Jenny Lind, the 6th child of Jens Christian Anton Lind and Mary Ann Nielson, was born in Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark March 26, 1855 and came with her parents to Utah in 1868, walking most of the way across the plains.
When fifteen years old, she left her parents and home in Levan and went to Salt Lake City to seek employment. Here she met with very many unpleasant experiences, sometimes working in homes of people who ridiculed and mistreated her because of her religion. While employed in Salt Lake City, she met George Freestone whom she married August 12, 1872. Their marriage was solemnized in the endowment house in Salt Lake City, after which they went to Bridgeport, Idaho to make their home. Mr Freestone engaged in farming and cattle raising, and they remained in Bridgeport for seven years.
In 1879, they set out to travel to Ashley Valley by mule team. They brought flour for the winter and provisions which they expected to last for their journey, but food became scarce and Mr Freestone and the children ate the meat of the prairie dogs. Mrs Freestone was not well and could not eat this kind of food and had to live on the meagre supply they had. The journey was a very tedious one, and they landed in Ashley Valley November 5, after travelling an entire month.
As a protection from the Indians, the log homes had been built in a square to form a fort. This was located about where the business section of Vernal now stands. The Freestones located about four blocks north of this fort, where they camped until their log cabin was built. This consisted of one room, with a dirt roof, and had no floor and no windows. Here their fourth child was born. Their first three children had been born in Bridgeport.
The winter was a hard one, and food was scarce, but they had brought flour. Mr Freestone, being a good hunter, supplied the family with venison and wild ducks. There was a great deal of sickness during the winter, and three of the Freestone children, Mrs Freestone's brother and a nephew of Mr Freestone were all stricken with diptheria, and all hard to be cared for in their one log room. There were no doctors, but they had faith and all of their sick recovered.
The feed for cattle had been very scarce, and the cattle which they had brought with them seemed to have perished, but great was their joy when spring came to find that one cow and her calf had survived and they were assured a supply of milk. The following year bountiful crops were harvested in the valley and prosperous times came to them.
The house where Mr Freestone now lives was the first frame house in the valley, and was built a few years after their arrival there. Mrs Freestone was the treasurer of the first relief society in Vernal, and president of the primary for four years. She was the mother of eleven children.
When fifteen years old, she left her parents and home in Levan and went to Salt Lake City to seek employment. Here she met with very many unpleasant experiences, sometimes working in homes of people who ridiculed and mistreated her because of her religion. While employed in Salt Lake City, she met George Freestone whom she married August 12, 1872. Their marriage was solemnized in the endowment house in Salt Lake City, after which they went to Bridgeport, Idaho to make their home. Mr Freestone engaged in farming and cattle raising, and they remained in Bridgeport for seven years.
In 1879, they set out to travel to Ashley Valley by mule team. They brought flour for the winter and provisions which they expected to last for their journey, but food became scarce and Mr Freestone and the children ate the meat of the prairie dogs. Mrs Freestone was not well and could not eat this kind of food and had to live on the meagre supply they had. The journey was a very tedious one, and they landed in Ashley Valley November 5, after travelling an entire month.
As a protection from the Indians, the log homes had been built in a square to form a fort. This was located about where the business section of Vernal now stands. The Freestones located about four blocks north of this fort, where they camped until their log cabin was built. This consisted of one room, with a dirt roof, and had no floor and no windows. Here their fourth child was born. Their first three children had been born in Bridgeport.
The winter was a hard one, and food was scarce, but they had brought flour. Mr Freestone, being a good hunter, supplied the family with venison and wild ducks. There was a great deal of sickness during the winter, and three of the Freestone children, Mrs Freestone's brother and a nephew of Mr Freestone were all stricken with diptheria, and all hard to be cared for in their one log room. There were no doctors, but they had faith and all of their sick recovered.
The feed for cattle had been very scarce, and the cattle which they had brought with them seemed to have perished, but great was their joy when spring came to find that one cow and her calf had survived and they were assured a supply of milk. The following year bountiful crops were harvested in the valley and prosperous times came to them.
The house where Mr Freestone now lives was the first frame house in the valley, and was built a few years after their arrival there. Mrs Freestone was the treasurer of the first relief society in Vernal, and president of the primary for four years. She was the mother of eleven children.
Jenny Lind, the 6th child of Jens Christian Anton Lind and Mary Ann Nielson, was born in Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark March 26, 1855 and came with her parents to Utah in 1868, walking most of the way across the plains.
When fifteen years old, she left her parents and home in Levan and went to Salt Lake City to seek employment. Here she met with very many unpleasant experiences, sometimes working in homes of people who ridiculed and mistreated her because of her religion. While employed in Salt Lake City, she met George Freestone whom she married August 12, 1872. Their marriage was solemnized in the endowment house in Salt Lake City, after which they went to Bridgeport, Idaho to make their home. Mr Freestone engaged in farming and cattle raising, and they remained in Bridgeport for seven years.
In 1879, they set out to travel to Ashley Valley by mule team. They brought flour for the winter and provisions which they expected to last for their journey, but food became scarce and Mr Freestone and the children ate the meat of the prairie dogs. Mrs Freestone was not well and could not eat this kind of food and had to live on the meagre supply they had. The journey was a very tedious one, and they landed in Ashley Valley November 5, after travelling an entire month.
As a protection from the Indians, the log homes had been built in a square to form a fort. This was located about where the business section of Vernal now stands. The Freestones located about four blocks north of this fort, where they camped until their log cabin was built. This consisted of one room, with a dirt roof, and had no floor and no windows. Here their fourth child was born. Their first three children had been born in Bridgeport.
The winter was a hard one, and food was scarce, but they had brought flour. Mr Freestone, being a good hunter, supplied the family with venison and wild ducks. There was a great deal of sickness during the winter, and three of the Freestone children, Mrs Freestone's brother and a nephew of Mr Freestone were all stricken with diptheria, and all hard to be cared for in their one log room. There were no doctors, but they had faith and all of their sick recovered.
The feed for cattle had been very scarce, and the cattle which they had brought with them seemed to have perished, but great was their joy when spring came to find that one cow and her calf had survived and they were assured a supply of milk. The following year bountiful crops were harvested in the valley and prosperous times came to them.
The house where Mr Freestone now lives was the first frame house in the valley, and was built a few years after their arrival there. Mrs Freestone was the treasurer of the first relief society in Vernal, and president of the primary for four years. She was the mother of eleven children.
When fifteen years old, she left her parents and home in Levan and went to Salt Lake City to seek employment. Here she met with very many unpleasant experiences, sometimes working in homes of people who ridiculed and mistreated her because of her religion. While employed in Salt Lake City, she met George Freestone whom she married August 12, 1872. Their marriage was solemnized in the endowment house in Salt Lake City, after which they went to Bridgeport, Idaho to make their home. Mr Freestone engaged in farming and cattle raising, and they remained in Bridgeport for seven years.
In 1879, they set out to travel to Ashley Valley by mule team. They brought flour for the winter and provisions which they expected to last for their journey, but food became scarce and Mr Freestone and the children ate the meat of the prairie dogs. Mrs Freestone was not well and could not eat this kind of food and had to live on the meagre supply they had. The journey was a very tedious one, and they landed in Ashley Valley November 5, after travelling an entire month.
As a protection from the Indians, the log homes had been built in a square to form a fort. This was located about where the business section of Vernal now stands. The Freestones located about four blocks north of this fort, where they camped until their log cabin was built. This consisted of one room, with a dirt roof, and had no floor and no windows. Here their fourth child was born. Their first three children had been born in Bridgeport.
The winter was a hard one, and food was scarce, but they had brought flour. Mr Freestone, being a good hunter, supplied the family with venison and wild ducks. There was a great deal of sickness during the winter, and three of the Freestone children, Mrs Freestone's brother and a nephew of Mr Freestone were all stricken with diptheria, and all hard to be cared for in their one log room. There were no doctors, but they had faith and all of their sick recovered.
The feed for cattle had been very scarce, and the cattle which they had brought with them seemed to have perished, but great was their joy when spring came to find that one cow and her calf had survived and they were assured a supply of milk. The following year bountiful crops were harvested in the valley and prosperous times came to them.
The house where Mr Freestone now lives was the first frame house in the valley, and was built a few years after their arrival there. Mrs Freestone was the treasurer of the first relief society in Vernal, and president of the primary for four years. She was the mother of eleven children.
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