On a spring day in 1877, a man named George Carter drowned while pushing railroad ties down Utahâs upper Weber River. Carterâs memorial sits atop a bluff overlooking the river near Oakley, offering a testament to pioneersâ persistence and willingness to risk everything to build a new civilization in the Westâs valleys, mountains and deserts. The chunk of engraved granite also helps prove that stretch of the Weber was once a navigable âhighway of commerce.â If logs made it down the river, stream...
Comment on Public access on Weber River hinges on pioneer log drives
Utah News - The Salt Lake Tribune, The Salt Lake Tribune
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 5:27pm
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