Friday, July 15, 2011
Our love goes out to the Selch family
Open Viewing: 9:30a.m.-10:30a.m.
Family Prayer: 10:30a.m.-11:00a.m.
Funeral Service: 11:00a.m.
Private Burial: 12:30p.m.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
And we are off!
Below are a couple stories you may enjoy reading while your son or daughter is at trek. Farther down are the emergency numbers and other info you may need while we are gone. hope you have enjoyed this blog and it has been usful for you to get to trek . Bon Voyage! Pray for us!
LOUISA MELLOR
Born: 1841 England (James Mellor, Louisa’s father) Age:15 Martin Handcart Company
Louisa’s parents loved the gospel and were willing to sacrifice for it. Her father, James, Sr., had served as Branch President in Blaby, England, often traveling 30 miles each Sunday to preach in several different towns. Louisa often accompanied her father on these Sunday visits. Later, James was also Presi dent of the Leicester Branch. He held this of fice for two years. He held camp meetings in town, in the public market place and in all the principle parts of the town. He also distrib uted tracts in the villages all around. James converted his older brother, John, and his family. They also later emigrated to Utah and settled in Fayette. When James taught his mother-in-law, Charlotte Squires Payne, about the Gospel, she was too ill to be bap tized. She “begged James to go to Zion and there attend to her salvation.” She died soon after this.
Louisa relates, “The hardest thing [we] had to do was to leave my poor grandfather [Payne] for he was a good man. He wept and offered money to his dear daughter, my dear Mother, but relief was offered too late, for the Gospel was dearer than anything else. My dear Mother grieved for her dear old Father, which brought sickness on, and she came near losing her life.”
After the Mellor’s arrived in Liverpool, James and his family worked diligently to gather the supplies they would require on the voyage to America. The family consisted of James (37) and Mary Ann (36), Clara and Emma (twins -age 2), William Charles (age 5), James Jr. (Age 7), Mary Ann (Jr.) (Age 10), Charlotte Elizabeth (age 14), and Louisa (age 15). Mary Ann, grief-stricken over part ing from her aged father, worried and suffer ing from overexertion in their preparations, became ill and gave premature birth to Siamese twin girls the day the ship was to leave. The babies lived for seven hours and then died together. The family had to decide whether to abandon their long awaited voy age, or leave Mary Ann behind, as she wanted them to do. Louisa’s mother begged the fam ily to follow through with their original plans since their passage had already been ar ranged and their few worldly possessions were already packed and on board the ship.
James finally agreed to leave his wife in the hospital in her desperately ill condition and took five of the children on board the ship. Louisa, the eldest of the children, had antici pated celebrating her 16`h birthday on board the ship that very day. Instead, she stayed be hind to assist in the care of her ailing mother, as well as one of her twin sisters, Emma Marintha. James and the other five children boarded the ship Horizon, left the dock at Liv erpool and cast anchor in the River Mersey.
Bad weather delayed the actual departure of the ship for two days, and James was able to go ashore to see his wife. Although Mary Ann was seriously ill, she was determined that they should carry her aboard the ship where the rest of her family was awaiting the moment of departure. The Dr. was upset and predicted that Mary Ann would die and the sharks would follow the ship until she did. Even so, James said that he wouldn’t give her up if she was determined to come along. On Sunday, May 25, 1856, Mary Ann was car ried on a stretcher to the shore where she was placed on a steamer going out to meet the sailing vessel which was preparing to leave. She was able to board the ship. One account says she was secreted through a porthole. When the Captain learned of her presence on the ship in her condition he commented that she would likely soon be food for the sharks.
Elders George Goddard and Cyrus Wheelock (see rescuers) came on board to bid the Saints farewell and administered to Mary Ann, promising her that she would “come to Utah” and “see her seed in Zion,” and that her mission on this earth was not yet finished.
Louisa and her family all made it to Utah, where her mother did have another child. When they arrived, the two Elders who had given Mary Ann the blessing, didn’t recognize James because his hair had changed from black to white as snow, yet he was only 38 years old.While on the trail, a few weeks before the last terrible crossing of the Platte River, Louisa’s mother had felt overcome with weakness and a wave of homesickness. She persuaded the family to let her stop and rest beside the trail. The company could not wait for her, so James said goodbye, promising to return after getting the children settled in camp. Mary Ann kissed each of the children and tried to reassure them. Louisa told her sister Elizabeth to take care of the rest of the family and that she would stay with their mother. After awhile, Mary Ann became quite discouraged and she sat down on a boulder and wept. Louisa had faith that the Lord would help her know what to do. She said that she went a few yards away from where her mother was, knelt and prayed with faith that God would help them, that He would protect them from the wolves, and that He would let them reach camp. Louisa states, “As I was going back to where Mother was sitting, I found a pie in the road. I picked it up and gave it to mother to eat, and after resting awhile we started on our journey, thanking God for His blessings. A few miles before we reached camp we met my father coming out to meet us. What a joyful meeting that was. We ar rived in camp at 10:00 p.m. Many times after that, Mother felt like giving up and quitting; but then she would remember how wonderful the Lord had been to spare her so many times, and she offered a prayer of gratitude instead.”
Louisa’s brother, William, told about their father catching a large turtle one day. He thought it would make good soup for his fam ily. The children gathered around while James tried to kill the turtle, but he couldn’t break the shell. This was an amusing diversion for the children, but James finally became so exas perated that he plopped the stubborn turtle into the kettle of boiling water alive. James had to hold the lid on the pot in order to keep the turtle from flopping out. Later, Charles said, “The soup was sure good.”
On October 19th, the Martin Company made their final crossing of the N. Platte River. It was very cold and the Saints were already in a weakened condition from rations having been cut recently. Louisa and her sisters tied up their dresses and waded in water up to their waists as they navigated their handcart through the chunks of ice and swift water. When Louisa’s sister, Charlotte, was older she told about it in these words: “On entering the water, our first impulse was to turn back and not wade across. The water was so cold that it sent pains right to the bone and the muscles cramped. We steadied ourselves as we held on to the cart and pushed. Father pulled. By the time we got across, our limbs were so numb that we could hardly keep from falling as we trudged along. The north wind cut like a sharp knife. We finally camped where we could get some cottonwood and willows for firewood.” Nine days later, the first rescuers would locate them near this place, stranded in deep snow, and many dying.
Louisa’s mother recorded: “We were so fatigued and hungry that we would some times stop and get rawhide to chew on, as our food was diminished. We tried to keep a little flour as long as we could to make porridge for the children; at first it was biscuits; then pan cakes; then porridge. Often we would cook a hide, or a piece of it, to get a little strength. It being winter, we could not find weeds to help out.”
On Sunday, November 30, 1856, Brigham Young told a group of Saints gathered for Sab bath day meetings that the Martin Handcart Company would arrive in the Valley that after noon. He told the Saints to take them into their homes and nurse them back to health, both body and spirit. He then cancelled the meet ing. 19-year-old Henry Roper, tells about meeting Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor that day when she was brought to his mother’s home: “As I carried her into the house, I looked into her dark eyes and there was a romance born. It was love at first sight.... we were married Feb. 4, 1857
Louisa’s parents loved the gospel and were willing to sacrifice for it. Her father, James, Sr., had served as Branch President in Blaby, England, often traveling 30 miles each Sunday to preach in several different towns. Louisa often accompanied her father on these Sunday visits. Later, James was also Presi dent of the Leicester Branch. He held this of fice for two years. He held camp meetings in town, in the public market place and in all the principle parts of the town. He also distrib uted tracts in the villages all around. James converted his older brother, John, and his family. They also later emigrated to Utah and settled in Fayette. When James taught his mother-in-law, Charlotte Squires Payne, about the Gospel, she was too ill to be bap tized. She “begged James to go to Zion and there attend to her salvation.” She died soon after this.
Louisa relates, “The hardest thing [we] had to do was to leave my poor grandfather [Payne] for he was a good man. He wept and offered money to his dear daughter, my dear Mother, but relief was offered too late, for the Gospel was dearer than anything else. My dear Mother grieved for her dear old Father, which brought sickness on, and she came near losing her life.”
After the Mellor’s arrived in Liverpool, James and his family worked diligently to gather the supplies they would require on the voyage to America. The family consisted of James (37) and Mary Ann (36), Clara and Emma (twins -age 2), William Charles (age 5), James Jr. (Age 7), Mary Ann (Jr.) (Age 10), Charlotte Elizabeth (age 14), and Louisa (age 15). Mary Ann, grief-stricken over part ing from her aged father, worried and suffer ing from overexertion in their preparations, became ill and gave premature birth to Siamese twin girls the day the ship was to leave. The babies lived for seven hours and then died together. The family had to decide whether to abandon their long awaited voy age, or leave Mary Ann behind, as she wanted them to do. Louisa’s mother begged the fam ily to follow through with their original plans since their passage had already been ar ranged and their few worldly possessions were already packed and on board the ship.
James finally agreed to leave his wife in the hospital in her desperately ill condition and took five of the children on board the ship. Louisa, the eldest of the children, had antici pated celebrating her 16`h birthday on board the ship that very day. Instead, she stayed be hind to assist in the care of her ailing mother, as well as one of her twin sisters, Emma Marintha. James and the other five children boarded the ship Horizon, left the dock at Liv erpool and cast anchor in the River Mersey.
Bad weather delayed the actual departure of the ship for two days, and James was able to go ashore to see his wife. Although Mary Ann was seriously ill, she was determined that they should carry her aboard the ship where the rest of her family was awaiting the moment of departure. The Dr. was upset and predicted that Mary Ann would die and the sharks would follow the ship until she did. Even so, James said that he wouldn’t give her up if she was determined to come along. On Sunday, May 25, 1856, Mary Ann was car ried on a stretcher to the shore where she was placed on a steamer going out to meet the sailing vessel which was preparing to leave. She was able to board the ship. One account says she was secreted through a porthole. When the Captain learned of her presence on the ship in her condition he commented that she would likely soon be food for the sharks.
Elders George Goddard and Cyrus Wheelock (see rescuers) came on board to bid the Saints farewell and administered to Mary Ann, promising her that she would “come to Utah” and “see her seed in Zion,” and that her mission on this earth was not yet finished.
Louisa and her family all made it to Utah, where her mother did have another child. When they arrived, the two Elders who had given Mary Ann the blessing, didn’t recognize James because his hair had changed from black to white as snow, yet he was only 38 years old.While on the trail, a few weeks before the last terrible crossing of the Platte River, Louisa’s mother had felt overcome with weakness and a wave of homesickness. She persuaded the family to let her stop and rest beside the trail. The company could not wait for her, so James said goodbye, promising to return after getting the children settled in camp. Mary Ann kissed each of the children and tried to reassure them. Louisa told her sister Elizabeth to take care of the rest of the family and that she would stay with their mother. After awhile, Mary Ann became quite discouraged and she sat down on a boulder and wept. Louisa had faith that the Lord would help her know what to do. She said that she went a few yards away from where her mother was, knelt and prayed with faith that God would help them, that He would protect them from the wolves, and that He would let them reach camp. Louisa states, “As I was going back to where Mother was sitting, I found a pie in the road. I picked it up and gave it to mother to eat, and after resting awhile we started on our journey, thanking God for His blessings. A few miles before we reached camp we met my father coming out to meet us. What a joyful meeting that was. We ar rived in camp at 10:00 p.m. Many times after that, Mother felt like giving up and quitting; but then she would remember how wonderful the Lord had been to spare her so many times, and she offered a prayer of gratitude instead.”
Louisa’s brother, William, told about their father catching a large turtle one day. He thought it would make good soup for his fam ily. The children gathered around while James tried to kill the turtle, but he couldn’t break the shell. This was an amusing diversion for the children, but James finally became so exas perated that he plopped the stubborn turtle into the kettle of boiling water alive. James had to hold the lid on the pot in order to keep the turtle from flopping out. Later, Charles said, “The soup was sure good.”
On October 19th, the Martin Company made their final crossing of the N. Platte River. It was very cold and the Saints were already in a weakened condition from rations having been cut recently. Louisa and her sisters tied up their dresses and waded in water up to their waists as they navigated their handcart through the chunks of ice and swift water. When Louisa’s sister, Charlotte, was older she told about it in these words: “On entering the water, our first impulse was to turn back and not wade across. The water was so cold that it sent pains right to the bone and the muscles cramped. We steadied ourselves as we held on to the cart and pushed. Father pulled. By the time we got across, our limbs were so numb that we could hardly keep from falling as we trudged along. The north wind cut like a sharp knife. We finally camped where we could get some cottonwood and willows for firewood.” Nine days later, the first rescuers would locate them near this place, stranded in deep snow, and many dying.
Louisa’s mother recorded: “We were so fatigued and hungry that we would some times stop and get rawhide to chew on, as our food was diminished. We tried to keep a little flour as long as we could to make porridge for the children; at first it was biscuits; then pan cakes; then porridge. Often we would cook a hide, or a piece of it, to get a little strength. It being winter, we could not find weeds to help out.”
On Sunday, November 30, 1856, Brigham Young told a group of Saints gathered for Sab bath day meetings that the Martin Handcart Company would arrive in the Valley that after noon. He told the Saints to take them into their homes and nurse them back to health, both body and spirit. He then cancelled the meet ing. 19-year-old Henry Roper, tells about meeting Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor that day when she was brought to his mother’s home: “As I carried her into the house, I looked into her dark eyes and there was a romance born. It was love at first sight.... we were married Feb. 4, 1857
DANIEL W. JONES
Age26MainRescueParty
In 1847, Daniel W. Jones enlisted with the Missouri volunteers in the War with Mexico. After the war he remained in Mexico until 1850. He then joined a group of frontiersmen in driving 8,000 sheep through the Salt Lake Valley to Upper California.
After a near fatal accident on the Green River, he was left by his companions in a Mormon Settlement on the Provo River near Utah Lake. He decided to stay and see for himself what Mormonism was all about. He was impressed with what he learned and felt and on January 27, 1851, he was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dan Jones was present at October Confer ence in 1856 when Brigham Young called for volunteers to go rescue the handcart compa nies stranded out on the plains. He was among the main rescue party of about 28 men. He had the assignment to be the Chief Cook. By October 7, 1856, they were on their way.
They traveled as hard and fast as they could, never taking time to stop for dinner. They expected to find Captain Willie’s Com pany somewhere near the Green River, but they weren’t there. They were very concerned about the welfare of the people, because the weather was increasingly bad. An express team was sent ahead to search for the Willie Company.
Dan Jones continued with the main rescue party until they got to South Pass, Wyoming. The first snow started to fall on October 19, 1856. Martin’s company was not there. An other express team was organized to go fur ther east in search of the missing companies. Dan Jones was part of this advance team. On October 28, the Martin Company was found. The men were cheered and welcomed as they entered the camp. They brought “the glad word that assistance, provisions and clothing were near, that ten wagons were waiting at Devil’s Gate for the emigrants.”
After the Martin, Hunt and Hodgett Com panies were found, they still had to get to some shelter from the storm. The companies were helped into a protected cove to wait for a break in the weather. Dan Jones writes, “The winter storms had now set in, in all their se verity. The provisions we took amounted to almost nothing among so many people, many of them now on very short rations, some al most starving. Many were dying daily from exposure and want of food. ..”
On November 10, 1856, the companies were ready to leave the cove area and con tinue on to the Salt Lake Valley. In order to al low as many as possible to ride in wagons, most of the freight and personal belongings needed to be left behind. Leaving these goods meant many of the people would be leaving everything they owned. Dan Jones and 19 other men were chosen to stay behind at Devil’s Gate and guard the supplies left be hind until Spring. When this order was an nounced, “many of the Saints shed tears as they had met Brother Jones at Red Buttes when the first relief party came from Utah and they hated to see him stay in such a bleak, cold place.”
This assignment would be a very difficult and dangerous responsibility. Dan and his men were left with some poor cattle and very little food, with the intention that more sup plies would be sent as wagons from the valley arrived. (Unfortunately, some of the rescue wagons turned back too early and no extra food was sent on to Dan Jones and his men.) Dan wrote, “On taking stock of provisions, we found about twenty days’ rations. No salt or bread excepting a few crackers. There was at least five months of winter before us and nothing much to eat but a few perishing cattle and what game we might chance to kill..."
The men did the best they could with what they had. Soon they were totally out of food with nothing to eat but the hides of the cattle. Dan prayed to know how to prepare the raw hides to make them edible. He writes, “Finally, I was impressed how to fix the stuff and gave the company advice, ... scorch and scrape the hair off; this had a tendency to kill and pu rify the bad taste that scalding gave it. After scraping, boil one hour in plenty of water, throwing the water away which had extracted all the glue, then wash and scrape the hide thoroughly, washing in cold water,then boil to a jelly and let it get cold, and then eat with a little sugar sprinkled on it. This was consider able trouble, but we had little else to do and it was better than starving. We asked the Lord to bless our stomachs and adapt them to this food. We hadn’t the faith to ask him to bless the raw-hide for it was “hard stock." Dan con tinues, “We enjoyed this sumptuous fare for about six weeks ...”
In February they reached the point where they were out of everything, “having not only eaten the hides taken from the cattle killed, but had eaten the wrappings from the wagon-tongues, old moccasin-soles ... and a piece of buffalo hide that had been used for a foot mat for two months.” Dan and his men met as usual for their monthly fast day, and this time it was a true `fast day.’ He was im pressed to tell the men to correct any wrong doings among themselves, clean up and pray to the Lord, that “He would take care of us, for we were there on His business.”
Dan told them if they would all do as I ad vised we would have a good clean supper of healthy food." They washed out their store house and presented it before the Lord empty, but clean, and then they waited. Dan wrote, “Evening came on and no supper; eight o’clock, no word from anyone. And the word had been positively given that we should have supper. Between eight and nine o’clock all were sitting waiting, now and then good-naturedly saying it was most supper time. No one seemed disheartened.”
Soon they heard noises outside. It was the mail company trying to get through the area. A Canadian Frenchman was also among them. The visitors had food to share and by this miracle, starvation was once again avoided. Several times during the winter, Dan and his men received food from Indians and others that helped to sustain them.
There came a time when Daniel Jones and his men had to defend their lives as well as the supplies left in their care. A group of apos tates came to the fort and threatened to steal the goods. Dan Jones responded, “We have been here all winter eating poor beef and raw hide to take care of these goods ... If you think you can take the fort just try it. But I don’t think you can take me to commence with; and the first one that offers any violence to me is a dead man. Now I dare you to go past me to ward the fort.” The apostates backed down and left them alone.
Dan Jones and his men took their assign ment very seriously. They guarded the pio neers’ belongings with their lives. Later, when Brigham Young discovered what their true sit uation had been, he said that “if he had known our situation he would have relieved us if it had taken half the men in the valley.”
In the Spring, after help arrived and they were relieved of their duties, there were some people who complained about missing some of their things. They even accused Dan Jones of stealing and hiding thousands of dollars worth of goods. Some even approached his wife, encouraging her to leave him and marry some good man. His wife replied, “Well, I will not leave Daniel Jones. I cannot better myself, for if he will steal there is not an honest man on earth.”
After Dan and his men had returned home, Brigham Young sent the following letter to Bishops and Presidents in Utah ... dated June 11, 1857:
Beloved Brethren:
Inasmuch as there are some persons dis posed to find fault with the management of Brother Daniel W. Jones while at Devil’s Gate, we feel desirous to express ourselves per fectly satisfied with his labors while there, and with the care that he has taken of the property entrusted to him. He has our confi dence, and we say, God bless him for what he has done. The men who find fault with the la bors of Brother Jones the past winter, we wish their names sent to this office, and when the Lord presents an opportunity we will try them and see if they will do any better.
Brigham Young
Daniel H. Wells
George D. Grant
In 1847, Daniel W. Jones enlisted with the Missouri volunteers in the War with Mexico. After the war he remained in Mexico until 1850. He then joined a group of frontiersmen in driving 8,000 sheep through the Salt Lake Valley to Upper California.
After a near fatal accident on the Green River, he was left by his companions in a Mormon Settlement on the Provo River near Utah Lake. He decided to stay and see for himself what Mormonism was all about. He was impressed with what he learned and felt and on January 27, 1851, he was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dan Jones was present at October Confer ence in 1856 when Brigham Young called for volunteers to go rescue the handcart compa nies stranded out on the plains. He was among the main rescue party of about 28 men. He had the assignment to be the Chief Cook. By October 7, 1856, they were on their way.
They traveled as hard and fast as they could, never taking time to stop for dinner. They expected to find Captain Willie’s Com pany somewhere near the Green River, but they weren’t there. They were very concerned about the welfare of the people, because the weather was increasingly bad. An express team was sent ahead to search for the Willie Company.
Dan Jones continued with the main rescue party until they got to South Pass, Wyoming. The first snow started to fall on October 19, 1856. Martin’s company was not there. An other express team was organized to go fur ther east in search of the missing companies. Dan Jones was part of this advance team. On October 28, the Martin Company was found. The men were cheered and welcomed as they entered the camp. They brought “the glad word that assistance, provisions and clothing were near, that ten wagons were waiting at Devil’s Gate for the emigrants.”
After the Martin, Hunt and Hodgett Com panies were found, they still had to get to some shelter from the storm. The companies were helped into a protected cove to wait for a break in the weather. Dan Jones writes, “The winter storms had now set in, in all their se verity. The provisions we took amounted to almost nothing among so many people, many of them now on very short rations, some al most starving. Many were dying daily from exposure and want of food. ..”
On November 10, 1856, the companies were ready to leave the cove area and con tinue on to the Salt Lake Valley. In order to al low as many as possible to ride in wagons, most of the freight and personal belongings needed to be left behind. Leaving these goods meant many of the people would be leaving everything they owned. Dan Jones and 19 other men were chosen to stay behind at Devil’s Gate and guard the supplies left be hind until Spring. When this order was an nounced, “many of the Saints shed tears as they had met Brother Jones at Red Buttes when the first relief party came from Utah and they hated to see him stay in such a bleak, cold place.”
This assignment would be a very difficult and dangerous responsibility. Dan and his men were left with some poor cattle and very little food, with the intention that more sup plies would be sent as wagons from the valley arrived. (Unfortunately, some of the rescue wagons turned back too early and no extra food was sent on to Dan Jones and his men.) Dan wrote, “On taking stock of provisions, we found about twenty days’ rations. No salt or bread excepting a few crackers. There was at least five months of winter before us and nothing much to eat but a few perishing cattle and what game we might chance to kill..."
The men did the best they could with what they had. Soon they were totally out of food with nothing to eat but the hides of the cattle. Dan prayed to know how to prepare the raw hides to make them edible. He writes, “Finally, I was impressed how to fix the stuff and gave the company advice, ... scorch and scrape the hair off; this had a tendency to kill and pu rify the bad taste that scalding gave it. After scraping, boil one hour in plenty of water, throwing the water away which had extracted all the glue, then wash and scrape the hide thoroughly, washing in cold water,then boil to a jelly and let it get cold, and then eat with a little sugar sprinkled on it. This was consider able trouble, but we had little else to do and it was better than starving. We asked the Lord to bless our stomachs and adapt them to this food. We hadn’t the faith to ask him to bless the raw-hide for it was “hard stock." Dan con tinues, “We enjoyed this sumptuous fare for about six weeks ...”
In February they reached the point where they were out of everything, “having not only eaten the hides taken from the cattle killed, but had eaten the wrappings from the wagon-tongues, old moccasin-soles ... and a piece of buffalo hide that had been used for a foot mat for two months.” Dan and his men met as usual for their monthly fast day, and this time it was a true `fast day.’ He was im pressed to tell the men to correct any wrong doings among themselves, clean up and pray to the Lord, that “He would take care of us, for we were there on His business.”
Dan told them if they would all do as I ad vised we would have a good clean supper of healthy food." They washed out their store house and presented it before the Lord empty, but clean, and then they waited. Dan wrote, “Evening came on and no supper; eight o’clock, no word from anyone. And the word had been positively given that we should have supper. Between eight and nine o’clock all were sitting waiting, now and then good-naturedly saying it was most supper time. No one seemed disheartened.”
Soon they heard noises outside. It was the mail company trying to get through the area. A Canadian Frenchman was also among them. The visitors had food to share and by this miracle, starvation was once again avoided. Several times during the winter, Dan and his men received food from Indians and others that helped to sustain them.
There came a time when Daniel Jones and his men had to defend their lives as well as the supplies left in their care. A group of apos tates came to the fort and threatened to steal the goods. Dan Jones responded, “We have been here all winter eating poor beef and raw hide to take care of these goods ... If you think you can take the fort just try it. But I don’t think you can take me to commence with; and the first one that offers any violence to me is a dead man. Now I dare you to go past me to ward the fort.” The apostates backed down and left them alone.
Dan Jones and his men took their assign ment very seriously. They guarded the pio neers’ belongings with their lives. Later, when Brigham Young discovered what their true sit uation had been, he said that “if he had known our situation he would have relieved us if it had taken half the men in the valley.”
In the Spring, after help arrived and they were relieved of their duties, there were some people who complained about missing some of their things. They even accused Dan Jones of stealing and hiding thousands of dollars worth of goods. Some even approached his wife, encouraging her to leave him and marry some good man. His wife replied, “Well, I will not leave Daniel Jones. I cannot better myself, for if he will steal there is not an honest man on earth.”
After Dan and his men had returned home, Brigham Young sent the following letter to Bishops and Presidents in Utah ... dated June 11, 1857:
Beloved Brethren:
Inasmuch as there are some persons dis posed to find fault with the management of Brother Daniel W. Jones while at Devil’s Gate, we feel desirous to express ourselves per fectly satisfied with his labors while there, and with the care that he has taken of the property entrusted to him. He has our confi dence, and we say, God bless him for what he has done. The men who find fault with the la bors of Brother Jones the past winter, we wish their names sent to this office, and when the Lord presents an opportunity we will try them and see if they will do any better.
Brigham Young
Daniel H. Wells
George D. Grant
SARAH ANNE FRANKS & GEORGE PADDLEY
As told by President Scott Lorimer of the Riverton Wyoming Stake
In 1991, the people of the Riverton Stake in Wyoming were very busy doing the temple work for the pioneers of the Martin and Willie handcart companies; they called this project the Second Rescue. During this time the stake presidency received about 6000 letters from people and relatives concerning the work that was under way. After a story ap peared in the Church News, thousands more letters arrived. It is through such a letter that the story of Sarah Anne Franks and George Paddley was discovered.
One of President Scott Lorimer’s counsel ors received a call from a lady in Rexburg, Idaho asking for their help in finding the name of the fiancé of her great-grandmother. They had come from England with the Martin Com pany in 1856 and he had died at Martin’s Cove. In searching the ship’s log, they found Sarah Anne Franks, a single woman traveling as sort of a nanny with a family who had five children. But there was no information about a young man traveling with them. They de cided to check for any single men from her hometown traveling on the ship and found there were nine. This didn’t help much so they checked to see if any of them had died at Martin’s Cove. There were three. By this time, President Lorimer was ready to send what information they had found back to the family and let them worry about which one he was, his counselors, however, wanted to fin ish the job, but they didn’t know where to go from there.
Four weeks later President Lorimer re ceived a letter from a man in Johannesburg, South Africa who had also seen the article in the Church News. Enclosed was a copy of four pages of his great-grandfather’s journal. As he read the pages about 10:00 one night, a single line jumped out a him. It read, “Sarah Anne Franks is betrothed to George Paddley.” He immediately called his counselor and asked what the names of those three men were. They couldn’t remember so they left their beds and went to the stake house to check it out. George Paddley was the fourth from the last person to board the ship before it left England.
When President James E. Faust heard this story he called it the greatest love story of our time. Sarah and George were in their early 20’s. They met because some missionaries came to England to preach the gospel of Je sus Christ. They were each baptized, they at tended church, met and fell in love. The wanted to be married. They had been taught about the temple and the sealing ordinances they could receive there. They chose to come to America, to Utah, to be married and sealed in the Endowment House for all eternity.
They made it across the Ocean, and then across the plains to the North Platte River where they met the blizzard of 1856. George Paddley spent most of the day in the river helping the people of his company dodge huge chunks of ice as they tried to get to the other side and continue their journey to Salt Lake. He got chilled and came down with hy pothermia but he recovered and went on to Martin’s Cove another 150 to 160 miles. There the terrible conditions overcame him and he gave up his mortal life.
Sarah Anne Franks loved George Paddley, she loved him a lot. You can read in the jour nals how they dug trenches in the snow to bury the dead because the ground was too frozen. They did the best they could with the bodies. You can read about the snapping and growling of the wolves as they fought over and carried off the bodies. Sarah didn’t want George to be eaten by the wolves. She took what was probably one of the only things she had to stay warm, her shawl, and asked the brethren to wrap him in it and hang his body in the trees. When she got to Salt Lake and learned that in the spring the brethren were going back to retrieve supplies left behind she asked them to find George’s body and give him a proper burial. But, when they went back to Martin’s Cove the only thing they found was the shawl. They brought it back to her and her family has it still today.
Sarah had some frozen toes and fingers. She was taken to the home of Thomas Mackey where she was nursed back to health. She eventually became the thirdplural wife of Thomas Mackey. She raised a won derful family and was an obedient and faithful member of the church for the rest of her life.
That was the end of the story for almost 138 years until one day President Lorimer and his counselors of the Riverton Stake had a special visitor. President James E. Faust vis ited Martin’s Cove and was told the story of Sarah and George. Tears rolled down Presi dent Faust’s cheeks as he listened to their story, they just wouldn’t stop. Finally he asked, “Did you seal Sarah Anne Franks to George Paddley?” The said no, they couldn’t. She had been sealed to Thomas Mackey. She had children with him and they were sealed to her. President Faust said, “You go back to the Logan Temple and seal Sarah Anne Franks to George Paddley. You give her a choice.” At that time, this kind of thing could not be done without special permission from the 1st Pres idency. A woman could only be sealed to one man. It has been changed since then for cer tain situations. They went back and she is now sealed to both men. We don’t know how this will all work out in the eternities. Presi dent Lorimer said that he knows that Sarah Anne Franks loves George Paddley and that he loves her and her children. He knows that the only reason they were not sealed for eter nity was because George gave his life to save the lives of other people in his company.
That was the end of the story again...for a while. In the year 2000, President Lorimer re ceived another letter. It was a copy of Sarah Anne Franks Mackey’s Patriarchal Blessing. In it was a tremendous promise. Sarah did not receive her blessing until she was 72 years old. She had raised a good family, she had been endowed and sealed in the Temple. There were no other temple ordinances that she could have received yet this is what the Patriarch told her in the blessing: “Sarah, you will be allowed the privilege of returning to the House of the Lord and receiving the ordinance that awaits you.” How could that Patriarch have known that 100 years later she would be given the opportunity of being sealed to her first love, George Paddley, in the Temple of the Lord.
In 1991, the people of the Riverton Stake in Wyoming were very busy doing the temple work for the pioneers of the Martin and Willie handcart companies; they called this project the Second Rescue. During this time the stake presidency received about 6000 letters from people and relatives concerning the work that was under way. After a story ap peared in the Church News, thousands more letters arrived. It is through such a letter that the story of Sarah Anne Franks and George Paddley was discovered.
One of President Scott Lorimer’s counsel ors received a call from a lady in Rexburg, Idaho asking for their help in finding the name of the fiancé of her great-grandmother. They had come from England with the Martin Com pany in 1856 and he had died at Martin’s Cove. In searching the ship’s log, they found Sarah Anne Franks, a single woman traveling as sort of a nanny with a family who had five children. But there was no information about a young man traveling with them. They de cided to check for any single men from her hometown traveling on the ship and found there were nine. This didn’t help much so they checked to see if any of them had died at Martin’s Cove. There were three. By this time, President Lorimer was ready to send what information they had found back to the family and let them worry about which one he was, his counselors, however, wanted to fin ish the job, but they didn’t know where to go from there.
Four weeks later President Lorimer re ceived a letter from a man in Johannesburg, South Africa who had also seen the article in the Church News. Enclosed was a copy of four pages of his great-grandfather’s journal. As he read the pages about 10:00 one night, a single line jumped out a him. It read, “Sarah Anne Franks is betrothed to George Paddley.” He immediately called his counselor and asked what the names of those three men were. They couldn’t remember so they left their beds and went to the stake house to check it out. George Paddley was the fourth from the last person to board the ship before it left England.
When President James E. Faust heard this story he called it the greatest love story of our time. Sarah and George were in their early 20’s. They met because some missionaries came to England to preach the gospel of Je sus Christ. They were each baptized, they at tended church, met and fell in love. The wanted to be married. They had been taught about the temple and the sealing ordinances they could receive there. They chose to come to America, to Utah, to be married and sealed in the Endowment House for all eternity.
They made it across the Ocean, and then across the plains to the North Platte River where they met the blizzard of 1856. George Paddley spent most of the day in the river helping the people of his company dodge huge chunks of ice as they tried to get to the other side and continue their journey to Salt Lake. He got chilled and came down with hy pothermia but he recovered and went on to Martin’s Cove another 150 to 160 miles. There the terrible conditions overcame him and he gave up his mortal life.
Sarah Anne Franks loved George Paddley, she loved him a lot. You can read in the jour nals how they dug trenches in the snow to bury the dead because the ground was too frozen. They did the best they could with the bodies. You can read about the snapping and growling of the wolves as they fought over and carried off the bodies. Sarah didn’t want George to be eaten by the wolves. She took what was probably one of the only things she had to stay warm, her shawl, and asked the brethren to wrap him in it and hang his body in the trees. When she got to Salt Lake and learned that in the spring the brethren were going back to retrieve supplies left behind she asked them to find George’s body and give him a proper burial. But, when they went back to Martin’s Cove the only thing they found was the shawl. They brought it back to her and her family has it still today.
Sarah had some frozen toes and fingers. She was taken to the home of Thomas Mackey where she was nursed back to health. She eventually became the thirdplural wife of Thomas Mackey. She raised a won derful family and was an obedient and faithful member of the church for the rest of her life.
That was the end of the story for almost 138 years until one day President Lorimer and his counselors of the Riverton Stake had a special visitor. President James E. Faust vis ited Martin’s Cove and was told the story of Sarah and George. Tears rolled down Presi dent Faust’s cheeks as he listened to their story, they just wouldn’t stop. Finally he asked, “Did you seal Sarah Anne Franks to George Paddley?” The said no, they couldn’t. She had been sealed to Thomas Mackey. She had children with him and they were sealed to her. President Faust said, “You go back to the Logan Temple and seal Sarah Anne Franks to George Paddley. You give her a choice.” At that time, this kind of thing could not be done without special permission from the 1st Pres idency. A woman could only be sealed to one man. It has been changed since then for cer tain situations. They went back and she is now sealed to both men. We don’t know how this will all work out in the eternities. Presi dent Lorimer said that he knows that Sarah Anne Franks loves George Paddley and that he loves her and her children. He knows that the only reason they were not sealed for eter nity was because George gave his life to save the lives of other people in his company.
That was the end of the story again...for a while. In the year 2000, President Lorimer re ceived another letter. It was a copy of Sarah Anne Franks Mackey’s Patriarchal Blessing. In it was a tremendous promise. Sarah did not receive her blessing until she was 72 years old. She had raised a good family, she had been endowed and sealed in the Temple. There were no other temple ordinances that she could have received yet this is what the Patriarch told her in the blessing: “Sarah, you will be allowed the privilege of returning to the House of the Lord and receiving the ordinance that awaits you.” How could that Patriarch have known that 100 years later she would be given the opportunity of being sealed to her first love, George Paddley, in the Temple of the Lord.
This is some if the fun we are having
Trek Brief Outline
July 5-Tuesday
6:00- Gather, Pick up baby from nursery, and load buses
7:00(7:30)-11:30 travel-Busses - potty stop in Hurricane.
12:00 load handcarts and trek to camp
* Devotional River Mountain - pony express-
and independence Rock (Wilford Woodruf)
3:00 Youth safety talk
Arrival at Camp
4:00 families set up tents and prepare roll call cheer
5:00Dinner
6:30 Fun Singing Time (Bp Prall)
7:00 Welcome to TREK, MC-(Colton Hafen)
roll call (family cheers)
Captain Report- Steadman
* Devotional Alta Vista - Levi Savage
* Devotional Heritage - retire the Flag
8:30 FHE-prepared by mas and pas
9:00 Scriptures and family Prayers
10:00 Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet~
July 6- Wednesday
7:00 as a family read scriptures write in journals
8:00 Breakfast by companies (also pack lunches)
9:30 Fun Singing time (crum)
10:00 MC (Zach Gainey) flag(Steadman comp)
*Devotional Newport- Dan Jones
Indian dancing
11:00 TREK-
12:00 lunches and Company story time-
1:00 company skit prep
2:30 present 3 Pioneer SKITS
3:00 -Captain Testimony, Blessing on Youth
3:30- Trek
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Fun Singing time (Graden Jackson)
7:00 Welcome-MC (Jordan Klein)
Flag and thought(Udall)
Fun Roll call
* Devotional Calico -red shawl
* Devotional Palo Verde - Ephraim Hanks
Captains Report- Patchett
8:30- dancing and fun
9:15 closing prayer
9:30- Family Snipe hunts?
Treat- hot cocoa served at stake with snipe cookies that is if they find snipes!
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 7 Thursday
7:00 read scriptures write in journals
8:00 Breakfast-
9:30 Fun Singing time ( Breiter)
10:00 MC (Evan Morris)flag (Patchett Comp)
quick roll call
10:30-5:00
Lunch while at Round Robin
ROUND ROBIN and In kind Labor-
Activities:
1. Showers (1/2 hr GIRLS then 1/2 hr BOYS) ,ice cream
2. Archery and Rifles
3. Zip Line and Flying Squirrel
4. Make dolls and yo yos –Dutch oven
5. Mountain man activities
5:00-Dinner
6:30 no singing time –begin program in families
7:00 MC(Kody Seastrunk)Flag/ thought(Steadman)
Very short Roll call
Captain Report- Udall
**Youth presentation of Spiritual Program
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 8-Friday(early start?)
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 fun singing time (Bp Prall)
9:30 MC (Robbie Nelson)Flag, (Udall comp)
Trek
*Devotional Pueblo- Sweetwater
trek
* Devotional Fairview- 13 graves Bodil Mortenson
trek
*Boys talk(Tod cox) *Girls talk (Lori foutz)
women’s pull
*Poni Express(River Mt)
4:00 free time
5:00 Dinner --
6:30 fun singing time (Katie Bassett)
7:00 MC (Jackie Foutz)Flag/ thought( Patchett)
- Roll call-
8:00 COMPANY testimony meetings
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 9- Saturday
6:00am PACK up- Clean up papers around camp
6:30 Pick up breakfast and lunch
7:00-11:00 Trek
EVERYONE and ALL CARS out of camp by 11:00
12:00 Meet buses and Arrive home 4:00
July 5-Tuesday
6:00- Gather, Pick up baby from nursery, and load buses
7:00(7:30)-11:30 travel-Busses - potty stop in Hurricane.
12:00 load handcarts and trek to camp
* Devotional River Mountain - pony express-
and independence Rock (Wilford Woodruf)
3:00 Youth safety talk
Arrival at Camp
4:00 families set up tents and prepare roll call cheer
5:00Dinner
6:30 Fun Singing Time (Bp Prall)
7:00 Welcome to TREK, MC-(Colton Hafen)
roll call (family cheers)
Captain Report- Steadman
* Devotional Alta Vista - Levi Savage
* Devotional Heritage - retire the Flag
8:30 FHE-prepared by mas and pas
9:00 Scriptures and family Prayers
10:00 Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet~
July 6- Wednesday
7:00 as a family read scriptures write in journals
8:00 Breakfast by companies (also pack lunches)
9:30 Fun Singing time (crum)
10:00 MC (Zach Gainey) flag(Steadman comp)
*Devotional Newport- Dan Jones
Indian dancing
11:00 TREK-
12:00 lunches and Company story time-
1:00 company skit prep
2:30 present 3 Pioneer SKITS
3:00 -Captain Testimony, Blessing on Youth
3:30- Trek
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Fun Singing time (Graden Jackson)
7:00 Welcome-MC (Jordan Klein)
Flag and thought(Udall)
Fun Roll call
* Devotional Calico -red shawl
* Devotional Palo Verde - Ephraim Hanks
Captains Report- Patchett
8:30- dancing and fun
9:15 closing prayer
9:30- Family Snipe hunts?
Treat- hot cocoa served at stake with snipe cookies that is if they find snipes!
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 7 Thursday
7:00 read scriptures write in journals
8:00 Breakfast-
9:30 Fun Singing time ( Breiter)
10:00 MC (Evan Morris)flag (Patchett Comp)
quick roll call
10:30-5:00
Lunch while at Round Robin
ROUND ROBIN and In kind Labor-
Activities:
1. Showers (1/2 hr GIRLS then 1/2 hr BOYS) ,ice cream
2. Archery and Rifles
3. Zip Line and Flying Squirrel
4. Make dolls and yo yos –Dutch oven
5. Mountain man activities
5:00-Dinner
6:30 no singing time –begin program in families
7:00 MC(Kody Seastrunk)Flag/ thought(Steadman)
Very short Roll call
Captain Report- Udall
**Youth presentation of Spiritual Program
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 8-Friday(early start?)
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 fun singing time (Bp Prall)
9:30 MC (Robbie Nelson)Flag, (Udall comp)
Trek
*Devotional Pueblo- Sweetwater
trek
* Devotional Fairview- 13 graves Bodil Mortenson
trek
*Boys talk(Tod cox) *Girls talk (Lori foutz)
women’s pull
*Poni Express(River Mt)
4:00 free time
5:00 Dinner --
6:30 fun singing time (Katie Bassett)
7:00 MC (Jackie Foutz)Flag/ thought( Patchett)
- Roll call-
8:00 COMPANY testimony meetings
10:00 Scriptures and family Prayers, Bed time- Lights out
10:30 Camp Quiet
July 9- Saturday
6:00am PACK up- Clean up papers around camp
6:30 Pick up breakfast and lunch
7:00-11:00 Trek
EVERYONE and ALL CARS out of camp by 11:00
12:00 Meet buses and Arrive home 4:00
Sunday, July 3, 2011
FYI
"99c only" has rain ponchos down the makeup aisle on Marks. They are on the right hand side about half way down.
1 Rain gear-- I hear that Home Depot has Rain Ponchos for $4.30 and that wal-mart and Kmart do NOT have them any more.
2 Also Big 5 has cool straw hats for $5
3 Remember to feed you trekker breakfast before they come to the church , they will need the energy for our fun hike.
4 If they are prone to altitude headaches... have them take an ibuprofen too.
see you at 6:00 we want to get an early start!
PS thanks for getting your letters in... we don't want to deal with that on Tuesday morning
If I remember to I will put an outline of what we are doing on the blog before I leave so you can follow along!
PS Pray for us!
Probably no more emails from me! yea!!! Thanks for reading! Hope we kept you informed!
1 Rain gear-- I hear that Home Depot has Rain Ponchos for $4.30 and that wal-mart and Kmart do NOT have them any more.
2 Also Big 5 has cool straw hats for $5
3 Remember to feed you trekker breakfast before they come to the church , they will need the energy for our fun hike.
4 If they are prone to altitude headaches... have them take an ibuprofen too.
see you at 6:00 we want to get an early start!
PS thanks for getting your letters in... we don't want to deal with that on Tuesday morning
If I remember to I will put an outline of what we are doing on the blog before I leave so you can follow along!
PS Pray for us!
Probably no more emails from me! yea!!! Thanks for reading! Hope we kept you informed!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Parent Pick up after Camp is over!
Best guess to be home saterday is 4:00pm ...We are hiking out and then loading the buses at 12:00 and 4 hours to get home.. Trekkers will go to the church to pick up their stuff off the trailers that the Stake YM presidencies are unloading at the cholla church....
parents arrive to pick trekkers up at 4:00 unless otherwise notified
PS...Straw hats on sale at Henderson Big 5 by Lowes for $5
parents arrive to pick trekkers up at 4:00 unless otherwise notified
PS...Straw hats on sale at Henderson Big 5 by Lowes for $5
Kolob evacuation plan in case of Emergency
Emergency Evacuation Plan
Kolob Mountain Trek 2011
If we have an emergency, you will hear the siren. (Three blasts followed by verbal instructions)
Walkie Talkies need to tuned to channel __________________
Stake leaders, Captains, Aunts and Uncles are to report immediately to campsite #3 area and all other adults are to return to their campsites and check in with their families. (*address stake leaders who are also grandparents. Decide where to have them report.)
Ma’s and Pa’s are to account for their children to their Grandparents. Report “All present” or names of those missing and health or other concerns at this time. If you have extra people in your camp report their names to grandparents. Make sure each person has water bottle and hiking shoes on.
Grandparents are to assist in gathering their grandchildren and report information of all accounted for and concerns to Sub Captain. Check 5 gallon Gotts are full and on carts.
Sub Captains are to relay information to the captains who will be at the campsite #3 with other Stake Leaders.
Sub captains, will relay information back to Grandparents with the assistance of Aunts and Uncles to each Company.
If Evacuation is necessary directions will be given. Possible directions may include:
1) Tear down camp. Pack buckets and supplies (first-aid kit, 5 gal Gott ) in handcarts. Tents and other equipment will be loaded as they were brought into camp. Hike out of camp via Shale Hill or Easy out, meet at Ranger Station
2) Leave camp up… gather buckets, load handcarts, hike out of camp, meet at Ranger station
3) Leave buckets, handcarts, hike out of camp, meet at Ranger Station.
Several Stake leaders will lead out and the remainder will follow in the rear of the 3 companies. Aunts and Uncles hike out with assigned companies unless otherwise instructed.
Stake leaders will be assigned to gather:
A) Satellite phone: Priesthood or Jenny Selch
B) First aid kits: Small on handcart with grandparents, large with Stacy Seastrunk.
C) Transportation permission slips, and items deemed necessary: Cheryl Steadman
D) Contact Henderson Stake member start phone tree to notify parents, and to arrange transportation for the Stake members from Hurricane to homes: Jenny Selch
Vehicles at camp will transport those with health concerns who are unable to hike out.
Designated person will Contact President Bramall, Hurricane Utah Stake President who will activate assistance to get youth to safety. “Safety” may include hiking to nearby cabins, or covered pavilions. If required we will hike to a predetermined point and be picked up by members of the Hurricane Stake and taken to their Stake Center until parents can travel from Henderson to take youth home: Stk. Priesthood member or Jenny .
President John Bramall: Home
Henderson Contact person: Ella
Back up: Cavalieri
Adults with vehicles: Vehicles should be parked in a location/direction for easy exit when not in use.
Name Make of vehicle # of seats Days at camps
Selch Camry 5 M-S
Sudweeks Truck M-S
Peterson Truck M-S
Potter Truck 5 T-S
Tod
Stolworthy Truck
Prall T-S
Gunderson Truck M-S
Seastrunk Truck M-S
Bragg T-S
Cavalieri
Emergency Contact numbers: (see attached list)
Stake Priesthood will make AM/PM visual checks for smoke/fires at top of mountain…
Assignments as follows:
Day AM PM
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Revised: 6/28/11
Kolob Mountain Trek 2011
If we have an emergency, you will hear the siren. (Three blasts followed by verbal instructions)
Walkie Talkies need to tuned to channel __________________
Stake leaders, Captains, Aunts and Uncles are to report immediately to campsite #3 area and all other adults are to return to their campsites and check in with their families. (*address stake leaders who are also grandparents. Decide where to have them report.)
Ma’s and Pa’s are to account for their children to their Grandparents. Report “All present” or names of those missing and health or other concerns at this time. If you have extra people in your camp report their names to grandparents. Make sure each person has water bottle and hiking shoes on.
Grandparents are to assist in gathering their grandchildren and report information of all accounted for and concerns to Sub Captain. Check 5 gallon Gotts are full and on carts.
Sub Captains are to relay information to the captains who will be at the campsite #3 with other Stake Leaders.
Sub captains, will relay information back to Grandparents with the assistance of Aunts and Uncles to each Company.
If Evacuation is necessary directions will be given. Possible directions may include:
1) Tear down camp. Pack buckets and supplies (first-aid kit, 5 gal Gott ) in handcarts. Tents and other equipment will be loaded as they were brought into camp. Hike out of camp via Shale Hill or Easy out, meet at Ranger Station
2) Leave camp up… gather buckets, load handcarts, hike out of camp, meet at Ranger station
3) Leave buckets, handcarts, hike out of camp, meet at Ranger Station.
Several Stake leaders will lead out and the remainder will follow in the rear of the 3 companies. Aunts and Uncles hike out with assigned companies unless otherwise instructed.
Stake leaders will be assigned to gather:
A) Satellite phone: Priesthood or Jenny Selch
B) First aid kits: Small on handcart with grandparents, large with Stacy Seastrunk.
C) Transportation permission slips, and items deemed necessary: Cheryl Steadman
D) Contact Henderson Stake member start phone tree to notify parents, and to arrange transportation for the Stake members from Hurricane to homes: Jenny Selch
Vehicles at camp will transport those with health concerns who are unable to hike out.
Designated person will Contact President Bramall, Hurricane Utah Stake President who will activate assistance to get youth to safety. “Safety” may include hiking to nearby cabins, or covered pavilions. If required we will hike to a predetermined point and be picked up by members of the Hurricane Stake and taken to their Stake Center until parents can travel from Henderson to take youth home: Stk. Priesthood member or Jenny .
President John Bramall: Home
Henderson Contact person: Ella
Back up: Cavalieri
Adults with vehicles: Vehicles should be parked in a location/direction for easy exit when not in use.
Name Make of vehicle # of seats Days at camps
Selch Camry 5 M-S
Sudweeks Truck M-S
Peterson Truck M-S
Potter Truck 5 T-S
Tod
Stolworthy Truck
Prall T-S
Gunderson Truck M-S
Seastrunk Truck M-S
Bragg T-S
Cavalieri
Emergency Contact numbers: (see attached list)
Stake Priesthood will make AM/PM visual checks for smoke/fires at top of mountain…
Assignments as follows:
Day AM PM
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Revised: 6/28/11
Thursday, June 30, 2011
map to Kolob AND EMERGENCY PLAN
The bus will let us out at the "To Lava point" sign Where the dirt road goes off to the right. From there we will handcart into camp.
EMERGENCYS ONLY
If anyone needs to get a message to Kolob they can call
Stacie will be going to the top of the mountain daily to drop off garbage, look for fires and call Ella to see if there have been any emergencys from Henderson. She can relate that info to us at Kolob!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
FORCAST for TREK
Rain-rain-RAIN
I hear the forcast for KOLOB for July 5-9 is scattered showers which will be a blessing we hope.
It will cool us off and keep the dust down. So pray for nice rain not heavy showers~
Because of the rain we need to be sure to bring rain Gear: (we may have cooler nights)
-RAIN ponchos
- Tarps for the tents
-umbrellas
Make sure you bring a few extra black garbage bags to cover your stuff later anf have all your sleeping gear in plastic bags marked with your name color and family #
HOT IT could be hot~~~~ so if you have one of those neck coolers withsoil moist in them feel free to bring them cause they will keep your neck cool. Lori gave many of the youth one at the 2010 youth conference ..so get them soakin
Also I heard some were worring about making a satchel to bring..
To clarify:
Teresa Gibson has made 282 nice satchels and they will be given out at the church before we leave
SO...dont make a satchel but if you already have a great one you may use it instead of the one we made for you.
I hear the forcast for KOLOB for July 5-9 is scattered showers which will be a blessing we hope.
It will cool us off and keep the dust down. So pray for nice rain not heavy showers~
Because of the rain we need to be sure to bring rain Gear: (we may have cooler nights)
-RAIN ponchos
- Tarps for the tents
-umbrellas
Make sure you bring a few extra black garbage bags to cover your stuff later anf have all your sleeping gear in plastic bags marked with your name color and family #
HOT IT could be hot~~~~ so if you have one of those neck coolers withsoil moist in them feel free to bring them cause they will keep your neck cool. Lori gave many of the youth one at the 2010 youth conference ..so get them soakin
Also I heard some were worring about making a satchel to bring..
To clarify:
Teresa Gibson has made 282 nice satchels and they will be given out at the church before we leave
SO...dont make a satchel but if you already have a great one you may use it instead of the one we made for you.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Company colors
Please label all your buckets and garbage bags with sleeping gear in with your company color!
red- families 1-5
green-families 6-10
blue-families 11-15
red- families 1-5
green-families 6-10
blue-families 11-15
Sunday, June 19, 2011
BUCKET LIST-check list!
Be there ready to go to trek
- Cholla church at 6:00 am- July 5, 2011
Everyone dressed in pioneer clothing should bring: LABELED!!!!
1-Water bottle
2-Personal Equipment
3 Bucket full of personal gear
Optional :
extra pair tennis shoes
and a camera
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Personal Equipment list-
Place these things (Below) in a thick black garbage bag
Label it with your NAME, Company Color, and family #
NOTE** Load it on the 22’ trailer in the parking lot when you come to trek
1-Sleeping bag (with PJ’s rolled up in it)
2-extra blanket –small but warm
3-Pillow
*4-small mattress pad if desired-optional
SHOES- Hiking boots that are broken in are recommended but you may also bring an extra pair of tennis shoes that you can hike in.
DO NOT bring new shoes of any kind!!!
All of these items BELOW MUST fit in the trek bucket
Please REMEMBER to Include:
___GLOVES- to pull handcart and pull weeds
5 gal BUCKET filled with personal gear / with LID (this will also act as your chair)** Please line your bucket with a white trash bag then you can just pull it out to keep your extra things together in the tents.
personal gear-bucket list
__-One set of pioneer clothing (to change into)
__- extra bonnet (if desired)
__-Bloomers for under skirts ( light weight sweat pants or PJ pants)
__-GLOVES
__-5 extra pair sturdy socks
__-4 sets of underclothing
-1 small towel
In a baggie: IN the BUCKET
__Soap- small trial size
__Shampoo- small trial size
__Toothbrush
__Toothpaste- Small trial size
__Deodorant-small trial size
__hand wipes (Wet ones- -small pkg)
__Comb or brush
__****Girls only- feminine hygiene supplies
__Chap Stick
__Insect repellant-
__Sunscreen
__Small first aid kit, including moleskin and a few bandages in case of blisters
Prescribed medications
__An old set of scriptures
__3 heavy duty garbage bags (to use for dirty or wet clothes and return trip)
__Small bag of hard candy to suck on during treks
__Warm coat or sweat shirt for evenings( it does get cool at night)
__1 rain poncho
__Small Flash light
__Small pocket knife
Optional:
__-Camera
__-Harmonica or small musical instrument
(this does not include IPods , MP3 players, or other electronic devices
PLEASE DO NOT BRING THEM or your earphones!
First aid kit-suggestions or ideas
Band aids
Small soap
Safety pins
Needle and thread
Alcohol swabs
2x2 dressing
Small strip of adhesive tape
Moleskin (for blisters)
Matches dipped in melted wax
Paper and pencil
Money for a phone call
Diaherria RX
Tylanol
- Cholla church at 6:00 am- July 5, 2011
Everyone dressed in pioneer clothing should bring: LABELED!!!!
1-Water bottle
2-Personal Equipment
3 Bucket full of personal gear
Optional :
extra pair tennis shoes
and a camera
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Personal Equipment list-
Place these things (Below) in a thick black garbage bag
Label it with your NAME, Company Color, and family #
NOTE** Load it on the 22’ trailer in the parking lot when you come to trek
1-Sleeping bag (with PJ’s rolled up in it)
2-extra blanket –small but warm
3-Pillow
*4-small mattress pad if desired-optional
SHOES- Hiking boots that are broken in are recommended but you may also bring an extra pair of tennis shoes that you can hike in.
DO NOT bring new shoes of any kind!!!
All of these items BELOW MUST fit in the trek bucket
Please REMEMBER to Include:
___GLOVES- to pull handcart and pull weeds
5 gal BUCKET filled with personal gear / with LID (this will also act as your chair)** Please line your bucket with a white trash bag then you can just pull it out to keep your extra things together in the tents.
personal gear-bucket list
__-One set of pioneer clothing (to change into)
__- extra bonnet (if desired)
__-Bloomers for under skirts ( light weight sweat pants or PJ pants)
__-GLOVES
__-5 extra pair sturdy socks
__-4 sets of underclothing
-1 small towel
In a baggie: IN the BUCKET
__Soap- small trial size
__Shampoo- small trial size
__Toothbrush
__Toothpaste- Small trial size
__Deodorant-small trial size
__hand wipes (Wet ones- -small pkg)
__Comb or brush
__****Girls only- feminine hygiene supplies
__Chap Stick
__Insect repellant-
__Sunscreen
__Small first aid kit, including moleskin and a few bandages in case of blisters
Prescribed medications
__An old set of scriptures
__3 heavy duty garbage bags (to use for dirty or wet clothes and return trip)
__Small bag of hard candy to suck on during treks
__Warm coat or sweat shirt for evenings( it does get cool at night)
__1 rain poncho
__Small Flash light
__Small pocket knife
Optional:
__-Camera
__-Harmonica or small musical instrument
(this does not include IPods , MP3 players, or other electronic devices
PLEASE DO NOT BRING THEM or your earphones!
First aid kit-suggestions or ideas
Band aids
Small soap
Safety pins
Needle and thread
Alcohol swabs
2x2 dressing
Small strip of adhesive tape
Moleskin (for blisters)
Matches dipped in melted wax
Paper and pencil
Money for a phone call
Diaherria RX
Tylanol
Thursday, May 19, 2011
families
0 a First name a Last Name
1 Erin Larsen(grandama)
1 Sam Larsen(grandpa)
1 Mark Bowman(pa)
1 Aleeza Gonzalez(ma)
1 Macenzie Gainey
1 Ashley Longman
1 Hannah Cagle
1 Charity Chamberland
1 Ezra Morris
1 Andrew Johnson
1 Bryson Knowles
1 Sierra Bennett
1 Tiffany Williams
1 Blake Dennett
1
1
1
2 Halie Atkins(grandma)
2 Johnathan Atkins(grandpa)
2 LeeAnn Spencer(ma)
2 Jordan Torres(pa)
2 Zachary Gainey(sub captain)
2 Amy Hollingsworth
2 Alyssa Martinez
2 Jesse Plapp
2 Panepasa Taufa
2 Savannah Hutchings
2 Andrew Leja
2 Alexander Amerine(Peeples)
2 Brad Mc Donald
2 Jade Jones
2 Daija Prater
2 Elizabeth Day
2
3 Jennifer Sneed(grandma)
3 Austin Sneed(grandpa)
3 Brielle Wilke(ma)
3 Kiel Winger(pa)
3 Jordan Klein(sub captain)
3 Weston Crum
3 Kenny Thurtle
3 Joaquin Pequeno
3 Brandon Arnold
3 Emily Day
3 Kate Hollingsworth
3 Darby Cox
3 Brendan Kirkendall
3 Gwen Rogers
3 Dorianne Palmer
3
4 Terry Hafen(grandma)
4 Gary Hafen(grandpa)
4 Jordan Nelson(pa)
4 Dessa Selch (ma)
4 Evan Morris (Sub captain)
4 Kaytlyn Bassett
4 Brock Esplin
4 Victoria Peeples
4 Dane Selch
4 Joshua Bray
4 Daisy Gonsalves
4 Amanda Green
4 Michael Pecjak
4 Ryllie Sewell
4 Nina Colver
4
5 Gwen Dennett(grandma)
5 Cody Dennett(grandpa)
5 Ashley Leany(ma)
5 Dylan Lindquist(pa)
5 Kody Seastrunk(Sub Captain)
5 Karissa Lindley
5 Brighton Neilson
5 Tyce Jones
5 Jennifer Bradley
5 John Funaki
5 Lily Graham
5 Joshua Bassett
5 Camille Chappell
5 Anna Green
5 Brian Davis
5 Samantha Simmons
5
6 Rachel Kirkendall(grandma)
6 Joshua Kirkendall(grandpa)
6 Kendell Dyer(ma)
6 Robert Nelson (pa)
6 Daniel Bassett
6 Samuel Potter
6 Skye Smith
6 Danielle Butts
6 Brett Sillitoe
6 Keara Hall
6 Dallin Kephart
6 Chloe Rogers
6 Tanner Jolley
6 Brenden Crum
6 Franklin Neal
6 Taylor Winger
6
7 Isabel Hutchings(grandma)
7 Duane Hutchings(grandpa)
7 Tanner Humphreys(pa)
7 Carliann Udall (ma)
7 Kevin Kolteryahn
7 Jennifer Martinez
7 Ashlee Winger
7 Maisie Leany
7 Madison Braun
7 Brianna Edwards
7 Cinthia Martinez
7 James Werner
7 Rachel Bennett
7 Nikulas Purser
7 Jared Ream
7
8 Cindy Klein(grandma)
8 Barry Klein(grandpa)
8 Clarke Southwick (pa)
8 Amber Steadman(ma)
8 Clarissa Gonsalves
8 Cory Cox
8 Victoria Foutz
8 Audrey Mcleod
8 Rex Sanders
8 Jon Bennett
8 Jasmine Domenech
8 Elias Naffah
8 Natalie Weckesser
8 McKenna Anderson
8 Isaac Mulvey
8 Bailey Robinson(neal)
8
8
8
9 Shawna Spencer(grandma)
9 Tyron Spencer(grandpa)
9 Sierra Chapman(ma)
9 Cody Cureton(pa)
9 Simonetta Domenech
9 (Sinuhe)???? Alvarodo
9 Mickinzie Jackson
9 Taylor Dyer
9 Madison Skinner
9 Kianna Casey
9 Kelsey Cavalieri
9 Eddie Monzalvo Aceves
9 Quinton Robbins
9 Matthew Esplin
9 Adelaide Neilson
9 Emily Stewart
9
9
10 Sandra Bowman(grandma)
10 Rocky Bowman(grandpa)
10 Genaro(JJ) Gomez (pa)
10 Shelby Peterson (ma)
10 Brooke Foster
10 Steven Stembridge
10 Genevieve Ware
10 Colby Dyer
10 Carlos Grandlos
10 Clark Mulvey
10 Kaylin Kolteryahn
10 Lynsie Udall
10 Azure Chapman
10 Kyle Sanders
10 Rio Neilson
10 Brady Reipenhoff
10 Elias Leavett
10
11 becky Gifford(grandma)
11 michael Gifford(grandpa)
11 Aubrey Sillitoe(ma)
11 Tyler Smith(pa)
11 Corey Davis (sub captain)
11 Whitney Gainey
11 Jacob Johnson
11 Zoe Ellermeier
11 Hailey Foster
11 Ryan Murray
11 Alyssa byington
11 Spencer Shapiro
11 Summer Sudweeks
11 Jackson Callister
11 Makayla Smith
11 Terry Brown
11
12 Lori Foutz(Grandma)
12 Tracy Foutz(Grandpa)
12 Bryan Chapman(pa)
12 Tara Patchett (ma)
12 Kyra Ellermeier
12 Mary Kirkendall
12 Johnnie Stoker
12 Bratton Wilke
12 Taylor Murray
12 Audrey Gonzalez
12 Andrew simmons
12 Easton Durham
12 Chelsea Preece
12 Zach Longman
12 Julia Pettigrew
12
13 Trisha Bragg(Grandma)
13 Adam Bragg(grandpa)
13 Jackie Foutz(ma)
13 Grayden Jackson(pa)
13 Ashalee Johnson
13 Nick Wheatley
13 Taylor Bennett
13 Albert Grandlos
13 Brooke Robbins
13 Autumn Davis
13 Aleana Estepp
13 Austin Mc Donald
13 Savannah Bragg
13 Dylan Smith
13 Weston Moon
13
14 Danette Hafen(Grandma)
14 Aaron Hafen(Grandpa)
14 Mitch Mc Donald(pa)
14 Stephanne Pecjak(ma)
14 Jonathan Stiles
14 Mandy Bennett
14 Devon Moon
14 Alissah Casey
14 Vanesa Gomez
14 Rielly Reipenhoff
14 Aubree Bryant
14 Bo Peterson
14 Kadie Thomas
14 Robert Bowman
14 Adam Johnson
14 Madeline Wotten
14
15 Cathy Crum(Grandma)
15 Jay Crum(Grandpa)
15 Auria Kirkendall (ma)
15 Kaden Twitchell(pa)
15 Erika Aranda
15 Gonzalo Domenech
15 Darin Klein
15 Makayla Naffah
15 Joe Funaki
15 Jordan Moon
15 Kimberly Pecjak
15 Jordan Cagle
15 Carli Robbins
15 Sean Spencer
15 Aryanne Gonzalez
15
1 Erin Larsen(grandama)
1 Sam Larsen(grandpa)
1 Mark Bowman(pa)
1 Aleeza Gonzalez(ma)
1 Macenzie Gainey
1 Ashley Longman
1 Hannah Cagle
1 Charity Chamberland
1 Ezra Morris
1 Andrew Johnson
1 Bryson Knowles
1 Sierra Bennett
1 Tiffany Williams
1 Blake Dennett
1
1
1
2 Halie Atkins(grandma)
2 Johnathan Atkins(grandpa)
2 LeeAnn Spencer(ma)
2 Jordan Torres(pa)
2 Zachary Gainey(sub captain)
2 Amy Hollingsworth
2 Alyssa Martinez
2 Jesse Plapp
2 Panepasa Taufa
2 Savannah Hutchings
2 Andrew Leja
2 Alexander Amerine(Peeples)
2 Brad Mc Donald
2 Jade Jones
2 Daija Prater
2 Elizabeth Day
2
3 Jennifer Sneed(grandma)
3 Austin Sneed(grandpa)
3 Brielle Wilke(ma)
3 Kiel Winger(pa)
3 Jordan Klein(sub captain)
3 Weston Crum
3 Kenny Thurtle
3 Joaquin Pequeno
3 Brandon Arnold
3 Emily Day
3 Kate Hollingsworth
3 Darby Cox
3 Brendan Kirkendall
3 Gwen Rogers
3 Dorianne Palmer
3
4 Terry Hafen(grandma)
4 Gary Hafen(grandpa)
4 Jordan Nelson(pa)
4 Dessa Selch (ma)
4 Evan Morris (Sub captain)
4 Kaytlyn Bassett
4 Brock Esplin
4 Victoria Peeples
4 Dane Selch
4 Joshua Bray
4 Daisy Gonsalves
4 Amanda Green
4 Michael Pecjak
4 Ryllie Sewell
4 Nina Colver
4
5 Gwen Dennett(grandma)
5 Cody Dennett(grandpa)
5 Ashley Leany(ma)
5 Dylan Lindquist(pa)
5 Kody Seastrunk(Sub Captain)
5 Karissa Lindley
5 Brighton Neilson
5 Tyce Jones
5 Jennifer Bradley
5 John Funaki
5 Lily Graham
5 Joshua Bassett
5 Camille Chappell
5 Anna Green
5 Brian Davis
5 Samantha Simmons
5
6 Rachel Kirkendall(grandma)
6 Joshua Kirkendall(grandpa)
6 Kendell Dyer(ma)
6 Robert Nelson (pa)
6 Daniel Bassett
6 Samuel Potter
6 Skye Smith
6 Danielle Butts
6 Brett Sillitoe
6 Keara Hall
6 Dallin Kephart
6 Chloe Rogers
6 Tanner Jolley
6 Brenden Crum
6 Franklin Neal
6 Taylor Winger
6
7 Isabel Hutchings(grandma)
7 Duane Hutchings(grandpa)
7 Tanner Humphreys(pa)
7 Carliann Udall (ma)
7 Kevin Kolteryahn
7 Jennifer Martinez
7 Ashlee Winger
7 Maisie Leany
7 Madison Braun
7 Brianna Edwards
7 Cinthia Martinez
7 James Werner
7 Rachel Bennett
7 Nikulas Purser
7 Jared Ream
7
8 Cindy Klein(grandma)
8 Barry Klein(grandpa)
8 Clarke Southwick (pa)
8 Amber Steadman(ma)
8 Clarissa Gonsalves
8 Cory Cox
8 Victoria Foutz
8 Audrey Mcleod
8 Rex Sanders
8 Jon Bennett
8 Jasmine Domenech
8 Elias Naffah
8 Natalie Weckesser
8 McKenna Anderson
8 Isaac Mulvey
8 Bailey Robinson(neal)
8
8
8
9 Shawna Spencer(grandma)
9 Tyron Spencer(grandpa)
9 Sierra Chapman(ma)
9 Cody Cureton(pa)
9 Simonetta Domenech
9 (Sinuhe)???? Alvarodo
9 Mickinzie Jackson
9 Taylor Dyer
9 Madison Skinner
9 Kianna Casey
9 Kelsey Cavalieri
9 Eddie Monzalvo Aceves
9 Quinton Robbins
9 Matthew Esplin
9 Adelaide Neilson
9 Emily Stewart
9
9
10 Sandra Bowman(grandma)
10 Rocky Bowman(grandpa)
10 Genaro(JJ) Gomez (pa)
10 Shelby Peterson (ma)
10 Brooke Foster
10 Steven Stembridge
10 Genevieve Ware
10 Colby Dyer
10 Carlos Grandlos
10 Clark Mulvey
10 Kaylin Kolteryahn
10 Lynsie Udall
10 Azure Chapman
10 Kyle Sanders
10 Rio Neilson
10 Brady Reipenhoff
10 Elias Leavett
10
11 becky Gifford(grandma)
11 michael Gifford(grandpa)
11 Aubrey Sillitoe(ma)
11 Tyler Smith(pa)
11 Corey Davis (sub captain)
11 Whitney Gainey
11 Jacob Johnson
11 Zoe Ellermeier
11 Hailey Foster
11 Ryan Murray
11 Alyssa byington
11 Spencer Shapiro
11 Summer Sudweeks
11 Jackson Callister
11 Makayla Smith
11 Terry Brown
11
12 Lori Foutz(Grandma)
12 Tracy Foutz(Grandpa)
12 Bryan Chapman(pa)
12 Tara Patchett (ma)
12 Kyra Ellermeier
12 Mary Kirkendall
12 Johnnie Stoker
12 Bratton Wilke
12 Taylor Murray
12 Audrey Gonzalez
12 Andrew simmons
12 Easton Durham
12 Chelsea Preece
12 Zach Longman
12 Julia Pettigrew
12
13 Trisha Bragg(Grandma)
13 Adam Bragg(grandpa)
13 Jackie Foutz(ma)
13 Grayden Jackson(pa)
13 Ashalee Johnson
13 Nick Wheatley
13 Taylor Bennett
13 Albert Grandlos
13 Brooke Robbins
13 Autumn Davis
13 Aleana Estepp
13 Austin Mc Donald
13 Savannah Bragg
13 Dylan Smith
13 Weston Moon
13
14 Danette Hafen(Grandma)
14 Aaron Hafen(Grandpa)
14 Mitch Mc Donald(pa)
14 Stephanne Pecjak(ma)
14 Jonathan Stiles
14 Mandy Bennett
14 Devon Moon
14 Alissah Casey
14 Vanesa Gomez
14 Rielly Reipenhoff
14 Aubree Bryant
14 Bo Peterson
14 Kadie Thomas
14 Robert Bowman
14 Adam Johnson
14 Madeline Wotten
14
15 Cathy Crum(Grandma)
15 Jay Crum(Grandpa)
15 Auria Kirkendall (ma)
15 Kaden Twitchell(pa)
15 Erika Aranda
15 Gonzalo Domenech
15 Darin Klein
15 Makayla Naffah
15 Joe Funaki
15 Jordan Moon
15 Kimberly Pecjak
15 Jordan Cagle
15 Carli Robbins
15 Sean Spencer
15 Aryanne Gonzalez
15
Saturday, May 14, 2011
May 21 Meet and Greet 7:00pm Cholla
Family Meet and Greet
MAY 21 was at7:00pm at Cholla
We made family flags,
played games ,
and had a good old time!
and more fun
And tehn we cleaned up...so did ERIN! lol
MAY 21 was at7:00pm at Cholla
We made family flags,
played games ,
and more fun
And tehn we cleaned up...so did ERIN! lol
Readers Theater
The Readers Theater was an inspiring time to learn about the lives and trials of the handcart companies. Thanks to the Hafens from Pueblo ward!
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