| Show PRINCESS Elizabeth Story Senior Third Place Historical Essay grew up Our parents were farmer andbarn and did carpentry the farming work do in Mt Pleasant Utah along with my four sisters Farrie and Clarence Jacobson My father wascarpenter He worked on the land in the summer work in the winter My sisters andhelped with each summer when there was no school-work to Along with cows and horses my father owned other animals as well remember best his horse Princess the black mare he rode that was his pride and joy He also used her aswork horse She wasblack beauty withwhite star blaze on her forehead She was spirited and gallant and somewhat treacherous She would kick anything or anyone who came upon her suddenly My sisters andwere never allowed to ride her We had to ride the gentle horses The original owner said she was too spirited for him but my father loved this young mare from the moment he saw her He loved to ride her because everyone who saw her admired them He was so very good to her As children we were warned never to get near her when alone It was the thrill of my young life one day whenwas lifted onto Princess in the saddle next to my father andsmiled when my mother tookphoto of us It waspriceless moment in time for me At one point in my fatherlife when he was young he worked for his brother-in-law S Larson in his livery stable His job was taking care of the horses and also driving the wagons and buggies My father understood and loved horses He always treated them with kindness As the story goes my fatherHamiltonian breed horse started withmale colt that was given toyoung stable worker in Manti It was told that Brigham Young and his men came to visit 12 |
