The Quilt Walk story revolves around the initial attempt to settle Panguitch, Utah in 1864. The first winter was brutal, food was scarce and the settlers were starving to death. A group of seven men, with a wagon pulled by two oxen, set out to get food from Parowan, 40 miles away.
In their weakened state, the men struggled with every footstep, sinking up to their hips in the deep snow. Eventually they abandoned the wagon and oxen and continued on foot. As they held a prayer circle kneeling on a quilt, they discovered they did not sink in the snow. The men completed their journey by laying quilts over the deep snow and walking across them, retrieving their quilts and repeating the process over and over again. The story came to be known as the Quilt Walk and is treasured in the annals of Panguitch history.
Now I can throw away the pamphlet that I've been hanging onto for this story :o)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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I love stories like this! Thanks for the effort, I know how annoying it is to have those pamphlets lying around. :)
Hooray for throwing away. :-) That is such a nice story. Glad you published it here.
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