ROBERT AND JANET JONES BYRAM The Byrams and Their Sheep 1900 Every Spring and Fall, regular as clock work, the Byram families drove their herd of sheep through Weber Canyon to and from Summer grazing lands in Cottonwood Canyon. The Byram families living in South Weber, are as well known to old timers in Mountain Green as their next door neighbor. Since 1908 their herds have traveled to and from Sumner range through Weber Canyon. Robert Byram, senior member of the family, was born in Wales in 1874, a son of Joseph and Ann Ashton Byram.. The family joined the LDS Church and emigrated to Utah in 1886, when Robert was 12 years of age. They first settled in Salt Lake City and after a year the family moved to Grantsville. Here Robert and his brother, William, worked for local ranchers for their board and clothes. They later took their pay in sheep and soon each had a small herd. Combining the two herds, the brothers went into the sheep business in earnest. For seven Winters the herds were grazed in Wyoming. At one time they trailed the sheep from Washakie to Monte Cristo. Various locations in the Desert were called Skull Valley, Puddle Valley, Tank Ridge, and Skunk Ridge. One year Robert had 2,600 head of sheep on the Desert. That Spring he ended up with only half the herd, 1,300 head. It had been a long cold Winter. The family acquired grazing land in Cottonwood Canyon in Morgan County and this land is still being used for sheep raising. At first the Byrams took care of 229