Overview
Of the pioneers who came to Utah from the Southern States in the 1800s, a group was asked to go on to Southern Utah and grow cotton, a commodity needed in the face of the Civil War. Life was hard, food was scarce, and more babies and children died than lived as flood after flood destroyed their crops. Stories of individual pioneers. Over 200 photos (10 color). Statistical Info, maps, surveys, stories about people, folklore, medicines, food, superstitions, script used for money, etc.Synopsis
Of the pioneers who came to Utah from the Southern States in the 1800s, a group was asked to go on to Southern Utah and grow cotton, a commodity needed in the face of the Civil War. Life was hard, food was scarce, and more babies and children died than lived as flood after flood destroyed their crops. Stories of individual pioneers. Over 200 photos (10 color). Statistical Info, maps, surveys, stories about people, folklore, medicines, food, superstitions, script used for money, etc.
Biography
Harold P. Cahoon, of Utah, received a Ph.D. in Ceramics and a minor in Mineralogy from the University of Utah. He was CEO of Interstate Brick Company, and was also president of Entrada Corporation, Wasatch Chemical Company, Fox Clay Company, and Interstate Land Company. Priscilla Johnson Cahoon, born in Mesa, Arizona, is the mother of five children, twenty-five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She was president of the Washington City Historical Society.