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Show Volume XXIV Issue IX The Ogden Valley news Page 9 May 15, 2017 Autobiography of James Filo Colvin By Clara H. Wilbur Now may I indulge the Colvins and tell you about Maryett’s brother, James Filo Colvin, better known to the older people of Eden as Jim Colvin. . . . They came across the plains and arrived in Ogden Fort in September, having left the Missouri River July 20, 1852. In James’ words: After staying here a few days, we were sent to Mound Fort by Bishop Chauncy West. Here we stayed until the spring of 1854. We then moved to “Ogden Hole” (North Ogden) where my father took up a piece of land, a part of which is Newman Barker’s farm today (1913). In the spring of 1855, father put in five acres of wheat which froze the latter part of July. The people became discouraged. They thought they could not raise anything there, nor did they believe it would become the beautiful place it is today. In the spring of 1856 when I was seven years old, Greenleaf Blodget and I took the town cows and sheep to herd which we kept for three years. In the spring of 1857 my father was working in the canyon when he took a severe cold and died May 31, 1857. (He was Lorenzo (Ren) Colvin’s greatgrandfather and the first man buried in the North Ogden Cemetery.) In June 1858 the call came to move south on account of Johnston’s Army coming. On false reports my mother, two brothers, two sisters, and myself—with a yoke of oxen, an old wagon that father had, and two cows which had worked crossing the plains—started southward. We landed in Payson in a few days. When we reached home, we found our place in a destructive condition, making the winter hard for us, but we never were without something to eat. Not having a change of clothing, and mother being a very neat woman, she would wash our clothes and dry them while we went to bed so we would be clean. That same winter my brother Orlin (Lorenzo Colvin’s grandfather) and I would go every day and cut dry grass which was above the snow and feed our cows. We kept our two cows for two months on this feed. We didn’t have any shoes on our feet, and we also had to hunt for wood. In 1860 the ward was reorganized and and wood. I’m unmarried and have lived given the name of North Ogden. (This in the old homestead ever since (1913). seems to prove that “Ogden Hole” for 70 years was considered to be North Ogden Note: Jim eventually married Luella Scott and lived his life out on the old homestead instead of Ogden Valley.) In the year 1859, mother was married where Haynes Fuller’s home now stands again to a man by the name of Joseph down on Stringtown Lane in Eden. Edge. This made times better for us. It was then I had my first pair of boots. If I had a pair of gold boots today, I would not be as proud of them as I was of those old stogies my stepfather bought for me. In 1863 my stepfather bought a place in Ogden Valley where there were only a few inhabitants. The town in which we “You can never cross the ocean until you have lived was given the name of Eden. I did a the courage to lose sight of the shore.” great deal of work on the railroad when it -- Christopher Columbus came through. After that I hauled lumber Inspirational Thought From The Past . . . OVERT Mock Disaster Undertaken in Wolf Creek Neighborhoods A mock disaster exercise was held in the Wolf Creek area by the Ogden Valley Emergency Response Team (OVERT) on the morning of April 22. The major objectives of the event were: 1. To test the use of family hand-held radios in reporting various emergency scenarios to a designated area emergency coordinator (EC) at an incident command site set up at an OVERT shed located in Wolf Creek’s Rec Building. The exercise is to test the success of radio communication in the event of a disaster situation where traditional forms of communication may be disabled or compromised. 2. To test the use of a ham radio to report emergency scenarios, where help is needed, to a simulated designated Weber County CERT incident command site in Huntsville. The event was attended by approximately 26 local residents (24 from the Wolf Creek area and two from elsewhere in the Valley), an observer from the Weber County CERT organization who OVERT coordinates with, and a Boy Scout who was working on a merit badge. Forty-four hypothetical emergency sce- narios were each described on an index card and placed in separate red envelopes taped onto mail box stands and other markers around 11 neighborhoods in the Wolf Creek area in Eden. Of the 44 scenarios, 22 were of a medical nature and 22 concerned infrastructure/building issues. Prior to the event, 11 each of the medical and infrastructure scenarios were rated as reportable—meaning, designated emergency response block captains should notify by radio the emergency situations to the incident command site. Approximately 75 minutes were spent in a simulated triage of the 11 neighborhoods and reporting the scenarios, and about 75 minutes were spent afterwards on an excellent discussion and evaluation of what went well and what should be improved to more efficiently carry out an emergency response effort facilitated by radio communication. Feedback by participants found that the exercise was a “resounding success,” while also providing ideas on how to improve response efforts. Of the 19 reportable scenarios found throughout the scenario, 17 MOCK DISASTER cont. on page 11 The Ogden Valley News is looking for Ogden Valley and Ogden Canyon historical biographies, stories, and photos to use in its publication. Please mail, email, or call Shanna at 801-745-2688 or Jeannie at 801-745-2879 if you have material you would like to share. This picture was taken on a ditch bank east of Huntsville on north side of SR39 on May 4, 1952. Standing: Nick Breeze, sitting left to right Fritz Breeze, Richard Shupe, Dan Shupe, and Michael Shupe. Picture was taken by Joseph F. Breeze, Nick and Fritz’s father who worked for Ogden Standard. The Joseph Breeze family lived in Ogden Canyon. Photo submitted by Michael Shupe. Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley news PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 High Altitude Kids Summer Tumbling June 5th – August 18th Summer Tumbling Classes, Beginning to Advanced Monday thru Friday, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign up today…space is limited! For more information visit www. hakutah.com for class days and times. 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