Camp Floyd--Disagreeable and Uninteresting (Written by Casey Bert)
“Camp Floyd [near Fairfield, Utah] is one of the most miserable, disagreeable and uninteresting places that ever disgraced the earth. It is built upon a dry plain, entirely destitute of grass, or, indeed, any vegetation, except sage, that flourishes where nothing else will grow. There is no water here except a little dirty stream that runs near the west end of the camp, scarcely large enough to drown a mouse.” (Utah, a soldier with Johnston’s Army, September 25, 1858. From the plaque at present-day Camp Floyd State Park.) Went to the Lundskog family reunion at historic Camp Floyd this morning and despite it being a Saturday in late June -- had the place completely to ourselves. Maybe everyone else in the western hemisphere had read the reviews and determined that that long dead soldier couldn't be that far off and would leave "disagreeable" and "uninteresting" for a Saturday say maybe in late January. Well Sullivans ...