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307-789-8116 Vol. 2 No. 4 Jan. 26, 2017

Taken from Evanston Register April 8, 1893, page 3

ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS

Mrs. M.J. Young, county superintendent, returned from a trip to Star Valley last Sunday evening, and reports having had a fearful trip goi8ng from Montpelier to Afton over the mountains. She secured a team and driver at Montpelier and started over the mountains Friday morning, two weeks ago. They started early but had made little over half the way by the middle of the afternoon. It was snowing fearfully and was cold. The snow piled and drifted, the horses were breaking through and when they reached the summit of the divide, they gave out and could go no further. The driver thought he could make a cousin’s ranch, a few miles further and get help and he unhitched his team and started pon foot, leaving Mrs. Young sitting in the sleighwrapped in quilts and all alone. It was then that thoughts of wolves and wild animals nearly drove the poor woman crazy. There was nothing in the sleigh to defend herself with but an ax and this she got into position where she could use it, and sat and shivered with the cold until after 5 o’clock in the evening. She was growing colder and more fright-ened every minute and the minutes seemed like hours and the hours like ages. She had been there all told nearly four hours, most of the time alone, when relief came in the shape of the mail carrier but he was going in the opposite direction, and the only help he could give her was to take her back several miles to the mail station, a rude log hut. It was after dark when the hut was reached. Mrs. Young had brought no lunch with her and had noth-ing to eat all day. The mail carrier had some bread and bacon which he made her share and then brought in some hay and made her lie down in a corner of the cabin and wrapped the quilts around her. The cabin had nothing but a dirt floor and the roof was made of poles. The heat from the fire built by the mail carrier caused the snow on the roof to melt and being in the interior of the cabin was not much better than being out in the mild rain storm. Near midnight Mrs. Young suffered another fright. A rap came at the cabin door and a voice asked if there was room for a couple of tramps inside. This broke her all up and she was ready to scream bloody murder. It was not so bad, however, as she im-agined. The two tramps were a couple of Danes, residents of Star Valley, who were on their way home and only wanted the shelter of the cabin until daylight. When they found that Mrs. Young was an occupant of the cabin they treated her very kindly and did all in their power to make her as comfortable as circumstances would permit. At four o’clock in the morning the mail carrier started on his journey to Montpelier leaving Mrs. Young and the two Danes in the cabin. At six o’clock the Danes prepared to depart. The younger one first going out and chopping a big pile of wood to last her until the mail carrier returned and the latter had agreed to carry her to Afton when he returned. The old Dane was very much averse to leaving her alone, and many were his expressions of sympathy for, “the poor little voman left all alone,” but they could not take her with them, and she insisted upon their going on and leaving her to wait for the mail carrier. They provided her break-fast and left early in the morning, and then she waited in the cabin until nearly 5 o’clock in the afternoon for the return of the mail carrier. It was after the Danes left that she finally broke down and cried for a long while after which she felt much better and patient-ly waited through the long day. When the mail carrier did arrive he brought with him provisions from Montpelier, including some tea. Supper was prepared and the tea gave her new courage and after supper they set forth. The mail carrier was familiar with the road, as was also his team and they made as good time as possible over the mountains. At 11 o’clock they came to a small ranch house and the mail carrier woke the people up and wanted to leave Mrs. Young there until the next morning, (over)

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(continued from other side) but they could not accommodate her, and they again drove on getting to the valley about half past one o’clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Young spent nearly a week in the valley visiting the schools and cannot speak too highly of the hos-pitable treatment she received and the sympathy and kindness extended to her on account of her misadventures on her trip to them. She made the return trip without accident, and while she suffered from cold, exposure and fear, she does not regret the trip , and will never, never forget it.

Evanston Register April 8, 1893

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Evanston Register April 8, 1893

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