Show INTERESTING OGDEN FOLK J I It 1 j t j I Idi di I I Slit t LI FU ItI n R I r Q to tho l thousands of reo peo 1 I pooi pie pIc as the Man ilan an in Ora Cray at at the the- tho Og Ogden en Union Umon depot Sam Sam- Samuel Samuel uel net Towler 2957 Childs s I completed 12 ears oars of at active sen ice foi fOt the Ullon Pa- Pa PacIfiC Pa Pacific railroad s system stem Mr Fowler ler who ha has had iad the tho opportunity of seeing Ogden grow up from a little frontier settlement I to the tho city ity of oC today was ns born In huntington s B hi h 1 i r e 0 England 1 Ma la ln 28 1854 He lie left n with Ith hi his father Mothel brother William and sister Eliz- Eliz Elizabeth Eliz Elizabeth abeth on th the ship anti and after a 1 journey Journy of nine nino wekson on the tho ocean landed In Ica Upon arrival In New Xe Nework ork tork the thc hm- hm tiro-lly tiro 11 IlY removed ed Immediately to VII Wil Wll III iti where bero they resided In a n small log cabin in the tho forest It Ita a wag ens h here ro Ii In the lall jail of 1860 1560 that Samuels mohor p passed lay away a aa a re result of the terrific attack of sickness sea ea s which her duro lur-IR lur In log those thoe nine long Ions we ks on ott board ship In May Mav 1861 after r tIe the death of the tho wife nife and mother molher the tho fam- fam fam family ily lly turned tr faces the first pal gait pait t ot of o their on the train flom Viol 1101 Violence ence ill to Omaha eb eb eb II lii Omaia the they joined Horace Horl RId RId- Eld rodges s o o ox trim teim train of 60 wag wag- wag wagons ag- ag agon on ons ens headed for Utah Uth Mr 1 Ir rOler ro-aler rO ler tells tolls of some om of time tho pioneer hardships In the tho follo nords I I had to walk barefooted most of the nay from Omaha to Salt Lake I although I 1 h hid hod id n a a pair of n new w shoe shoes hanging on the wag nag wagon ago on rel d ready to bo ha worn on arrival al at atour atour atour our destination At the clos cIos close of oC eath do day I 1 arrived in camp foot foot- toot sole and weary long after time train had stopped slopped for or the night and after r painfully pl extracting cactus thorns from rom m my bleeding Jet feet would perform such uch work nork a n as I Iwas Iwas Iwas was called on to do partake of th timO scant rations allotted me mo and fall daybreak off to sleep Bleep to n awake waite at day day- da break to begin another continua continua- continuation continuation tion of the time journey westward nl and encouraged by the that thit we e e were nero nearIng our ne ne-h home H II T JOY r EED Tho The lay day Io before tore th the entrance u ns made Into Salt alt Lake the tho ox nf tram teem company compan rAmp camp rAmpon campon campon on Cr Creek rl at Kimballs Kimball's ranch Since Our lur departure f ft om not Omaha Omah nei-lv nei sic Ix months before our rations consisted d principally of bacon hacon and flapjacks but h hers her nt at Kimballs Kimball's ranch a c 1 was wan killed My Iy f cook cooked cd tho the calf s head lor br hI his family and ond wo no then thon ate tho first fresh tresh meat which they had lasted since Ince the long journey commenced d SaltI The Tho company n al rived In Salt City In 10 1861 1881 and nn pitched Itched Gimp camp on Square living where h re the they r liv ing InK In a 11 tent for tor or a 11 month nhen hn my father a og OK house a as asa a residence rather sawed nood woodby by the tho cord for tor a n Il Ith aith I self and im together to Duh Du tag ing h-ing one e nd ml of th the saw for tor him hun BUn l I IOV IN SNOW cov OV I attended school during the theold of or 1801 and 1862 In the old Twelfth ward nard meeting house hou pIn In iii Salt Iak Lake City So busy buy ere acre the shoemakers at nt this time that the tle wore ore t to flit ordel for Hh sho fast t enough and andI I on 11 r ec Three INTERESTING OGDEN FOLK Continued From Pate Page r tc One ODe 0 c consequently I was compelled to torun torun run to school chool barefooted through the Ibe snow now Upon al at the school In the th morning and upon returning home In the tho th e I remember how I t would sit tit and cr until the th numbness left Ift my chilled feet In 1867 at the time the Union Pacific railroad was wan being built across the th continent Mr Fa Foe ler worked with lIh his hi hl father on a n con con- con contract 1 tract fron from John W IT V Young grad grad- gradIng grading inc Ing on the roadbed In Echo can can- cani canyon can canyon i yon yen The next summer r he worked on contracts In Weber canyon on- on un until til ill the rills er were laid Into Os- Os Ogden Osden Off den un-I un den In 1869 1568 and 1870 1170 he lie worked on the building of oC the line to Salt under Archie Archi contract between Rov Roy an and Clear ClAar- Cl ar field As A ho he grew older Mr Sir Fowl rowl rowl-er rowl er follow followed d his fathers father's father vocation that of farming nine and also alo engage engaged In the nursery buln business as 88 n a side sideline line In the spring pring of or 1876 tho Iho family mo ed from Salt Lake I k to Hoop Trooper r where Mr fr fowler 10 ler was wa married April 3 i 1877 ItIS roo D 1 In March 1877 1177 Mr Fowler and ns w wit moved to the h district ellen known as the th Basin and used cd In a II room one-room log loe cabin near here shero hero the th county infirmary now stands Mr Fowler broke brok ground and worked out water rights right on a canal for 80 0 acres s In November 1881 they moved to Ogden Orden at which time timo tim he w went n t to work ork for Cor Corthe forthe forth the Union Pacific Railroad corn corn- com company pany under W V P St t Claire Clair In the transfer department and worked there until Oath when he ha h Wil was chosen as one of eight el ht men to tor r represent the th U P quota In the ft depa Mid lid work work-ti under the baggage merit agent Charles Chrles 1 He lie SOM e 1 l in this department until John Riley depot policeman died In the tho scar lear ar 1894 William Newell succeeded John Rile Riley and Mr Fowler took New New- New ells elIs elI's place as night depot police police- police policeman man roan and held hold that position petition under Gorge George 5 M lor K Kerr rr until Mr Kerr through illness w was wa forced tr r retire from the service Ice Mr Fowler act at act act- acted acted ed as a s depot master until Mr fr Kerr dl tIled d then he be h d under Wil William iVil- iVil 11 liam liani Sullivan Gorge Gorne C J 3 W Shields Shield and Silas H II Tracy Trac eich etch ech of whom succeeded to the po- po po position of depot mule masts In the or- or order or order der tier nam named d dAt At the th time orthe of th World war when hen the th hour eight law went ent tn- tn into In Into to effect Samuel became night stationmaster the th man mall In Ingray Ingray gray with the th big bif vOice vole for tor so 0 he became widely known and anti si-as si wa as- as assistant as assistant to Silas H II Tracy anti ae In this capacity until June Juna H 11 1923 when on account of ho his hoph ph condition he h r retired from active r lc Ice after acter op th three eo months In the th hospital under treat treat- meat ment He Se has established an en- en en a record as a any man In the railroads railroad service a setting aIng Ing 42 icar can continuously |