Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-21

( the point where the monument
stands, " a tine spfing OF IurB water
20 b. called pisgah spfi1gs and IA th,
source tex cop, To- high wutorl OF the
little cfeek 40 lwu A. pnsah branch
which puts into Grand river bout q
mile below. The hgh elevation risiug
~ between tins little brook
aud Grand river Is what 81 known us
pisgah Hill. IL b. supposed that this
beautiful Bpriug, which IL said TO con-
tain os Eo0d wafer s can be- found la
the stale Of lows, was one % the main
attractions Tor the Mormon pioneers
who on account u ita presence, located
their Temporary sr.tltmuui ON the
fIge beyond, 40 uuur that they could
easily OBTAIN their drinking water
from the spring; which they uii.
IL is worthy OF note that nearly all
the streams ia tGlf uyi4hbarlOud
which were named by the M0rmlns
Ftiil retain the original nance. Thus
a stream which was crossed Toy The Us
Mormon trail fJut miles east Ut PisgAh
h. still known by the uupocuical name
Of -Four Milo ufrus; another three
miles uithrr east 10 SIN called Seven
Mile creek, thus named by the Saints
because IL wlp auvon miles east OF
Mount pisgah. IVES. Of pisEah tnera
arc Three Mile creek ami Twelve Mile
creek, wuiuh denoted ihc8 respective
distances west OF the temp faty settle.
mcnt.
Tue old Mormon trail crosses Grand
river almost duo west irom whete the
monument FiauGp, about hnii % mile
distant, Ma. White says that when he
aud bis ioiks fret came int the cluu-
tfy the Did Mormon tfhil was very
good foaJ; 10 had born Lara out with
good Judgment aud followed the elOpus,
riIges AMI beet gtulgs ia such O. man.
uCr that heavy l1hus could ice huu.c4
through the county which WOgld be-
impossible over tue present f0uls,
which, H8 n rule, follow ihu section
AMI quarter section line, and oIuau-
quUully cross the sleep Ridges AMI IT,.
vines wherever thuy intercept the
highways. These ridges ufe very
uumemus in The vicinity OF Grand
fiver. The old Mormon trail va, lOcat.
ed bsiOtu tue land came into market.
kuuui tau time tue llst Saints let
Mount pisgah In 1856, arrangements
were maids 10 have Vie crave 5 ard
tWhcrn .p many OF the faithful were
uurivdl inciUsed with an oightrail
fence. u Appcafs, however that
only a small potion VI the
huTyiur ground was fenced, William
n. Lnrl,. who was one Ut the earl rot.
tlcfs OF Union county (hav'ng ru.ii,d
In aud around MI Pis. ah since 1850,
talI mo that be furnished nearly one
hundred rail. himself to help fence the
gfuunu; but that some time Afterwards
n man 10y the name Of ID. L. Guthridsv
entered the land on which the grave.
yuti stood, and being q ptrsou who
npplrn tly possessed but little rtHTUut
Tor tho dead, he tore down TIE fence
ntouni the cemetery ANS used The
material Tor enclosing hlu iutm a.
| large. This happened about 1866, rom
which time uatil 1855, WHEN the Itg' ID
cnt fence was put zap by Mt Wii',
the ground was lett eXp1sei TO IA
| tfampug OF cattle, hug- Hui other aui.
mals, which broke Of the few PLAN
| monuments, head hIarIf ulc., which
owing friends had placed there. sub
| sequcutly the pieces were carried Oh
| by people who resided In the neigh.
| b0fhoDd. Albert g. White, who located
| at Ne. PHgah In 1866 with Ills parents,
| ETH remembers that nj that Time there
were number OF head stones stan 81
Ing, upon some OF which were plain
aud foil descriptions. lilo Tucol'
luct4 distinctly that there was
quite handsome sandstone with
the name Of William Huntington
on 81; but that 10 was Knocked
down 10y the cattle which were allowed
10 roam over the grluui At pleasure,
ana finally II was broken 10 pieces nuu
the fragments carried oil by the
youngsters from the nUighborius iAfm'
! Tor whtts,Oues.
Although 20 many IA Utah hHy,
iricnda aud relatives buried IN IA,
| Pi-gnh graveyard, / was inlOrmuu
tNat | was the tlfst ptrsou from Utah
to visit the place siuce the monument
was erected IN 1855. Mr.. White aud
| family who are Emo, frsptctAbl,
people ami friends 10 the people VI
! Utah, Invites Others 10 call and Sue the
| monument aui surrounding county
! Any one going east or west over me
/ Burlington route shout slep Ou oil
Alton, whore Mr.. white, ~ thoy a.
| quest him beforehand, win meet then
with team 90 convey Oh 10 B. Pi-g,h
ANDREW JrNsuN.