The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
WIPED OFF THE MAP
Sherman Station, 1900 Feet III the
Air, Now Deserted.

cheyenne OWyO) Cor. St Louis Post
DispatchD
Since the great railroad tunnel
through Mt Sherman. Wyoming. has
Deen completed and trains now run IN
ger instead Of over the giant steep,
mere has passed forever what has been
III Iiiir ty-llVe years one of the most
PSSular railroad stations in the world.
VT sherman station stood on the
very top of mountain 5000 feet high.
IN possibly as desoIate p snof as
human eye has ever s ized uDCn No
where is there ever visible aov veg-
etduon beyond "a few scraggv. SUITS of
aihdu Wire grass. Even this can hard
~ exist IN. that region. where one may
encounter almost any day in the sum
IiIeI ram, sleet, show and hail, with a
S9ulperature that often varies from IS
uTsrees 10 40 ana back again within a
II" moments; where the wind never
Eases - blow from twenty-five to sew
elty miles an hour and where the
nerves Of many a tenderfOOt have re-
celVed terrible shocks during the pass
ING OF storms. with the clouds touching
the ground and here and there hurting
angry lightning bolts into the mineral
rocks.
Now the map no longer has a Mt.
sherman station. Nothing in the uav
OF hatitatiOn remains to denote the
past existence OF man on that dizzy
belght, and it is very probable that the
weird rOck-clad spot Will never again
be visited.
II, however in some future age sci
ence or quest of adventure shall lead
some curious person over the summit.
ne VIII md standing silhOutted against
'-ie SKY a massive pyramid-shaped pile
OF chlseled granite, sixty-fiye feet high
ana sixty feet at the base. erected there
years ago IN honor Of the Ames bro
thers, who made it possible to complete
the Union Pacific railroad. A FEELING
or sentimentalism Will doubtless now
and then creep into the minds of those
VINO have often passed this monument.
at the thought that it now stands so
Tar out of the path OF commerce. so far
from the haunts of man. deserted. to
remain there almost as long as Time
shall endure.
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Several years ago two tramp tele-
graph operators devised a scheme for
making a few dollars without much eff
fort They erected a small shantv at
Sherman, gathered pieces of rock of
dlfIerent formations, colored some of
them with dyes, and over Others. poured
melted lead in spots or pounded small
elIs OF copper into the cracks These
when finished, We're specimens of gold
ana silver ores and found a ready
market Ali trains stopped Just in
'front.' OF the shanJy where the two gen
fuses held forth, TO have the air brakes
tested and the wheels examined prior
TO the descent Of the mountain. During
these stops passengers were won't to
run over to the shdnty TO make DUR
chases Of curiOs.
II there was ev er a time when the
wind did not blow a gale at Sherman
1t was period previous to the advent
Of man up there, and it was this ever
lasting wind that oddly blew good Ia
the tramp stOTekeepers. One morning
when the Overland flyer drew up at the
old red depot an aprOned man stood
at the door of the shanty on the Oppo-
site side of the track, beating a gong
with a ,igor that soon attracted the
attention of the passengers. Heads
popped out Ct the windows, and in a
moment people came tumblng out OF
the cars and made a grand rush for the
supposed lunch counter. The wind was
whistling a merry tune over the sum
nit, and in a very few seconds several
hats were rolling among the rocks and
down into the gloom of the canyon. OF
course the recovery Of the headgeaT
was impossible.
When q lot OF passengers had been
"unroofed" it was the signal Tor the
man with the gong to disappear. and
In his stead came another with a string
of cheap hats and caps, which were
easily disposed of to the unfortunate
at fabulous prices.