HERE COMES THE "IRON HORSE" OR SO THE ANCIENT ONES CALLED IT.

The various tribes of American Indians often named their children after what was going on at the time the baby was born. So we can learn much from these Ancient Ones and why some were named Thunder Cloud; Snowfall; Running Horse and such. The American Civil War acerbated or enhanced the use of Trains in the United States. The trains eventually came west and made it so mail and passengers got across the plains faster and less dust in their ears. And like what the world has done rapidly for the last hundred years, we change, and the first train from Salt Lake to Juab County was on May 10, 1869. The end of the line was at York, which we used to call "Doc Steele's" place but now call it the base of Santaquin Hill, where Utah County wants to invade Juab County and redraw the lines. Sounds like another invasion! At any rate, since the train ended at York, various freighters or "Mule Skinners" met the train daily to bring supplies to the rest of the Utah Territory, which included parts of Nevada. Some of the Teamsters were Nephi Jackson; Ed and Heber Ockey(which took supplies to Heberville);Sam Tolley and Will Jones drove his team(named Duke and Nellie) to Pioche, Nevada. The first Train arrived in Nephi occurred early in the morning on May 3, 1879. The Engineer was John Worwood Sr. After more tracks were built, Thomas Worthington was the Engineer that pulled the throttle to Milford, which became a big Railroad town in its heyday. Now a days, it is the Wright Rodeo family that attract tourists. In 1880, coal was discovered in Wales, Sanpete County and a Track was built up "Track Street". The coal ran out and the tracks were pulled, but you can see some of the railroad ties given away and used to build homes and garages with. The one photos shows the hard work of those that built the lines. The last big train to stop in Nephi was "Big Boy" of three years ago. And yes, this writer has driven a train before video cameras were invented and convinced local officials that I could persuade the Union Pacific of Omaha to stop in Nephi, not costing the taxpayer a dime! That happened.