Lee S. Manwill, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Kelly, July 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 267

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Lee Manwill Jul 11 2001 dad d cided to go back there and see it; see what it was like. nd h ant d t th house that he built, the log house the two room log cabin. o h and n1y uncl J lu1 drove in a Model-T Ford from Rupert to Naf, and it was forty or fifty mil s. It wa ng drive. And, of course, the only roads in those days were dirt roads and in some places sagebrush was growing up in the middle of the road. But we got to Naf, and he found the place, but the house had been torn down. It was just a pile of logs. And some of the logs I think were missing. Somebody had torn it down to take logs to build their own place. And we saw it. And he showed me another log cabin there that he said was just like that one, so I saw what it looked like. We were ready to go back to Rupert in the old Model-T For d. It was a touring car that you could put ising glass windows, and stuff like that that you hear of in old-fashioned songs. But it didn't have a top on it. It was just open air. And dad told me to sit down. He and my uncle John were in the front seat, and dad told me to sit down. And I thought he said get out. And the car was making a lot of noise. I climbed out, and I wondered why, and they drove off. There I was right out in the middle of the desert. And dad went down the highway. I wasn't worried. I figured he'd come back and get me. Two three or four miles away he discovered I wasn't in the car. So he came back and ' ' got me. Later on, I accused him of doing it intentionally to get rid of me. But he was really worried. L UK: How long did you remain in Rupert? Until what age? LEE: Oh, he was a carpenter, and there wasn't hardly any work for him there in Rupert. 5