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Many times I have recalled this event. It still impresses me that Grandmother (Vanda Peterson) was so "matter of fact" about the lovely service that she rendered In creating clothing to beautify and dignify the passing of THIRD PLACE PERSONAL RECOLLECTION A JOURNEYING FORWARD Norma WanIass Barton 122 West Union Manti, Utah 84642 One morning, Alden Barton said, Son, Tom and Fred ^Duprej need salt for the sheep and hay eott the horses on the West Mountain. No sense of me riding Scotty over There were no wagon roads anywhere on the West Mountain in 1929. The sheep camp and supplies had to be hauled on horseback to the designated place. The fact that Dad needed and trusted Lee made him feel important, even if his fifth birthday wouldnTt be until late fall. Thev loaded two sixty^pound Dales of hay and It was seven miles from Manti to the mouth of Maple Canyon, and seven miles up the right-hand fork to the sheep camp. It would take at least four hours one day, climbing over ledses and around Doulders, with trees and brush that could knock or sweep one off his horse. 55 |
