| Show brothers then went to work supplying themselves with hay building houses and preparing for the winter On December 26 Andrew married Johannah Anderson young girl from Sweden She later refused consent for Andrew to marry into polygamy and he graciously accepted her decision In February of 1859 he along with his brothers two brothers-inlaw and some other Scandinavians was called to settlenew communityfew miles further north Thus another adventure began Soon after the men arrived at the future town site they builtfort for protection from the sometimes marauding Indians About May 12 they returned to Ephraim to bring their families to the new settlement Latersecond fort was built directly north of the first one Mads and Andrew erectedlog house on Andrewlot north of the fort The roof of the house consisted of Pigeon Hollow flax withheavy coat of dirt placed on top of the flax The flax had been intended for the manufacture of thread but the quality proved to be inferior and the experiment consideredfailure In the early 1860s many--Andrew among them--felt they could better farm their land if they had some horses So he purchasedspan of fine horses used them for plowing and eventually madetrip to Salt Lake Not long after his arrival there he was notified by an officer that his horses belonged to the government After disposing of his load he and the horses were taken to Camp Douglas where Andrew was closely questioned as to how he had acquired the animals He was released but his horses were confiscated as the party from whom he had purchased them was not the rightful owner Andrew had to walk back to the city and make arrangements to have his wagon returned to Mt Pleasant Andrew was not the only one who had purchased animals from the horse trader others who had dealt with him and heard of Andrewplight hurriedly left for home traveling by night so they would not be apprehended It was later learned that the horses had 85 |
