| Show Arapeen and start make Scow he Creek new this the It became town change saw said which small looks It known must have as When Grandfather like washbowl valley tucked Twelve been hard Peter among the Mile to Christian hills The several families who settled in the small valley named it Mayfield because of something appealing about the fields in the springtime They had to bring water in ditches out of the narrow canyon beside the creek onto the higher benchlands on either side It wastremendous task to start something from nothing to build the ditches clear away the sagebrush and cedars cultivate the land and spread the water for the crops at the same time to build the homes gardens and fences school church and the other buildings needed to getplace to live In the midst of all this toil they were told to buildtemple in Manti This took almost superhuman effort to quarry the stone move it to the site shape it and then to raise it up onto the temple walls The building costmillion dollars in money of which there was very little available Suchremarkable transformation of the desert waste into schools place roads with water comfortable supplies homes and the good means to enjoy life came only through the remarkable spirit ofpeople of superior moralewould like to show just how magnificent these people really were from the beginning In spite of the hardships there was harmony in the common attempts music make to social the effort create desert such contact blossom There was amenities humor as and rose joy as the From the very first there were capable of facing the difficulties in the first dancing ability to leaders They could provide the spirit of worship in the homes and the places where the people came together in various meetings They felt and expressedfeeling of thanksgiving for the blessings they received Their social life sprang from good fellowship whenever the opportunity presented itself 28 |
