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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
The pioneer settlement of Coalville was first called Chalk Creek, after a stream that watered the area, but when coal was discovered on the townsite the name was changed. John grew up on stories passed down through the family from the early settlement period. One of these, fittingly including Indians, told of an occasion in 1867, the year after the Boydens arrived, when some 40 Indians descended from the surrounding hills to completely surprise the settlers, with only three men present: Grandfather John Boyden, Bishop Cluff, and a neighbor. The Indians removed Bishop Cluff's hat, raised it on a pole and did a "war dance" around it. In this crisis John went down to his field and brought back some cattle for the Indians who went on their way with these peace offerings, plus "a few sacks of flour and a few valuable articles that were lying around." The cattle came from the Boyden farm which the family still operates. John attended public school in Coalville, Summit County. In his early years he had opportunity to experience the life of a child on a farm, as his father managed the agricultural and grazing land passed on to the family by Grandfather John, and to frequent the inherited drugstore managed by his Uncle John Leslie Boyden. He often said, in later years, that his great passion for ice cream developed during those times when he worked as a soda jerk in the drugstore and then "cleaned up the can" when the ice cream became soft in the bottom of the big container which was used at the soda fountain. John's extraordinary fondness for ice cream was legendary in the family, but not fully appreciated for what it was - a link to his rural roots. The soda fountain at the drug store always needed a good supply of ice cream, but in the early years there was more to it than putting in a simple order. Since there was no refrigeration, the family would have to supply the ice and salt to keep the ice cream cold. In the winter they would go to the ponds near the Weber River where they would cut blocks of ice with a large ice saw. With the help of tongs, they would load the blocks onto a bobsled and haul them to an ice house behind the old home. Covered with sawdust, the blocks would last well into the next fall. The drugstore sold two types of ice cream - Brown's Ice Cream
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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