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Show When Ida was a tiny baby Lee purchased a heavy wagon and team. Loading all their worldly goods into the wagon the family set out for Virginia City, Montana. They pur¬chased a home and Lee began working in the mines. He again did placer mining on the side. Dorcas was stricken with typhoid fever and was critically ill. Following her app¬arent recovery Lee set out for Utah to return a borrowed horse to a relative. Upon his return home he found that Dorcas had suffered a relapse and died. She was buried in Virginia City. Her death date was 12 October 1864. Faced with caring for two small children alone, Lee decided to take them to their grandparents in Utah. They took a stage and when they reached Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls), high water in the Snake River had washed the bridge out and the stage had to ford the swift running stream. South of Pocatello the travelers were caught in a blizzard which forced the stage to stop. Deep snow covered all grazing for the mules and also any wood which could have been used to light a fire. It was bitter cold and in desperation the men chopped the stage coach up which provided wood for a fire. The party survived the frigid night. The stage driver begged Lee to get rid of the two children, reasoning that they would die, anyway. Besides, they were jeopardizing the chances of the other passengers getting out alive. Lee refused. Frank and Ida were placed between pillows from the stage coach, rolled in bl¬ankets and strapped to the backs of the mules. This way the party continued on to safety, and finally reached their destination. Lee returned to Virginia City, but did not stay. In 1868 he married Elizabeth Ann Higley, sister of Dorcas. The couple moved to Mountain Green where nine of their children were born: Elizabeth, Flora, Nellie John Terrell, Catherine, Leonidas Jr., Anna Laura, Adelia, Henry and Nellie. While living in Mountain Green, Lee became involved in building a new school house between Gordon and Dry Creeks. He served as a trustee and also as chairman of the building committee at various times. By the time Julia was born in 1890 the Clarks were living in Hooper. Other children born there were Eugene, Lawrence Harvey, Martin, who died at the age of three; Evelyn, Maud and Mary died as infants. FRANK AND IDA CLARK 164 |
