Show biography of mary ann greenhalgh mace written by blanche mace part two As we were coming into salt bait lake city I 1 remembered our teamster saying we were passing through the first ward so I 1 had bad an idea that 1 I could find the place where my parents were camped and started on my way As I 1 hurried along I 1 camo came near tile the 8 salt alt lake theatre people were going to the show lies hesitating I 1 tating 1 I stepped up to a lady and hor her escort and asked if she would please direct use me to the first ward schoolhouse school house my child sho she said you havo have no business on tho the street althis time of dayi day however she directed me and I 1 hurried on as bastas fast aa I 1 could go at length I 1 reit reached ched the school house hous e but bat there was no light in the building in the houns next to the school building I 1 could see ali a light glit so I 1 hurried along and tapped at the door I 1 knocked repeatedly but could get no response so I 1 returned to the school house where I 1 cound the door standing ajar it was dark but I 1 walked in tooling feeling my way along the wall until I 1 came to a bench where I 1 sat down to wait until day dawned occasional cas casio ional naly luring during the night I 1 heard board noises which seemed theome to come from the farther corner of the room but lit in tho the darkness I 1 could c seo see nothing and feeling strange and timid I 1 remained quiet but when morning came I 1 found I 1 was not the only occupant of that room huddled or er in the opposite corner were some danish immigrants they smiled as they recognized me as aa wo we had traveled on oil the same train at daylight I 1 wont out but doors and sat on the stoop the abin sun came up and people began amov ing about blie city when suddenly I 1 11 looked up the street and saw a mr 1 chase the father of 0 our tote teamster coming in my direction I 1 ran up to him and told him my trouble lie said d my folks had gone to tile the tenth ward school house to camp and accompanied me to that place our family stayed hero here a tow few lays and then moved out to Mille reek near cotton wood canyon where there was wan ft a factory lit in which blankets were being woven on hand looms my aly father faher now began setting up the tha power looms that had been freighted along with our company these were aiho first water power looms to operate west of the mississippi river I 1 intended going to work with my illy father lit in the factory but was prevailed upon to stay in salt bait lake city and assist with the house work lit in the homo 1 of bishop sheets who iliad sick ness in his family and were badly tn lit need of help hell I 1 earned two dollars per week tit in cash and stayed here until the middle of april when my lily fattier told me I 1 must come as lie ho needed me badly lit in the factory I 1 I 1 worked with fattier until october weaving cloth of many kinds including and jerseys kerseys ker kers this cloth was maide of cotton warp and wool tilling filling on oil tile alio ath of october my illy fattier father moved his family to cixto to set up some water power looms there in ill washington washington county we arrived in fit the little town of washington on oil november 7 1867 bifero wo we found a factory operating mendenhall Mende hand looms my fattier father now started to set up tit power loonis looms immediately and I 1 began to weave cloth as soon boon its as ho he got tile the first loom sot not up wo we had only tile the raw material to work with before leaving salt lake city wo we bought some household house hold furniture consisting ot of a stove some chairs and a bedstead wo we brought bro tight with us after arriving father made a flour dour bin and some shelves so BO we were ver very y comfortable compared to most moat of 0 the people who were living in dixie at that time my father and I 1 worked in the factory the year 1867 to 1871 slid and all that time we did not see ono one cent of money lit in tact fact there was no money in tho the country nye roc lavod cloth for or our lab orthie was called factory pay we exchanged cloth for everything we needed it if wo we wanted fruit wo we traded cloth for or it people came all over the country to trade their products for or cloth some borne brought butter AM choose cheese others brought corn and wheat and many other things which we needed and wo we were glad to trade cloth for at this ti almo mo 1867 the first orchards of dixie wore were beginning to bear fruit one day a man passing through tile the country bought two bushels of 0 peaches from us and gave us a dollar ifor or I 1 them wo we simply did not know what to do with that cash I 1 believe we did buy bay some postage stamps with some of it this was the first and last lase money enthat ithac I 1 saw while living in dixie I 1 worked worded in fit the ho washington factory until june 21 1860 1869 when I 1 married george mace blace we journeyed to salt lake city to be married my husbands sister jane and her husband accompanied us wo we wore were gore the best beat part of one month going and coming in tile the year 1871 my husband with a party of men traveled IraY traye oled led through kane and garfield counties looking for mill sites lie he liked the kanab country very much s BO we sold out in dixie and on oil march io ro 1872 18 7 2 wo we left washington ifor for kanab to make our home arriving there on march 18 0 of the same year the last night before reaching kanab wo we camped at ripe pipe springs the pipe fort was then in tile the course of erection ero cllon tho the rock walls were just jast about 11 hale tit laid up we traveled by borso hoi so loam and wagon when wo wn arrived we moved into tho the danab kanab fort thoro there were still a colell fa families millos living in its tile tho rest ot of tile tha people had moved onto city lots lit in tile the te these lots lota were sold to the holders ifor less than six dollars each wo we lived lit in the fort foil the winter ot of 1873 my illy first arst child wits was lorn born in the west room of the fort the room nearest tile little building which was waa used for lor both church and school house all my seven children havo have been born in fit kanall lit in days wo we had no doctors lit in the country A good neighbor woman assisted me in each contine anent tit in fact a doctor never stepped into my lily hoino until all my lily children had reached maturity matin it in tile tho spring we bought a city lot and fenced it with willows the year following 1874 we built a wallow shack aback in which to live wo we set cedar posts in the ground and wove allows through them the insole wo we lined with ana and plastered almi clay the tiro fire place was built with clayla clay and ild the root was made of 0 split logs chunk ed with clay and then packed down with soil and it never leaked ln in all al the time we lived ant the only sawed saved lumber in fit that house was waa the two boards which were used for the door wo we were very proud of our willow shack with its one small window which we brought with us from dix and Us its smooth board door we lived in this shack tor for two years at first I 1 cooked our food over the fire alie in the fireplace but later wo we traded tor for a no 6 charter oak stove of some people biho were passing through the country no queen was over eeoc more proud of jewels than F r brasof was of that stove at night we used bitch bamps amps which were braided rags dipped in ill greeso soon we made cariles car cat iles dies with these and with the light front from the open tiro fire place wo we managed very well not very many years had passed however until we had kerosene lamps which I 1 used most of my life Soni times when the men folks went to irrigate in tho the fields at night they used pitch pine torches tor ifor lanterns As I 1 said before wo we lived in the willow shack tor for two years but in the roc antima we had sold part of our lot to a man mail who bulIt bullara fa two room lumber shanty on it lie ile became dissatisfied and loft tile the count country rr As lie he ilind iliac not paid anything tor for the tha lot we took it back and gained possession of the two room house the first summer in kanab wo we raised a garden with corn beans squash and onions we did not have fl lour so we made bread sn in the following way wo we graded corn in ill the roasting oar car season mixed it with cream salted and baked it when the corn coin was ripe wo we ground it tup title in ill a coffee mill and mado the meal thus ilius obtained i into broad I 1 brought a supply of loth cloth with me ille which I 1 had woven in tho the the wash ington factory and it was vas from froin tills this supply that I 1 made our clothing at ihla time tile the water supply to or homes holds fields and gardens cattle camo from a dam dain or reservoir built north ot town I 1 which was frequently washed out by floods and had to bo be rebuilt I 1 have lived to see through tho the years two larko large dams built by much labor and expense washed out by great floods the last one Is 13 1 3 still standing fitter after moro more than twenty five years we had a few head of cattle that wo we brought with us front from dixie the grass was knee high all over tile country and our cattle increased inci eased rapidly until soon we had find a small herd prom from those these we got the winters supply of ment meat milk and butter there was no money ni oney in the country and we could bof not sell cell the surplus cattle so they were no source of income to us we broucht somo some young fruit trees with us front from dixie these wele set set out and I 1 think this was the third orchard set act out lit in kanala kanab my husband was a good carpenter and craded chis labor to people for things that wo we needed rie eded wo we usually 11 had id tho alio necessities of life I 1 remember ber once he had made me some buckskin moccasins when ply my shoes wore out lie ho often made them ifor the children paved roads have taken the place of blazed trails and tough rough wagon roads today one can ravel met in two hours the same distance that it took us its eight days to cover on oil june 21 1919 my illy husband and I 1 celebrated our golden wedding lii hil anniversary niver sary during my illy life I 1 have had few sorrows and many joys except for occasional visits to rela relatives tives in other otylior parts of tho the state I 1 have hare lived lit in kanab for the last 62 years I 1 am contented and happy I 1 have everything I 1 need and my children are good to me who could ask tor for more the end |