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made hats for the boys out of round pieces of felt, flared out at the bottom and pointed at the top. A trip to Salt Lake City by wagon was a tremendous undertaking for a woman alone, and six sniall children. 'l'here were probably other people traveling at the same time, hecause when trips, such as this, were undertaken, the families traveled together in groups. Sage was acquainted with many people in the settlements in Utah and she had no trouble finding families to stay with each night. A trip such as this took several weeks. Lehi was approximately ten years old and was able to handle the team very well. He did a good part of the driving while his mother was busy with the rest of the children. The youngest of whom, the twins, were about three years old. T h e first day they stopped in Parowan at the home of Sister Richards, a friend. There, Sage lined the children up according to age to show them off. Lehi headed the group followed by Kumen, Jed, LVill, Uriah and Sarah .+nn in that order. The next stop was at Beaver, followed by nearly every town along the way. After the first stop, the children knew what was expected of them and antomatically lined u p at each house they visited. This experience impressed Lehi very much, as he looked down the line at Kumen and his other brothers and sister. ;\t the time, they felt they looked real grand in their new clorhitig, but later he realized that they looked pretty "tough" in their homemade outfits. Thinking of what a sight they were. Lehi resolved to get better clothitig as soon as he was able to obtain the means. He laughed whzn he told of his experience and what a picture they must have made. He knew how proud his mother was of her little family and he was grateful for her energy and the efforts she made and the example she set for them. She was never ashamed of how little they had, she t a u ~ h them to he proud of their name and their heritage." t One day, Lehi's mother, Sage. derided that she wanted to go to Kana~maville visit Mrs. Davis, and her sons Jimmy and John. Lehi was to ahout 8 years old and Saxe took him along with her to help drive the wagon. The town of Kanarraville was built about a ~nilenol.th where of it is located now, and most of the people's homes were unfinished. They were living in the cellar or basement of the home. After Lehi and Sage arrived and the Davis family had geeted them, they sat down and hegan to chat about their families and the news of Cedar City and Kanarraville. As time passed, they began to discuss religion which soon drveloped into quite a n argument. I t was hexinning to get late, and the sun went down. Still, they kept on with their heated discnssion. T h e other rnenihen of the family could not go to bed hecause the dwelling was made up of only one larxe mom. T h e weather was not the best. When they arrived the wind was hlowing, but. as time went on, it blew harder and harder nntil

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 34
Description	made hats for the boys out of round pieces of felt, flared out at the bottom and pointed at the top. A trip to Salt Lake City by wagon was a tremendous undertaking for a woman alone, and six sniall children. 'lhere were probably other people traveling at the same time, hecause when trips, such as this, were undertaken, the families traveled together in groups. Sage was acquainted with many people in the settlements in Utah and she had no trouble finding families to stay with each night. A trip such as this took several weeks. Lehi was approximately ten years old and was able to handle the team very well. He did a good part of the driving while his mother was busy with the rest of the children. The youngest of whom, the twins, were about three years old. T h e first day they stopped in Parowan at the home of Sister Richards, a friend. There, Sage lined the children up according to age to show them off. Lehi headed the group followed by Kumen, Jed, LVill, Uriah and Sarah.+nn in that order. The next stop was at Beaver, followed by nearly every town along the way. After the first stop, the children knew what was expected of them and antomatically lined u p at each house they visited. This experience impressed Lehi very much, as he looked down the line at Kumen and his other brothers and sister. ;\t the time, they felt they looked real grand in their new clorhitig, but later he realized that they looked pretty "tough" in their homemade outfits. Thinking of what a sight they were. Lehi resolved to get better clothitig as soon as he was able to obtain the means. He laughed whzn he told of his experience and what a picture they must have made. He knew how proud his mother was of her little family and he was grateful for her energy and the efforts she made and the example she set for them. She was never ashamed of how little they had, she t a u ~ h them to he proud of their name and their heritage." t One day, Lehi's mother, Sage. derided that she wanted to go to Kana~maville visit Mrs. Davis, and her sons Jimmy and John. Lehi was to ahout 8 years old and Saxe took him along with her to help drive the wagon. The town of Kanarraville was built about a ~nilenol.th where of it is located now, and most of the people's homes were unfinished. They were living in the cellar or basement of the home. After Lehi and Sage arrived and the Davis family had geeted them, they sat down and hegan to chat about their families and the news of Cedar City and Kanarraville. As time passed, they began to discuss religion which soon drveloped into quite a n argument. I t was hexinning to get late, and the sun went down. Still, they kept on with their heated discnssion. T h e other rnenihen of the family could not go to bed hecause the dwelling was made up of only one larxe mom. T h e weather was not the best. When they arrived the wind was hlowing, but. as time went on, it blew harder and harder nntil 34
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1116.pdf

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