West High School - Panther Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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T The sfillness of ThaT July day oT I847 was broken by The Tired Thud oT hooTs and The slow creak oT heavily laden wagons. The small company oT pioneers who had been iour- neying Tor sevenTeen monThs TelT only a sense oT weariness and no realizaTion ThaT Their desTinaTion was near. Winding six miles Through a deep canyon, They came suddenly upon The view of whaT we now call Sal+ Lake Valley. An expansive sweep of gray land doTTed by dwarT sagebrush was before Them. To The wesT There glimmered The lighT oT a body oT waTer. To The so-uTh and norTh rocky mounTains reared Their maiesTic Tops above The deserT land. A desolaTe wasTe iT was. yeT iT seemed To Those pioneers a veriTable paradise Tor iT marked The end oT The iourney. They were noT daunTed by The dreariness oT The scene nor by The Task ahead Tor They had The vision To look inTo The TuTure and see homes and happiness. While enduring The many hardships ThaT accompanied Their work of making The deserT habiTable and producTive, The sTalwarT company builded Their homes and esTablished a Tirm governmenT Tor The colony. Many hisTorical landmarks oT Those early days sTill sTand. The TirsT home, having been moved Tor profTecTion, is in The Temple grounds. The Tamous Eagle GaTe has remained in well- preserved Torm since iTs erecTion in I859. The downTown ig.: disTricT, sTarTing from one lone sTore and a posToTTice, has 5: 1 grown up inTo The splendid commercial secTion we now know. Even in The early Times, The necessiTy Tor some Torm oT recreaTion was recognized and The arT oT drama was TurThered by The erecTion in l86l oT The well-known SalT Lake TheaTre. Many in The communiTy obiecTed To- The plan of building a TheaTre. wishing To conTinue work on The Temple instead, buT The need Tor recreaTion was Tinally undersTood and all J '- f-Q' 1' joined in The eTforT ThaT madie This one of The TinesT TheaTres in The counTry. IT remained Tor sixTy-nine years a monumenT To iTs early builders. OTher Tamous beginnings wene The arrival oT The TirsT locomoTive in l87l, The erecTion oT The TirsT baThhouse aT The warm spring abouT IB49, The opening oT The TirsT school near The same Time and The building of The public library in I898. The sTreeT car service, as a beginning had Tor iTs power a span of mules which Tor a number oT years pulled The cars Through The main sTreeTs oT The ciTy aT a raTe of 20 To 60 minuTes To The mile. The speed increasing or decreasing according To The weaTher. Riders always had The prospecT oT The advenTure o'T ' being sTuck aT The cross roads when The way happened ,-o5:5w.. ,S-..i'--Li 7 Q E s E -if x L -I M146 To be snow-bo un d in The winTer sea son. Then The J passengers had The choice of wading Through The driTTs T V was Ten cenTs wiTh an addiTional charge Tor Tra nsfers. In order To insure aid in case of Tire. public spiriTed 'Marin Townsmen organized a volunTeer Tire deparTmenT in 'I85,3. The presenT Tire proTecTion service oT The ciTy was changed inTo a paid deparTmenT Trom The old volunTeer organizaTion which . ....-. had given ThirTy years oT volunTary service To iTs ciTy. is xy T' 1' fi i ii ur. er- ' - 7 f ' f f or waiTing unTil The road could be cleared. The Tara ii, . . 1, .Xi 4 I 'A lil' ' ' f,,,,' Piflmf A ,f ig 0 L , I .,. 4x..4 Page-Bm!! Q4 1 , f 'Z' I W s. 'X iv N Ti ji 7 'T 53?-. , Ns Th X- jf 15'-Qi' li .gig N a 1. 'N T -.i I '55, l Yr' i TQ '1 T .iv . Tv 7-TT 4

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Wifh fhe mulfiplicaiion of aciiviiies and ihe increase in se++lers if was. of course, necessary fo have a siable form of government ln i+s firsf four years, +he colony was under +he rule of 'rhe Mormon Communify and a more definife govern- menf was noi esfablished unfil affer 'rhe se'r+ing up of fhe Ter- rifo-ry of U'rah under 'rhe Uniied Siaies' adminisfrafion. Offi- cials were appoinfed fo iake charge of The municipal affairs of ihe ciiy uniil l85l when ihe firsf elecfion was held. The Ci+y of 'rhe Greal' Sali Lake was noi incorporafed uniil afier fhe seHing up of 'rhe 'rerrifory which was fermed +he Siafe of Deseret Deserei is a coined word meaning fha land of +he hone-y bee. ln consequence fhe bee hive is used as a symbol on +he sfaie seal. As +he 'rime of early hardships passed, +he arfs began +o hofd an appeal for 'rhe people. As a resull' of 'rheir in+eres+, many sociefies had iheir beginnings. The Tabernacle Choir was es+anblished. The Ar+ lnsfifufe, which is a sociefy for +he encouragemenf of 'rhe fine arfs, was formed. I+ sponsored an annual arl exhibii. a sfaie arf collecfion and a course of public lecfures on arf. rf-. lhllzlif g, En: i 'F' X T gjiwhsn jig Qbegmgiiwq ln laier years oiher means of recreafion grew in +he form public parks. Sal+air, which was +o become a world marvel, was builf on a pier ouf info fhe Greaf Sali Lake, fo provide a self wa+er ba+hing and dancing resort I+ was iirsl' con- s+ruc+ed in I893. Liberfy Park, our I I0 acre free amusemenf park, was in early days fhe Brigham Young farm, where a grisf mill was operafed. The picfuresque old mill sfill sfands a land- mark in memory of i+s famous owner and fhose early days. Advanced as we are info anofher ceniury fhai' has liHle lefl' of 'rhe by gone one in which Sal+ Lake Cify had Hs begin- ning. we should pause +o remember ihe sfress of 'rhose early days and 'rhe 'roil +ha+ long ago planned for' +oday's progress. of summer resorfs and W fr-TUX-71'1i f fQwY?WmJwr 4- 'Sir V if ' l E4 'Wi' A .4E?' fs W A401 5 X16 , ff rf Q: ftp!! ff fmlia 1 Ui f Llllil illifl ,. H ..,. Seeing lhere in ihe hearl of +he Cify 'rhe 'fallesi buildings rising friumphanily above Their lesser brofhers, if is difficuli To believe fha? Sali Lake was once fhaf lonely deseri spoi. li seems unbelivable 'rhai where fhere are now numberless frees lending shade and color +ha+ ihere was once only scrub sage-brush and a lone cedar free. ln fhe place of ciiy blocks bounded by wide, well-kep+ s'rree'rs, pioneer roads. rough and' dusiy. once +wis+ed and curved benea+h +he fee+ of slow-moving oxen. gives us one of our several parks which offer comforiable pleasure spofs wifhin 'rhe ci'ry where children's playgrounds are supervised and where down+own dwellers may enioy 'rhe pleasures of landscaped lawns, frees and colorful flowers. We sfill enioy fhe resulfs of 'rhose firs+ efiorfs foward cul- fure in our plays. concerfs and ar+ exhibifs. Those pioneers planned well +he basis for happy and confenfed lives. Wiih all of ifs naiural and cul'riva+ed a'r+rac'rions. ihe capiial ci+y of Ufah has become well known as one of fhe mosf aHrac- 'rive cifies of ihe Wesf. We humbly pay our 'rribuie +0 +hose valian+ pioneers who eighfy-six years ago laid +he foundafion for ihe success and beau+y of +he Cify of Greai Sal+ Lake. The old mill farm ff Page Twelve