Show MRS MES WATSON WRITES WHITES ON INCIDENTS OF PIONEER TIMES continued from last week my aly next call was at the home of 0 mr 11 ir and mrs zacariah Za carlah B decker ibeling being unacquainted they looked at me with a question mark bo but ut when 1 I 1 told them my errand they were were positive v e t that h at th they e y had n nothing 0 t h 1 n g worthy orthy ot of mention e n ti 0 n to t tell e ll 11 I 1 r reminded e m i n d ed brother decker that his name was on the records as one ot of the new town officials to his wife I 1 said surely the me men n folk were not the lone beginners of things in the making of 0 parowan carowan Pa rowan no indeed she replied the women corked worked as hard bard as did the men often assisting with the hardest an and heaviest work to be done the one first thing I 1 did I 1 remember quite well was the making of a tiny cheese we were so BO hungry tor for something df different ferent to eat that seven or eight of 0 us worn women en would put the mornings milk together and take turns having the little cheese clinese which was a real treat though only the size of 0 a bowl on the way home I 1 called on sister maryann mary ann adams she was in a cheery mood she said 1 I did not come with the first company my husband thought I 1 had better wait until he had made some sort of 0 shelter for or the babies and me I 1 remember my first impressions were amusing it had been six months since brother adams left us his clothes were worn and shabby through the rough hard w work ork necessary in breaking the wilderness so he had a pair of pants made of 0 buckskin buck skin one leg had become wet and la drying had become so twisted and shrunken that it just reached below the knee while the other was the regular length it was the first thing I 1 noticed when continued continued to page 4 INCIDENTS OF PIONEER TIMES I 1 MRS WATSON WRITES ON continued from first page he approached lied ali thai wagon on our arrival ha however wever my husband william and joseph hovey made two grindstones january 1851 the first articles manufactured la in iron county it would take many pages and much time to pen all the interesting incidents and anecdotes gathered in my three days visits with those leaders and community builders volumes could be written of 0 the growth and development of 0 that then isolated town parowan carowan has been the mother of 0 colonies hundreds were called to settle in arizona colorado wyoming and mexico what a list ot of names it collected would be formed or 0 those who have outgrown their opportunities and gone into more favorable fields tor for their education as doctors lawyers musicians college professors teachers mechanics state officials etc why not give as a prize utah the land of blossoming Bloss oming valleys by james george wharton to the boy or girl who will make the most complete list ot of these distinguished citizens it would bo be a delightful summer vacation experience alphabetically arranged names in full present address profession or calling it would be a desirable addition to the files of the parowan carowan camp of the DUP defendants of those noble self belt sacrificing pioneers should begin now to collect the Is stories the histories of their parents and grand parents grandma pheobe benson the peer of betsy ross for she flot only made the first flag but supplied tile the where with many times did she go into her treasure chest tor for some of her choicest clothing to costume members of the little dramatic company and dress balls balla she was a recognized milliner in carlisle england and continued 1 in the business for or many years in par owan dear aunt paulina lyman w who ho graduated from a course in obstetrics after she was sixty years of age hundreds ot of little lives were ushered into the world before and after her training other worthy achievements we could mention were hers it is not too late to compile a record ot of brother thomas davenports davenporte Daven ports pottery and poetry so useful and high classed 11 1 numerous living evidences still abound ot of the beautiful musical accomplishments of brother thorns thomas a durham and his choir their trip to salt lake city in praire schooners ners that hat they might give some choice e numbers at a general conference by request of brigham young there are so many and so much we call to mind we tear fear imposing upon pews newspaper paper space and readers patie patience rim but the name parowan carowan Pa rowan means so much to the writer nineteen ot of our family of I 1 benty one babies first saw light there quite a group croup ot of wt us repose in ohp aie r lity iny othni i will join them in the he natural course of events E C watson n |