ISAAC No Picture Available SUSAN BERTHA MARTHA JANE Isaac Bowman Early Postmaster 1865 On the Robinson Ranch 'Up on the Hill', was a gulley which was called Bowman's Hollow, which Intrigued the Robinson children no end. Nothing much was known of the origin of the name except the story related by Edward A. Fernelius. The hollow was named for Isaac Bowman, an early settler who was said to have operated a little postoffice and stage coach way station there. A little stream of water flowed down the hollow each Spring and emptied into a slough at the bottom of the hill. It was a special place for the Robinson kids to play and the password to fun was when someone shouted, "Let's go play in Bowman's Hollow." Isaac Bowman, son of Jacob and Catherine Rabbins Bowman, was born, 29 July 1826, in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. His ancestors were from Holland and were known as the Pennsylvania Dutch. Isaac arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850, was baptized in 1851 and by 1857 had married three wives: Susan Arabella Alexander, Bertha Odelia Eyring and Martha Jane Calvert. They were parents of more than 20 children with possibly six or seven being born in Mountain Green. With one yoke of oxen, Isaac had moved his three families up Weber Canyon where he took up a large tract of land and built a large one-room cabin for each of his wives. For about three years, beginning in 1865, the crops were utterly destroyed by grasshoppers. The hoppers were so numerous that they literally obscured the sun. Isaac Bowman lived a full, happy life, entering into the spirit of the little community, and supporting all ventures for the improvement of the community. He died May 1, 1892 in Salt Lake City at the age of 66. He was buried in Salt Lake City. 159