Thursday, April 30, 2009

WEST MONUMENT DEDICATION/REUNION UPDATE

DEDICATION CEREMONIES BEGIN 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2009. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WE WILL DRIVE TO FARR WEST LDS FIRST WARD CHAPEL AT 1800 NORTH 1800 WEST, FARR WEST, UTAH.

REUNION BEGINS APPROXIMATELY NOON or as soon as everyone arrives.

FROM I-15 GOING NORTH FROM SALT LAKE TAKE 21ST STREET EXIT. TRAVEL EAST 3.2 MILES TO WASHINGTON BLVD. TURN LEFT, GO ONE BLOCK TO 20TH STREET. TURN RIGHT, GO THREE BLOCKS TO MADISON AVENUE, TURN LEFT INTO MAIN ENTRANCE TO CEMETERY AND FOLLOW SIGNS TO GRAVESITE.

FROM CEMETERY, LEAVE VIA MAIN ENTRANCE ON 20TH STREET, TRAVEL WEST TO 2000 WEST (UTAH HIGHWAY 126) TURN RIGHT, TRAVEL NORTH ABOUT 5 MILES TO 1800 NORTH IN FARR WEST. TURN RIGHT, GO UNDER FREEWAY, CHURCH ON YOUR LEFT NEXT TO FREEWAY.

MAP QUEST DIRECTIONS GIVE 12TH STREET TO FREEWAY, BUT 12TH STREET IS UNDERGOING MAJOR CONSTRUCTION SO SUGGEST YOU AVOID THAT ROUTE.

NEW BIOGRAPHY OF CHAUNCEY WALKER WEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT REUNION FOR $5.00 PER COPY. IF ORDERED BY MAIL THEY WILL BE $10.00 EACH. A BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD PLAQUE WITH A SLICE OF THE ORIGINAL RAIL LAID BEFORE 1869 WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR $50.00 EACH.

BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY OF THE WIVES ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND COPIES OF SOME OF CHAUNCEY'S DIARIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE

A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT IN HONOR OF CHAUNCEY WEST AND LORIN FARR WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF FARR WEST IN 2003. THIS MONUMENT IS ABOUT HALF A MILE EAST OF THE CHURCH.

THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRIVING OF THE GOLDEN SPIKE WILL BE HELD MAY 10, 2009 AT GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL MONUMENT, LOCATED 32 MILES WEST OF BRIGHAM CITY AT PROMONTORY, UTAH. PROGRAM BEGINS 11:30 A.M., RE-ENACTMENT OF THE DRIVING OF THE GOLDEN SPIKE AT 12:20 P.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 1-435-471-2209, ext 29.

FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY CALL ME AT 1-801-393-4385.

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