| Show anguage which such difficulty ailarious many of melding brought was and stories totally foreign to them caused often resulted in some really about them It is well that sc these stories have been preserved The of all these various and adverse factors forthsociety in which the standards of education music production of art morality devotion tocause and of honest government has seldom been equaled in any other part of the world It is my purpose at this time to relate some of the history of the second generation of these pioneers in Mayfield The scraps of memory which supply the details to me are still fresh in my mind feelcertain kind of nostalgia asput down many of the events that occurred in the small Mayfield Valley from about 1910 to 1930 The people in Mayfield had survived the struggle to makeliving out of their harsh vironment Problems with after fight overcome their rushed down of by century enormous the the slopes was out to of the had All such the mountains were wild in much lessened flooding the early that part Destruction of the plant cover herds of sheep which ravaged the put under control was organized in 1907 so that the irrigation Still irrigation hard en life was when the Forest Service The floods gradually subsided structures could be maintained very difficult Electricity not come yet and automobiles had not been seen labor had to be done by hand and horsepower as ditch cleaning the planting and harvesting of crops and the bringing in of the winterfuel supply All household duties such as washing ironing making of clothes building of furniture and beautifying time It was the home occupied most of their tribute to them that they could keep their morals so high types of entertainment and develop such fine Some of the families had to leave Mayfield because there was not enough water for their needs Those who stayed managed to establish the excellent schools so that onto and build up the culinary water system they could have good drinking water pipe their buildings lots and provided into for their church 23 homes and Public community affairs |
