| Show organized Sixty-sixth Quorum of Seventy he becameHigh Priest and was appointed to the first Sanpete Stake High Council in 1869 Actively engaged in agriculture his first love and interested in learning new methods Andrew attended farming and irrigation conferences in Utah and the Midwest including an irrigation congress held in Albuquerque New Mexico the largest ever held in the United States to that time He accrued extensive land holdings in Sanpete and Carbon counties and with his three youngest sons formed Madsen Land and Livestock corporation which representedtruly gigantic endeavor He toiled unceasingly daylight to dark his friends often refering to the moon as Andrew Madsenlantern Fifty years after the settlement of Mt Pleasant Andrew Madsen Store Schofield Utah instigatedgala celebration complete with the unveiling and dedication ofmonument memorializing the first settlers of the town The accompanying parade was deemed one of the best and was highly praised by the onlookers Andrewdaughter Hilda represented The Goddess of Liberty on the city float Always interested in reading and preserving history Andrew wrote extensive personal and community accounts in his records He often rode his horse across the mountains from Mt Pleasant to Scofield where he dictated his histories while his sons Neil pecked out the words on his typewriter using both hands but only two fingers So that traditions might be preserved for furure generations he organized the Mt Pleasant Historical Association and served as its first presi-dentIn recognition of his leadership and 91 |
