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told me that the man had called in the store to buy a whip. They didn't have any whips in stock, so he bought a broom to drive his horses with. It appeared that he man had been drinking, which was the cause of the trouble." During these yean of carrying the mail, Sage went allout the task of takins rare of the mail very efficiently and she was a great strength and help to her boys. Each morning she would get up and prepare hreakfast and get things ready for the one who was leaving with the mail, without ever :I word of complaint, never hinting that she wished they didn't have to s o - no matter what the weather was, even if there happened to be a blizzard. I t was their livelihood and a matter that had to he done, and the family carried the job out proficiently without cumplaining, no matter what the conditions were. Lehi became very experienced in horsemanship. H e learned how to ride under all types of conditions. H e knew how to jog a horse and get the most out of him without tirinz him. H e also learned how to ride through deep snow and get the maximum that a horse was able to produce. The hones were kept on puldic property in the meadows north of Cedar City in the winter time. I n the summer, they pastured the horses on public land at Five-Lakes in Right Hand Canyon. When they arrivcd home from a lnnil run, they continued on to the meadow in the winter, or up the canyon in the summer to turn their mount loose and select a fresh horse for the next day.'" Lehi wrote. "I look back with a great deal of pleasure upon the association with the early pioneers and feel that it had a great influence upon my life for good and experiences that we wcre called to pass throu,qh, while it seemed quite trying a t the time, while we were carrying the mail, I feel it was a school preparing us for the lifc wc have had to mect later on. O u r mother was very much interested in education, I>ut at that early turn in the history of our commnnity, there was little chance to go to school. M7e would go two or three months during the winter, and that was with one teacher in one big room." Lehi continues, "In the year 1873, (at the age of 19) she (mother) determined I should go to school in Salt Lake City. She had two sisters and one brother living there, so arrangements were made and I went to the city with the teams that were going after freight. I attended the University of Utah (which was in the Old Council House located where the neseret News Building is at the present time). Just imagine how I felt the first morning that I started to school, I was naturally qnite hackward and bashful, I just felt like a scared coyote."" Lehi was a proud young man and was very much aware of his appcarance and the poor clothing he wore. This is one of the reasons he

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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
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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

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Description	told me that the man had called in the store to buy a whip. They didn't have any whips in stock, so he bought a broom to drive his horses with. It appeared that he man had been drinking, which was the cause of the trouble." During these yean of carrying the mail, Sage went allout the task of takins rare of the mail very efficiently and she was a great strength and help to her boys. Each morning she would get up and prepare hreakfast and get things ready for the one who was leaving with the mail, without ever :I word of complaint, never hinting that she wished they didn't have to s o - no matter what the weather was, even if there happened to be a blizzard. I t was their livelihood and a matter that had to he done, and the family carried the job out proficiently without cumplaining, no matter what the conditions were. Lehi became very experienced in horsemanship. H e learned how to ride under all types of conditions. H e knew how to jog a horse and get the most out of him without tirinz him. H e also learned how to ride through deep snow and get the maximum that a horse was able to produce. The hones were kept on puldic property in the meadows north of Cedar City in the winter time. I n the summer, they pastured the horses on public land at Five-Lakes in Right Hand Canyon. When they arrivcd home from a lnnil run, they continued on to the meadow in the winter, or up the canyon in the summer to turn their mount loose and select a fresh horse for the next day.'" Lehi wrote. "I look back with a great deal of pleasure upon the association with the early pioneers and feel that it had a great influence upon my life for good and experiences that we wcre called to pass throu,qh, while it seemed quite trying a t the time, while we were carrying the mail, I feel it was a school preparing us for the lifc wc have had to mect later on. O u r mother was very much interested in education, I>ut at that early turn in the history of our commnnity, there was little chance to go to school. M7e would go two or three months during the winter, and that was with one teacher in one big room." Lehi continues, "In the year 1873, (at the age of 19) she (mother) determined I should go to school in Salt Lake City. She had two sisters and one brother living there, so arrangements were made and I went to the city with the teams that were going after freight. I attended the University of Utah (which was in the Old Council House located where the neseret News Building is at the present time). Just imagine how I felt the first morning that I started to school, I was naturally qnite hackward and bashful, I just felt like a scared coyote." Lehi was a proud young man and was very much aware of his appcarance and the poor clothing he wore. This is one of the reasons he 47
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1129.pdf

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