He ran thousands of head of sheep and cattle on the rangelands of Morgan County, and trailed them to desert areas for Winter feed¬ing. He loved the livestock bus¬iness and the property of Mount¬ain Green furnished a beautiful t place for recreation, camping and horse-back riding for the family during the sunnier months. The three sisters often practiced their violins under the pine trees, and sometimes rode their ponies to the Robinson home across the River where they got fresh milk. Robinson's store, 'Traveler's Rest', near Gateway, was at one time a convenient place to stop for supplies and treats. The hazardous Devil's Gate road, where the River makes an exciting turn almost full circle and where the road followed the cascading River, has, through modern technology, been eliminated from today's super-highway. The rock formations still remain on the Mountain below Devil's Gate, visible to those driving westward. Ahead of you and to the right, silhouetted against the sky, sits the mother hen on her nest, reminding us that there are still some con¬stants in life—besides memories, —Alice Thornley Evans, Salt Lake City HOME ON THE RANGE ELSEWHERE HAPPENINGS JANUARY, 1863: Dan Freeman, ex-Union soldier, measured off 160 acres of public land near Beatrice NE, and became the first homesteader under the Homestead Act, which gave land to the people. JANUARY 1888: Artificial straws for drinking sodas and such delights were patented by inventor M.C. Stone of Washington D.C. FEBRUARY, 1752: Through the efforts of Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, the first hospital in America was opened in Philadelphia. MARCH, 1849: One, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, Ill., applied for a patent on inflated cylinders for 'buoying vessels over shoals.' JULY 1775: The first Postmaster General appointed by the Continental Congress was Benjamin Franklin; salary was $1,000 a year. 204