In Memory of a Pioneer

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treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; and shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint; and I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of "Israel, and not slay them."

Joseph F. Smith.

IN MEMORY OF A PIONEER.

Col. A. R. Greene, a leading member of the Kansas Historical Society, a frequent visitor to Utah, and Special Inspector for the Secretary of the Interior, a man of splendid literary ability, who takes unusual interest in historical incidents, has given the Era the following memoranda from his notes: Two or three miles down the North Platte from Scott's Bluff, Nebraska, and within a few feet of the Burlington Railroad track, is the grave of Rebecca Winters, a "Mormon" mother who died here in 1850, at the age of 57, and who was buried at the side of the old trail. Her grave was marked by a wagon tire, placed at the head, and on the edge of the iron band, her name and age, and the date of her death, were cut in with a cold chisel. Several years ago, when the surveyors for the railroad came along, they found their center line directly over this grave. They went back several miles and changed the alignment sufficiently to bring the track a few feet to the south, and now the grave is about a yard from the ends of the ties. Four cedar posts, connected with gas pipe, the whole painted neatly, enclose the grave, and it is rumored that there is a movement on foot to erect a monument there. The papers published an account of the discovery and preservation of the grave, but it is a fact that it had been known for more than a decade, for the creek that runs near, and the precinct, are both named Winters, in honor of the pioneer who lies buried at the side of the Old Trail to Oregon and Salt Lake. There is a report in the neighborhood that a son of this woman, now a man of 60 or 70 years, resides in Salt Lake City, and that he is contemplating the erection of a monument at the grave of .his mother.

In the library of Jack Hunton, at Fort Laramie, is a book giv-