yeterday i was driving around from farm to farm in a small town near where i live in Morgan, Utah. i saw some old pioneer homesteads on a piece of property and eventually after a couple of hours, hunted down the owner. i asked to get permission to metal detect on that property and he said that he would first have to talk with his family members that own it. as i was leaving, i heard someone call out for me to come back.
when i went back over there i was met by an older fellow that asked me why i was so interested in the local history. i expressed my appreciation for history and trying to be a part of seeking out, finding it, and preserving the past. he is writing a book on the history of that small town, and asked me if i would like to hike up to some Mormon malitia breastwork fortifications that had been built during the Utah war of 1857 in defense of Johnston's Army. he asked if i would go up there and document my findings in both writing and by taking pictures for his book. i jumped at the chance to be a part of writing his book on this areas fascinating history, and he gave me the contact number for the gentleman that is in charge of the land for a Mormon cattle company. apperently the are is shut down to the public all of the time, and this would be a a rare chance for anyone to go up there and see what was built over a hundred years ago, that only scholars remember and people of the present forget. I'm looking forward to being a part of this quest for this book
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