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Even with the discouragement and the failure of the Escalante Projectas it was planned, there was nothing that could stop the growth and development of the vast Escalante Valley. Lehi's oldest son and his wife, Willard and Sophia Jones and their family, were part of this process and they stuck with it through good years and bad. Sophia, often, accused Willard and her sons of using every bit of available cash for "hulls, bucks, or land.""' In the dry years of the 20's, Lehi M., Willard's younger brother, said to Willard: "Leave this place - it's not worth it come to Cedar City and we'll work out something between the Joneses." At this time, Willard and Sophia had built a home in Cedar City were Sophia lived with the children during the winter while they went to school. T. W. unhesitatingly told Lehi hi., "No, I'm going to stay right here until the day I die."" When T. W. and Sophia moved back to Southern Utah from Salt Lake City, they lived for awhile with Lehi and Henrietta in Cedar City, so Sophia became well acquainted with her mother-in-law. She was amazed at the difficult tasks Henrietta accomplished, and how she did a man's work and enjoyed the outdoor work as well as housework. T h e following story is an example of her ingenuity: Lehi and Henrietta kept a stallion in the stable near the house, along with other horses. The stallion became rather ill with an abcess on his stomach. Henrietta decided that something had to he done about it, and that it was her job to do it. She drove nails through a hoard and proceeded to lance the abcess. Sophia tried to help but Henrietta ended up doina the job alone, holding the reins in one hand and whacking at the stallion's stomach with the hoard. T h e abcess was soon broken and the stallion improved from then on. O n one occasion when Lehi was gone, Henrietta took a load of salt in the wood rack to the mountain ranch for the sheep. Sophia took her two young children accompanying her on this trip. Henrietta drove the tram like a man, whacking them along the way. T h e horses would shy and the wagon seemed to be barely hanging on the edge of the steep dugways. Sophia was terrified as she hung on for dear life. This was the last trip she ever made to that part of the mountain." Eventually, the dreams of Willard and Sophia became a reality. They lived on their farm in the Escalante Valley and reared their children. Time and hard A r k hrought the resnlts of a productive farm and a lar,ge cattle ranch. In time, the T. W. Jones and Sons Ranch and "cattle spread" herame one of the larxest in Iron County.
'Told hy William L. Jones.
tape recordings. T o l d by William L. Jnnc.. 'Written and told hy Henry I.. Jones. 'Utah State I.and Board.

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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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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Title	Page 160
Description	Even with the discouragement and the failure of the Escalante Projectas it was planned, there was nothing that could stop the growth and development of the vast Escalante Valley. Lehi's oldest son and his wife, Willard and Sophia Jones and their family, were part of this process and they stuck with it through good years and bad. Sophia, often, accused Willard and her sons of using every bit of available cash for "hulls, bucks, or land.""' In the dry years of the 20's, Lehi M., Willard's younger brother, said to Willard: "Leave this place - it's not worth it come to Cedar City and we'll work out something between the Joneses." At this time, Willard and Sophia had built a home in Cedar City were Sophia lived with the children during the winter while they went to school. T. W. unhesitatingly told Lehi hi., "No, I'm going to stay right here until the day I die." When T. W. and Sophia moved back to Southern Utah from Salt Lake City, they lived for awhile with Lehi and Henrietta in Cedar City, so Sophia became well acquainted with her mother-in-law. She was amazed at the difficult tasks Henrietta accomplished, and how she did a man's work and enjoyed the outdoor work as well as housework. T h e following story is an example of her ingenuity: Lehi and Henrietta kept a stallion in the stable near the house, along with other horses. The stallion became rather ill with an abcess on his stomach. Henrietta decided that something had to he done about it, and that it was her job to do it. She drove nails through a hoard and proceeded to lance the abcess. Sophia tried to help but Henrietta ended up doina the job alone, holding the reins in one hand and whacking at the stallion's stomach with the hoard. T h e abcess was soon broken and the stallion improved from then on. O n one occasion when Lehi was gone, Henrietta took a load of salt in the wood rack to the mountain ranch for the sheep. Sophia took her two young children accompanying her on this trip. Henrietta drove the tram like a man, whacking them along the way. T h e horses would shy and the wagon seemed to be barely hanging on the edge of the steep dugways. Sophia was terrified as she hung on for dear life. This was the last trip she ever made to that part of the mountain." Eventually, the dreams of Willard and Sophia became a reality. They lived on their farm in the Escalante Valley and reared their children. Time and hard A r k hrought the resnlts of a productive farm and a lar,ge cattle ranch. In time, the T. W. Jones and Sons Ranch and "cattle spread" herame one of the larxest in Iron County. 'Told hy William L. Jones. tape recordings. T o l d by William L. Jnnc.. 'Written and told hy Henry I.. Jones. 'Utah State I.and Board. ' Jonrs 160
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
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