FRANKLIN DEWEY SALMON BORN DEC.4,1867 in BELFAST IRELAND DIED SEPT . 16,1941 in COALVILLE, UTAH ARRIVED IN UTAH SEPT.21,1868 COMPANY LED BY CAPTAINS MUMFORD AND HOLMAN MARRIED SARAH ANN WILSON HISTORY WRITTEN BY THELMA SALMON BELL AND DORIS SALMON BISHOP DATE WRITTEN AUGUST 1981 HISTORY PRESENTED TO SOUTH MORGAN CAMP IN TWO PARTS BY LORY BIRT JANlS,1982 LORAINE WILKINSON FEB.19,1982 I A PIONEER STORY 170. History of Franklin Dewey Salmon. Born December 4, 1867, Belfast, Ireland. Utah Pioneer, Arrived in September 1868 Franklin Dewey Salmon was born in Belfast, Ireland, the son ·of James S almon and t-:argaret Robertson. The f amily had lived in Borhead Renfreeshire , Scotland, 1·1here they joined the Paisley Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter tay Saints. The grandfather, Robert Salmon, was President of the Pe.isley Er anch. 1-iembers of this branch were known as being of Royal descent. 171 Father James was a block printer. l;fuen the family decided to immigrate t o the United States, they moved to Belfast, Ireland, where F:r-cmklin :Cewey was born, the seventh child in the family. Franklin was na,-ned for Apostle Franklin Dewey hlchar·ds, who was in Ireland to assist the people immigrating to Utah. Apostle Richards ,.,as a very close family friend of James Salmon's f&the:r. There were two childr en, James ~ and John, buried in Scotland before the family moved ; so four children came to Ireland ·with the family. ~·Jages _were higher in Ireland, so James Salmon earned a good \-,age as a block printer. 'I'hs fcJTJily stayed t\~O anci ons - :I2.lf y -:! c:.:::·s in Ire land befor-e embarking on their journey to Utah . The family lived in a place called White \'Jell Antron, named for a ,-,ell that supplied water to the tmm. They lived in a colilpany house. The houses v.ere built in rows of twenty houses, all alike. Each r ow was on a different level of land. The land was green and very beautiful, and they had a view of the Irish Sea. In block printing, the flax for the process was soaked in water in the low lands. The area was called a "boggy'' for this purpose, making it into Irish Linen cloth. The children at age eight were sent to a school v,;here they were taught the art of spreading the colors on the cloth. They spread the color on a sieve that had felt in the bottom. Then the block printer pressed the heavy wood onto this material , fo rming patterns of color to the linen. Block printing was an a rt. The children \•iho did this work were called "turers". Each block printer had a turer. Franklin I:ewey ,-ia.s born Decelilber 4, 1867, in :Oelf2.st Ireland, ,-:here the family had moved from Scotland to await de partur·e for America. h'hen he ,ms nine months old, • the family set sail on the sailing ship "~merald Isle ", which ~..as the last s&i ling snip to bring imrnigrents across the ocean to An~rica . James Salmon was appointed to -1- e • /'!? be in charge of all English speaking people on this ship. The voyage was rough and long. The Emerald Isle was at the mercy of the winds. Thirty five people died and \-.e r e buried at sea, mostly children. .Among them, was Elizabeth Salmon, just two years old. Me asles and scarlet fever were the cause s of most of the de aths. Because the s ailing vessel was at the mercy of the winds, the vessel was pushed back and forth, and the voyage took eight weeks. The ship arrived at Ca stle Gardens on August 11, 1868 , whe re they were kept in quarantine until all \,e re well. The group \·iaS sent to Omaha, . Nebras ka , by train, _and then to . Fort Benton, Nebraska . Captains !·iumford and 'Holman were to take the saints to Utah. James Salmon became very ill, so for a great part of the trip, he r ode in _the wagon . His wife Mc.rga:ret , walked and hel ;::,ed care for the sicl·. She was a ve ry good nurse , 2- kind and giving \¥Oman, who was ac cu s tomed to caring for the sick. They 2.rrived in Utah, September 21, 1868, at Echo City, a hot and dry place, where the f amil y met them and provided them with a home . This was the same house Franklin's grandfather , nobert Salmon , and family had lived in when they arrived in October, 1866. This young child ',,;as nm,. the third generation , in two ye2.rs, to arrive in lite.h as a pioneer . His grandfather , f.obert , c ame in September 1S66 . ?.obert was nm·, the- First Bishop cf the Coalville ··lard. This home consisted of t wo log r ooms and was situated across the Heb e r niver, i-:here the f reeway now goe s at Zcho Dam . Franklin could only remember going to school for a short time . His teacher was Mrs . Zd Rhead , who taught ·school in Coalville in the ol d Rock S ch oolh ouse . (It is now a museum piece at Lagoon). His siste r, Nargaret I taught hi m for a while at home , as s he wa.s a teacher. At about t en years of age , Franklin began working f or Pre sident Cluff, v:ho paid his tuition at school. From the time he was about seven to thirteen years of .s.ge, the f a.11ily lived near the old Ch risman mine . The c hildren alHays had to work at chores and re c eived food in payment . At thirteen , Franklin \·ient to wor k for Hr . Chrisman , and t o help f,irs . Chrisman v,as his duty. The local children c alled him "Bishop'', beca:.se h e had to tctke Mrs . Chrisman to shop tHice a v:eek in her buggy. It was at this time t hat he started playing a tric.ngle in his father's band, and he l ater played t he mou th orgc:1.D f or ent ,:;rtainrr,ents and rri. th the band. The fc.mily moved t o the old " Rock House " on t h e old Salmon farm , and Franklin began \·;ork in the i·;as 2tch mine , in Coalville, at age fourteen. Wh en the slump in mining c ame , Fra.n!<'..lin was nineteen, c...'1d he began d:::-·i ving the deli very wagon for the Coal ville Co-op, mmeci by Almy Zl dredge , and he lived i·:i th them . The deli very \,agon macie trips to the Gr2.ss Creek mine b 1ice a \·,e e k with f ood supplies. The practice then - 2- • e • i·i2.S to take orders for the next trip, as they delivered goods ordered on a previous trip . :-Ir. Eldredge Has a good man , and Frank (as he is now kno,m ) enjoyed working for him. It was at his time that Frank me t Sarah P.nn Wils on, a new girl recently arrived from Er>_gl an:i. Frank Oi-med. his own team by this tinie, and a buggy. He and a friend were driving one Sunday when they saw Sarah A.rm and a girl friend walking . The fdend said: " Let 's ask them to go driving ,.;i th us, you take so and so, and I' 11 take the . :fuglish girl". Frank, v1h o mme d the buggy said : "I 1;.:ill take the Znglish girl". He reached out and helped her into the buggy with him and thus began their romance . His next job ,-:as at the saw mill, run by Heber Stallings , hauling l umber , then t o · work for Robert Halker , _hauling coal to Park City for $12.00 a month and room and board for himself and the horses. When t he railroad was built from Ech o to Pc..rk City, he v1ent to ,1ork for the Union Pacific, helping to build this . Life vms beautiful - he was young and full of fun, working hard all week , playing at dances , dancing with his girl and enjoying a good time until the s mall hours of the morning, t hen ta.l-;:e his girl home , change his clothes and work a full d.sy . He mar,ried S arah Ann :,rilson in the Logan Temple on !~ovember 28 , 1868 . The young couple ,:ere accompanied to Loga.ri by his sister !fargaret , hi s father , James , and grand- - father, Robert. There Frank and Sarah Ann were married . Frank was s ealed to his parents I as ,-ms 1-larga ret and the children wh o had died in Scotland before they came to America . Fr ant no·1·: o·.-.ned a small f a:nn and haci b1..i.2.l t a tv10 room house (frame) , in which the couple went to live . This fa ~m adjo;ned his father ' s farm just East of the city. The young couple had many harships, but they remained happy always . All of the \·:ate r had to be carried from a creek about a fourth of a mile from the house . They both remembered hoi·: they l&ughed and ivere happy , c arrying a big tub of water betv.een them and each a bucket in the other hand. The house ,·,as decorated by Sarah Ann \·nth loving care, sewing curtains and making everything that they 1'lOre . Rugs were made f r om rags cut up and se,..,n into long strips that later were \·Toven into c arpets. Their first child, Elizabeth, was born September 15th, in this house in 1889 . By this time, a doc tor was there - Dr. Hosmer . Frank 's mother , who was a mid,·n..fe and cared for the sick in the area for years , hc.d died in 1888 , at the age of 50, t he mother of thirteen children , i'lhile getting ready t o go on a child- b i rth c ase . Fra-rik ' s father remarried a young \o/Oma..'1, named Emma Jone s, ,·1ho h a d 2. small daughter . A young wife moving into a home \-Jhere there i-,ere six children and s eve ral grm·m men her age and some older, c reated an unhappy situation . The diffi-ctlties resulted in the young gro,m men lhi.ng a gooc: part of the time v.i.th Frank 2nd Sarah /..nn . - 3- e Times i,,;ere hard, and Frank ,wrked very hard to care for his . family. They gI'ew much of what they ate. A son, Franklin Tiobert, was born December 1, 1890, and a daughter, Hargaret, born July 24, 18S2. In 12.te 1853 c11d early 1894, disaster almost overcame this f2Jnily. The Hopkins mine developed a f&ul t whei·e the coal was scarce; so work had to be started through cutting a new vein where coal could be produced. The men had to v:ork without pay the whole winter until this vein - was opened. The folks were veiy poor and went without many things. for they had never wanted to be in debt. They had a cow and chickens , but it was winter time so there was no garden. Lr. Eldredge who ov.ned the store, gave credit to the miners. He never curtailed Frank's credit, which .-;as a compliment to Fr ank and Se-rah F.IL.'1 . :Fronk worked at any little hauling job he could get to make a little money for his family. On February l, 18S4, Earl Wilson was born. 'Ihe v;eather was bitter cold, with icy sleet coming dovm as this young man went the b:o miles to find the doctor. S2.rah Ann had a very difficult time and a severe birth. Her life \·;as fe&red for as she had deprived h erself to feed her children and h er husbanci. She had a severe hemorrhage and the doctor would not allo\v her to be moved for three days . This memory sts.yed with Sarah Ann the rest of her life, for she felt badly that she had not been able to have her nev; gown on. \~hen the spring came, the new vein of coal 1,,;as op-::neo , 210 on the ciay the fil·st pay check c&.me, Frank's brother , Alex came n11ming home Ki th the check. \'ihat a happy day, the first pay check in months. Alex took Se.rah P..r.n to the store to see Hr . Eldridge. She -told him she \-;anted to pay him Sl00.00, as she had to pay some to the doctor also. tr. Eldredge looked at her c11d said, rr1.;y girl , have you bought any groceries yet?" -,ihen she said, ''no" , he told her to come out into the store and buy her groceries befor::: she paid him anything. 1,-ihen she got home, there in the groceries was a n i ce gift. These young people always r·eme;;ibereci what a fine man Hr. Eldredge ,,;as , and he always told them they were the most honest couple v.-no lived in Coalville. Through these years , a small barn ,-ms built for the ar1ir;ials - a cow, horses arid chickens . F:-ank used his father's wagon at night to haul coal to people's horr,es. He hauled coal to Park City at times, and at times to the Tithing Yard, at Salt Lake City. He als o hauled coal to Salt Lake City to trade for groceries for the miners. The old Tithing Yard in Salt Lake was '11here the Hotel ut2.h stands today. The trip took three • days, cnd in winter it w2.s very cold. ne wore heavy gt,1,J1y sacks wrappe d around his - 4- e - feet, as overshoes v;eere not known then. ',forking at the mine produced $2.00 a day. Hauling with a team and wagon produced $3-.00 a day. When they had six children, the pay was only $2. 50 a ci.ay at the mine. IS A girl, Ivie, was born November 20, 18()5, c.J1d i boy, James Leonard, December 15, 1897. Ee was the sixth child. About this time, Frank end his br·others bought the Salmon ranch, about fifteen miles South of Coal v"ille, up Fish Creek. The ranch house ..-.as a two room, log house, with an upper attic. The log house was primitive by todays standard, just- a cook stove and shelves for storage of pots and pans. Later on, a large dining room w2.s added to accomodate the large table to seat from ten to fifte en people at meals. Benches i·iere built for seating. The creek ran near by and provided rich garden land v.-here - the farnily grei·, veg2.tables. Food was no longer a problem. 'Ihe family had moved up there for Frank 2nd Sarh Ann to manage the ranch. The agreement was that Frank would manage the ranch for room and board and $JO .OO a month. Sarc.h Ann was to cook and do all the wor·k for the hirec:i help also. Dave (Frank's brother) '\-:as a bachelor and he lived for a time with them. He objected· to the children having j a,'71 on their bread-. He ordered no more jam on the table, he couldn't afford it. Frank said, ''All l'ight, count it ou t now and we will leave". Dave sE:.id, "How don't get upset, let's - talk". Frank said, ".All right then, s;75 .00 a month and jam, or we will leave". Tr.ey stayed. At that·, a'r)other b r othe r , who had made his home 1,-ith them for years, said, "Daves a close one, Sarah Ann". The road for six miles of the fifte en to the ranch was well traveled by Upton and Pine View ranchers used it. For nine miles it led only to the PJ-1ead and Salmon ranches, so it was cut through brush and gravel. It ,-,as borde:i:·ed by bunches of quaking asp trees and red rocks that stood like sentinels. In January, 1900, there was a severe epidemic of diptheria and scarlet fever, and every one v:as so afy·aid of its s preading . Little Ivie, four years, five months old, contracted this double disease. Sara..h J..nn and her little girl were isolated in a house far removed from the family home. This v,as a bad time fo r Frank also, as he had the other five children to car e for. He worried for his little girl and his pregnant wife i·,ho was alon~ with the child. There '.:!as nothing he could do but take their food do·m, leave it on the porch 2nd walk away. T'ne terrible fear of the disease caused the neighbors to see that he d.id not get close. They could o~y call to each other through • the window. The child was desperately ill and was dying. So Father Fran..'-. went into -5- • • • 171:i the house to be with Sarah .Ann. Little Ivie died J2rrnary 5, 1900. The people who made the casket brought it to the house and left it on the porch. Frank and Sarah Ann dressed the child and placed the body in the c asket o·..;.-t. on the porch. T'.ney went back into the house , and other family members came and got the casket and buried the little girl. There could be no funerals. Hariy children died in this epidemic. Sarah Ann ~-ms expecting another child, and Alta Barie was born t·i~y 18, 1900. The times 1·,ere very hard, arid \vorking long days took their toll. Frank had HOrried 2.bout being in debt for the death of the little child, and with working so hard , he became desperately ill at the r2nch. Sarah Ann end young Frank hitched up the team to the wagon , and when it was daylight, they lifted Fra...rik into the wagon. Young Frcnk drove the team, and they brought Frank :Sr., ly:ing on a stra.:1 mattress , with Sarah Ann holding an umbrella over him to protect him from the sun, to the doctor in Coalville. One ccn only imagine the terror th:,i..s young '\·IOman felt, with six children huddled around her and her desperately ill husband. They took him t o a sisters home, which was near the doctor . The doctor \·rn.s 0. ~·1. French. Frank was his first patient . Dr . French and this family _had a close feeling in friendship the fifty years that Dr. French practiced in Coalville. Dr. French called Sarah .A:rLri aside and told her that Frank had cholera rnorbus, and that he ,,;as very ill and might not live. Just then , Frank 1 s father came and Sarah .Ann told him the doctor said that Frank may not live. Ee sc.id , "Tut, tut, Frank v;ill not die". He went into the room and put his hands on FrarJ.:s head, and gave him a father's blessing: The next morning the doctor \:as surprised to see such an improvement, and Fran.'I< seemed to fully recover . Yet, forty-four years later, Frank passed away \Tith this same cholera morbus·. Frank often told of his terrible fear when he was so des-perately sick and thought he might die, the fear of leavi.ng Sarah .Ann alone with six samll children. He wondered t;hat she would do, \·:ith the ranch so isolated and far from other ra..Dches. He was a long time recovering from this serious illness. Later, they decided to move t o Cumberland, i!yoming , i'ihere Frank would work in the mines, some of his brothers were already working there. Frank's brother 1·iill, had a freighting line to places not served by the railroad. He h2.d been ,·1orking out of Almy, \-Jyoming. ~·!ill c2.r:1e and loaded up their belongings and \·;ent \·:ith them to Cumberland, 1'/yoming by wagon. Frc:nk ,,;ent to work for tte Union Pacific Coal Co. at t r;e Cumbe:c·l cnd '.fhe ,·;ages 1·:ere higher , so money was not such a problem, and people were friendly, -6- e _, /77 but F rank worked the night shift (12 hour·s) most of the time. Sarah Ann 1·1as terrified to stay alone with the small children . There was a great deal of r owdiness in this small mining tm,m . Thelma i-Jas b orn there on February 28 1 1 902 . The family stayed there abou t t wo and one-half years and then moved back to Coalville and up to the Salmon ranch, whe:r·e Frank still 01-med an :interest. 3y t his time, the young children h2.d t o go to school. FraT1k end Sarah Arm Nere dete rmined that th-:;ir children would' have more education them they had . It was no,, n e cessary to rnaint&in two homes - one at the ranch arid another , the srr.all house t hey Oi'med near Coalville . Frank would stay &t the ranch and care for the animals LTl the ,-r.inter time a.T1d visit the f2.Illily when he could. His children ahrnys remembered t heir father's visits, for they Here so happy to see Papa . Fr.s..n. J( remembered riding a horse from the ranch, sometimes in belly-deep snow, bscause he worr ied about his family. The c hildren remembered S arah A.'111 glowing with happ:iness \,;hen he came . The boys had g r o':m and gone to work, herding sheep on the ranch, and uorking very hard t o help the f amily. Tuo rooms had b een added t o the small house in Coal ~-ille , which at t he time filled the ne eds of the growLTJ.g family . ';;ater ,·;as still b r ought e from the creek , but the boys had built ,,;hat \-;as called a "pung" that slid along the ground. , pulled by one horse . They brought the· water on it, v;i th the little girls hanging on for a ride . Cows t o be milked , chickens and pigs to be f ed , all had to be taken c are of by the c hildren. • The ranch consisted of 10,000 acres , Hhich was 15 sections, rrmch of it being grazing laTld for cattle nm·i r·aised on this ranch . :;ven though i"later still had to be c arried from a spring, things had become someNhat easier on the ranch because the children helped wit h all.the c hores . The house nestled a t the f eet of beautiful , mage stic red rocks , which reared. the ir heads high above this fertile valley. The rock s jetted from the gr·ound like sentinels stc.r1ding guard over this house . As the children grew, they climbed the !·ocks , md ec:.ch had a s;:;ecial name and meaning for playtime pe!'iod . One rock in pa::-ticula!' had a print like t hat of a body hollo1·1ed out by time . Each child climbed every year to s2e if he , or she had g r oHn enough to fit into tne smooth outli.i.1e in t he rock . The cooling cellc.r ,,.;as built into the hillside . About this time, another ra'1ch had been acquired , located about four rniles auay . To get t o this second ranch , the t rail led past 3agle h:oc.n. . The c hil dren rode t heir horses to the top of :Sagle F.ock . There a pe r·son could loo};. two hundred feet straight dOi·.'D to a. little valley belm·:. This grand view of the v tlley below , with all its - 7- beauty, was part of the culture this pioneer man taught his children to stop and enjoy. Frank worked for years, . grubbing out t:r·ees and building r oads to open up more la_r1d for raising grain on dry farm land. FrEllk wanted to breal( up the land, so he had to build a ro2.d up the hill. This road was half · a mile long, gradually winding up the hill. He had to work v.ri.th a hand plo.·1 and scraper. Using one horse to the plow, knot ting the rein::; about his neck, he guided the plow \·ri th his hands, to make ti:,O or three rows up and do1,m t he hill before t,.-;o hor ses could be used in this way. The V.-10 older boys could help some, but the;,r ".,,ers not Ye17 old . Tl:is . o;;ened up a rich d:cyfar-;n ai·ea, which 11ould be planted to grain for added income. A huge- barn, a storage shed, a mchine shop and 2. grc..inery had to be constructed with only the tools and machinery of the 1900's . It v-;2.s a lot of h2.rd \vOrk. Tnrough these years, Doris was born May 16, 1 S05 ; a..'1d then on April 13, 1907, Blanch Lavon was bo:m. The family remained a very clos-:;; and c aring farriily. Every one was always ex-pected to be there .at meal time. lr1eal times \~Jere talk.i."1g tirnes, v:here pone sty ·was J7~ • stressed. Examples were used to show hm-1 people react2:d to events. If adversity struck , then that was a time to show how strong a person you were . Be proud to be a member of a good family. · Frank tl\vays believed that "a family who ate together, stayed together"_. Those now living remember this with love a..l'ld r espect. Heals \'Jere a happy time. The long talks around the dining table Kere a joy to all the children . Their love &'1d kindness was set by example. Fra.'1..1< believed that if you always did what you knew i.,;as right, then you would be blessed. • Frank al\·1ays thought of helping othe rs, \·;hen an aD.imal v;as butche r ed , it was divided. Then he would say, "This widow neec.s some, tnis older person needs some". Then the relatives uere to be taken care of - .Aunt i'.-12.ggie , old Aunt Annie , the grand-parents Hilson , and the grandparents Salmon. As \,;e r e:nember t his with love al'ld respect, we 1-;onder what ,,ras left for t he family. Through the years, as the little f2rnily ron2 back 2.nd forth to shop ~Dd to church , they passed a larger horn'=, and Sc.rah Jl.nn would say she liked that house. When it \·.as for scle, Fra."1k bought the red brick house, the Lewis home. Eow happy Sarah Ann Has \·1ith this beautiful, big house and be2.utiful ye.rd c.nd t.:r·ees. A long porch was across the f r ont of the house . It see med 1; 1-::e He 2.ven. A -.,;.:::ll just outside the door, Hhere beautiful cle ar water could be pulled up inc.. buck3t was a delight to the family. • e - 179 Frank was so happy to have his de ar Sar2h P..riJl moved into this house, with all its rooms, and besettled before Christma s of 1910. Sara.'1 Berniece was born January 20, 1~11. She was the eleventh child, and yet she w&s ,-;elcomed by the other children with such love. 1This little curly haired child i;as so tiny she '..;as played )·Ti th lik e a doll, wheeled in the doll buggy that every child used. This sho•11s how e very child g rew up v;ith love for each othe r. Instilled in them 1-;e re their· father.' s t eachings of love, kindne ss and con sideration for all people. He al1n'ays said, "Eelieve the best of every one until they prove othenn.se". Their close st neighbor i'laS t hree miles aHay . the Jim ?.head family. Hr . Rhead had an accident, losing his . l eg as a nsdt . F::r·c.n:~ e.nd his boys did t:te wor-1: on the ]head r211ch, besides doing the work on t heir m·m ranch. Fo.nily ties , .. ith this family were strong t hroughou t all the years. "h1hen Horld 'ifar I was declared, . the boys felt t he ir call to s ervice. Frank Jr., v.1 as married , but he irns c alled for service in the first draft for Summit County. :2:arl enlisted in the t-:av-y , he had been 1·1orking in ·wyoming. J ame s Leonard joined the Army in 1919 . The r anch work had to go on, &nd hired men were very difficult to find md Fr211k had the two nmches to keep going. Eis daughters had to be put to \•JOrk outside, helping vn.th the cutting, raking and s t2.c king of hay, riding for cattle, etc. - most of the outside farm work . Sarah Ann insisted her girls were t o wear long sleeves and cut stockings to put over their hands to keep t hem white . At night, they were to sme ar on buttermilk to . protect their skin. It v;as necessary to wear boys overalls and mens work s hi rts . -\·lhat fun they had , even ,-iith all the hard ·work - this loving , happy family. Eac h of the children had learned to ride at an early age a..nd as they becarne old enough , each one had his or her own hor s e . What help was available for· f arm work was inexperienced. Stacking hay was often dangerous. Once while Frank v;as at the top of the haystack, a hired men was nmning / t he fo rk and had been told that he should alv:ays keep the rope t i ght so as not to let the fork swing with its four long sharp tines , so cia.'1.gerou s. He failed to do this, and t h<; fork hit Frank 's head 2nd stunning tim , and t aking his hat dom1 on t he tine of the fork. It could have killed him . A daughter·, Thelma now took over , she was 15 years old. Sundays had to be just family, ,·ii th only n c.t~r·al chores to be done . Many ~icnics with all the: f amil y i;ere pl2ru1ed to go over t o the othe:::· ranch. frank played ho:-se • e - /8() shoes with the children, there 1·:as to b e no cheating, no whining. You must keep your word, the best man wins. Guns wer·e to be t reated with respect. No gun was ever kept loaded. You must unload a g-un, then check it a second time to be sure it is unloaded, before you put it away. To go to shcool was a " must"; lessons 1,er e to be b r ought home and books, so t hat every one learned. Readi..ng cloud was something the whole famil~ enjoyed. We can't reme mber for sure, but about this tir;ie ,;-;as when Frank bought his fi rst car - a Model- T Ford. As they i·Je re old enough I cll the childr e n learned to dr ive. This pioneer man who could build homes, build ro2.ds, build the new bathrooms in t hese homes, and could surmount any difficulty with s heer will to do it, mming and d riving a car proved to be almost beyond his c apability. Almost sixty years of driving horses had spoiled him for 1.:sing his f eet to run a car. He \·iOuld 11ait around for his chi l dren to be f ree to drive him whereve r he \'l"anted to go. Hhen he said, " \·:boa", he wanted the car to stop. As he drove t hrough the gate ~ call " Whoa", he would have to go around and around, until the c ar ran ou t of gas . Fond memories . After- the ranch v,as sold in l ';21 to Joseph Livingston, the family lived full time in Coal ville. F rank went to work at the ';iasatch mine. He fired t he boilers for the stea'll pm~er to run the hoist. This he did for many years. Frank and Sarah Ann h ad kept a str ict ac count of all the money spent on the Salmon Brother s ranch. After it was sold, Frank's brother, Thomas, who t h ought he knew more about bookkeeping, took charge and made an accounting of Frank's share. Thomas s ent a check for a small sum to cover 25 years of work and no money for all t hat Frank had put out . Frank was heartsick to think that a brother could so such a thing to him. His children we re taught that it \v8 S my b r other and we must accept it . Frank said that h e ,wuld not go to cour-t in the m2.tter. One day, Tom came end ,·;c.nted Sar ah Ann's farm b ooks of a ccount. S2rah Ann s aid, 11Ho, I will keep them al;1ays, knowing how you cheated your brother Fre.nk'.'. Such good, kind peopl e , doing f or others ; church me ant so much in their lives end ell of the children \vere a ctive in chur ch, i t, 17l:!2.nt so much to t hem . Frank serr,;ed on th:= Cour1.,y noaci. Cornrnission to get better roads for the town and the county. i"ihen vr.L.'1ter broke up, the roads would be almost im_?assable, with deep ruts and mu.d. ;'ihen Frank built a road, it v:as st2.rted 1.rith heavy gravel as a bed, s o that even in ',iinter the roads would be pass able . He s e rve d on the Coalville City -10- • e 1&1 Council, which was building a new water system to a new spring. The city streets were improved. He was also head of the Chalk Creek 'dater District. The Hater Board apportioned water from the river to each shareholder for irrigation, and it was known that Frank Salmon was honest and fair as to how much water each water right holder was to have • . In those days. water was fought over and sometimes friends be cc.me enemies over a i,;ater turn. In about 1$27, Frank left the Wasatch mine and decided to go into the chicken business. He built a chicken house for 200 chickens. The eggs \·1ere sold through a co-op. In 1935, \·,hile helping a neighbor cut down 2. tree, the rope broke and Frank fell, breaking his leg. It was a very painful brec...'-<. The doctor thought he might not walk normally again. He recovered without even a limp. It i:as winter time, and Sarah Ann was so afraid he might fall that she kept him house-bound. She taught him to cut quilt blocks for her, and he le2.rned to play solitaire. Fra'1k Jr., died in 1937, the result of an explosion at a C. C. C. Camp, near Manilla , Utah, _'.•,here he \-;2.s Superintendent. In 1938 Frank and Sarah Ann celebrated their Golden 1,-Jedding Anniversary, with nine of their children present to help them celebrate. The festivities were held in the Opera House, in Coalville, with the g~andchildren putting on the progr2111. All of the people in Coalville were invited to 2ttend. A small house in _the back of their yard in Coalville, was remodeled by Frar>~~ for their home so that they could rent the big house. From this time on, they t:caveled to visit with t heir cr,ildren, \·;ho had settled in Idaho, Nevada , Wyoming , California and Oregon, as \·Tell as those living in Utah. °l·iliat a g:::·eat time each had when their parents c ame to visit. It was so ',·iOnderful th2t this remarkable man and wife, who had worked so hard, could enjoy these years tog-c;ther to travel and enjoy some leisure. Father had never remembered c rossing th;;; oce211, so when he visited in Cc.lifornia and Oregon, he loved to be where he could just Hatch all that \·rnter. Fond mem·ories a:;.·e beld by his child1·en of tne t:'...rr:~s 1-1hen he took them ·.·7i. th him on errands in the buggy. He would sing to them i.'1'1 his strong voice I songs st:.ch as "I neer Shall Forget Those Ti·iO Orphans " 2nd ''You Cc.11 1 t Holler I)o\m Ny Rain Barrel , You Can I t Climb Hy Apple Tree'' . The white top bu.ggy- h ad sicie curtains that could be ·- loue red if it r ained . (Carriage for a qu.een, or so v:e thought). -11- • - Father -..;as an excellent i·:alker, very proud and straight. He took us in turn, ;.;alking 1,.'i th him to the store. He would say , "Head up; chest out, stom2ch in, toe in, walk straight and proud". /82. Kindness to every one was his first thought, ah:ays treat every one with respect. Be generous, share with others. Christmas time was plc.. n ned for by raisir:g turkeys to give to family members. A turkey was given to each of his brothers, and a turkey for each of Sarah Ann's brothers and sisters . The children took orders for Christ:i1as trees, 25, 35, and 5J cents. Frank cut the Christmas trees from the mou.r .. itainous range land they owned. He would bring them to Coalville and he 2nd the children would deliver them. This is ho~ the children earned thei~ Christmas money . v:hen Frank passed aw2.y, the huge funer2.l \':as an outpouring of respect by the community • . The Bishop paid tribute to this :i1an and his family which he had reared without any of them getting into trouble. He was respected by all, beloved by his children. He died at home in Coalville, September 16, 19Ll, at the age of 74. He was survived by his beloved "•. 'i.fe, Sarah !-.nn , and nine children. in Coalville Cemetery, September 19, 19~1. -12- He was buried