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Show CHAPTER 8: The Land, The Homes, and Other Things'---------79 old Morrisite Square. The house still stands. It has been renovated . THE BURNSIDES The Burnside family, Kenneth Byram's grandfather, built a rock home on the corner where the old road turned to cross the river into U intah. That area came to be known as Burnside Corner. Benjamin Franklin Bowman became the second Postmaster of South Weber. A picture of a small log house, through which the citizens of South Weber Figur~ 99. Ben). F. Bowman and Wife . received their mail from the first post office of the town, can be seen III a book entitled, 'Post Offices and Pony Express' . ., , Agnes Patten Bowman died on 15 June 1890. .~ Figure }O} . The Rock JAl\1ES HARBERTSON James Harbertson built a rock home at the foot of the mountains, which was purchased by the Federal Government in 1920. It is used by the .1 Corps at the present time. His biography r found in the BUSINESS ch.ptee of thi, Hom~ ar Burnsuu Comu Stili Stands . \I ALLEN ~ \S 1. ', hn Alien, who built the rock home where . presently lives, was born in Scotland in . wife, Jessie, was born in the same '. John and Jessie were married in .ving in Scotland. In that same year, .cd to Salt Lake City, and in 1868 they to South Weber where John became a farmer. Iv~~~ ;~\~~~ ,; \] . ,\~\~ t . / C'1"ji ~\6 '1 /' i\~ AI During their first year in South Weber, John and Jessie shared a one-room, log home on the bank of the Weber River with the Joseph Bambrough family . At that time in South Weber's history , there was plenty of sage brush to burn for fires, a lot o f wild game to eat, and a sufficient supply of fi sh in the river, but very little flour with which to prepare bread o r pastries. They had to make a fift y-pound bag o f fl our last all winter. John and Jessie had three children: No ra (who died at the age of three), Peter , and Geo rge. Figllre }00. Andy Harbenson. Peter married Nettie Cook, but he was killed in a mine di saster before hi s so n Peter was bo rn . SOUTH WEBER HISTORY |
