Pg. 22 (Continued from Page 8) He talked of it until he got two of his friends to go with him. They went over the mountain into the valley and camped there three days. It looked like a Paradise to them. There was, however, one serious obstacle. The valley was surrounded by high and rugged mountains, and the narrow camp on, through which the Weber River flowed, seemed the only opening through which the entrance might be made. But no difficulty seemed unsurmountable to father, and he talked much to his friends of the beautiful valley beyond. And finally one man, Charles S. Peterson, with his two sons and his son-in-law, Roswell Stevens, said they would go. So in the winter of 1855 they went to the canyon and camped, working constantly until they could get through into the valley with their wagons. To the company was added one of Mr. Thurston’s sons and two Englishmen – John Cousins and Thomas Bibington, and Elder Jedadiah M. Grant, who sent three men with teams to assist in putting the road through. It was truly as great undertaking, with their primitive ways of road making. Their Pg. 23 tools consisted of picks, shovels and crowbars, with small plows. In some of the narrow passes they had to go up on the side of the canyon and loosen large rocks and boulders and roll them down into the river below to make a foundation on which to build a road. They finally got through and Mr. Peterson and Mr. Stevens settled at a place now called Peterson.” Go back to page 9.