won this today

skyhorse said:
:cool:Cool knife Dave,I saw it and thought that's a deal.I would have bid on that one myself,just to much going on right now.Did Buck ever make a New Mexico 110?:D
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Skyhorse, Buck made one in 1987... for there 75th... Been try to get one, myself... ITE
 
Scott Hartman said:
JB, CTP-crossing the plains, Mormon pioneers crossed the plains in 1846-47,walking with hand carts, to settle what would become the state of Utah. Dave, great score!
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BG42EDGE said:
Looks like the burial of a dead person wrapped in a blanket.

I suppose they lost quite a few crossing those plains.
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I think these two quotes tell the story. In history it is referred to the Mormon Handcart Disaster, since a lot of people died in getting to and settling in Utah.

Go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers
 
110 Dave said:
dang nabbit .... not another one to hunt for ...!!!!:eek:
well U is n de best huntting grounds dey is Pilgrim!
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Will it ever end... Just when you find one that you been looking for, two more new ones show up that you got to have now... And so on and so on.... :eek:
 
ITE isn't it fun being a Buck aholic? There is always that one more knife to get, that was just descovered.:eek::D:D::D:):) HL
 
wolfdog said:
I think these two quotes tell the story. In history it is referred to the Mormon Handcart Disaster, since a lot of people died in getting to and settling in Utah.

Go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers
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My Father's, Father (grandpa Burton) left Utah to start a new life here in Ca. Leaving the rest of his Mormon roots to start fresh. I will have to try to find one of those knives some day and post a photo of my Great Great Great Grandpa R. T. Burton with the knife.
Here is some info on RTB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_Burton
jb4570
 
Several years ago I drove from Massachusetts back to my home in Washington state. I had the time for a leisure trip, so I decided to follow the Oregon Trail all the way and see the historic sites along the way. I started in May. My journey included parts of the California Trail and the Mormon Trail. It was a fascinating trip. I took a few history books along so I would understand the context of the places I was visiting.

You, jb4570, have a direct link to all that. I really felt I was following in the wake of history. There are some places where the trails look much like they did 160+ years ago. In some places you could still see artifacts on the desert ground, and inscriptions in the rocks that the pioneers left.
 
The pictures of the blade are not clear, but on the left you have the Handcart Pioneers. On the right is a burial with spades stuck in the ground. I believe that when the weather cleared the Mormons went back to make sure everyone had a proper burial. Above the burial it looks like a handcart company either wading in snow or trying to cross the Sweetwater River.
 
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