roared past the house directly south, the dam and river and spillway were on the north and the only way to reach the roadway was on a swinging bridge without even a fence on each side. We soon had a fence installed for the protection of the children. That Christinas the snow was so deep we couldn't get our car out of the garage. Bill caught a ride to South Weber with a man in a sleigh. He took the two boys to Ogden and caught a freight train up the canyon. The conductor stopped the train right at the Dam and let his passengers off. Five daughters were bom to us while living at the darn. They were Lola, Donna, Beverley, Louise and Marie. Chole took care of me and the family when Lola was born, and we spent a pleasant time living together. As the railroad tracks were so close to the house, we had hobos stop in several times a week and ask for food. One old guy stopped several times, then brought a friend. In a few days he came back with two more friends. He said to Bill, "You know me!" That time we didn't feed them. We built a new barn on the shed-garage north of the house and kept five or six cows there. The cream from the milk was sold to Browns Creamery in Ogden. The new highway was being built through the Canyon and a construction camp was located near the Dam. We bought the leftovers from the construction company kitchen and fattened our pigs. One of our cows would let the little pigs nurse. Many people would stop and take pictures of four little pigs standing on their hind legs getting their dinner from the cow. When the new road was completed we talked the Morgan County School Board into letting the school wagon drive down to the Dam to pick Dale up. We had some wonderful experiences while living at the Dam. Someone said that it was a bad place to raise a family—with the road on one side, the tracks on the other, the river, Dam and spillway in the middle and electricity in the air, but in the 11 years we lived there we never had an accident. One Spring when the water was high, Vine and Verl were fishing when Vine slipped into the swift flowing water. Verl grabbed him and they hung onto a rock. A fisherman nearby came to the rescue and pulled them out of the River. Another time Lola came up missing. We searched all over, then Verl ran into the house and called, "Lola, I have some candy for you." She answered "What?" and came out of a closet where she had been hiding. We didn't know whether to spank or kiss her. 328