Founders of Utah

On Temple Square at Salt Lake City, Utah is the Brigham Young Monument that reads “The names of the pioneers who arrived in this valley, 24 July 1847. ... The entire company and outfit consisted of 143 men, 3 women, 2 children 70 wagons, 1 boat 1 cannon, 93 horses, 52 mules, 66 oxen, 19 cows.” These were the original pioneer founders of Utah. The first of the 148 names is "Brigham YOUNG." In the next to the last column of the monument’s names is “Lewis BARNEY,” son of my husband’s Utah pioneer ancestor, "Charles BARNEY," who arrived at the Salt Lake Valley in 1852, along with most of the remainder of his BARNEY children. Other names included on the monument are three “colored servants” - “Green FLAKE, Hark LAY, and Oscar CROSBY.” The monument was unveiled on 24 July 1897.

These photographs were made at Temple Square in August of 2008.

Barney's Poker

This is the famous Barney's Poker game that our Barney family loves to play whenever they get together. The proper name is "Seven card high-low, Roll your own, Bring 'em back."

Here are the Rules for Barney's Poker:

•  1. Deal 3 cards to each player, all face-down.
•  2. Each player selects one card which is turned face-up. The player with the highest card(s) showing has the opportunity to start the betting round -- else he can check or fold.
•  3. Deal another face-down card to each player (4 total cards); then each player selects a card to turn face-up; betting as in step 2.
•  4. Deal another face-down card to each player (5 total cards); then each player selects a card to turn face-up; betting as in step 2.
•  5. Deal another face-down card to each player (6 total cards); then each player selects a card to turn face-up; betting as in step 2.
•  6. Deal the final face-down card to each player (7 total cards). Now each player has 3 face-down cards and 4 face-up cards; betting as in step 2.
•  7. Each player selects the 5 cards which make the best high or low poker hand, and discards the other two. Then he arranges the five poker-hand cards in the order that they are to be revealed to the other players.
•  8. All players turn up one card and there is a betting round as in step 2.
•  9. All players turn up 3 more cards -- one at a time -- and betting rounds as in step 2.
• 10. There is one card remaining face-down. Now each player declares whether he is going for a high hand or a low hand (We always do this by hiding chips in our fists and holding our fists over the table -- no chips for a low hand, one chip for a high hand -- when everyone is ready then all fists are opened and everyone's declaring chips are shown at once).
• 11. One more betting round, as in step 2 (but see House Rule #4). Then the winning hands are shown.

These are the Barney House Rules for this game and most other poker games:

• 1. A player cannot check and raise in the same betting round, unless he has called at least once before raising.
• 2. The lowest hand is Ace-2-3-4-6. (Ace-2-3-4-5 cannot be low, as it is a Straight.)
• 3. Small flushes and small straights count as high hands, but cannot be used as low hands (i.e., you can't go both ways in Barney's Poker).
• 4. If one player goes high (or low) and everyone else goes the other way, then that "odd man" player bets first, and cannot ever raise.