A Little Family History

Here we are at the Benson Mill in Lake Point, Utah. Fred's father was raised in this little town near the Great Salt Lake. It is at the junction on the road between SLC and Nevada, where the road to Tooele splits off. Fred lived on this property for about three years as a young child. His father was the watchman for the mill and the woolery.

Where the wagon in this picture sits, is where the family lived those three years in a two-room, "tar paper" house with a garage behind.

These are the foundations of the old woolery. One night when the family lived on this property, the woolery caught fire from spontaneous cumbustion, and burned fiercely, and with a tremendous stink! The fire fighters came with a pumper and started pumping water from the mill pond. The woolery was considered lost, but they doused the house and garage for many hours.

We went to this cemetery in Lake Point. Fred's grandparents and some other family members are buried here.

I felt really warm when I brushed some dry grass off of this and other markers. These are names on my family history sheets, but here they really were.

Saw where some of the old houses were and heard some of the stories.

Great outing!