| Show FROM At OCTOGENARIAN E K Fuller Tells How 111 Brought Potatoes to Utah ratlr ranerlene mid l lU lf aoJ I fires llillltM Inn < ln > A Ilm life LrrM WMblDKlon Gd Uiab Mitou 18 UU 11111r liertl Aatr t rootlder myself Invllfd to Rite a ikelrli of 1 what look j plats In my HIM and liaveli wllli lb Church of Jitua Chrlil of Latlr day HaliiU I will mromene wllli niylithtr Although he never build Ihu 0011 l rrnH > hrd by Ibo Laltet day Halnti tie advocated It 1 and could not join any of 1 llio toot of hli day My lather Coroelln Fuller wai born H lemlier 11 177 In Columbia Col-umbia oounty New York Ils mar rim 1 ZillhaKuawibornJuu111771 I by her he had iatren ebll l hen who nil lived 10 marry and hate famlllft Dly father and my brother IMer Fuller were both In the war of 1612 My tether wu ou the general1 a lair and held ihs onlce of major He moved writ 1 IwoI7n mil treat Iho Hud ion river 1 to Ireen county right In Ihok wool w Iherrjwai no laud clear of limber The limber oomllej ol 1 hemlock lInk mil la and leech Tide all had lo be cleared out nf the way before crop could be drown It was than barren sterile rocky rouu Uy with loan colt 1 wlnlen and dreg snows They generally had la feed I stock ill mouth The tliie article of tool raised there were rye buck wheal and polaloee I was Ihe fiurleenlb child In Ibo family and woe born In WlnJhim Urto r9unlNew York Juuo131811 Mantled Jlarrlel Ljomli of the same lilac December SHh 1891 I made a stilt In llfu on the farm The chief article tint would bring money then were hemlock bark and lumber 1 br lire lint not one In twenty of our Utah buy would dire lo tackle on of theie lance tree for hits bark II would lake fulir tree lo nuke one cord of lurk and then II 1 had to be liiultJ out of lbs wool K at lo Kit alit with a wagon < < and then be hauled Iwelvu mile to EI W a cord The lumler alter culling loci hauling them lo lb saw mhlt and giving one half for sawing sod baulluic the other half twenty mile would bring f5lr thou 1001 I was latticed In May 1812 I vent doll i71 110 I mile lo the city of Mew York to Kit all Klilrr lo come and bitlie There woo file In Ike place ready to Join Ibo Church Klder Moiee Martin cam anil tauiied ui all 1 wai or Joined an Eider and appointed to lire aide over th branch rnen osun this outline prinure of rteoutlon The llilitltu Presbyterian and MilhodliU were all arrayed agaluil ui file Meluodliti I were the wont i ericulort The year thai Joteih the rrophtt had till name on lie list lo run lorI 1rnlilelil lor-I lectured In lilt behalf The leading polltlclani In thai hart ol country sad hli Clew on govrrnmenl bowed him to ie I a powerful man Wbeu we heard of hli and llyium auaiilnallon the Haluta Diourutd ai though they could not be oomlorfd l I eold out and Ih Htitembr 1511 I talked with my family tj Nwvoo sod arrived there lu October 1 have been with the Church Irom that day to Ihli There waa good deal lullerlug and privation In Nauieo Iho year before we tell suet ai I ham not owr 10 I deicrlbe My wife died I July 27 IS II In Kauron aged 31 yean Harriet Jraucl Fuller my daughter die I Auguil V mi aged inuntbt WIN Ilim Henry Fuller my ion died Heiteruk r 2 18U aged U Tear Miry lioTlna duller my daughter UI 1 jcloUr71HW agedT yeart and T month When t 1 gr tl Nauroo I burled them all then grate jl bUi Treildeul I llrlgham cung callej a mietlnK of all Ihe miiutxri of the Church In Ibo Nato Temple and we toads nulo 10 UU our intant and do all In cur lower lo help Move the i 1011 lo Ihe lar NVott but not know lug where we would locate IOCb people peo-ple commenced lu 1 nirnul for file mote In building wagon gathering cattle lo haul lheiuand providing rorliloni The main body uf Ine Church left In April and Stay and traveled In hall ooui aulee While they were moving cam tho icTUlilllun Irom the govern leant for oUU men for Inn Mexican war I waiaiked 10110 and laid 1 1 dll nut 1111 moot 1110 1101 1 head IIOned evn year I had a commliilou algal lain I fO I told mother Klmball however to put my name down and 1 would go Later li amid 1 III would let one of uiy drlveri go h would go The driver Him woe Edwin Walker Ho could i nut hay gums any farther lint luiuu had II not been for Ihliopporluiilty When the news ram thai our brethren who were Milo Isauvoo were a all driven across Ihe Mluulp I river al Ihe polulof 1 > Ihe bayonetby the mob and bums In a plorblo oonllilloo II call vat toad for volunteer lo take leiuii and wagoni logo bArk and aid them Many rxpouded to Iho call I look two ton mi and brought tutee fondues Ullo IbO cauipof Iirael and Ibu began to fix fur winter quarters I had traveled three lime acroi Iowa A company coiled riouvvre wtiorganlitd lo leave early In the spring They itarled In April Tim I tosI yl II lualu body ol the sump wai organised Inooiupanlri of hiiuJnJi niiln and ton and counseled 10101 ai won 01 the gran grew for food I woe ort lied III the fitly of which 1eregrlne Hoiloul wai ca talu 1 wa > placed In Inn scored lou M ouplaln lu wy ten were nlhor John bull John L Hnillh riioium Callltlirl I and Slim and Jon Huillh We 1 11It our w winter quarter In May 1817 There bIIII n gold deal of Mill the ground Iveaiuu very loll mod II WD with Rrul d ni ully we c uU luiirg urlonJU Hal i j e Wolravtlci f r vet I ur niunna and rest hed Ibo t 11 lnbe Its 11 I A wi thru railed < < epochs j hot I H I III I rclulc at that wo had HII tit I I e reicli of i f the hull liMmeti Niuto In 1141 I wllli Ihlre thousand dllien i I innnry and when I arrived In iu valley I had only 26 toms bell Wo were all on the tome fimlint and union and Ihe iplrlt nf 110 1r1 I woe will ue We wiut to work an I lutuplo en n Hpanluli r7or with I till roofbit tbn roolo wore M Ullutt they would 111 keep Ihe rolll mil asst cube another trip of a how acrid loll niirr > sn Taut dw rt there was a eomi uy lilted up to KO 1 1allfornla by tho middle ruule Futhr John bmllli called on rue stst uiid Ifl was goln will I Ihvouin pao > t told t I nPt ad talked I ol li but MI 1 given up lie Ideee i I thoiiihl II WH rod much of an uiurWkllin he aid hills ewild twlwudlit heap and ald If I w uU go they would rend w reoonimend ilgned by t1ha IllIt < < toun lllhat they would be conilhlr I lot 1 Ir I our ante In whatever collie we hue chaied We Hue out with Italrly five days or f prWstun M Umt wa thought r > nly fur the Hip halt wo were lorly ilx day ou the way We stetted the middle of November antI got lo luc rlret ranoli lu California the lit of January We were nearly out of irorlflont ant I hal been on half ratine Wo mo norm ami mult Huh a hawk and a weir which woe the wont of nil Ojr mint ooixliltd of eighteen loa The raochtr a Kreocbnuii named Itedoe sent out iweuiy heal l of hones li help 1 ue Into lue I ratted IVIh two uf our men hal stinted ahmd local the Mi have Uo of Hum 1 eoame nearly Intane and wanlel lo turn back but the oilier prirall l on him la KO on and thy got la the run oil slat gay neltoe 01 our Uuolloa We loon 111 for WillKrm4 ranch ten mile below what Ie I in > w called Han lliroardtnu Allot we hJ Urn there tome time we commeuceJ li > IHTIullilo wllh Wllllatni foruneor two hundrrd hand of hie talus llle price wee > n dollies rr brad for cows and calvie 1 II looked rather daik to him to trust men who had loon Uilveu out from Ihe United male and were In alice a-lice 1 nluouMind rode from civlllti lion Al thin juncture wa lOW ten Jane n Hunter mid ho loot mo Iwo hundred dollar and I was lu pay Ihli amount hit family In HIt I ko In tow ate fair value whlca 1 did lly payloicllili two hundred and lilY lug out note of one thouiand dollan we got two hundred cow and cairn The next thing 1010 get tin m acron IheileaerUlwobundredand Illlyiullee iltrtchu without water 1 ud three trot Iwenlynre to thlrtyllvo nulls each with no feed I anti I hoop gravelly ground to Iliiovur I It took him and till boil lo manage them WocuKiitd Hi InJIani 10 help drive thus tuck They ilayrdwltu ue until we got to Halt Ik Uo coal cut out In tho Cabnon pawon our look trip when 1 eiiimlrrd If any hal any poliloti along Such had and did not km w where to eel any One of the I udlaui uld he knew where Ibero wr some but they wernmull thirty fir nulls dl > tanL I filled hock ulrual look Ills lndlau form gull andatnurk Oil a bee llueacroM thou 0nIl7 We got too ranch owned by an Amerlcin who received in very kindly 1 told him I wan aper torn polaloei for mead lleaiked whir I wai going lo like cum lo plant I told him to Ihe Hill Ih btiln Ill lei you line lie polaloei eel II 111 I but you fooling youiHlt You had better leave your < jt toe here You act colic auy crop Ihirr lor t hsva bn than trai o lung formally a year I got between three and tour buhol and Ih Ufilijueilloii was how I could puck them to they would keep from polling lu going acres tho dreerr I woo IIplrooI lo uo a rawhide lhal w had Juii liken from a small oleatuie and cut II In half and make two saute Thill did and filled them white Ihe htur I were Kru and when dry llu y had ell ro ilk e > lhI > tatoe we re ooom pact thai they would lol ibake and they 1 got luroiigli all eound Thle li what soled Uleh with potnleee l 1 laud about bu < hel that 1 could not get III hole talhlde sacks and gave them le Ibo brethren rueio woe hut ouo of them 000 got it round oil i through Theu wegot over on the MolMve about filly uilhn Hum the ranch lorirflv of our cow cot away aud weut back We wnl to Wllllillt he did u il want to galhtr them H 111 > sod rndoimJ tiiat amount on Iho cote I have no Imivuaiie 10 deecrltto lb loll labor I Hud hnrdihlp that II look to art Ihora 0111 KlOM Jreerii When I think of II now II makee me ibuJder II got bark the lulls ol May and woo oflerod 1101 for one Liiihel l of toy IwUloee 1 refused and laid I wanted lo have or Sac men plant I them Home who got eight poleuni r liod line LuilKraud it hall irum them While I was guile on IhlimlMlou llrother John Jiird sod wife who croel 111011 with me u one of my family towed acv u lure lo wheat noitli uf cily Urrek and wo raleoJ only Iwenlyjno twiheli We had to pull tho niiitof II by haul II was the only way we could aavo IU Wo kuiw DOlhlug about lingatUu lieu Wu put In ten acree ol whool and corn and n 1loh of wlto e out on Mill Crew auJ the crlokot deelroynd Ulb wbealexcntlhalwouved elx bushel Al lor the poUUiw I the crlikeli had eaten Ihe tope oil lo Mm ground 1 Aaron and lrm Farr h roi < ed t > like up the toot sot lnut them down on tho tide of Iba creek where they could keep Ihe clloktli and give me ono hill of what they could ache They did M and sales a number of bucket llav lug our trot nlluytlol by tho cricket cauied 0 good deal 1 of lullcrlug then two years 1 woe one of Iho minute men com minded by Colouol Win Klmball to guard agalt it and tubdun the Indian slid was out on eevvral eicuriloni a i onetime wo were oul line mouiui I went with tie late 1rnlJeul Johu fay Ion lo New York City l In nmkl lu tubllihlug I lhopi r oiled Ue Mar man TrI wa lu the j oar 1041 I went lo Ulntah valley on anui lurln < tour wllli Jnio W Tux and othorr and to the loi Vys Sew Mexico In 1HV 1 wm celled In Hill llo ItO to Dixie which wse Ibo lOll but hot the lent I havoeie > utthlrltwoiearion thli million Hint 1 Joined Dili Ihurrh I bar owned and lived lu ilxleen dlllervnl houses tcaioil nearly Ihlily children the youngest IhrtoyearioU 1J11A 1C runEii |
