When the Canyon Winds spooked cattle and drove them into the Great Salt Lake

     The view from Fremont Island, looking north to Little Mountain and the Great Salt Lake.

THE gusting canyon winds that sometimes blow east out of the Wasatch Mountains do more than plague men. They can also drive cattle crazy.
The Davis County Clipper newspaper of April 20, 1900 reported on a cattle stampede into the Great Salt Lake, driven by horriffic winds.
On April 8 that year, the Chadwick Brothers were herding cattle in the area of Little Mountain, west of Ogden's 12th Street and Slaterville. A severe winds and hail storm arose and cause the cattle bunch up ner a spring of water.
"All at once they made a rush in the direction of the lake traveling with the wind ..." the story stated. All the efforts of the herders could not stop the animals and the assistance of others in the area could also not halt them. The cattle went into deep lake water and had to swim.
The ranchers lost 49 head of cattle in the lake.
"Old timers say that in early days the east wind drove cattle from Farmington over the lake to Antelope Island but of late years no such storms have been experienced," The Clipper reported.