The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-25
Native Saw No Rain
for Forty Years
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canyon. We got on the wrong
road near Park City and after a
lot of lodging round and blowing
through mud holes we went
through another side track canyon
and stopped for the night at a
place called Rockport. We set up
our camp in front of Mormon
church and all the inhabitants of
the town were Mormons.
Near Park City were some piles
of cans that were almost noun
tains in themselves. This was an
other thing we noticed that is pc
culiar to the west and particular
ly the southwest. | guess every
one out there lives out of tin cans.
Another thing that is different
from the east is that they let bulls
run loose and in this Mormon
town of Rockport they were run
ming loose in the streets. They
raise some wicked looking animals
in the west too.
Not far from Rockport we
struck the Lincoln Highway again
and went through another canyon
called Echo Canyon. There we
found the road completely washed
out in places by flood of a
few days previous. This condition
lasted for about 20 miles and then
VIC found pretty good roads into
Evanston, Wyoming, a very nice
looking city.
From the road near Fort Bridger
we could see some snow capped
mountains off to the right, prob
ably Mt. Agassiz and Wilson Peak
in Utah.
We stopped for the night at
Green River, Wyo. Back of the
camp grounds was a peculiar cliff
formation and in one place some
thing that resemblcd a town. In
front of the camp was a river, the
Green River, | presume, and it
contained so much alkaI that it
was a milky white color--some-
thing like dish water.
Gasoline in this section was a
little cheaper 1t was Bic at Evan
ston and 30c at Green River Oil
is practically standard price all
over the country.
Wednesday, Aug. Is was a rath-
er uneVentful day. 1t was the
same unsettled, dcsolate country.
At Hanna whore we campcd that
night we asked an old fellow if it
ever rained in that part of the
country and he said he didn't know
he'd only lived there 40 years.
The next day we found where
i. does rain once in a while. We
had just passed the highest point
or the Lincoln Highway at an ele-
walton of 1885 feet when a terrific
thunder storm swept across the
mountains. Mr.. Steward got a
shock while putting on the skid
chains that was worse than any
spark plug he ever got hold of. 1t
was an induced charge from Il
streak Of lightning that hit about
300 yards away. A little later
another streak hit not more than
100 yards away. The flash and
crash were simultaneous together
just like a lannon's report. Our
top was no good due to the heat
of the desert, so we were more OF
less wet when we landed at Chey-
enne. This was the first rain
since the storm in Arizona.
The municipal camp grounds at
Cheyenne are good. In addition
to the usual equipment of the
better camps, daily reports are
given out as to the condition of
the various roads leading out of
the city.
The next day, the 18th, we did
a rather interesting thing. We ate
our breakfast in Wyoming, our
dinner in Nebraska, our supper in
Colorado and went back into Ne
braska to sleep and we didn't leave
Cheyenne until HOO a. m.
Nebraska appeared to be nearly
level country, much like Kansas.
The western part especially near
Cheyenne is d stock raising coun-
try while the eastern part is de
voted to farming
Grand Island, Nebraska also
possesses a fine camp ground.
They even furnish an electric iron
and the current is free. One
woman ironed a dozen Of her
"hubby's shirts while we we're
there.
From Cheyenne cast We had
generally fine roads and made