The Mildons in Cottonwood Canyon The Mildon Family There was plenty of hunting and fishing for the family when George M. and Edith Morris Mildon lived on a ranch in Cottonwood Canyon. The family moved there in 1927. George M. Mildon was born 28 March, 1897, in Evanston, Wyoming, a son of Geo¬rge and Olivia Emma Extrom Mildon. He attended school in Peterson, Morgan County and married Edith Morris, 19 June 1919, in Ogden. The couple later went through the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Edith Morris Mildon was born 19 June 1894 in Morgan, a daughter of Conway and Margaret Helen Robison Morris. The couple became parents of four children, Erma Margaret, George Wayne, Dale and Velda. The latter was born on the ranch. Erma and Wayne attended school at Peterson. The farm produced bounteous crops of hay and grain. George also had cattle and sheep to feed and care for. There was the flock of turkeys which kept life interesting, especially when the old gobbler took after the children, gobbling loudly and beating them with his outspread wings, when he thought his peace was threatened. Wayne said that life on the farm was just the ordinary day to day living. They had the Creek to wade in and fish in, chokecherries and currants in abundance on the hill sides and plenty of wild sage hens to take for sumptuous meals when cooked and served. The Mildons sold the farm to Louis Bates and moved in 1929. George was em¬ployed by the Western Pacific Railroad Company and the family moved to Nevada, where he worked as a Section Foreman. They lived in such interesting named places as Ventose, Tobar, Eowawe and Carlin. They also lived a while in a little place called Timpie, Utah. Returning to Utah, George found work at the Utah General Depot in Ogden dur¬ing World War II. He also worked at Hill Air Force Base. 336