Oldest member of sesquicentennial pioneer train dies
J. Weldon Beck, 99, the oldest member of a sesquicentennial pioneer wagon train in 1997, passed away Thursday, September 24, in Burley, Idaho.
Beck, who was 86 when he embarked on the entire 101-day trip from Winter Quarters, Neb., to Salt Lake City, went on the trek because friends and family were going.
"He wasn't an outdoorsman at all," said Bruce Beck, fourth of five Beck children. "Some friends wanted him to go with them, and he just signed up and went. They built the wagon years ago for the Idaho centennial and just decided to use that one and go."
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Did he get to ride in one of those oxen cars?
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