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up beyond the gable. This architecture was common to area buildings used for business after the Saints Carl Fredrick Carisoa sbowa hawing grain from the depot to Becker's MQ1 Manti. Courtesy-Lois Kribs. It was no small feat setting up a small business in 1878. He needed leather to make the shoes. This had to come from Salt Lake City, first by wagon, but later by train. He had brought patterns for the upper part of the shoe and also for the soles with him from Norway. He had a last on which the shoes were fitted. (There is a thought among family members that the first boots were made on the same last - no right or left shoe, until he He had a sewing machine for stitching the leather and fabrics for the upper shoe and for attaching the was still a great deal of heavy hand work to do. Carl made and sold heavy work boots, but he also sold shoes for ladies which he had shipped in from the East. The picture of Carl in his shop shows the counter, newspapers used to wrap purchases in, shoe polish and the door to the workroom in the back. His shop was open *1 |
