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Show And finally, to see this simple but beautifully constructed rock house sitting amid cottonwood trees, pomegranite bushes, fig trees, tamarisks, pottewattemee plums, rabbit brush, mesquite, and desert sage, it is to say that it is a part of its environment. It represents the earth, her rocks and soil, her timber and her beauty. It recalls the days of old Bloomington, of I i lac bushes and cottonwoods, of ward parties on Saturday evenings when the Atkins would come up from Atkinvil Ie with ice so icecream could be made, it recalls the old broom factory which was located just to the West of the house, one can imagine lace curtains in the windows, clean white sil Is and red geraniums, the smell of butter being churned and stored in the celler. The house asks you to remember those days, to remember the hard 1 ives of early settlers of Dixie, of carrying water by horsecart from St. George, of losing homes and family to the rage of the Virgin river. It has withstood hardships, it has been a beloved home, has served several fami lies very well and now looks to its future when it can be an example of its good past. |
