| Show We went to school some miles away which was located oververy long hill It wasone-room schoolhouse for all grades The teacher krs Cook came from Ferron which was about six miles away She rode to school invery pretty buggy The town of Ferron was to the west of our home andlittle town of Molen was to the north These were the days of the Wild West the outlaws Butch Cassidy and his wild bunch traveled day and night past our home We would see these men on horseback ride past after they had been robbing ranchers taking guns ransacking homes banks stores and whomever they might meet on the way Our home was on the path to their hiding places Robbers Roost was their favorite hiding spot at that time We felt very fortunate that they never bothered us but we were very frightened because they had many guns My Kotherbrother Will Sandstrom and Orson Justesen were sheep herders One day they foundstash of guns the robbers had stolen and hidden They brought them to our home We hid the guns in our house beneath the dirt with some boards over them Ky Kother and Father were frightened as much as we were--fearful the robbers might find the guns were gone and come looking for them Dad sold the farm as the weather and water were wash ing the ground away Hany ravines were developing and it was no longer profitable for farming tain We moved to Ferron and lived indugout edge until we could findhouse under moun We eventually foundhouse the first real house we had to call our own It was the first house as we entered the town of Ferron In later yearshad the opportunity to go back and see the house we had once lived in There was fanily living there an older couple with them and had good time We stopped visited reminiscing about the old days Ve were very poor and Mother made carpets was next to the oldest of the children andwas needed to help with all phases of work in the house and on the farm Fother didlot of canning She would card wool and make yarn on the spinning wheel She made all our stockings and underclothes Boy did they scratch Itch--itch--itch-all the time would soften After several washings -18 the underclothes |
