Owen. Thomas, who did not get manied until 1905, became involved in working elsewhere;consequently, he could only spend a little time working on the f a m When Oscar and George got married, Thomas wrote that the responsibility fe11 on him to...
the Perry country and finally reached the herd. Walt Cox was herding the sheep at that time and he was in bed asleep when Henry arrived so Henry hobbled his horse out and woke the herder long enough to tell him they would have to get up early the...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect hadn't arrived. But on Christmas morning, there it was leaning against the wall, all oiled and shining. Wintertime was the season for trapping muskrats, one of his favorite activities. This enterprise, had it...
tion at hand, they turned their efforts to the possibility of underground water. In 1915 the! hired a professio~mlwell driller from California by the name of Hal-ry Paine. He sct up a big steam rig and dug an 800 foot hole near the hotel location,...
Heaton's wife were ordered to fix a meal for them. They also demanded that Heaton haul a load of corn fiom the bam down to the house to feed their horses. It was fortunate, at the time, that they had a good supply of food on hand so the women fixed...
my new house, and the first thing they did was to find it. They tried to scare us into giving them more stuff Anyway, we finally got rid of them and they camped that night just over the hill from us. We kept our saddle horses hid out in the...
'diamond hitch' on a pack when 1 was 14 years old and, naturally, those people didn't. So, we had quite a time moving that big outfit. In a few days things kind of moled down and we started on horseback for the United States. We delayed and stopped...
located there and find a place to camp. We had to have every animal and whom it belonged to registered. It was a big job. 1still hadn't had a chance to go to El Paso and find out how my wife and baby were. After a couple of weeks we finaily made...
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Everett's daughter, getting honorable mention with her fake beard). When asked what he thought of teenagers today, John replied, 'The young people I know best are clean, well mannered, purposehl,...
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Trent and Gretchen Walker are a couple that exemplified the importance of friendship as
the basis of their relationship. Trent and Gretchen met when they were only 14 years old. They
became good friends during the high school years....
Back of paper found in pocket on back of book.: My father is now my step-son, My father is my son-in-law, For he married my daughter, though he hadn’t aught to she was his grand daughter-in-law. My daughter is now my father’s wife lad, my wife...
mons in Utah and the law-disdaining wild western inhabitants of Nevada. However, they wcre mutually dependent on each other in a very real and vital way. 'l'rading was a necessity to both. The only available market of the southern Utah settlenients...
of Beaver. It was written on the cerhficate that she was to "renounce forever al1 allegiance and fidelity to al1 and any foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland...
reached. In Southern Utah, the telegraph covered some areas that early, but it wasn't until later that this service extended from Southern Utah into Nevada. I t was this area that was covered by the mail contracts handled by one man nanied...
the calves. Oue night, Will Simpkins, the young hired hand, Willard, Kumen, and Henry were sleeping on the porch of the mountain cabin. The porch was open at both ends. There was a small fence in front of the house to keep the cattle away from the...
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his personal history. He ran out of steam well before the project was completed, and I had the privilege to sit beside him and paste clippings into his book. Dad was always so meticulous, and I tried to do...
Jones B r n t h r r s go into sheep Iwsiness. I.ehi has heart attack. Da\c Bulloch a n d i.ehi Jones purchase Pipc Spring, Ariz History nf Pipr Sprinx. Iirrdittq a t t l c at Pipe Spring and on the "strip." Sale of Pipe Spl-in. Pictnrr. Pipe...
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rude comments or offensive behavior, Interviewee #2 related an incident while she was shopping:
I was in an aisle all by myself… and all the sudden out of nowhere these two kids jumped out the aisle on each side of me one...
The passengers all piled into the open rig and hadn't traveled very far until they found they were stuck again in another drift of snow. Mrs. Bradfield says she can see "Bally" Sackett now as he looked that day. So bald he was, he seemed rightly...
that of being the first car foreman, rip track foreman, and engine carpenter. His interest in civic affairs was keen and he was voted a member of the town board, member of the school board, and later, mayor. His wife and other women were...