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Show Grants JON LAMOREAUX mojean Casto has lead an unas- Lamar passed away a year and a half ago, but Emojean is still entertained by her two~-cats, three dogs, suming life. She goes about her business as any God-fearing seven birds, and one ferret. She also has two kids and one step-son and i semanas: MANAGING EDITOR woman would and draws little attention to herself, except for being a gra- Roe MS TERUG. Vow es eee peter cious and lovely woman. Casto has | in her possession a remarkable trinket of American history. The title to her property was signed by President Ulysees S. Grant on January 20, 1876, the centennial year, and it is framed on the wall in the home at 88 East 200 South. Casto is the great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Hicken who came to America from. Whittick, Leicestershire England upon conver- sion to the Church of Jesus Christ of enjoys the time she spends with them and their kids. | Heber has changed a lot over the years and some she likes and some she doesn’t. | “I like the improvements,” said Emojean. The only bad thing is you | don’t know everyone when you go to town anymore.” ; | The cycles of history end at Emojean’s house likea pot of gold. A heritage of Mormon pioneership and a fiery president leave an afterburn that resonates here ofall places. > Latter-day Saints at the age of 19 by an Elder Thomas Effield in 1845. As he trekked west, .he. came to Council Bluffs, Missouri to serve the church where the rest of the Saints were sta- tioned, until tragedy struck and they were forced to vacate. Grant, who was a staunch Mormon signed the title in 1876. Thomas’ grandson, Arson is Emojean’s grandfather homesteaded this property 1862. He was a sheep farmer, Hicken, and he back in and that — hater, allowed the paper work to sit on his desk for 14 years until he finally block was his farm, home, and business. The property has been divided, but Emojean still has her corner. The property was only two rooms originally, but Emojean’s father, Alonzo, built on and the house, that once resembled more of a cottage, now stands as the home she has raised her family in and lived in all her life. Emojean graduated from Wasatch High School in 1939 and worked as a waitress at the Flying V, back in the days when the place even existed. She wb ~ 17 married in 1940, but divorced in 1948. She married again in 1965 to Lamar Casto, and this time it was for life. |