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A Visitor’s Guide to Recreation Along U.S. 89 

Geese and other water foul can be seen on a regular basis floating along Big Creek on both sides of Bear Lake Blvd. when coming 

into Laketown from Garden City. 

- Photo by Sherry Brown

2 - The Bear Laker - June 16, 2010 

Calendar of Events for 2010 

June 2010 

1 - Oct. 16 - Quilt Show at the National Oregon/California Trail Center in 

Montpelier. 

17 to 19 - 11th annual Girls Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament in Montpelier. 

Call 847-3102. 

25 - Dale Belnap at the National Oregon Trail Center at 7:30 p.m. 

July 2009 

2 - 3 - 3 on 3 basketball tournament in Montpelier 

3 - Woodruff Celebration includes rodeo, parade, dance, Dutch oven dinner 

and programs at Woodruff, Utah. 

3 - Paris, Idaho Fourth of July Celebration includes chuck wagon breakfast, 

pageant at Paris Tabernacle, parade and youth rodeo. 

3 - Montpelier, Idaho Fourth of July Celebration. Lions Club Chuck wagon 

Breakfast from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Evening Fireworks on “M” Hill after sunset. 

3 - Bear Lake West Golf Course /Scramble: 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Call 208-945- 

2444. 

4 - Fireworks at Ideal Beach Resort in Garden City, Utah after dark. 

5 - 24 Amos “Mose” Wright Pony Express Rider Exhibit at the National 

Oregon/California Trail Center. 

8 to 10 - Bear Lake Fast-Patch BAT Wars Tournament: online registration 

form. Call 208-847-3102. 

10 - Twin Creeks Days in Georgetown. All day celebration, fun in the park, 

evening street dance, auction, games for kids and entertainment. 208-847-2120. 

9 - 10 - Second Annual Bear Lake Cowboy Gathering (poetry and musicians) 

at the Rae Crane building at Bear Lake County Fairgrounds in 

Montpelier. 

15 - History of the Crow Creek Freighters Route at the National Oregon/ 

California Trail Center, Program presenter, Ron Anderson. 

15 - 17 The Re/Max hot air balloon will be giving tethered rides at Allinger 

Park in Montpelier at 6 p.m. on July 15 and 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on July 16 and 

July 17 in Garden City at 7 a.m. 

15 to 17 - Annual Bear Lake Invitational Boys All-Stars Baseball Tournament. 

Tourney is dedicated for boys ages 9 to 12. 

16 - Saddle Strings at the Oregon Trail Center at 7:30 p.m. 

16 - Aug. 28 Journey Stories: Smithsonian Exhibit on display at the National 

Oregon Trail Center. See Oregon Trail Center ad in the Bear Laker. 

17 - Bear Lake Car Show: at Wells C. Stock Park in Montpelier. Call Bob 

Biggs for more information at 208 847-0757. 

18 - All Niter Co-Ed Softball Tournament. 

22 - Gary Eller: Historically based songs of Idaho at 7:30 p.m. at the Allinger 

Community Theater. 

24 - Relay for Life of Bear Lake. At Bear Lake High School. Call Liz at 208- 

847-0757 to register a team. 

19 - 20 Tour de Wyoming bike race. 

23 - 24 - Pony Express Re-enactment at Wells C. Stock Park in Montpelier. 

24 Bear Lake County Search and Rescue Salmon Bar-b-que at St. Charles 

City Park at 6 p.m. 

Charles C. Rich Exhibit: at the National Oregon/California Trail Center. 

Charles C. Rich Movie: “The Measure of a Man.” 7:30 p.m. at the Allinger 

Community Theatre. 

August 2009 

1 - 31 - Quilts on the Oregon Trail at the National Oregon California Trail 

Center in Montpelier 

5 - 7 - Bear Lake Raspberry Days Festival in Garden City, Utah. Parade, fireworks 

craft fair, golf tournament, dance and much more. 

6 - 7 - Laketown Rodeo at Laketown arena. 

6 - Janet Ward: Women’s Experiences on the Oregon Trail at 7:30 at the 

Allinger Community Theatre in Montpelier 

7 - Raspberry Days Scramble at Bear Lake West 208-945-2744. 

7 - Bear Lake Classic Triathlon by BBSC Endurance Sports at Rendezvous 

Beach at 8 a.m. 

9 - 14 Bear Lake County Fair: Rodeo, carnival concert, demolition derby, 

parade and exhibits. 

13 - Historical Note: Butch Cassidy robbed the Bank of Montpelier, Idaho at 

3:13 p.m. on August 13, 1896. 

14 - Rich County Demolition Derby at the Laketown Arena, call 435-946- 

8536. 

16 - 21 Rich County Fair and Rodeo at Randolph, Utah. 5K race at 8 a.m., 

parade at 10 a.m. dance at 9 p.m. and fireworks after dark . 

13 - Rich County 4-H Show in Randolph at 9 a.m. 435 793-2435. 

21 - Bear Lake Valley Health Care Foundation Annual Golf “Fore” Health 

Golf Tournament at Montpelier Golf Course. Contact Craig at Bear Lake 

Memorial Hospital at 847-1630 for more information. 

29 - Bear Lake Classic Triathlon: by BBSC Endurance Sports at Rendezvous 

Beach at 8 a.m. 

28: Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon, a Gold Metal Racing event. Sprint and 

Olympic distances 801-335-4940. 

28 - Rich County Ranch Rodeo at Laketown. Long round at 8 a.m., short 

Round at 6 p.m. 307-354-6691. 

September 2009 

1 - 6 - Bear Lake Parade of Homes: Sponsored by the Bear Lake Home 

Builders Association, for more information, call 801-725-8941. 

11 - Logan to Jackson Bicycle Race (LOTOJA) call 801-546-0090., 

12 - Bear Lake Brawn Triathlon, A Gold Medal Racing event. Sprint and 

Olympic distances. Call 801 492-3442. 

18 - Golfing “fore” Families Tournament at the Montpelier Golf Course. 

18 Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Annual Community Health Fair: 8 a.m. to 

noon, all ages welcome. 208 847-1630. 

TBA- Montpelier Mayor’s Marriage Celebration Week. Newly Wed game on 

September 19, couples golf tournament. Call Ted Slivinski at 208-847-1981. 

TBA - Beaver Mountain Music Festival 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Beaver Mountain 

Lodge in Logan Canyon 435-760-0747.

The Bear Laker - June 16, 2010 - 3


Inspection stations will check for quagga mussels 

Mandatory watercraft inspection 

stations began opening in Idaho the 

end of April. 

Boaters should expect inspections. 

The purpose of the stations is to inspect 

watercraft coming from outside of 

Idaho. 

The watercraft inspectors will be 

looking for high-risk boats that have 

been in quagga mussel or zebra mussel 

impacted states. 

Boats will be inspected for any 

attached mussels or standing water. 

The boat owners will be asked where 

they have boated in the previous 30 

days. 

It is important that boaters arrive 

in Idaho with a clean, drained and 

dry watercraft. 

Idaho’s inspection program underscores 

the importance of preventing 

these mussels from becoming established 

in Idaho, said Agriculture 

Director Celia Gould. “If introduced, 

these mussels could impact Idaho’s 

waterbodies and recreation and likely 

impose a heavy maintenance burden 

on irrigated agriculture, power generation 

and water suppliers.” 

Zebra mussels and quagga mussels 

are invasive species. They are 

European in origin and range in size 

from microscopic to the size of a fingernail, 

depending on the life stage. 

They are prolific breeders and attach 

themselves to hard and soft surfaces, 

found in freshwater ecosystems and 

clogging intake pipes that draw water 

from infested waterbodies. They cause 

significant maintenance challenges for 

raw-water systems, requiring millions 

of dollars annually to treat. Although 

populations have been widespread in 

the Great Lakes for almost two 

decades, the mussels were found for 

the first time west of the Continental 

Divide in the past three years, specifically 

in regions of Nevada, California, 

Arizona, Colorado and Utah. 

Idaho is seeking the public’s help to 

prevent the introduction of the invasive 

species. 

Boats are the primary transporters 

of zebra and quagga mussels. 

Mussels attached to watercraft or 

trailers can easily be transported to 

other waterbodies. 

Water in boat engines, bilges, live 

wells and buckets can carry microscopic 

mussel larvae (veligers) to other 

water bodies Multiple state and federal 

agencies are urging boaters and 

watercraft users to clean, drain and 

dry boats and equipment before entering 

Idaho. 

People should 

• Inspect all exposed surfaces. Small 

mussels feel like sandpaper to the 

touch. 

• Wash the hull thoroughly, preferably 

with hot water. 

• Remove all plant and animal material 

• Drain all water and dry all areas. 

• Drain and dry the lower outboard 

unit. 

• Clean and dry all live wells. 

• Empty and dry any buckets 

• Dispose of all bait in the trash. 

• Wait five days and keep watercraft 

dry between launches into different 

fresh waters. 

A sneaker spent about a month, in Lake Mead and picked up a coating 

of Quagga Mussels. 

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The Bear Laker - June 16, 2010 - 5 

Second Annual Cowboy Festival 

The second annual Cowboy 

Festival will take place July 9-10 at 

the Rae Crane Multiplex at the Bear 

Lake County Fairgrounds north of 

Montpelier and at the National 

Oregon/ California Trail Center. 

The festival abounds with musical 

entertainers and big name cowboy 

poets. 

Produced by Arden and Janette 

Gailey, the festival is a non-profit 

event. Any proceeds, after expenses, 

will be donated to scholarships 

and charity. 

Three stages will be running all 

day Friday and Saturday with many 

opportunities to use the available 

open mikes. 

The Gaileys are encouraging 

those in the Bear Lake Valley, 

whether a resident or a visitor, to 

come and entertain with their 

poems, songs or other top-quality 

cowboy entertainment. Others need 

to be sure to stop by the fairgrounds, 

or the National Oregon/ California 

Trail Center at the main intersection 

of Highway 30 and Highway 89 to 

view the entertainment. 

The preshow starts at 6:30 p.m. 

and the show at 7 p.m., both nights 

at the fairgrounds. Tickets are $8 

with children under 12 free. Family 

tickets for three or more are $20. 

“Please come out and support 

this event! We need to show these 

many entertainers, who come at 

their own expense, that the Bear 

Lake Valley is friendly and appreciative.” 

Janette Gailey said. 

Anyone who wants more information 

should contact the Gaileys 

at 208 847-3930 or by e-mail at ag@ 

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Vern Woodbury, Idaho 

Lloyd Warnick, Idaho, 

Jessica Hedges, Idaho 

Christine Riker, Idaho 

Dave Tingy, Idaho 

And Arden Gailey, Open Range Balladeer 

Musicians and Bands 

Saddle Strings, Utah 

The Fall River Boys, Idaho 

Coyote Moon, Utah 

Richard Lee Cody 

and Mary Kaye, Utah 

David and Jenny Anderson, Utah, 

Katy Creek Band, Arizona 

The Drifter and Miss Judy, Utah 

Wayne Nelson, Idaho 

Coyote Joe, Oregon 

Garde Bowman, Idaho 

Lonnie Shurtleff, Oregon 

Jerry Bell, Wyoming 

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Youth center now open 

Montpelier has a new attraction for 

teens, the Intersection Youth Center. 

The youth center is the brain child of 

Emil Liko and some of his friends and 

acquaintances. More than a year ago 

Liko noticed youth walking up and 

down the alley and street near the 

church in Montpelier where he is pastor. 

In talking with them he found they 

simply did not have anything else to do. 

He thought through the matter and 

talked with Montpelier Mayor, Reed 

Peterson, about opening a recreation 

center of some sort and got very positive 

response. Liko went on from there 

to enlist other people who have particular 

interest in youth. He talked with the 

young people about what they would 

like to do and got lots of good ideas. 

The first plan was to use a business 

building, but that proposal fell through 

and he again approached Peterson, this 

time about using the underutilized 

auditorium at Montpelier City Hall. A 

board was formed and presently consists 

of a number of people active with 

youth in the community. They include 

Ken Parks, a former high school sports 

coach, Kurt Radcliff, a wrestling coach, 

Candy Dawes, Greg Butler, the chief of 

police for Montpelier City, Jim Griglack 

who works and co-owns Bear Lake Car 

Care, John Jensen, John Martinez, a 

county police officer, Peterson, the 

Mayor of Montpelier and Liko himself. 

They immediately began to seek for 

funding and donations to get the youth 

center on its feet. 

Teens from the community volunteered 

their time to decorate and clean 

the room and bring in furniture and 

equipment. 

(See youth center on page 7) 

TABLE TENNIS PRESENTS a fun learning experience for those playing 

as well as entertaining those watching. 

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TVs, game systems, and other donated 

items began to arrive. They now include 

six TVs, a Wii, Xbox 360, a standard 

Xbox, a number of video games and 

other items. 

Six couches were donated from individuals 

and firms. 

One of the larger donations was a 

pool table from Arctic Circle. The company 

paid to have a new felt placed. 

Other items soon arrived including an 

air hockey, foosball and a ping pong 

tables. There is a sound system with a 

number of CDs for young people to play. 

The center opened May 27. 

YOUTH CENTER 

Cont. from page six 

One of the larger obstacles was getting 

adult volunteers to act as chaperones 

and supervisors. Each of the volunteers 

must be screened. Montpelier 

police volunteered to do the background 

checks without charge. 

While there the young people might 

be able to purchase a hamburger brought 

in by Arctic Circle, buy pop from a vending 

machine, or purchase chips, snacks 

and candy from the supervisor. The 

young people do not have to play games 

while they are there, they can simply 

hang out and talk with their friends. The 

couches and chairs are there for that purpose. 

Donations are made to the Montpelier 

Community Foundation, which are then 

directed to the youth center fund. Liko 

believes the center can be self supporting 

with the small amounts that come in 

from admission and profits from food 

sales. That money can be used to keep 

equipment in repair or purchase new 

video games or controllers. 

The center requires a $1 admission. It 

is open for middle school aged teens 

from 4 to 6 p.m. and to high school teens 

from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. To enter the youth 

pay the admission fee of $1, show their 

school ID and sign in. They are not 

allowed to wander the building at large, 

and are required to wear appropriate 

clothing. Supervisors will be able to ask 


the youth to go home and change if they 

feel something is inappropriate for either 

girls or boys. Liko specifically mentioned 

tops that would reveal too much when 

girls bend over a pool table, or trousers 

that hang too low on a boy’s buttocks. 

The center asks that out of the area 

youth not in the local school district 

show some form of school ID or drivers 

license for high school age kids and that 

for the middle school youth, their parents 

come in and sign them up so they 

can receive their membership card to 

check-out the equipment and so the center 

has some contact information in case 

of an emergency. 

The youth center is located inside of 

Montpelier City Hall, at 534 Washington 

Street. 

The full sized pool table has a felt embossed top with the Arctic Circle 

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JESSICA Read and Kathie Wallentine painted the eastern end of the 

auditorium. They painted a night scape and also skateboarders on the north 

and south walls. 


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June 16, 2010 - The Bear Laker - 9 

Charles C. Rich - Bear Lake Colonizer 

SARAH DEARMAN PEA RICH (left) and Eliza Ann Graves Rich (right) were 

the first two wives of Charles C. Rich. 

settled near Far West, Missouri, until 

the members of the church were driven 

to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839. 

While in Nauvoo he served as a 

counselor in the Nauvoo Stake, sat on 

the Nauvoo City Council and was one 

of the original members of the Council 

of Fifty. After the death of Joseph 

Smith, Jr. in 1844, Rich rose to the rank 

of major general in the Nauvoo Legion. 

Rich followed the doctrine of plural 

marriage, taking three additional 

wives in 1945: Eliza Ann Graves, Mary 

Ann Phelps and Sarah Jane Peck. 

Before leaving Nauvoo in 1846, he 

married Emeline Grover and in 1847 

at Winter Quarters he took Harriet 

Sargent as his sixth wife. 

Rich helped organize the Mormon 

exodus from Nauvoo and in 1847 he 

was named military leader of the 1847 

Emigration Company which followed 

Brigham Young’s Pioneer Company, 

reaching Salt Lake Valley in October of 

1847. 

At the age of 39, he was named to 

the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. 

In 1849, Rich assisted Amasa Lyman 

in supervising Mormons in California. 

San Bernadine served as a way station 

for immigrants traveling to Utah by 

way of the Spanish Trail. 

He was recalled in 1857 when the 

church was threatened by troops from 

the United States. 

Between 1860 and 1862, Rich joined 

Lyman in England to oversee the LDS 

church’s European Mission. 

He was back to Centerville just one 

year when he was called to colonize 

the Bear Lake Valley. 

At that time, 1863, The Oregon Trail 

was in use and it was expected that 

settlers would move into the Bear 

Lake area if the Mormons didn’t themselves 

establish settlements. 

The following year, in 1864, Rich 

moved his six wives and 30 children 

to Paris and began, with the others 

who came with him, the struggle to 

maintain the settlements in the face of 

cold, severe weather conditions, difficulty 

in farming and isolation. 

The Indians who often came to the 

valley during the summers were a 

threat, one that Rich managed with 

diplomacy and sympathetic concern 

for the Indians. 

Rich was organizing the colonization 

of Star Valley in Wyoming before 

being partially paralyzed by a stroke 

in 1880. He died three years later on 

November 17 1883 at the age of 75. 

He was the father of 51 children, 

and 85 grandchildren. 

The celebration of the anniversary 

of his birth last year was a gala affair. 

It has held at the LDS church building 

on Porter Road in Centerville. There 

Rich had a family farm following his 

arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. That 

home was moved to Pioneer Park in 

Salt Lake City. 

It was estimated that over 250 people 

were in attendance each day at the 

reunion. 

The program was performed by 

family members. There was a threepiece 

band, a 200th birthday cake and 

plenty of other food. 

Harriet Vance, his only living 

grandchild, at the age of 101 years, 

was in attendance. 

harriet sargent rich, the 

sixth wife of Charles C. Rich, is pictured 

to the right. Below is a photo of her 

home which still stands on West Second 

South Street in Paris. 

Charles C. Rich 

No one has affected the history of 

Bear Lake Valley so completely as 

Charles C. Rich. Family members celebrated 

the 200 anniversary of his 

birthday Aug. 14-15, 2009. at 

Centerville, Utah. 

Bear Lake was used by various 

Indian tribes well before the Mormons 

arrived in Bear Lake Valley. It was also 

used by Mountain Men in there pursuit 

of beaver and other firs. 

Bear Lake was traveled by migrants 

traveling toward Oregon in the 1840s, 

but it was not until 1863 that the valley 

had permanent settlers when Charles 

C. Rich came with a group to colonize 

the valley. 

Charles C. Rich was commissioned 

by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday 

Saints with the task of settling 

Bear Lake Valley. He gathered the first 

group of proposed settlers and came 

with them over the mountains and 

began the community of Paris. It was 

not an auspicious undertaking. The 

winters were harsh to say the least. 

There was not a long enough growing 

season for many food crops or for 

orchards and there was not much 

game to support the first group of settlers 

through the winter. 

In other ways the valley was a wonderful 

setting. The summers were very 

hospitable, there was plenty of wood 

and stone for building and other uses 

and the settlers, with the determined 

encouragement of Rich, were inventive 

and energetic. 

Rich was not new to creating settlements 

when he came to Bear Lake. He 

had already helped found settlements 

at San Bernardino in California and 

Centerville, Utah. In fact, he could 

have been named as one of the settlers 

at Far West in Missouri and after that 

Nauvoo, Illinois although he was not 

the leader in those cases. 

Rich was a faithful member of the 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 

Saints, first following and supporting 

the church founder Joseph Smith and 

his successor, Brigham Young. 

Born in Northwestern Kentucky 

Aug. 21, 1809, to Joseph and Nancy 

O’Neil Rich, he moved with his parents 

to southern Indiana in 1810 and 

on to Tazwell County, Illinois in 1829, 

according to information from the 

Utah History Encyclopedia. 

Rich received a basic education and 

training as a cooper, but spent most of 

his early life working on the family 

farm. In 1831 he heard about the 

Mormon Church and was baptized 

the next year. 

He served several short missions 

for the church between 1832 and 1838, 

while continuing to farm. 

In 1828, Rich married 

Sarah DeArmon Pea and the couple 

mary ann phelps rich, the third 

wife of Charles C. Rich, is pictured to 

the left. Above is a photo of her home 

which still stands on West Second 

South Street in Paris. 

sarah jane peck rich, was the 

fourth wife of Charles C. Rich and is 

pictured to the left. Above is a photo of 

her home which still stands on South 

First West Street in Paris. 

Photos courtesy of Rich Family and the Paris Museum 

emeline grover rich, the fifth 

wife of Charles C. Rich, is pictured 

above. The photo to the right is of her 

home which still stands on West First 

South Street in Paris.


Charles C. Rich - cont. 

A movie about his life, “The 

Measure of a Man” unpublished family 

sketches and a book titled “Sweet 

Love Remembered", all commemorate 

his life. "Charles Coulson Rich: Pioneer 

Builder of the West" by John Henry 

Evans is now in print and may be purchased 

on Amazon.com. 

The family association holds 

reunions every three years and a 

memorial service at the Paris Cemetery 

every Memorial Day. 

This monument stands in his honor on the south grounds of the Paris 

Tabernacle. 

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Falcons are the Lamborgini of birds 

The snow-white racing pigeon streaks 

up through the sky towards the dim 

mountains in the east. By the time I see 

Crush’s faint shape take off after it, it is 

little more than an outline in the sky. 

Crush swoops up towards it but is a second 

too late to catch it as it races past. 

The pigeon circles swiftly away, but 

Crush does not try to follow. 

Ezra Lantz pulls another pigeon from 

his jacket and throws it into the air, calling 

loudly to catch Crush’s attention. 

The little Gyrfalcon zooms towards the 

new pigeon, which turns back west and 

flies madly towards its pen with Crush 

hard on its tail. I lose sight of Crush as he 

lands somewhere far away, the pigeon 

having outdistanced him. 

Crush is fast, even for a Gyrfalcon, 

which typically reach speeds of 240 miles 

per hour in the dive, but the racing 

pigeon is one bird that Lantz knows can 

out-fly him, at least when Crush is out of 

shape. In fact, Lantz raises them for their 

speed, to use when exercising his falcons. 

Lantz has been a falconer for more 

than 20 years, is a licensed breeder, and 

plans to work with birds until the day he 

dies. Along with Crush and the pigeons, 

he owns two hunting dogs, some ducks, 

pheasants and many other kinds of birds 

as well. He also has rehabilitated a Bald 

Eagle named Valkyrie for the Idaho Fish 

and Game. 

Lantz had brought only two pigeons 

and the sun is setting, so he tries to bring 

Crush back with a lure, a leather object 

designed to look like a bird, fastened on 

a long string. He swings it in a big vertical 

circle and calls “Ho, ho!” so loudly 

that his call echoes all through the valley, 

but Crush won’t come. He is 23 grams 

above his flying weight, which makes 

him tend to be unresponsive. He might 

not see the need to return to Lantz for 

food at all, at least for several hours, or 

even days. 

Lantz, his young son Gabe, and I 

stand in a flat open area, where the only 

vegetation is short, scrubby patches of 

grass. Twilight is deepening, the air is 

cold, and I focus on a small, light patch 

clinging to a tall metal pole, wondering if 

it is Crush and wishing he would come 

back. He can see what the lure is, and he 

wants a real bird, but Lantz explains that 

he knows it is getting dark and that he 

will have to come back soon. The night is 

when the dangerous nocturnal predator, 

the horned owl, hunts. 

This is not exactly what I was expecting 

when I asked Lantz to take me when 

he flew Crush, but I decide to enjoy the 

novelty of it. Modern technology has 

made a surprisingly small difference in 

falconry—the changes comprise primarily 

of improvements in materials, and 

the familiar jesses, hood, and gauntlet 

are all there. The jesses are no more than 

worn black dacron ropes about half a 

centimeter in diameter, which Lantz 

fastens and unfastens from the bird’s leg, 

using a 1000 year old technique that only 

requires one hand for both operations. 

Crush’s hood is a small leather cap that 

slips over his head, with black patches 

over the eyes and a small twisted handle 

sticking from the top. The gauntlet is a 

worn leather glove, which Lantz wears 

to protect his hand from Crush’s talons. 

One of the most notable modern innovations 

in falconry is a radio transmitter 

used for tracking the bird. The receiver is 

a rectangular metal box that opens up to 

reveal several gauges and dials. For this 

expedition to fly Crush, Lantz brought 

the receiver along in his car, though he 

did not need to use it, since Crush didn’t 

fly too far away. Instead he listened for 

the bells attached to Crush’s feet along 

with the transmitters, to alert us of his 

coming. 

The car is a very sturdy Montero 

Chassis, designed for use in races over 

very rough terrain, and is outfitted with 

several more gauges than are standard, 

EZRA LANTZ looks on affectionately at his falcon, Crush. 

- Photo by Ezra Lantz 

including one which shows the tilt of the 

car, with red markings to show when the 

car is in danger of rolling over. For transporting 

Crush, Lantz has a cadge, a carpeted 

block of wood on which a falcon 

rests while it is being transported, but for 

this trip he merely perched Crush on a 

backseat headrest— the quick, “on the 

fly,” method of transportation. 

Today, falconry is mainly just the 

hobby of a few eccentric and devoted 

people, but in medieval times it was very 

popular as a hunting sport. “Kings and 

saints, queens and noblemen, and even 

the lowest of the classes engaged in falconry. 

The keeping of birds and hunting 

of them was as common then as golf is 

today” . 1 Falconry as a sport rose 

to its height between 500 and 1600 AD, 

though there is evidence of it as early as 

722 BC, when an Assyrian bas-relief 

depicting a man with a small bird of prey 

on his right wrist was found in the ruins 

of Khorsabad. 2 “It began to fade after 

1600 with the emergence of shotguns 

and the enclosure of open lands, but 

there was a revival beginning in the 

1970s”. 3 Today, the greatest challenges 

facing modern falconers are finding 

open lands to fly their birds in, and the 

work involved in getting a falconry 

license. 

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Falcons 

Cont. from page 11 

To own a falcon today, one must pass 

an extensive test of knowledge, have 

their facilities inspected, and go through 

an apprenticeship of two or more year 1 . 

Many prospective falconers take it up for 

a short time and quit. Ezra Lantz estimates 

that in all of America, there are 

about 4000 people that are licensed falconers. 

When I asked him what he 

thought of the licensing and apprenticing 

program, he said he thought that the 

program isn’t effectively designed to 

teach apprentices what they need to 

know about falconry. “The government 

doesn’t understand what it’s doing,” he 

said. He explained that he had to be sort 

of a behavioral scientist to understand 

his birds—something that you don’t 

necessarily learn from an apprenticeship. 

Fortunately, the government is realizing 

that falconers are rehabilitating the 

environment—they were, in fact, with 

the efforts of the Peregrine Fund, instrumental 

in removing the Peregrine Falcon 

from the endangered species list—and 

has decided to repeal some of the restrictions. 

As of November 15, 2008 the federal 

government turned over the handling 

of the falconry regulations to the 

states, which are far less restrictive. 

Among many regulations that were 

lightened, the one that permits master 

falconers to own no more than three 

birds has been removed, a change Lantz 

is glad of. 

Things that fly have always fascinated 

Lantz. He was only 3 when he saw his 

first falcon—a kestrel that his brother, 

who took up falconry for a short time, 

brought home. He can remember every 

detail of that experience—where his 

PICTURED ABOVE is Ezra Lantz with his eagle, Valkarie, with her wings 

spread as she comes in for a landing. 

- Photos by Ezra Lantz 

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brother was standing on the porch with 

the falcon on his wrist, and the tingle he 

felt when he saw it. He knew instinctively 

that he wanted to work with falcons. 

One day a few years later, while on a 

field trip, his family found an injured 

bald eagle. It had been poisoned by food 

that farmers had put out to kill coyotes. 

Even though it was illegal to handle the 

eagle, they took it home, and after 

informing the Utah Fish and Game, they 

nursed it back to health before releasing 

it back into the wild. That experience 

hooked him; he got addicted from that 

point. 

While he was elementary age, he 

memorized facts about all kinds of birds 

and learned to identify them. He visited 

aviaries and zoos, and he told me he 

“basically worshipped anyone who had 

a bird.” 

Getting a license was easier for Lantz 

than it is now; he got his license before 

the apprenticeship system was in place. 

To get it back then, he mainly just had to 

prove that he was into falconry. He had 

to get an affidavit from a licensed falconer 

that he was genuinely interested in 

falconry and had enough knowledge to 

work with them. 

Lantz is a very involved falconer. He 

traps and breeds falcons for selling, and 

buys them from other breeders, or 

imports rare ones from overseas. With 

another falconer, he is raising two superrare 

Teita falcons. He says, “It’s a delight, 

it’s an honor” to be a falconer. 

A year ago, he was given the rare 

privilege of rehabilitating full flight 

American Bald Eagle. Valkyrie was so 

strong that Lantz used a special elbow- 

THIS BABY EAGLETTE looks as 

though he needs to grow into his 

feet. 


length glove to protect his arm while he 

handled the eagle. Valkyrie is an impressive 

bird, with a huge 7-foot wingspan 

easily as long as my arm span. In the 

time since I saw her, she has moved on 

and now resides at the Pocatello Zoo. 

Crush is also a rare and valuable bird; 

Lantz compares owning Crush to having 

a Lamborghini, one of the fastest cars 

in the world, in his front yard. He got 

Crush from another breeder for something 

around $1,100, instead of the 

$25,000 that it would have cost him, trading 

food and equipment for the breeder’s 

falcon, in return for taking Crush off 

his hands. With Crush’s superior speed 

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and unusually extra large feet, which are 

more resistant to breaking and make him 

a more efficient hunter, he will be even 

more valuable to other breeders when he 

has offspring. Though Lantz enjoys 

hunting with his falcon, he does falconry 

for the joy of simply watching Crush fly. 

Almost ten minutes have passed 

before Mr. Lantz suddenly calls, “Here 

he comes.” I glance back at the light spot 

near the pole, but it hasn’t moved, so I 

begin searching the horizon sky for him. 

I notice Lantz looking past me, and turn 

around, to see Crush’s small, brownfeathered 

body only a few yards away. 

He streaks in towards Lantz and lands, 

yanking a string of meat from the lure. 

Ezra Lantz grunts; he has forgotten to 

bring his glove with a French clip, which 

is used to temporarily secure the bird 

while the falconer attaches the jesses. But 

Lantz has been a falconer for so long that 

he doesn’t stress over little mistakes like 

those. He trusts that with his training, his 

old hunting companion, Crush, will not 

try to get away from him. On the ride 

home, he explains to me that falconry is 

the only hunting sport that involves a 

working relationship. To him, Crush is 

like an old friend, and to lose him would 

be nearly as hard. His relationship with 

Crush is “the best part of falconry.” 

Flying birds bring Lantz peace and 

satisfaction. He told me that he is normally 

calm about things, but when there 

are situations that bother Crush, he gets 

uptight—until the bird takes flight. 

Watching Crush fly always calms him; 

for he says, “When Crush flies, I fly with 

him.” 

Sources: 

1. Ash, Lydia, “Falconry, Modern and 

Traditional” PrimitiveWays. 2005. 

Retrieved December 2, 2008. . 

2. Pratt 5. 

3. Encyclopedia Britannica 1.


Are you prepared for camping 

If you've heard that Bear Lake provides 

some of the best camping experiences in 

the world, you've have heard the truth. 

With just a little planning, the camping 

experience can be the best ever. 

It doesn’t hurt to make a list ahead of 

time of what you will need for that long 

weekend camping trip. 

There are some obvious items such as 

a tent, sleeping bags or blankets and 

food. 

Other things may not be so obvious. 

The last trip you took to the hospital 

will provide a bunch of useful items. Be 

sure and take the blue foam pad to put 

down in the tent. It is a lot better than the 

rocky ground and will cushion some of 

TAKE ADVANTAGE of your last 

hospital stay and take all the things 

that you brought home camping with 

you. 

those persistent tree roots that happened 

to creep under the tent when you turned 

your back. 

The wash basin is excellent as a dish 

pan, or just to carry the potatoes and 

onions in for the Dutch oven potatoes. 

Also handy is the small tube of toothpaste 

and the pint sized tooth brush. The 

lotion works well, too to sooth the sunburn 

or the stinging nettle. You may not 

want to wash your hair at camp, but the 

shampoo works really well as a liquid 

soap for hand washing. The mouth 

wash can double as an antiseptic for 

small cuts and scrapes. A comb can 

come in handy any time and can have a 

multitude of uses if one is a bit creative- 

A back scratcher, if nothing else. 

Don’t bother to take recipes. If you 

can’t remember how to cook it, it is 

probably too complicated for camp 

cooking. 

Dutch oven potatoes require about 

six ingredients. If you are bored you can 

start getting creative and add more. 

Potatoes, onions, salt, pepper, butter and 

cheese. To relieve the boredom a person 

can add crispy fried bacon, vegetables 

and other stuff. 

Meat needs to be simple too, and the 

most simple is the hot dog. It is hard to 

ruin a hot dog. About the only way to do 

that is by not cooking it enough. A bit 

crispy on the outside is the best stage. 

Besides Dutch oven potatoes and a 

piece of meat for lunch and dinner a 

person ought to have a dessert once in a 

while. 

A can of pork and beans with a couple 

of hot dogs sliced into the mix is sure 

to keep the kids happy. 

Keeping it simple is still the best way. 

Smores are fun to make and fun to eat. 

They can also taste good. It takes a graham 

cracker square, one marshmallow 

toasted till it is squashy and a square 

from a chocolate bar. Layer them with 

an extra graham cracker square on the 

outside. 

Breakfast should be the best meal of 

the day. Bacon, eggs, hash browns, pancakes 

and syrup are about all that is 

needed. Use the water with the mix kind 

of pancake flour. 

When preparing the list of needed 

supplies don’t forget insect repellent, 

sun screen and the first-aid kit. 

Before leaving home search the kids 

backpacks for iPods, portable video 

players, lap tops and other electronic 

menaces. Kids are sure they can’t do 

without them, but they can’t really enjoy 

the camping experience if they take 

them along. 

It is generally about 15 minutes after 

arrival at the camp when one of the kids 

says, “I'm bored.” That is when it is time 

to start the games. One of the best games 

is collecting rocks. If you direct them to 

the area where you plan to set up the 

tents, it will be a benefit to everyone. 

Keep the rocks they collect in an ice 

cream bucket in a prominent place, but 

keep it right beside you on the way 

home and when the kids are dozing off 

toss out a handful to the side of the road. 

If done often enough times,the bucket 

will be empty. The kids won’t notice 

when they get home because they will 

be heading right to the iPod, cell phone, 

lap top or other electronic items. 

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Garden City library is a dream come true for many residents 

The Garden City Library is entering 

it's second year in its new location 

at the Garden City office complex. 

The library is a dream come true for 

a group of women who first supported 

a library at the fire house 

which also housed the city office at 

that time and who had plans for a 

building or space of their own that 

would be big enough for all of the 

books. 

The story of the library is really 

one of volunteerism, donations, sacrifice 

and determination. 

The city began making plans for a 

new city office more than 10 years 

ago when Mayor Ken Jarman took 

advantage of a one percent sales tax. 

The council pledged the money 

would be spent for something tangible 

and the money was saved for 

capital improvement over the next 10 

to 12 years. 

The plans for a city hall generally 

included space for the library. People 

pursued grants, donations and many 

other ways of funding the building. 

When the motel complex came up 

for sale the city was able to get a 

good enough deal that the council 

plunged in. They began plans to 

remodel space to accommodate the 

city offices, meeting rooms and areas 

to rent to other entities. The library 

formed a big part of the plans. 

The library had little or no funding 

for itself. Most of what it took to 

remodel the space came by way of 

donations. 

With little to work with except 

their own hands, their own tools and 

their own time, volunteers took their 

allotted space and began the work. 

In the first half of 2009, the 86 volunteers 

logged some 2,363 hours. A soft 

opening took place in July. In the last 

half of the year 42 volunteers put in 

487 hours doing work that included 

cataloguing the entire book collection. 

Organizing the library into a 

children’s section, a young adult section 

and a special collections room, 

which contains historical books on 

Bear Lake and on Rich County, old 

collectable books and a couple that 

no one can touch. While those books 

cannot be checked out people can 

come examine the special collection 

at the library. 

The library contains 13,441 items 

including videos and DVDs. 

The library also contains a lighted 

globe, donated by Marsha Solum, 

several computers and means by 

which people can connect to the 

Internet. 

The library is owned by the city 

and those who own property in the 

city can obtain a library card without 

cost. Visitors are also able to check 

out books from the library. They 

must pay a $30 a year fee. If they 

wish to use of the Internet equipment 

they must pay a $5 fee per use. 

Books and audio books may be 

checked out for two weeks. Videos 

and DVDs should be returned within 

one week. 

The library holds a story hour 

each Wednesday at 11 a.m., called 

Parents and Me, for children from 2 

to 5 years old. 

There is also a youth story time, 

called Read a Book, for children up 

to 8 years old. Children read a particular 

book during the month and 

then view a movie based on the book 

the Friday during the last week of 

the month. 

The library operates from a small 

tax levied by the city, donations and 

volunteer time. 

It is open Monday, Wednesday, 

Friday and Saturday. While there are 

some part time positions, much of 

the work is still done by volunteers. 

To keep it going, the library will 

depend on donations and help from 

the community 

The library started at the general 

store with the help of Millie Phelps, 

Bess Huefner and Dorotothy Garret. 

Others carried on the efforts, including 

Fern Pope, Dorothy Stringham, 

Afton Floyd and Marie Weston. 

Later, the library was moved to the 

fire house in what was designated as 

the mayor’s office. 

When the library was housed at 

the fire house it was difficult to 

browse the shelves, not a problem in 

the new quarters. 

Afton Floyd, who spent many 

hours volunteering her time at the 

library at the fire house, knew where 

to find things in the crowded facility. 

Now catalogued and organized, it 

is not hard to find any item. 

Fern Pope, Dorothy Stringham, Afton Floyd and Marie Weston were 

instrumental in carrying on the work of the Garden City Library before it had 

permanent quarters. They were recognized by then mayor, Ken Hansen. 

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The children’s quarters is very popular with the libraries youngest 

library patrons and their parents. It is stocked with children’s books, toys and 

comfortable places to sit. 

- Photos by Rosa Moosman 

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The Outlaws, Butch Cassidy and “Lampiao” compared 

By MARIA E. SIMMONS 

Legends seem to be the salt of the 

popular culture. There are still those 

who think “people without legends 

are people without soul.” 

Do you believe If anyone doubts, 

the best thing to do is to take a look 

at the annual Butch Cassidy Days 

celebration. People in Bear Lake 

Valley can dance, play, eat and still 

preserve the legends surrounding 

Butch Cassidy and the wild bunch. 

Of course, there are always those 

that would rather stay at home, 

watching a good old wild western 

movie on TV. 

There are many peculiar stories 

around the world, and because of the 

uniqueness of characters, some of 

them have crossed generations. 

This is the case of Butch Cassidy 

and Lampiao, the bandit kings. Both, 

like most of their fellow countrymen, 

were born in traditional families and 

dreamed of better days. They passed 

their childhood and adolescence as 

common people, but their adult lives 

were marked with chaos and problems 

with the law. 

Robert Leroy Parker, aka Butch 

Cassidy, was born in Utah in 1866. 

He was the oldest of 13 children. His 

parents came to Utah from England 

in 1856, moving to the mountains of 

Circleville a few years later. 

As a teenager, Parker worked in 

several ranches across western Utah 

and became involved with one Mike 

Cassidy, an old ranch hand who 

taught him, among other skills, the 

art of rustling. 

Parker began his career as an outlaw 

when he was 13. His first crime 

was the illegal “loan” of a coveted 

pair of pants. Finding the store 

closed, Parker broke in and took the 

pants, leaving a note in which he 

promised to pay for them the next 

day. The store owner, however, 

wasn’t so understandable as Parker 

thought he should be, and the result 

was his first “cold” contact with the 

law. 

Parker became famous for his robberies 

and shooting skills. The bank 

robbery in Montpelier occurred Aug. 

13, 1866. But despite the strange facts 

involving his life and death, he never 

committed murder. In fact, his gentleness 

with women and children 

and his help provided to the needy 

made him the Robin Hood of his day. 

As Parker, Virgulino 

Ferreira,”Lampiao,” was the terror of 

the Brazilian northeast. He was fearless 

and his exceptional intelligence 

used to challenge the secular knowledge 

of his persecutors. 

Ferreira was born in 1898, in northeast 

Brazil. He lived in an era of 

extreme oppression and social injustice. 

His biggest dream was to be an 

ordinary citizen, but the unexpected 

death of his father, assassinated at 

the behest of colonels, inspired in 

him the desire for bloody revenge. 

For his persecutors, the cruelty of 

“Lamiao” had no limits. However, he 

was deeply religious and used to 

help the less fortunate. He and his 

gang were beheaded in 1938 by the 

police and had their heads exposed 

for 31 years in a Brazilian museum. 

Butch Cassidy and Lampiao 

weren’t examples of good citizens, 

but although they have maculated 

the social order, their deeds have 

helped to make history. 

Maria Simmons came from Brazil 

four years ago and now lives in 

Georgetown. 

Her writing shows how people and 

history in Bear Lake Valley is similar to 

the history and people of her native 

country. 

ROBERT LEROY PARKER, aka 

Butch Cassidy. 

VIRGULINO FERREIRA, aka 

Lampiao. 

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Friday & Saturday, June 25-26, 2010 

Malad City Park, Malad, Idaho 

Featuring the North American Welsh Choir - June 26 

Events: 

n Presentations on Welsh migration to Western U.S. by Ron 

Dennis, the Welsh legend of King Arthur and Merlin, and Welsh quilting 

n Welsh family history workshops by Darris Williams 

n choral concert - featuring Bear River Reflections, Musicality, Cinnamon Creek 

Singers, Malad Valley Community Chorus, Welsh Children's Choir and Welsh Men's Chorus 

n Welsh musicians and dancers 

n piano duet concert 

n community lunch (Friday) and breakfast (Saturday) 

n display of Malad Valley pioneer settlements 

n exhibition rugby game by the Welsh Valley (Utah) Lions 

n home craft and food booths 

n tours of the Olive Davis Osmond cabin in Samaria 

n duathlon for individuals and relay teams - running & biking 

n horse-drawn wagon tours of Malad's historic sites 

n tours of 125-year-old Presbyterian Church 

n heritage games for kids of all ages 

n Welsh filmfest, featuring "Camelot" and "Forever Strong" 

All events free (except community meals). 

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