Valley Train stopped each night at Manti Next morning it would go north Because the boys knew the train schedule the use of the Tittle pump car affordedlot of free transportation to see their girl friends After their dates they would pump themselves home again and put the car where they had found it John Olsen born April CHANGES THE 16 1889 RATLROAD BROUGHT TO SANPETE COUNTY Elmer Ludvigson Sterling Utah Senior Division Second Place Essay Changes have been many in the past ninety five years feel very fortunate to have lived in this era of time and to have done so in Sanpete County especially in Manti and Sterling One change affecting the simple way of my early 1ife was the coming of the railroad to this valley Prior to the tracks being laid in Manti the RGW had been laid as far south as Chester from Thistle Store goods were hauled from the railroad at Chester to Manti by team and wagon In 1890 the railroad came to Mant from Chester and in 1891 it went on through Sevier and Piute Counties to Marysvale The coming of the railroad brought what we thoughtto begreat deal of speed in travel and compared to the wagon and horses it really was People begin to commute to and fro by train an easier and more pleasant way to go MWe were excited to see the drummers as we called the salesmen who were in and out of Manti on business Eating and boarding houses were built recall so well Sister Brownlittle ice cream parior Other stores opened Mail had never been so fast The old mail hack carried mail and people as well in and out of town There wasgreat deal of excitement with the coming of the railroad The most glamorous place to work was on the railroad or on the cars Produce being shipped in and out of Manti meant more money for the people In 1892 my father Erick Ludvigson moved his family to the old Sealer Atwood home in Sterling not too far from the railroad Following the train in 1894 the Sanpete Valley Railroad extendedspur tocoal mine east of Sterling called Morrison This train came from Nephi At the same time FunksLake wasfine place for recreation and the Sanpete Valley Train brought crowds to this spot as well as on to the coal mine The spur left the line between Manti and Sterling atpoint ss |
