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16BIC Standard-Examiner Sunday June 29 1975 reaf Besides being the potential' July 8 1877 claimed they saw a I the strait and turned the whales Several steamboats also cited raft from planks torn from the i Blanche Wenner who lived the lake beginning with the Miller cabin there as a girl owned island both of hide and fin loose Acting as if never left their native seas the Kate Connor in tb where a I Wenner'and his faunily "moved! who died in lS-and transport railroad ties andi Fremont built a fine rock her father are buried telegraph poles house and lived there until 1831 1 Charles Stoddard leased the The largest was the 70-foot The judge had tuberculosis (island for a time for use as a City of Corinne weighing 300 and hoped the lake might offer stock range In 1SS1 a tons a Mississiooi River-tvne a cure but he died 1883 and Utahns bougnt Uie island mom tons a Mississippi hi er ly pe was burjed a short distance Miss Wenrer and explored it for stern wheeler with two stacks the house i recreational potential and three decks source of uncounted millions of mass dollars worth of valuable1 minerals plus an area which has great potential for recreation purposes Great Salt Lake has held a strange fascination for almost everyone since the time it was first discovered Indians had told of mysterious creatures in the lake and of great one at that sucked boats into its depths never again to be seen Even John Fremont looked upon it with wonder as did rapidly a few yards its enormous terrible The men returning the their camp Nobody they saw speculation it buffalo SCHOOL Another approaching and within of the shore raised head and uttered a fled terror-stricken next day to find had been destroyed knows what it was but could have been a OF WHALES account tells of whales played a bit then made a run on the fence went through it and disappeared in deep water SEEN LATER A representative left behind by Mr Wickham spotted the whales six months later and 50 miles from the little bay Others reported seeing the whales in that same area and On instructions to follow the whales the agent found the first two had grown to 60 feet and now had several hundred young ranging in length from 3 to 15 feet Over the years many boats American many of those who came before school of whales put into the This boat was launched at Corinne May 24 1871 as a transport craft for ore livestock and timbers then converted to a luxury excursion cruiser Because James A Garfield once took a trip in it the name was changed to General Garfield It burned in 1904 when fire swept the Garfield bathing resort As far as anyone knows only two of the Antelope and have MicentemialM and after him One of the most-often asked questions is whether the lake has an outlet dm beginning with the India Rubber i Yjeen occupied to any great Jt- lake about 1875 by one James Wickham It seems that this gentleman obtained a pair of Australian whales after two years of off the Australian coast in an effort to pluck two young ones uninjured from the sea The beasts each about 35 feet long where shipped to San Francisco in 1873 (so the story goes) in tanks built for them Fifty tanks of sea water accompanied the whales on their overland trip to insure plentiful supplies of their natural element Mr Wickham came from London to oversee the of his leviathan pets selecting a small bay near the mouth of the Bear River that was connected with the main water by a shallow strait a half mile wide He built a wire fence across boat used by Fremont to explore the lake have appeared on the inland sea The first Mormon boat was the Mud Hen used in 1848 to explore some of the islands Howard Stansbury conducted an extensive survey in 1850 aboard the Salicomia and Brigham Young launched the Timely Gull in 1864 COMPILED DATA Much of the information about Great Salt Lake and its legends has been compiled by Dr David Miller professor of history at the University of Utah When men approached the lake they were fearful lest they be caught in the giant whirlpool said to be located somewhere on the surface In 1870 boatmen from Corinne who were making regular trips across the lake reported finding a off Fremont Island into which water was rushing They claimed a schooner was almost sucked into It Most people considered the report a hoax but there were some who believed it and others actually hoped it was true so the lake would remain at a BLOCK built in 1881 in downtown Ogden by leading landowner and businessman Peery housed as can be seen by the signs the Chamber of Commerce a dentist hardware store and Burt Bros a drygoods store Note the bolts of cloth on the walk at the entrance on the right Our colors are showing Look for the red white and blue and you will find Real- tek there serving you First Report Cards EEI3 Ancestors of Chicanes JS Peery Weber County superintendent of schools was authorized to buy the first report "ards for students on April 21 1831 First to Explore Area extent Antelope has been used as a stock range since 1849 when the Mormon Church pastured part of its tithing herd there STATE PARK An adobe house built under church direction in the 1850s still is used as headquarters for the Island Ranching Co A small herd of American bison ranges there and the north end of the island is being developed as a state park Fremont Island once called Disappointment Island for more than 20 years beginning in 1859 was occupied by the Miller brothers of Farmington who used it as a sheep and cattie ranch It was known as Miller Island for 30 years The Millers were there when grave-robber John Baptiste was banished there been hired to dig graves in Salt Lake City but would go out at night dig into the new graves and steal clothing and jewelry from the corpses BUILT HOME i Henry Miller took the I prisoner to the island and leftj him and three weeks later Dan Miller visited the island and found he had escaped making a I YOU America are now receving a subdivision designed for ou at Mountain Road Estate on 1100 North Mountain Road Railroad Vet Linked in 2-3 bedroom units Birthday to President's Designed for the growing family! We Plan to Please Jim Hansen 399-3062 John Clawson 731-3760 Larrv WiKun 621-6796 off spanning Great Salt Lake His wife who was then Clara Chase a native of Vermont came to Ogden in 1894 and they were married that year Clara feared the Indians who used to come to Ogden and ask for food peeking in windows and asking for meaning sugar Mr Mignault retired from the railroad in 1929 REALTY COMPANY In one sense of the word the to enter the state were mem- reasonable level earliest ncn-Indian travelers in bers of the Dominquez-Escalan-! From somewhere a legend what is now Utah were mem-ite expedition in 1776 This expe-j has grown that a boatman bers of what is today diiion the first non-Indian pene- caught in the whirlpool was latest minority group thejtr a tion of the Great Basin (sucked into an underground Chicano listed the names of I i a river and for days perhaps Chicanes are the tribes and geographical fea-j weeks traveled on the swiftly of th cuPural legacy of the lures most of which are still 1 running surface of the sub-Soanish conqueror and the In-' current terranean stream emerging in dian waves of the conquerors The Escalante expedition fail-1 the San Juan Mountains in the strictest sense of the ed to establish communications Southern Colorado and transportation connections BLIND FISH Thev are American not Mex- between Santa Fe and Califor-I irar' nia but it did lead to the de-i Although the lake wJei liA Within the broader definition velopment of trade York City when Grover of the word which includes sub- New Mexico settlements th aeveland was first elected groups the Soanish 1 the Great Basin region hri President' Americans from New Mexico No one knows how far north-' fnAh-it and fnr the hlindl In the early 1880s he went to id southern Colorado and the ward Spanish trade with the In- iJ his boat he Washington to help Mr Cleve- sxans the Californios and the dians actually reached but iand celebrate his inauguration Spanish-speaking Latin Amen- while moving through Montana 7 upland birthday but I guess cans the first Chicanos were and Idaho the Lewis and Clarki another giant butfbe know he was ceiebrat-jioneers party saw many signs of con- Sfh wLTlake ing the latter" SartaFe ard 74 Indians" Besides the "hirlpool Great1 In 1384 he joined the Order In 1510 Capt Garcia Lopez de Salt Lake also has had its (of Railway Conductors retain- Cardenas a member of the Cor-' TRADING OF SLAVES i monsters ling his membership for more cnado expedition reached the The Utes and Navajos par- A few years after the than a half century Colorado River near the south- ticularly anxious for Spanish 1 whirlpool was reported wit- When he went to work for the em edge of the Great Basin but horses traded Paiute and West- nesses claimed a monster SP the tracks followed the probably didn't enter what is ern Shoshoni slaves taken in roamed the northwest arm original route around the north 621-6796 now Utah pelts for riding A group of men camped on end of Great Salt Lake In 1901 City of the Centennial Trees Horrisville Salutes America! warfare and mounts the shore near the north end on he helped build the Lucin Cut- The first Chicanos definitely As in the past Democracy is strengthened through active community involvement and participation Although small in size Harrisville's vitality evident with its citizens participating in the action TOGETHER WE ARE BUILDING A BETTER TOMORROW The original settlers of Harrisviile iearnea that cooperative effort resulted in progress The community of today although new (1962) is committed to building an exciting community The last trees beautified The Today this same pioneer spirit has become part of the foundation of Harrisviile City Its' citizens are putting their time energies and resources in actually building a country environment within a city are planted Harrisviile is last of 200 trees are being planted along the highway and in the park at Harrisviile to'R Dr William Shurtleff Alma Harris and Mayor Tom Larsen Citizens Bui Beautify their Community 76-l9l6 And Our Northern Utah Area Beehive Bottling Co 29 years under the same ownership 20 employees and their families -ft 4c 4c 4c 4c -fe -fe fe fe -fe -fe -fe -fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe SJ5" Coca-Cola Bottlina Co 26 years under the same ownership 65 employees and their families wmum Odanda Shipley and Porter Gooch work on the completion of a five 'acre posse ground developed by Harnsvihe Kiwams Club for ihe youth of the community 3b 3b Jb zb 3b 3b 5f 3b 2b 3b 3b lb 3b 3b 3b 3b 2b 3b 3b 3b Jb 3b 3b 3b 3b 3b Jb 3b 3b 3b 3b 3b 3b Members of the Harrisviile bi-centennial committee Mjrin Harris Mrs Barbara Christenson and Mrs Shanna Edwards are observing the one hundred year old trees of the ney cen'enniol park site Seven-Up Bottling Co 28 years under the same ownership 28 employees and their families Pepsi Cola Bottling Co 20 years under the same ownership 42 employees and their families for acceptance and for allowing us to serve you and also the opportunity to become long term contributing members of and to our AMERICA We Thank You -q YOUR OGDEN AREA SOFT DRINK BOTTLERS ASSN 'Zz -4 many o'her ctizens hove donated ther te talerij CH equipment Dean Ron Saunders and father Saunaers work on restrooms! i Grcn9e ond Ray Naylor are completing the iIL I1 CUfbing sidewalks tenns courts and the bowery i eres ed Harrisviile development these men with I Seven-Up RC Coca-Cola Pepsi-Cola Dr Pepper Strengthening America's Foundations Through COMMUNITY EFFORT Trig Bicentennial gift from of ihe Centennial Trees Co of Ogdon Inc Settling Co of Ogders Bottling Co of Brighem City Bottling Co of Ogdon -w jri.