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Show Pioneer :?e sonal History HRS NO . 314 Revised 3/9 /0'7 CRI SPEN T1 YLOR ..: ... rne 1 H. Ho lyoa.k Moab , Utah Oct . 6, 1J38 Crispen Taylor was born in the state of Ohid in the year 1839, when that state was !:m. a very prirnitive condition. He rvas of hardy pioneer stocli:, and when the great western movement began, in the sate 40's , made the journey to Utah, with his parents , who died in Utah. While ~.x . Taylor was still a yorug man, he went to California. Duri ng his early manhood he \Vas i n the government service in Indi an campaigns , as packer. Before the cLa.ys of the .1. a.ilroa.d he made several trips from the Missouri river to Arizona and Californ i a , as · freighter . He has helped to bu:tld many of the roads thru ~1r izona , Nevada and Utah , and thene i s hardly an ol d road in either of the three states that he has not travelled . 11he town of Moab owes to him, a.long wi th several other men like him, a debt of constant gratitude. .fuen what is now a beautiful valley , with modern homes equipped with many useful conveniences was only a b2..rren deser·t/ when treacherous Redslcins were many times more nu.-inerous tha t white q_eople and when one risked his very life to venture away from the mo~e densely settled se ttlements, Crispen Taylor and a few of his companions pioneered their uay to :Moab, made a settlement at :doab , and built trails which l ater le<i others to come to the ·valley, a.nd make their homes there . In 1875, with two of his nephews, he brought a bunch of cattle into what is now !1oab valley, Shortly after this the Utes (Indians) drove them from the valley. Mr. Taylor t eturned to the va lley in 1879 from which time is dated of the first permanent s : ttlement there . Mr . Taylor died June 12, 1908 , in Springville, Utah from effects of cancer of the stomach. He had been suffering severely since the fall before, when it was learned tha t there was no hope for his recovery. This is another of the men v~10 reclaimed the wast for the progress and vivilization has passed to the great beyond . !, t his death he left t wo so11s , and thre2 daue;hters, all of· whom ·were married. 1l11ey •ere J . C. Taylor of ,.:oa.b ; Yi.r s . Emma. Augusta. Sperry of IJephi ; Mrs. da :marrow; and Mrs . ,Jtella. ;.:5tewa t of ::10.s.b. At the passing away of such men as he , re calls to mi nd , very vividly the vioi.ssit ... ~,;;r;;, d,f}Q,Q. ~ .n {l9htps 't"ghien the early settlers endured. IJ..1heir departure will mark the end of the greatest of men who v1ere unconq_uerable . :they faced drouth, fa.mine, and nmrder tha t this should be the greates t nation on the earth , ~ a.nd it will be by the perpetuation of such blood that the spark of industry will be ke_) t alive and the name of the United Sta.tas remain synon~ of progress and achievament among the people of all nations . (At the time of his death</. he was one of L:toab's oldest pioneers} (From the files of the 0 Timesn Voi: . 25 , Uo . 2; under date of June 19th, 1908) |
