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Show Nettie, Page 46 "Are we going to work on the railroad, Papa?" Nettie was again thrilled with the thought of yet another new place. "We sure are, child," Papa smiled at his wanderloving daughter. And true to his word, the family once more packed up their belongings and travelled to the new railroad s i t e . There were several camps along the right-of-way for the railroad and the Petersons came to rest in the camp where Edward Partridge had a one-mile sub-contract to f i l l. Tent living was d i f f i c u l t for a l l the Petersons-the wind whistled and howled and the cold b i t deep into everyone's bones. It was worse for Papa and Brig though. They worked out in i t a l l day and they could scarce remember a day when the ice hadn't formed on the tools and equipment they handled in helping with the railroad contract. Often Papa came home with icicles hanging from his mustache. Though the younger children thought it funny, Nettie felt sorry for Papa and when he l i f t ed her to his arms on his return at night she gently wiped away the frost and snuggled close to him, trying to help warm him. Many f i r s t s occurred during this winter for the colonists. The first wedding was per formed--a double wedding with the Meeks brothers marrying the girls of their choice. Jesse Crosby performed the ceremony near a l i t t le brook which was known from that time onward as Wedding Creek. It was also during this winter that the f i r s t birth--and the f i r s t death-occurred. Typhoid fever broke out in the camp and many came down with i t . Construction was suspended while the sick were cared for. Mana soon gained a reputation for nursing. There was no doctor available, and when young Lenora Marchant was taken by the fever she was removed from camp and sent back to |