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Show This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. m"·Sl1 lt)" bllt -W(!l"e CC!'Lilltl ly msuppOinrca ,er all of ~l.!Pt hard work. t1. es!pr · Jones planted fig trees and the ~!Iy . must have looked forward to their jclqtl~ i yield" But before the trees had ~uce~i Jame~ and Alice traded the place ;9 ;dry. farm at Mt. Trumbull, Ariz. Once \~f1, ' thIS Bloomington homestead had new . i . - . .,~ TheMcCains :' :'~,/i; <:', .. .. 'religious people who came at the old homestead. They were . courageous people who had communities in three states, and Rhoda McCain arrived anOOillioll!to:n . .where they sett}(~d in .the '''';;'~<I '".'; .;.-- . The fig trees planted by the Joncses now yIelded a lovely crop for hungry grandchildren and adults alike. There were also . many fruit trees. During her younger years Rho~ had helped ~ight in the fields, doing man s work hauhnghay and performing other faI'm labors at Moapa Valley, Nevada, and Mt. Trumbull, Arizona. But after they moved to Bloomington, she did not get out into the fields so much. She had her own garden and plants around the house and she irrigated and took care of the lot. Her lovely garden a ·- .·h:eir tripS to toWn w!!remaQe On me a ays.- years u n LIl u~t:rz w"''' IIdlU'Y "" dU,' ' ' u " ' '1U they needed water. Albert and sometimes left. Rhoda would get the mail, . market Rhoda's McCain's youngest daughter, Leoma . produ~e, and do other errands. Rhoda Iverson r d th' h h sometimes went t. o Will Whitehead's home I'n . ", . ,.lve a h~tle ~crosshouse e which ,rl,,:er was were ey S G . were.rentmg builtt up ,t. .eorge where she spent the rest of the day . on stilts so the river could not reach it. One Iromng for them. ' These day-long trips day some of the family were going to Leoina's seemed especially long in the heat of the ...• . The water was so high . that Rhoda decided : she would have to ride the horse too. She said . summer. . . .. . .The grandchil.dren wentalong every chance ' . she would rather walk any day than ride a the¥ had, feeling important to be riding with horse. Nevertheless, she got on this horse their grandpa, even though he delighted in sitting side-saddle even though she was ac: terasing them about the Yahoos which he ' tually on a conventional saddle. The water claimetllived up in the rock cliffs along the , .' came up so highthat she had to hold her feet way; Half-believing the Yahoos did live there rut in front of her to keep from getting wet. they wouldn't have been too surprised at any :" When she got to dry ground, she immediately , got off, saying ~at this was the ~ar~est day's sort o! monste~ which may have a{lpeared. .Counting on their grandpa for protection, they · work in a long time. She never did hkc to ride were a captive audience for his stories. Albert horses; she could work hard in the fields but was k~own by hi~ grandchildren as fun-loving . would ra ther walk the five miles to town 'than ride a horse. . and Wlt~. He enJ?yed teasing them at every oppo.rturuty; m~mg up opportunities was his' '>. . . The IDS Church continued to provide :1." speCialty, . : ; . , ' . ;;' , ,. · :';U'.: McCains with satisfaction and a feeling of ! . , . , • ;'. . ah. J' belongil,lg .. They. were a~tive in the. little . , , '. . J. bran~~ In Bloommgton, With .Albert acting as · ~reslding Elder for some time. They were simple people;. they made no show nor pretense for .the world. Perhaps people who are so genu me have no need for acclaim , They were not wealthy in the eyes of th~ . world, but wealth they did not need. Through ' hard work, patience and day-by-day faith in , P wept in disappoin tment when the [rost ca m e too early and rejoiced with them when the harvest was gatht'red: And they shared with yotl tht' wonder as flood wa~('rs of th!' Virgin rose higher and higher, then watched in horror as the raging currents cu t away acres of your fertile land. • . . No more is tarry pullcd within youI' walls .. No longer do,:s every evening find the grandfather reading from the family Bible. then kneeling around the big. rough-hewn kitchen table with his family In pra~'er. Thes(' things have passed, but not the memoriell. The great-grandchildren marvel and laugh to hear their mothers tell of visiting Grandma.' of getting stuck In the mud, of summers filled with childish laughter and stories 01 Yahoos. and of having to kaye the haystacks to heip in the garden or herd the (ows. . '. And some day I ~hall take mv children,a~ my mother took me,to their great-greal grandparents' old homestead to play tag among the fig bushes, to peek Into thl! gralncry and harness shed, to wonder how anyone ever dared go down into the spideri filled fruit and root cellar. Then, as we liel~ sleeping bags 011 your salt grass lawn anti gaze at the stars, I will tell my children you~ stories us I' have heard them. . ' . i "; ::; I . ToAnother Day . ....• :J(,j ::v:. For years the old homestead was thus deserted, visited only on rare occasions. But over the last seven years, new life has sprouted around it. Purchased by Terracor, the area has been subdivided and developed; It is now a thriving resort center which has l been called the Palm Springs of Utah, atl tracting visitors from near and afar. Thre~ thousand acres of homesit~s have beet d:~~ sold; n~w home~~re being bU.i~ Up on the bench where children ran anl played and nothing would grow for lack .;~ water, a lush green golf course and countri club now provide year-round entertainment Just twenty feet (rom the old broom corn sho) now stands a new fire ' and police station Where the youth raced and rode wilq burros now elite riding stables and an arena providl their own Corm of entertainment. Albert'l fields are covered with beautiful new home: nnd condominiums. Amid this oasis, stil standing under the pink cliffs, the ol~ homestead is truly a landmark from ~nothe day. . ., . The future of -the old homestead lies in ~ hands of its present owners. They plan t: .( restore it to its original beauty, furnish it wi~ \~{l.tiques ~nd thus presex:ve a portion of , . liGiorful history of Bloommgton and Southe . .; Utah. . .. ' '~ I, , ' ., . ~ ;', , . . ...... ... ', i ' -'--'-'.:.........---'---',~" " •. - - - -'--- . - ' ,It ---'--'------~ I;': .... . " . · ·· i ' t , ~ .' " . ., 05 |
