Summary
They got their water from "the crick," which ran down out of Horseshoe and Haystack mountains. They built their homes out of adobe and native rock they quarried themselves at Pigeon Hollow. And because so many people had the same name, practically everyone in town had a nickname: Long Pete, Short Pete, Round Pete.
The story is told of an LDS conference meeting where the presiding elder announced Brother Peterson would say the closing prayer and 50 men stood up. That would be Pete Peterson, said the man, and all but six men sat down.See the full content of this document
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Celebrating Roots
They were thousands of miles from their homelands, brought to this unwelcoming desert by faith alone. But they scratched out farms and built a town and learned to live, to thrive, to prosper.
This is the heritage that Ephraim celebrates every year at its annual Sca...See the full content of this document
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