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Show recalled that in order to do what they did, they must surely have brought with them into the valley both tools and machinery. These details would naturally escape the notice of a 5-year-old. Grandfather Hawley constructed a bridge across the Provo River, and her father built the first grist mill and the first syrup mill. These mills, located in canyons where they could utilize water power from streams, provided the family's livelihood. Though Ellis said the syrup mill converted "cane" into molasses, considering the local economy of the time, it is more likely that sugar beets were used. In Ellis' tender years, molasses and a special cantaloupe preserve, prepared with the boiled-down juice of watermelon, were the only sweetening agents available, and both were highly prized. As the family fortunes improved, Ellis was able to attend school in the valley (this would be Pleasant Grove, then known as Battle Creek) and, weather permitting, ride up the canyon in the family Phaeton on weekends to be with them as they wintered there at the mill, the roads being so often impassable. Ellis, in the unpublished portion of her 1930 recollections, has a beautifully graphic description of a winter scene near that canyon mill. Though no date is given, she said her father constructed a turning lathe which he used for making and mending chairs. He also used it to create rolling pins and potato mashers from "native mahogany." (Did Utah have mahogany?) Fond memories were made when Ellis' parents created colorful flags for various celebrations. There was a parade in which she and |