Show OUR PIONEERS wm win gibson continued prom from list week because of thil this cold climate I 1 de 1 aided to move a asay ay and in 1877 1077 october I 1 eel act out to ashley valley that I 1 had seen on my travels alter after the indiana it took us two weeks to reach the valley as we drove our out cattle with us the first night we camped in the valley hob rob snyder came to our camp ane anc told us we could get a house to live in eatn james thomas who was liv 1 la in alone this w w did it had no d irs window win cross i er or floor in we stretched a home made carpet over a thick layer of hay and fastened it down ft ith pegs hanging a I hone horse blanket at th door there wae as a good fire place in it so we ere warm all in inter te r the people that tha t were here when we ve came were mr and mrs LW snyder junes James thorne Thome mr and mrs downing pardon dodd br sr john kelly james barker marker mr and mrs westover sho ho with the snyders yr and mrs fairchild who ched with pardon dodd sr mr ard mrs tailor talor who W aed ed la in mr P or ere era house mrs gibbon v the reventh hite woman in tie twe valley we selected for our home the place we now have and built a house the first summer we lived on our ranch we se made a shanty of slabs which were nailed together an opening lor for the door being beta lett left but we had bu no window apte in august I 1 went back to K kanus as for or our furniture and provisions while I 1 was away mrs era glimn secured ada downing to stay stair riol with her for company they were timid about staying alone so mra mrs downing downin wanted to take tee the doe dot for or protect too one guht said mrs gibson alter after we had ane ie to bed the dog barked as it U something were weft coming tn in the house I 1 lot tot up lighted the lamp and there was a snake crawling through the crack of the shanty by the door I 1 seized an old I 1 churn dasher near by crushing it O 0 on n the head and calling the girl to hold it there I 1 took some inner a scissors and cut it in a number of pieces when daylight came se e found the tall out side had several batt iatt es on in the spring of 0 1878 during the time the people sere ere having trouble with the indiana indians the people learned that the utes were going to help in the rid on meeker which se e now call the meeker massacre the people here all moved into old aehle ability town but the indians shook hand with our people and were friendly the winter ot of 1879 so 80 va was Is kno knon n as the hard winter we had plenty to eat ourselves and divided lour flour with lucurgus johnson in the fall of 1880 1980 we moved back to the ranch in 1881 our third and baat child sarah was born we sold our house in town for or use aj 93 a court house 1 I WM the first ilber ff in the valley the rest of my time I 1 spent tn in improving my home and educating my children I 1 took an active part in politics having been elected by the democratic party to the first and second legislature alter after utah a state my wife turned her attention to the work ot of the church having been a teacher in sunday school president of 0 the primary counselor in the belief relief society durtow the time ahe she waa president to in few society the th ashler ward society house wee wu aaa paid for or abo people |