Show 208 accompanied by my brother Daniel and Quine ey Khowlton I built a boat and after we had sheared our sheep ve There were about 153 head took them to the island said that there had never been any stock on that It was before we took our sheep there This island is Island about 25 miles from Farmington and about six miles north of Antelope Island where the Church had some stock This Fremont Island is opposite the mouth of Weber River became-knowAfter we had taken our sheep on the island Island It proved a good place locally as Hiller’s for sheep being about four miles from the mainland to destroy the sheep The herd and no wild beast on increased very fast in number and needed no herder to We used to visit the Island every few take care of weeks to clean the spring and at times of lambing shearing and marketing we spent days on the island at a time it it n it it In this way Fremont Island was occupied for the first time and for the first time put to practical use Henry W Miller and Daniel Miller formed a partnership for the enterprise Their sons and grandsons soon took the most active part in the business Jacob Miller being one of the most active participants Says Seymour L Miller concerning the 5 industry: One of the major problems of the island sheep project Jacob was that of a satisfactory boat for the business Miller had made a trip around the world and had conducted the boat lady quite a study of sail boats He designed of the Lake and helped build it Father CJillisE1 H ETller"ancT he took the most active part in the building hot for caulking the It was my Job to keep the tarwasbarrel obtained from Blacksmith boat Lumber for the craft Fork near Logan Utah and the timbers were taken from sheep nearby hills This boat was one of the It was a two-mast- largest yet to appear on the lake vessel the longest mast being about 50 ed Miller ’’Experiences Islands” 2 5 Seymour L Lake and its on the Great Salt |