I picked up a book at a national park lodge that was diary entries of children who were crossing the frontier with their families. It really illustrated how desperate and fraught the journey was.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how features like these were used as markers to track their progress.
Children, always taking things very literally, commonly wrote how disappointed they were that there weren't any actual devils guarding these things.
Young adults would climb as high as possible and carve their names on the rocks. Usually to impress the women.
Sometimes the men of the family would make the journey first and then after settling somewhere pay to have the rest of their family moved west. There was at least one instance in the book of a family seeing their father's name carved in at Devils Gate.
grantnel2002 on March 28th, 2024 at 12:16 UTC »
If you get a chance to see it, I highly recommend it. Pictures do not do it justice and do not capture the full scale.
codyt321 on March 28th, 2024 at 12:44 UTC »
I picked up a book at a national park lodge that was diary entries of children who were crossing the frontier with their families. It really illustrated how desperate and fraught the journey was.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how features like these were used as markers to track their progress.
Children, always taking things very literally, commonly wrote how disappointed they were that there weren't any actual devils guarding these things.
Young adults would climb as high as possible and carve their names on the rocks. Usually to impress the women.
Sometimes the men of the family would make the journey first and then after settling somewhere pay to have the rest of their family moved west. There was at least one instance in the book of a family seeing their father's name carved in at Devils Gate.
Stories of Young Pioneers in their own words by Violet T. Kimball
MadManMcMoon91 on March 28th, 2024 at 12:59 UTC »
Great now I’m craving mashed potatoes