The Holt County sentinel., 1919-10-31
BIGELOW NEWS
DOTS AND DASHES, BY RUDE.


lty were a number of circus musicians.
! And going through the country ut that
. time there was number of Indians
who would visit their camp, and the
! hand boys would entertain the Indians
during the evenings with music, and
at camp next evening IL would be up
! to the Indians to entertain the train
, crew. They made camp at Pacific
Springs, Wyo. These two springs arr
noted Tor the fact that they are about
six feet apart--onc omptying into the
Pacific Ocean, and the other into the
Atlantic Ocean. Leaving Pacific
Springs they went over the Big Sandy
River, down Echo Canyon, to the
sweet Wafer River. Here they found
il necessary to travel in the bed of the
river Tor about three miles, thence
over the mountains and down into the
Geat Salt Lake Valley. A number of
Indians were encountered on the trip
but gave the party no trouble.
! During the winter Of iS53-5i. Mr..
Rhodes worked at the blacksmith
trade, in a shop conducted by Brigham
Young, and was personally acquainted
with Brigham, living just across the
street from him where he kept Is
wives. One peculiar feature he no.
ticcd about Brigham-that every
Sunday morning when they went TO
church that Brigham's first wife would
take his arm and the other forty-seven
wives would follow up four abcast
with an old Indian squaw bringing up
the rear, and In this way they went to
church every Sunday morning.
April. 1851, Mr.. Rhodes hired out tu
"A firm 10y the name of Livingston d
kinkadc, who conducted a dry goods
and grocery bu sIncsS In salt Lake, and
during the winter months would buy
up all the calves they could, rounding
them up about the first of April. and
driving them into the state OF Califor-
MA. With two trains of tifty.three
wagons, eight yoke OF oxen to the
wagon and about 1900 head of cattle,
the start was made from Salt Lake
City on April -, 1854, for Stockton,
California. Out Of Salt Lake City.
I Mr.. Rhodes had charge of "A wagon
load of the old time cut nails, which at
that time were worth ten cents per
pound, and eight head OF oxen, four
head Of oxen being used one day and
four the next day, each man being
strictly responsible fOr his wagon and
eight head nf oxen, which we've IN
spcctcd every day. On this trip the
cattle and oxen were allowed Ia feed
along the road, and the two trains av-
uragcd about eight mile, per day, and
on account OF the candy condition OF
the roads II was necessary To make
mUccaslns for the ONcn's feet to keep
them from wearing out. Crossing the
Sierra Nevada mountains was one
mountain in particular that 20 miles
were travelled In reaching the top.
\ half mile OF this twenty being very
steep ana dangerous, IA part Of the
trail being picked out of solid rock
ruts being picked out for the wheels
10 follow, and II the wheels got out
Of this rut the wagons and teams
would have fallen and rolled down the
mountain side for half mile. MIR.
Rhodes pulled his wagon to the top
of this mountain, fifteen miles above
sea level, without assistance on dOub-
ling, and was the only driver IN the
two trains who was able 10 accomplish
this feat. In fact, he enjoyed the hon
or of being the first man to pull this
dangerous half mile without doubling
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