Okay, I'm super stoked... Clutch is joining Black Label Society on their Black Label Berzerkus tour this year and they are making a stop right here in my home town!! I've been waiting for Clutch to return and have never seen BLS live... Again... super stoked! Clutch is by far my favorite live act to see!
In other news... Yeah, don't really have any other news. Lame!!
Happy Father's Day to all you other pops out there!
In other news... Yeah, don't really have any other news. Lame!!
Happy Father's Day to all you other pops out there!
I like to seek out old cemeteries. Just something I like about them. I found this headstone today and was intrigued so I looked up the story and thought I'd share cause it was a genuine story from the old west and I found it interesting.
A fitting tribute to a fallen Salt Lake County lawman
By Pat Reavy
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 12:00 a.m. MST
COPPERTON — It's a cemetery that few people visit.
Most of the headstones, the ones that haven't faded away and are still legible, are dated from around the turn of the 19th to the 20th centuries. Among those buried in the Bingham City Cemetery are three Utah law enforcers, all of them killed in the line of duty.
Monday, in a scene fitting of the old mining town that once thrived in the canyon directly to the west of the cemetery which it spawned, a new monument was dedicated to one of those deputies who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting his community.
On Nov. 29, 1913, newly appointed Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy James D. Hulsey was shot and killed by a man wanted for already killing three other Utah law enforcers and a civilian.
Local historians call it the bloodiest episode in Utah law enforcement history. Five officers and a civilian were murdered by a miner in Bingham Canyon in the span of eight days.
Like many mining towns of the Old West, Bingham was "a very violent place to work" in 1913, said Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Randy Lish who spent many years researching the case.
The string of officer killings started Nov. 21, 1913, when Bingham Marshal William J. Grant, along with deputies George O. Witbeck and Nephi S. Jensen, went to Saratoga Springs to arrest Rafael Lopez, who was wanted for murder in Bingham Canyon. He had killed a man he thought was trying to steal his girlfriend.
The officers were ambushed.
Hulsey was a respected member of his community, having worked previously as a barber, bartender and a Bingham City volunteer firefighter. He also possessed excellent tracking skills and was able to follow Lopez back to the mine. Most people thought Hulsey was crazy for thinking Lopez would return to the scene of the crime.
But after it was confirmed Lopez was hiding somewhere inside the mine and receiving help from others who were still loyal to him, 150 law enforcers gathered to search for him. As Hulsey was attempting to smoke Lopez out of an area of the mine by lighting a wagon load of hay on fire, he too, along with Vaso Mandarich, 35, was shot and killed.
Lopez escaped and fled the state. He killed an estimated 30 more people in Texas before the Texas Rangers caught up with him and killed him in one final gun battle, according to Lish.
Later, a ceremony was held at the mine for Hulsey. Approximately 500 people attended, making it at the time one of the biggest ceremonies in the history of Bingham Canyon, said Utah Law Enforcement Memorial historian Robert Kirby. A train then brought Hulsey's body to the cemetery where he was buried.
But over the years, Hulsey, who was not married and had no family in Utah, was forgotten. His headstone was not maintained and ultimately it vanished. To this day, historians don't know where exactly in the cemetery he was laid to rest. The gravesite of his partner, Mandarich, is a little clearer because he had family that maintained it.
But even Mandarich got a new headstone when the old one became so weathered that it was nearly impossible to read. Today, there are two headstones for Mandarich in the cemetery, the original which has not stood well against time, and a newer one several hundred feet away.
Monday, the old cemetery honored Hulsey in a ceremony fitting of the Old West. In the shadow of the giant "B" on the mountainside where the mining community of Bingham once thrived, a headstone with Hulsey's name along with, "Jan. 12, 1874, Nov. 29, 1913" and "Killed in the line of duty" was unveiled.
A horse with no rider was led to the dedication site past two rows of deputies all saluting and standing at attention as they lined the cemetery pathway from the gate to the grave site. A pair of boots, a holster, a gun and a sheriff's badge hung from the saddle to symbolize the lost deputy as the remaining members of the sheriff's posse, all wearing black hats, watched from a distance. An American flag was also folded in the saddle, which was presented to Sheriff Jim Winder who accepted it in memory of Hulsey.
A more modern motorcycle brigade rode past the deputies followed by a 21-gun salute, the playing of "Taps" and then "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes.
Kirby said Hulsey represents all the officers before him, and those yet to come, who are willing to put a uniform on every day knowing they may be asked to put their lives on the line to keep their communities safe. Those people, he said, should not be forgotten.
"There is hope in the valor of all these who risk their tomorrows for today," he said.
In the weeks leading up to the ceremony, Winder said the old cemetery was full of overgrown weeds and tall brown grass, which he had cleared out prior to Monday. The cemetery, which now rests on property owned by the Jordan School District, appears run down, tired, old and mostly neglected.
Winder vowed Hulsey and others who dedicated their service to maintaining society's standards would not be forgotten, He pledged the sheriff's office would help maintain the upkeep of the cemetery.
"We will remember," he said.
A fitting tribute to a fallen Salt Lake County lawman
By Pat Reavy
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 12:00 a.m. MST
COPPERTON — It's a cemetery that few people visit.
Most of the headstones, the ones that haven't faded away and are still legible, are dated from around the turn of the 19th to the 20th centuries. Among those buried in the Bingham City Cemetery are three Utah law enforcers, all of them killed in the line of duty.
Monday, in a scene fitting of the old mining town that once thrived in the canyon directly to the west of the cemetery which it spawned, a new monument was dedicated to one of those deputies who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting his community.
On Nov. 29, 1913, newly appointed Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy James D. Hulsey was shot and killed by a man wanted for already killing three other Utah law enforcers and a civilian.
Local historians call it the bloodiest episode in Utah law enforcement history. Five officers and a civilian were murdered by a miner in Bingham Canyon in the span of eight days.
Like many mining towns of the Old West, Bingham was "a very violent place to work" in 1913, said Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Randy Lish who spent many years researching the case.
The string of officer killings started Nov. 21, 1913, when Bingham Marshal William J. Grant, along with deputies George O. Witbeck and Nephi S. Jensen, went to Saratoga Springs to arrest Rafael Lopez, who was wanted for murder in Bingham Canyon. He had killed a man he thought was trying to steal his girlfriend.
The officers were ambushed.
Hulsey was a respected member of his community, having worked previously as a barber, bartender and a Bingham City volunteer firefighter. He also possessed excellent tracking skills and was able to follow Lopez back to the mine. Most people thought Hulsey was crazy for thinking Lopez would return to the scene of the crime.
But after it was confirmed Lopez was hiding somewhere inside the mine and receiving help from others who were still loyal to him, 150 law enforcers gathered to search for him. As Hulsey was attempting to smoke Lopez out of an area of the mine by lighting a wagon load of hay on fire, he too, along with Vaso Mandarich, 35, was shot and killed.
Lopez escaped and fled the state. He killed an estimated 30 more people in Texas before the Texas Rangers caught up with him and killed him in one final gun battle, according to Lish.
Later, a ceremony was held at the mine for Hulsey. Approximately 500 people attended, making it at the time one of the biggest ceremonies in the history of Bingham Canyon, said Utah Law Enforcement Memorial historian Robert Kirby. A train then brought Hulsey's body to the cemetery where he was buried.
But over the years, Hulsey, who was not married and had no family in Utah, was forgotten. His headstone was not maintained and ultimately it vanished. To this day, historians don't know where exactly in the cemetery he was laid to rest. The gravesite of his partner, Mandarich, is a little clearer because he had family that maintained it.
But even Mandarich got a new headstone when the old one became so weathered that it was nearly impossible to read. Today, there are two headstones for Mandarich in the cemetery, the original which has not stood well against time, and a newer one several hundred feet away.
Monday, the old cemetery honored Hulsey in a ceremony fitting of the Old West. In the shadow of the giant "B" on the mountainside where the mining community of Bingham once thrived, a headstone with Hulsey's name along with, "Jan. 12, 1874, Nov. 29, 1913" and "Killed in the line of duty" was unveiled.
A horse with no rider was led to the dedication site past two rows of deputies all saluting and standing at attention as they lined the cemetery pathway from the gate to the grave site. A pair of boots, a holster, a gun and a sheriff's badge hung from the saddle to symbolize the lost deputy as the remaining members of the sheriff's posse, all wearing black hats, watched from a distance. An American flag was also folded in the saddle, which was presented to Sheriff Jim Winder who accepted it in memory of Hulsey.
A more modern motorcycle brigade rode past the deputies followed by a 21-gun salute, the playing of "Taps" and then "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes.
Kirby said Hulsey represents all the officers before him, and those yet to come, who are willing to put a uniform on every day knowing they may be asked to put their lives on the line to keep their communities safe. Those people, he said, should not be forgotten.
"There is hope in the valor of all these who risk their tomorrows for today," he said.
In the weeks leading up to the ceremony, Winder said the old cemetery was full of overgrown weeds and tall brown grass, which he had cleared out prior to Monday. The cemetery, which now rests on property owned by the Jordan School District, appears run down, tired, old and mostly neglected.
Winder vowed Hulsey and others who dedicated their service to maintaining society's standards would not be forgotten, He pledged the sheriff's office would help maintain the upkeep of the cemetery.
"We will remember," he said.
I took my new bike out and hit some trails today. Had a blast, but damn... it kicked my ass and I can feel that I'm going to be hurting in the morning! Want to go on a ten mile ride that climbs 3700' and overlooks the largest man made pit on the planet sometime soon. Need to get a backpack for my camera gear so I can lug it with me and get some shots on my adventures.
Wishing it was Friday... Goodnight SG land and my electronic minions!
Wishing it was Friday... Goodnight SG land and my electronic minions!
My good lord summer can be expensive at times! That being said, it has never stopped raining here since it stopped snowing! Pert near hydroplaned off the road coming out of the canyon after work this afternoon... multiple times. Then I went to REI to get some new cycling shoes and had to listen to some rich guys kid asking questions of the sales guy ad nauseam! It got to a point where I thought he may have needed help tying his shoes. I don't know how some people survive into adulthood.
Wooo! It's my birthday!! What are we doing tonight? The same thing we do every night Pinky...
Went to the Kenny Wayne Shepherd show tonight and it was called midway through on a count of lightning... So sick of this weather around here! Great show though, what we got of it anyhow!
Went to the Idaho end of Bear Lake this weekend also and that is always a good time. Tired now and looking forward to sleeping. Not looking forward to the waking up that inevitably will follow and really not looking forward to the getting out of bed and going to work as a result of the waking up.
Went to the Idaho end of Bear Lake this weekend also and that is always a good time. Tired now and looking forward to sleeping. Not looking forward to the waking up that inevitably will follow and really not looking forward to the getting out of bed and going to work as a result of the waking up.
I've spent way too much money lately! New camera equipment, new bike, want a new guitar amp... must cease and desist all purchases! I'm like a girl when it comes to shopping except that I like to buy expensive toys rather than clothes and such! Oh to be independently wealthy...
Oh foggy conscience, burn away with the light of life's sun.
Let these smoky thoughts recede ahead of the winds of change.
I am lost in a bog I have no business treading through.
Focus and bring myself to the steps of the lost philosopher.
Let these smoky thoughts recede ahead of the winds of change.
I am lost in a bog I have no business treading through.
Focus and bring myself to the steps of the lost philosopher.
Until we can see one another as fellows of a shared existence and look beyond differences we shall remain a petty and trivial species. Until we can accept that we are Christian, Hindi, Buddhist, jainist, Muslim, Jewish, scientologist, atheist, Agnostic, gay, straight, black, white, brown, yellow, eccentric, timid, outgoing, reclusive, male, female, young, old, etc., etc., we are lost.
Salvation is not found in the church, the city hall, the greater halls of government, Salt Lake, Jerusalem, Tibet or anywhere of specific geography. It's found inside each and every one of us. We are not all the same in faith, gender, race, or sexual orientation. We will never agree on everything. Humanity is found in tolerance, acceptance, and compassion. Not in a book, a crucifix, or a statue. We cannot find middle ground in those things and therefore cannot use them for the betterment of ourselves in the here and now. We alone, as members of humanity, can end intolerance and find acceptance for one another. We are one and can only be as such through heart and compassion and tolerance. Let us lose our hypocritical attachment to our faith and place our trust where it belongs. With one another.
Salvation is not found in the church, the city hall, the greater halls of government, Salt Lake, Jerusalem, Tibet or anywhere of specific geography. It's found inside each and every one of us. We are not all the same in faith, gender, race, or sexual orientation. We will never agree on everything. Humanity is found in tolerance, acceptance, and compassion. Not in a book, a crucifix, or a statue. We cannot find middle ground in those things and therefore cannot use them for the betterment of ourselves in the here and now. We alone, as members of humanity, can end intolerance and find acceptance for one another. We are one and can only be as such through heart and compassion and tolerance. Let us lose our hypocritical attachment to our faith and place our trust where it belongs. With one another.
