Published in Heritage and Horizon
in San Juan
by Heritage Arts Festival April 26, 1975
Hole-in-the-Rock travelers
Twisting, steep switchbacks reveal
Slow, rolling wagons.
by Virginia Blake
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Our Prophet calls us
From family, home, and friends
Chosen ones to teach.
by Kay Bayles
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Children's poetry from 1980 San Juan Centennial Sampler
(Couplets, Haikus, Cinquains)
The Founding of San Juan County
By Lynette Black (6th-8th grade category)
S is the place where we will start
to learn about the San Juan parts
A is for the great accomplishment
that our forefathers severely spent
N is for the number of sacrifices borne
once, twice, and many times more.
J is the joy they spent in waiting
on catching up, and never debating.
U is the unaccountable times they shared
which they loved and really cared,
A is for their attitude rugged and strong,
for that is what kept them rolling along.
N is for Nature who showed them her worst
but they made it through all in spite of her curse.
C is for the children who didn't much play
but they trudged along and were happy and gay.
O is for the oxen who pulled heavy loads
down the long, rough, and weary roads.
U is for the ups and downs which they had,
sometimes they were glad, and other times sad.
N is for the necessary thing that they used
to make life for them easy and for us, too.
T is the thakfulness we should have for our country,
and for the hardships our forefathers had settling this country.
Y is for the few years we've got left to spend
to make good use of life, before times come to an end.
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The Hole-in-the Rockers
by Nathan Wilcox 2nd grade
Pioneers,
Hardworking, brave
Covered wagon travelers
finding a new home
Trail blazers.
Hole-in-the Rock
by Jonas Manheimer, 2nd grade
Hole-in-the Rock
Slick, Rocky
Bumpy, hard, dustry
San Juan River
Cliff
* * *
Hole
by Krissa L. Shumway 2nd grade
Hole
White, brown
worked, built, camped
They took the wagon a part
Rocks
* * *
Pioneers
by Sheila Oshley
Pioneers
Blue, Black,
Work, walked, dug
They made a hole,
People
* * *
Clay Hill
By Kevin Palmer 2nd grade
Clay Hill
bumpy, rocky
slick, dusty, steep
Pioneers walked many miles
Cliff
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Hole in the Rock
by Jerria Redd
Hole
Happy, pretty,
Worked, sang, danced
They walked really far to Bluff.
Travelers
* * *
The Pioneers of San Juan County
by Chad McDaniels, 4th grade
Journey
Scary, difficult
Blasted, worked, prayed;
It was a hard journey for the
Pioneers of San Juan County.
Travel
Oxen, horses, covered wagons,
Hard, bumpy, dusty and dirty;
It was hard travel
For Pioneers of San Juan
Trip
Hungry, long,
Cold, tired, hardships;
It was a hard journey
For the pioneers.
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