Times were hard, James bought a small herd of dairy cows, incr¬easing the herd over the years. The cows were milked the old fashioned way, the milk was separ¬ated and cream sold in Ogden. This helped to buy groceries and also left a bit over to apply on the mortgage. During the improvement of the road through Weber Canyon, James worked on the construction of a rock wall around part of Devil's Gate. This wall was later covered up with the construction of the new road. During the flood in 1930 the River washed the road out and uncovered the old rock wall, standing as good as when first built. Back in those days it was almost impossible to raise a colt unless it was locked safely in the barn at night. Mountain lions, with a taste for the tender meat of young horses, would attack any colt left untended. James learned this fact through experience. He loved good horses and took great pride in his fine team. He enjoyed noth¬ing better than to race his neighbors down the dusty road in his buggy. Later in life he owned a Ford touring car which took many young people on excursions up Ogden Canyon and other places of interest. On Thanksgiving Day in 1914, his wife and helpmeet, died at the family home. She had suffered a heart attack. James never remarried, spending the remainder of his life on the farm with Mildred, his daughter, taking on the responsibility of housekeeper, mothering her younger brother and sisters. In December of 1941, James died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident in Ogden. James and Britt are buried in the Mountain Green Cemetery. —Elwood Williams AUGUST 1830: A locomotive and a horse-drawn vehicle raced nine miles to Baltimore, Maryland, with the horse winning when the 'Tom Thumb' engine driven by Peter Cooper, became involved in an accident. 207 THE WILLIAMS HOME