Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-12
HIS LAST RIDE.
Remains Of Doc" Faust, Pony Express
Rider, Arrive Wednesday,

Two months ago DOC" II. j. Faust
left Utah for I'll Paso a delegate to the
Irrigation Congress Wednesday next
his remains win arrive from Los Ang,-
les, to be Inferred at Salt Lake, where
his family resides. The brief announce.
ment Of his death In the News sat
urday, marked the end OF a career
which, like so many others that had
their being In the west and especially
In the Rocky Mountain west dealt
mostly with doing things first Doc
Faust, as everyone knew the old pho.
neer, was the first contributor to the
Deseret Agricultural & Manufacturing
society when It was organized to take
charge OF the Utah territorial fairs. He
made the first bricks in Utah, at Fill
more, in the early fftles, He built and
kept Faust station" on the mail route
across the southwestern desert Ire
made the Faust Cutoff" In the over
land route to California, when the pony
express carried the mail. His last Oc-
cupation was as a miner at Deep Creek,
still a pioneer locality He may, In fact,
be said to have followed the pathdnd-
er's trail, right 70 the sunset, where he
has now made his last camp
~ the time Of his death II j. Faust
was % years old lie was born IN Ger
many, but spent his boyhood In Mis-
souri,, whore his parents removed when
h. atask a. - ,1A In, hs ma.
west with the gold immigration, and In
1851 returned 10 Utah to take ny the
duties OF pioneer In trail breaking
through the south and west He went
with his father to Fillmore There ho
met the lady who afterwards became
his wife, while working at the occu-
patton Of brick manufacturer.
In 1851 raid Of Apache Indians had
created a vacancy IN Che mail route 10
Los Angeles and II. j. Faust was re-
quested to take the position. The road
led over five desert stretches OF deep
sand without water Describing tho
trip, as Doc Faust knew IT, he has
said frequently he was glad that his
arms were OF longer range than the
Indian arrows, and that on more than
one occasion he had been chased from
camp to camp by Apaches, eager ioi
loot. In 1858 at Las Vegas. DOC"
Faust had his narrowest escape from
death A party OF eight people which he
was escortlng over the trail, was sur
rounded al Las Vegas fort and told
they had 10 die, II was a trying sltua-
tlon, as the band Of braves were dressed
In the war paint and feathers, and al
most without other attire. On thls and
one other occasion II was Faust's
knowledge OF the Indian character that
saved him, When the demand was
made for his life, he led The old chief
aside and told him that II the Amer-
cans must die the chief would die with
Them and they two would start the
thing by dying together right there.
This led 10 a compromise, In which the
Indians took the horses OF the party and
left them TO work their way to the next
settlement afoot
In 1858, on July q, Faust left for
Goose Creek TO open up the mail route
10 California by way OF the Humbolt
river, All the next winter the party
under his lead was out, exploring road.
digging trails, carrying the mails. ana
sleeping where night overlook them. in
such shelter as could be made with a
pair Of blankets and underbrush.
In the Pioneer Jubilee Of 1897 doc"
Faust represented the pony express
riders OF the flfiles lie tol3 an expert
ence Of those early days, when Horace
Greeley was his guest one night ,on the
edge OF the wilderness, and he forced
the honored statesman TO talk. by hid
Ing all the tallow dips 50 that he would
not be able 10 indulge during the eye-
ming IN his fayorlte diversion OF read
ing This Incident was mentioned BY
Greeley IN a book OF travels which he
wrote as the result Of his western trip.
As pioneer fields became less. Mr..
Faust came TO Salt Lake, and started
a livery stable on Second South street.
near the present site OF the Wilson no.
tel Later he engaged In wholesale
Strengthening at North Salt Lake, but
the panic Of 1873 swept most Of his hold.
lngs away Until 1880 Mr.. Faust was
engaged In handling cattle He intro.
duced many thoroushbreds TO Utah.
both OF horses and OF beef cattle. Six
years ago he removed to Deep Creek.
Tooele county where, he states IN an
article prepared for the Christmas
News a week before he left for the
Irrigation CONGRESS. he was waiting
for Senator Clark 10 build a branch
road to the mountains