TITLE PAGE PIONEER (full name) BIR TH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS MARRIED (who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company arrived with) HISTORY (who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) Franklin Dewey Salmon 4 December 1867 - Belfast, Ireland 16 September 1941 - Coalville, Utah James Salmon Margaret Robertson Sarah Ann Wilson 28 November 1888 21 September 1868 Captains Mumford and Holman Thelma Salmon Bell & Doris Salmon Bishop August 1981 Lory Birt - 15 January 1982 LoRaine Wilkinson - 19 February 1982 Morgan, Utah 84050 CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING _S_o_u_t_h_M---,-o_r....:g._a_n ________ Camp _M_o_r...:::g'-a_n_ ___________ County (Camp Historian & address)- ---M-ar=gar-et- M-c-Ki-nn-on- --------- Morgan, Utah 84050 County Historian & address)- ---Ve-lo"y -To-nk-s -D-ick-so-n- -------- PO Box 203, Morgan, Utah 84050 SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: • .ll'i'Ah ?ION.r.,...:.;:• • • • A PIONEER S'IOnY FRA.Nt.LIN DEWEY s.:.u~ON Franklin Dewey Salmon was born in Belfast , Ireland , the son ·of James Salmon and t·iargaret Robertson. The family had lived in Borhead Renfreeshire , Scotland , \·1here they joined the Paisley Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Cay Saints . The grandfather, Robert Salmon , was President of the Paisley Branch . i·iembers of this branch were knovm as being of Royal descent. Father James was a block printer. When the· family decided to immigrate to the United States , they moved to Belfast, Ireland, where FI·anklin Dewey was bor·n, the seventh child in the family. Franklin was named for Apostle Franklin Dewey ftlchards, who was in Ireland to assist the people irrunigrating to Utah . Apostle Richards '\"Jas a very close family friend of James Salmon's father . 'rhere were two children, James and John , buried in Scotland before the family moved; so four childr en came to Ireland with the family. :·I ages . were higher in Ireland, so James Salmon earned a good \·,age as a block printer. 'I'hs fc.ITlily stayed tKo anci ons - :-~alf yec::.::·s in Irelc.nd before embarking on their journey to Utah • . The family lived in a place called White Well Antron , named for a \·sell that suppl ied water to the tO\m. They lived in a company house . 'I-he houses were built in rows of tv;enty houses , all alike. Each row 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 where they were taught the art of spreading the colors on the cloth . 'I'hey spread the color on a sieve that had felt in the bottom. Then t he block printer pressed the heavy wood onto this material , forming patte1ns of color to the linen . Block printing was an art. The children who did this work were called " turers". Each block printer had a turer. Fr·a.nklin :Cewey \·:as born December 4, 1867 , in Eelfast Ireland, t·:here the family had moved from Scotland to await departur·e for America. i·.'hen he was nine months old, • the family set sail on the sailing ship ":Smerald Isle" , which ·.ms the last sailing snip to bring immigrants across the ocean to America. James Salmon was appointed to - 1- • I 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 were buried at sea, mostly children. Among· them , was Elizabeth Salmon, just two years old. Measles and scarlet fever were the causes of most of the deaths . Because the sailing 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 Castle Gardens on August 11 , 1868, where they were kept in quarantine until all ,,ere v;ell. The group was sent to Omaha, . Nebraska, 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 rode in .the wagon. Hi s wife Hargaret , \'la1ked ar.d helped care for the sick. She ·was a very good nurse, c:. kind and giving woman, who was accustomed to caring for the sick. They arrived in Utah , September 21 , 1868, at Echo City, a hot and dry place , where the family met them and provided them with a home . This was the same house Franklin ' s grandfather , Robert Salmon , and family had lived in when they. arrived in October , 1866. This yotmg child ,..;as nQw the third generati•o n, in two years, to arrive in ut2h as a pioneer·. riis grandfather, r. .o bert, came in September 1866. Robert was now the· Fir st Bishop of the Coalville Ward. This home consisted of two log rooms and was situated across the \·;eber .Fi.iver , \-:here the freeway no,·1 goes at · Echo Darn. • Franklin could only remember going to school for a short time. His teacher was Hrs . ~d Rhead , who taught ·school in Coalville in the old Rock Schoolhouse . (It is now a museum piece at Lagoon) . His sister , Hargaret , taught him for a while at home , as she ,:as a teacher. At about ten years of age, Franklin began working for President Cluff, ,,:ho paid his tuition at school. From the time he \,as about seven to thirteen years of c.ge , the family lived near the old Chrisman mine. The children alv1ays had to work at chores and received food in payment. At thirteen , Franklin \·Jent to 1-;ork for Hr. Chrisman , and to help I·jrs. Chrisr.1an was his duty. The local children called him "Bishop", becal;.Se he had to take Hrs . Chrisman to shop twice a \·:eek in her buggy. It was at this tir.1e that he started playing a tl·iangle in his father's band , and he later played the mouth organ for ent,artairur.ents and with the band . The family moved to the old "Rock House" on the old Salmon farm , and Franklin began ,,ork in the ,·;asatch mine , in Coalville , at age fourteen. When the slwnp in minin~ came , Franklin was nineteen , and he began d.r·iving the delivery wagon for the Coalville Co- op, mmeci by .Almy Zld:redge , and he lived idth them. The delivery \,agon made trips to the Grass Creek mine twice a week ·with food supplies . The practice then - 2- i • • \·,as to take orders for the n ext trip, as they delivered goods ordered on a previous trip . :-Ir. Eldredge ,,;as a good man , and Fr ank (as he is now known) enjoyed working for him. It was at his time that .Frank met Sarah Ann Wilson, a new girl recently arrived from Englan:l . Frank owned his own team by this time , and a buggy. He and a friend \':ere driving one Sunday when they saw Sarah Ann and a girl friend l':alking . The fr:iend said : " Let's a~k _them to go driving with us , you take so and so, and I ' ll take the _ Znglish girl'' . Frank , ,-,ho O'.med the buggy said: " I will take the English girl". He reached out and helped her into the buggy with him and thus began their romance. His next job was at the saw mill , run by Heber Stallings , hauling lumber, t hen to · work for Robert Walker , _hauling coal to Park City for $12.00 a month and room and board for himself and the horses . When the railroad was built from Echo to Perk City, he uent to work for the Union Pacific, helping to build this. Life was beautiful - he was young and full of fun , working hard all week , playing at dances , dancing with hi s girl and enjoying a good time until the small hours of the morning , then take his girl home, change his clothes and work a full day. He married Sarah Ann ~·iilson in the Logan Temple on November 28, 1868. The young couple ,-:ere accompanied to Logan by his sister Margaret , his father , J arnes , and grand- - father , Robert. There Frank and Sarah Ann were ma rried . Frank was sealed to his parent t I as was l-iargaret and the children who had died in Scotland before they came to America. Fran}; r-o·r: o·.-.ned a small farm and haci built o two room house (frame) , in which the couple went to live . This fa~m adjoined .his father ' s farm just East of the city. The young couple had many harships , but they remained happy ah-.-ays. All of the \':ater had to be carried from a creek about a fourth of a mile from the house. They both remembered hoi·: they laughed and -..1ere happy , carrying a big tub of water bet\'leen them and each. a bucket in the other hand . The house ,-,as decorated by Sarah Ann with loving care, sew:ing curtains and making everything that they ,1ore . F.ugs were made from rags cut up and se. .n into long strips that later were woven into carpets. Their first child·, Eli~abeth, was born September 1 5th, in this house in 1889. By this time , a doctor was there - Dr. Hosmer. Frank's mother, who \fas a mid,·ri.fe and cared for the sick in the area for years, had died in 1888, at the age of 50, the mother of thirteen children, ,-,hile getting ready to go on a child- birth case. Frank's father remarried a young woma.n , narned Emma Jones , \·1ho had a small daughter. A young wife moving into a home ,-,here there \-Jere six children ar.d several gro.,.m men her age and some older, created an unl1appy situation . The diffi-cclties resulted in the young gro\m men li:dng a goo~ part of the time with F:rc.I1k and Sarah ;.nn. -.3- ----- - - - -- -- i • • Times °i'iere hard, and Frank worked very h&.rd to cara for his family. They gI"ew much of what they ate . A son , Franklin nobert , was born December 1 , 1890, and a daughter , l~argaret, born July 24, 18<;2. In late 18';3 anci early 1894, disaster almost overcame this f a..-nily. The Hopkins mine developed a fault v:he1·e the coal i·1as scarce ; so work had to be started through cutting&. new vein where coal could be produced. The men had to \·:ork without pay the whole \,inter until this vein -\;·as opened. 'Ihe folks \,ere very poor and v:ent without many things . for they had never wanted to be in debt. 'Ihey had a cow and chickens , but it was winter ti.me so there was no garden . l·:.r. Eldredge who o~ned the store , gave credit to the miners. iie never curtailed Frank ' s credit , which r:as a compliment to Frank and Sc.rah Ann. Fr&.nk worked at any little hauling job he could get to make a little money for his family. On February l , 18S4, Earl \'iilson was born. 'Ihe h"eather was bitter cold , with icy sleet coming dovm as t!)iS young man went the t\\O miles to .find the doctor. Sarah Ann had a very ciifficul t time and a severe bir·th. Her life v:as feared for as she had deprived herself to feed her children and her husbc.nd. · She had a severe hemorrhage and the doctor would not allo~v her to be moved for three days . This memory st;;.yed with Sarah .Ann the rest of her life, for she felt badly that she had not been able to have her ne\·: gown on. ~~hen the spring came , the new vein of coal ~as op-=:ned , a.."1d on the ciay the fil·st pa1 check cMJe , Frank ' s brother , Alex came runni."1g hm:ne Ki th the check. What a happy day, the first pay check in months . · Alex took Sarah Ar.n to the store to see l{r . Eldridge. She .told him she v;anted to pay him Sl00.00, as she had to pay some to the doctor also. ?fr . Eldredge looked at her and said, "i-~y girl , have you bought any groceries yet?" ·.,;hen she· said , "no", he told her to come out into the store and buy her groceries befor~ she paid him anything. };h~n she got home , there in the groceries was a nice gift. 'Ihese young people always 1·eme::ibereci what a fine man r:Ir. Eldredge was , and he always told them they were the most honest couple v:i1o lived in Coalville. Through these years, a small barn was built for the animals - a COi·1, horses arid chickens. Frank used his father's wagon at night to haul coal to people ' s homes. He hauled coal to Park City at times , and at times to the Tithing Yard , at $alt Lake City. He also hauled coal to Salt Lake City to trade for groceries for the miners . The old Tithing Yard in Salt Lake was •,ihere the Hotel ut2h stands today. The trip took three days, and :in winter it -..;as very cold . lie wor·e heavy g-.::.nny sacks wrapped c.round his - 4- i I feet , as overshoes ..:ere not known then. ~·forking at the mine produced S2. 00 a day . Hauling \tith a team and wagon produced S,}.00 a ciay. When they had six children , the pay was only S2 . 50 a ciay at the mine . A girl , Ivie, ·,·1as born l\ovember 20, 18S5 , c.nd a boy, James Leonard , December 15 , 1897. He was the sixth child. .About this time , Frank and his b1·others bought the Salmon ranch , about ·fifteen miles South of Coalville , up Fish Creek . The ranch house \·1as a two room , log house , with an upper attic . The log house was primitive by todays standard, j ust- a cook stove and shelves for storage of pots cnd pans. Later on , a l arge dining room v:as added to accomodate the large table to seat from ten to fifteen people at meals . Benches were built for seating. The creek ran ne ar by and provided rich garden land '\\here -the family grew vegatables . Food was no longer a problem. 'Ihe family had moved up there for Frank and Sarh Ann to manage the ranch. The agreement was that Frank would manage the ranch for room and board and ~30 . 00 a month. Sarah Ann was to cook and do all the work for the hireci _help also . Dave (.Frank ' s brother) \·:as a bacheloz· and he lived for a time with them. He objected· to the children having jam on their bread-. He order·ed no more jam on the table , he couldn ' t afford it. Frank said , ".All right , count it out now and we will leave". Dave said , "How don ' t get upset , let ' s · talk' ' . Frank said , " All right then , s.75 . 00 a month and j&m , or we will leave". Tr.ey stayed . At that·, another brother , who had made his home Kith them for years , said , " Daves a close one , Sarah Ann". The road for six miles of the fifteen to the ranch was well traveled by Upton and Pine View ranchers used it. For nine miles it led only to the Rhead and Salmon ranches , so i t was cut through brush and gravel. It ,-,as borde1·ed by bunches of quaking asp trees and red rocks tha~ stood like sentinels. In J anuar.1 , 1900, there was a severe epidemic of diptheria a.nd sca1·let fever , and. every one \>:as so afr·aici of its spreading . Little I vie , four years , five months old , contracted this double disease . Sarah .4.nn and her little girl ,1er·e isolated in a house far removed from the family home. other five children to ca:r·e for . This was a bad time for Frank also , as he h ad the lie worried .for his little girl and his pregnant wife ,-;ho ,;as alon~ with the child. There \1as n9thing he could do but take their food do;.-m 1 leave it on the porch and walk away. Tne terrible fear of the diseLJ.se caused the neighbors t o see that he did not get close. They could only call to each other . through • the window. The child was desperately ill and \;as dying. So Father Frank \ient into - 5- • • • the house to be with Sarah J..nn. Little Ivie died January 5, 1<;00. 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 osket o·..:."v o:i the porch. They vicnt back into the house , and other fa~ily members came and got the casket and buried the little girl. There could be no funer·als. Hany children died in this epidemic . Sarah Ann ·was expecting another child, and Alta 1-larie was born l·i1:y 18 , 1900. The times \·:ere very hard, and \'10rking long days took their toll. Frank had worried about being in debt for the death of the little child , and with working so hard , he became desperately ill at the ranch. Sarah Ann and young Frank hitched up the team to the wagon , and when it was daylight, they lifted Frank into the wagon. Young Frank drove the team, and they brought Frank ,Sr. , lying on a straw mattress, with Sarah Ann holding an umbrella over him to protect him from the sun, to the doctor in Coalville. One can only imagine the terror this young woman felt, with six children huddled around her and her desperately ill husband . They took him to a sisters home , i-:hich ,-:as near the doctor. The doctor \·1as O. \·]. French. Frank i"laS 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 An.Tl aside and told he·r that Frank had cholera morbus , and that he was very ill and might not live. Just then , Frank 1 s father came and Sarah Ann t old him the doctor said that Frank may_not live . Ee said , "Tut, tut , Frank will not die". He went into the room and put his hands on FrarJ.:s head , and gave him a father ' s blessing: T"ne next morning the doctor \:as surprised to see such an improvement , and Frank seemed to fully recover . Yet, forty-four years later, Frank passed away \1ith 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 leaving Sarah Ann alone with six samll children . He wondered what she would do , with the ranch so isolated a."ld far from other .ranches. He was a long time recovering from this serious illness . Later, they decided to move to Cumberland , i'Jyomir.g , 1ihere Frank would work in t he mines, some of his brothers \·;ere already working there. Frank ' s brother i·iill, had a freighting line -to places not served by the railroad. He had been working out of Almy, \-)yoming . \·lill came and loaded up their belon6ings and \;ent \·iith them to Cumberland , 1·;yoming by wagon . Fr~ went to work fo;;- tl:e Union Pacific Coal Co. ct the Cumb e:-lcnd l~o. l i.•:ir..e, !'ur.r.in6 a hoist engi.."1e. 'i'he ,-;ages \·:ere highe::-, so money was not such a p:r·oblem, and people were friendly, - 6- - - --- ------~-- • but Frank worked the night shift (12 hours) most of the time. Sarah .lmn t·:as terrified to stay alone with the small children . There was a great deal of rO\·:diness in this small. mining tovm. Thelma was born there on February 28 , 1902. The family stayed there about two and one- half years and then moved back to Coalville and up to the Salmon ranch, where Frank still ovmed an :interest . By this time , the young children had to go to school . Fra11k and Sarah Ann 1·1ere · determined that their children woula.· have more education than they had. It was no,.; necessary to maintain t\-10 homes - one at the ranch and another, the srr.all house they Oi·.ned near Coalville. Fra11k would stay at the ranch and care for the animals L'll the · winter time and visit the family when he could. His children ah,ays remembered their father ' s visits , for they were ~o happy to see Papa. · Frau, remembered riding a horse from the ranch , sometimes in belly-deep snow, because he worried about his family. The children remembered Sarah Ann glowing with happiness ,,;hen he came . The boys had g:.o\-m and gone to work , herding sheep on the ranch , and working very hard to help the farnily. T1·iO rooms had been added to the small house in Coal :..·ille, which at the time filled the needs of the growing family . :·:ater \·:as still brought • from the cree~, but the boys had built ,,1hat \;as called a "pung" that slid. along the ground, pulled by one horse . 'They brought the water on it , v:ith the little girls hanging on for a ride. Cows to be milked , chickens and pi.gs to be fed , all had to be • taken care of by the children . The ranch consisted of 10 , 000 acres , lthich was 15 sections , much of it being grazing la'lld for cattle noi·, raised on this ranch. :;ven though i·:ater still had to be carried from a spring , things had become somei-ihat easier on the ranch because the children helped with all.the chores. The house nestled at the feet of beautiful , magestic red rocks, which reared their heads high above this fertile valley. The rocks jetted from the ground like sentinels st.;.nding guard o,,er this house . .As the children grew, they climbed the :·ocks, and each had a s;;ecial nar.ie and meaning for playtime period. One rock in particular had a print like that of a body hol101·1ed out by time. Each child climbed every yea1· to see if he , or she had groim enough to fit into the smooth outline in the ::::-ock. The cooling cellar \·ms built into the hillside • .. .About this time , another ra.'1ch had beE:n acq'llired, located about fou.r miles a\,ay. To get to this second ranch , the trail led past 3agle hock . The children rode their horses to the top of 3agle F.ock. 'I"here a pe:·son could look two hundred feet strc.ight down to a little valley belm·;. 'Ihis grand view of the valley below, \·,i th all its - 7- ~ .beauty, was part of the culture this pioneer man taught his children to stop and enj oy . • • Frank worked for years , . grubbing out t1·ees and building roads to open up more land for raising grain on dry farm land. Frcnk wanted to brealc up the land , so he had to build a road up the hill. This road was half" a mile long , gradually ,d.nding up the hill. He had to work with a hand plmv and scraper. Using one horse to the plow, knotting the rein~ about his neck , he guided the plow \·Tith his hands , to make two or three rov;s up and dovm the hill before t \·,o horses could be used in this way. The two older boys could help some , but they :-:ere not ,:ery old. Tl"is o;;ened up a rich dryfarm a2·ea, which would be planted to grain for added income. A hug~ barn , a storage shed , a mchine shop and a grainery had to be constructed with only the tools and machinery of the 1900 ' s. It ,,.;as a lot of hard work. Tnrough these years , Doris was born May 16, 1S05; end thenr on April 13 , 1907, Blanch Lavon lras born . The family remained a very close and caring fa.roly. Every one \·:as always ex-pected t o be there at meal tim·:3 . 1-;ea1 times \·:ere talki_"1g times, \·:here honesty was stressed . Ex&rnples were used to show h0\·1 people reacted to events . If adver·si ty 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 always believed that "a farnily ,,:ho ate together, s t ayed togethe::-" _. Those now living remember this witr, love and respect. Heals \•Jere a h appy time . The long talks around the dining table ~ere a joy to all the children. Their l ove and kindness was set by example . Fra."lk belieYed that if you always did what you knew was r·ight, then you would be blessed . Frank ah,ays thought, of helpin& others , \·:hen an a"1i:nal i·:as butchered , it was divided . Then he would say, "This widow needs some, tnis older person needs some'' . Then the relatives i·:ere to be taken care of - .A1;.nt Ba&bie, old Aunt Annie, the grand-parents Wilson , and the grandparents Salmon . As ',ve re::::e;:;iber this with love and respect , we ,,:onder ,,;hat ,-ms left for the .family. Through the years , as the little fc.mily ::-od~ back and fo~th to shop and to church, they passed a larger home , and Sarah Ann would say she liked that house . \foen it ,-;as .for sale , Fra."1k boueht the red brick house , the Lewis ho:r.e. now happy Sarah Ann \,as \·1ith this beautiful , big ho11se and beautiful yard end t~·ees. A long porch was across the f ront of the house . It seemed lil:e Heaven. .t,. w:::11 just outside the door , \·1here beautiful clear water could be pulled up in a b·..;cket ;.;c.s a delight to the family. - B- i • • Frank ~as so happy to have his dear Sarah Ann moved into this house, with all its rooms, and besettled before Christmas of 1910. Sarah Berniece was born January 20, 1911. She ·l\as the eleventh child , and yet she w&.s \·,elcomed by the other children with such love • .'Ihis little curly haired child \-,as so tiny she was played ~-ii th like a doll, wheeled in the doll buggy that every child used. This _shows ho':: every child grew up v;ith love for each other. Instilled in them ,-;ere their· father.' s teachings of loye I kindness and consideration for all people . He always said, · ''Eelieve the best of every one until they prove othen-n.se" . Their closest neighbor was three . miles &.wa.y. the. Jim ?.head family. !•lr. ?..head had. an accident, losin8 his . leg as a resw.t. Fn·n:~ and his boys did tl:e work on the ~'-lead ranch , besides doing the · work on their Oi·m ranch. Far.ri.ly ties with this family w~re strong throughout all. the years . When World ,·:ar I was declared , . the boys felt their call to service. Frank Jr. , '":a s married , but he ,ms called for service in the first draft for Summit County. Zarl enlisted in the Navy , he had been working in ~Jyoming. James Leonard joined the Army in 1919. T.he ranch work had to go on, cJ1d hired men ,-;ere very difficult to find cnd Frank had the two ranches to keep going. l-iis daughters had to be put to ,mrk outside, helping v.d. th the cutting , raking and stac~ing of hay, riding for cattle , ei. C . - most of the outside farm work. Sarah Ann insisted her g·ir·ls ,-:ere to wear long sleeves and cut stockings to put over their hands to keep them white. At night , they were to smear on buttermilk to. protect their skin. It \·;as necessary to wear boys overalls and mens work shirts . What fun they had , even ~·d. th all the hard ,mrk - this loving , happy family. Each of the children had learned to ride at an early age and as they became old enough, each one had his or her ovm horse. What help was available for- farm wor·k was inexperienced . Stacking hay \.."as often dangerous . Once while Frank i'iaS at the top of the haystack , a hired man \':as rU1..'1ing / the fork and had been told that he should alv:ays keep the rope tight so as not to let the fork swing with its four· long sharp tines , so dangerous. He failed to do this , and the fork hit Frank ' s head and stunning him, and ta.i-:ing his hat co\:n on the tine of the fork . It could have killed him. A d&ughter , Thelm& nou toote over , she was 1 5 years old. Sundays had to be just family, ~-;ith only na.tur·al chores to be done . Hany picnics with a.11 th8 family l:ere ~lanned to go m-er to the at.he:· ranch. Frank pla.yed ho:-se i • • shoes with the children, there \·:as to be no cheating, no whining. You must keep you:i;- word, the best man wins. Guns we r·e to be treated with respect. No gun was ever kept loaded. You must unload a gun, then check it a second time to be sure it is unloaded , before you put it a,·;ay. To go to shcool was a "must"; lessons \.;e:ce to be brought home and books , so that every one learned . Reading aloud was something the whole familr enjoyed. We can ' t remember for sure , but about this time was when Frank bought his first car - a l·i.odel. T Ford . As they ·were old enough, all the children learned to drive . This pioneer man who could build homes, build roads, build the new bathrooms in these homes , and could surmount any difficulty with sheer will to do it , mming and driving a car proved to be almost beyond his capability. Alrilost sixty years of driving horses had spoiled him for using his feet to run a car. He would ,,;ait around for his children to be free to drive him wherever he wanted to go. \·ihen he said , " \·!hoa", he wanted the car to stop. As he drove through the gate , call '\fuoa" , he would have to go around and around , until the car ran out of gas. Fond memories. After.the ranch was sold in 1921 to Joseph Livingston, the family lived full time in Coal vil le . Frank went to work at the "."lasatch mine . He fired the boilers for the stea'TI po,,:er· to run the hoist . This he did for. many years . Frank and Sarah Ann had kept a strict account of all the money spent on the Salmon Brothers ranch. After it was sold, Frank ' s brother , Thomas , who thought he knew more about bookkeeping, took charge and made an accounting of Frank's share. Thomas sent a check for a small sum to cover 25 years of work and no money for all that Frank had put out. Frank was heartsick to think that a brother could so such a thing to him. His children were taught that it was my b:cother and we must accept it. Frank said that he ,muld not go to court in the matter. One day , Tom came and \·;anted Sarah Ann ' s farm books of account. Sarah An."1 said , "No , I will keep them always , lmowing how you cheated your brother Frank'.' . Such good, kind people , doing for others; church meznt so much in their liYes and tll of the children \vere active in church, it r.i::c.nt so rrr..1ch to ther:i. Frank served on th~ Cour1~y .noaci Cor.unission to get better roads for the town and t he county. '\'ihen winter broke up , the 1·oads would be almost im;>assable, with deep ruts and mud. :·men Frank built a road , it \-:as started with heavy gravel as a bed , so that even in winter the roads would be passable. He Sf;rved on the Coalville City - 10- • • Council , which was building a new water syste m to a new spring. The city stree ts were improved. He was also head of the Chalk Creek ';later District . The Water Board apportioned \·:ater 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 \·:ater right holder was to have.. In those days. water was fought over and sometimes friends beca..ie enemies over a water turn. In about 1S27, 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 a tree , the rope broke and Frank fell , brealr.ing his leg. It was a very painful brea...'.c. The doctor thought he might not walk normally again. He recovered without even a limp. It \·:as winter time , and Sarah Ann was so a.fraid he might fall that she kept him house- bound. She taught him to cut quilt blocks for her , and he learned to play solitaire . Frank Jr. , died in 1937, the result of an explosion at a C. C. C. Camp, near Manilla , Utah, where he \·;as Superintendent • In 1938 Frank and Sarah Ann celebrated their Golden ~·Jedciing .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 program. All of the people in Coalville were invited to ~ttend. A small house in .the back of their yard in Coalville , was remodeled by frank for their home so that they could rent the big house. From this time on , they t::-aveled to visit with their cr,ildren , \·;ho had settled in Idaho, Nevada , v;yoming, California and Oregon , as \·1ell as those living in Utah. ~·:hat a &::·eat time each had when their parents ca'lle to visit. It was so wonderful that this remarkable man and wife , who had worked so hard , could enjoy these years together to travel and enjoy some leisure . Father had never remembered crossing th~ ocec.11 , so v:hen he visited in California and Oregon, he loved to be where he could just ,,atch all that ,,.ater. Fond memories c:.!·e held by his chilcil·en of t.ne t:.rr:-=S :-,hen he took them :-;i th him on errands in the buggy. He i,ould sing to the1u in h.; s strong voice, songs S\lch as "I neer Shall Forget Those T'l·iO Orphans" and " Yo;.i Can 1 t Holler to~-m 1',y Rain Ba rrel , You Can ' t Climb Hy Apple Tree" . The white top bugw' had sicie curtains that could be l0\·1ered if it rained . (Carriage for a q-.;.een, or so i•:e thought) • -11- • Father v:as an excelle:it \·:alker, very proud and straight. He took us in turn, v;alking with him to the store. He would say , "Head up~ chest out , stomach in , toe in, walk straight and proud". Kindness to · every one was his first thought, ah:ays treat every one with respect . Be generous, share v;ith others. Christmas ti~e was planned for by raisir.g turkeys to give to fa~ily members. A turkey ~as given to each of his brothers , and a turkey for each of Sarah Ann ' s brothers and sisters. Th~ children took orders for Christmas trees, 25, 35 , a~d 5~ cents. Frank cut the Christmas trees from the mountainous range )and they owned . He would bring them to Coalville and he and the children would deliver them. This is ho~ the children earned their Christmas money. v.'hen Frank passed away, the huge funeral v:as an outpouring of respect by the comrnunity • . The Bishop paid tribute to this !Tian and his family which he h.;.d reared without any of them getting into trouble. He ~as respected by all , beloved by his children . He died at home in Co.;.lville , September 16, 19Ll , at the age of 74. He ,-:as survived by his beloved •,:if e , Sarah t-.r.n, and nine children. in Coalville Cemetery , ·september 19, 1941. -12- He 'lias buried