| Show some workmen by the tree Realizing they were cutting it down she ran from the house protesting that this landmark should be protected not destroyed But she was too late as they had altready made deep cuts into the trunk from which the tree could not recover This living monument to pioneer men and women was forever lost as the tree was felled to make way for progress Its demise saddened those who knew its history who had played on and under it who had oft gazed upon its beauty and remembered its regal past This--and many other trees-formedlarge part of our legacy from our Pioneer forefathers My grandparents homesteaded just north of the Mt Pleasant city limits Grubbing the taller-thanman-sized sagebrush little attime and hauling away rocks some so huge they had to be dynamited before they could be LouiseF Sealy with tree she planted removed from the farm little by little they cajoled the virgin land to be productive On this bit of ground they builtone-room house--later adding rooms and modernizing their home Grandma loved working outside--until her death at the age of 82--50 as soon as their front yard was cleared of rocks and brush and the necessary ditches dug to carry water she planted trees lombary poplar pear blue plum and sweet prunes for jam and drying and apple-coddling early harvest porter sweet boughs red astrachan and greenings Soon her trees provided apples from early summer through late fall and on into winter extra fruits stored in the cool cellar Later Grandma added gooseberry and currant |
