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11 Jul 2007: Chapter meeting agenda focused
on the Old Spanish Trails Symposium to be held on October 11-13 at
the Southern Utah University campus in Cedar City, Utah. About 16
trail scholars are expected to give presentations including Reba Grandrud,
Steve Heath, and Lyman Platt. The date chosen is auspicious because it is Columbus Day and coincidentally the day the lots were cast on the Dominguez-Escalante expedition. The
Dominguez-Escalante trail and the Old Spanish Trail cross near Enoch, Utah.
Enoch has made this their national civil holiday. They will have a Catholic
processional, a fair and rides for the kids, ethnic booths, and field trips to
Native American spiritual places. This day will become an annual, national,
Spanish trails symposium event.
3 Jul 2007: Crampton and Madsen's book, In Search of the Spanish Trail
will be reprinted on a limited basis. For information on ordering a copy,
click here.
10 Jan 2007: Chapter meeting
agenda
included plans for an Old Spanish Trails museum in this area, an Old
Spanish Trails Symposium in lieu of a chapter meeting to be held on
Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 4 PM at the Enoch City Office Building,
900 East Midvalley Road,
Enoch, Utah, and plans for an "Old Spanish Trail Days" celebration
on October 11-13, 2007.
18 Nov 2006: Local historian Leon Matheson
led the group on a tour of several historical sites in the vicinity
of Enoch, Utah. The December 2006 and January 2007 newsletters
contain reports on this field trip.
11 Oct 2006: Chapter meeting agenda included discussion of
the need to stabilize and preserve a Spanish Trail monument located
on Enoch Road in Enoch, Utah. Also discussed was the need for member
input (stories, photos) to improve the chapter newsletter and this
webpage. One member suggested we produce a brochure that could be
distributed to visiting tourists. The chapter president offered the
suggestion that chapter business meetings be held every other month
with field trips scheduled for the alternating months. The president
reported Utah's Iron County Commission will designate certain roads
in the county as “Old Spanish Trail Historic Roads.” The consensus
of the group was that this month's "Spanish
Traces" was excellent.
11 Oct 2006: Leon Matheson was interviewed on
local radio station KSUB. He spent a half hour discussing the
history of the local portions of the Old Spanish Trail.
23 Sep 2006: Local historian Leon Matheson
led the group on a tour of a couple
of locations within walking distance of Cedar City residents and see
some things of interest within a stones’ throw of finished roads.
Leon read some excerpts from Hafen’s book on the
Old Spanish Trail -- stories of slavery, Christianity, and
death. We eventually hiked to “Squaw’s Cave” and made a short trek
to see the “American Man”.
13 Sep 2006: Approximately a dozen attended
the September meeting. Items discussed included the chapter bylaws,
The Spanish Trail Hike award offered by the local Boy Scout
district, marking the Old Spanish Trail with new signs, and a field
trip to be held on 23 Sep. Leon Matheson shared some trail history
and described several Trail landmarks.
19 Jul 2006: Enoch City (Utah) Council passed
a
resolution
designating Enoch's Midvalley Road as the “Old Spanish Trail Historic Road.”
13 July 2006: An organizational meeting of a new chapter of the Old Spanish
Trail Association for Southern Utah was held in Enoch, Utah on 13 July, 2006.
Leon Matheson, Utah Director of the Old Spanish Trail Association and local
historian, described some historical highlights of the Old Spanish Trail in Utah
to the group of about 20. Following his presentation, officers for the new
chapter were selected: Rob Dotson, President; David Browning, Vice President;
Susan Lewis, Secretary-Treasurer; Sherry Singleton, Historical Librarian; Leon
Matheson, Trip Coordinator; and Blaine Nay, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster. A meeting schedule will be established at a latter date as
will a name for the new chapter. The chapter plans to take field trips to
important sites along the Utah portion of the Old Spanish Trail.
21 Jun 2006: Enoch City (Utah) Council Hears Spanish Trails Proposition.
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