American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-24

by the automobile Of the owner Of the
ranch.
Mrs. McCarty Daughter OF Pioneers.
Mrs. McCarty is a true daughter Of
the pioneers. Her paternal g%randpar-
ents, Daniel G. Wood and Penina
Wood. crossed the plains from Illi-
nois in l847 in the company led by
Brigham Young. They travelled with
OK team and hand cart, and eventual
ly located on a farm some eight miles
north Of Salt Lake City. Later the
railroad obtained a right of way
through this farm, crossing it at right
angles-hence the name of the little
town located on the old farm.
Woods Cross. II is the first name Of
a town sung out by the brakeman as
the train goes north out of Salt Lake
City on the Short Line.
Her maternal grandparents crossed
the plains from Ohio IN 1852. locating
at Calls Fort. Utah, a few miles north
Of Brigham City. These pioneers.
Jude Allen and Mary Ann Allen. were
active in the upbuilding of the COM
munity in which they resided and their
memories, as we'll as those of Daniel
G.. Wood and Penina Wood. are revered
and treasured in the annals of the
state Of Utah.
It is related I'm the history Of the
journey Of Pioneer Allen across the
plains how he and a companion were
detailed to act as hunters for the COM
pany, it being the custom TO send one
or two men forward 20 hunt buffalo
for the supply of meat, and how they
wandered too long and too far. Night
overlook them and the next morning
they realized that they we're lost on
the plains. Searchers were sent after
them but it was several days before
they we're found and brought back to
the company. They stated afterward
that it vas two days before they Sc
cured any subsistence. but finally
sighted a buffalo and despite weakness
from thirst and hunger brought the
animal down at the first shot.
Heber G.. Wood. father of Mrs. Nc
Carly, was one OF the earliest settlers
in what is now Power county. After
relinquishing his desert claim he took
up a homestead near the present site
of the town Of ROckland. The old log
cabin still stands just west of the
town, a familiar landmark to the pas
serby. In this cabin Mrs. McCarty was
born. Eight Of the other thirteen chill
dren of the family were also born in
the cabin. As a child Mrs. McCarty
went to a log cabin sc%hoOlhouse CON
tanning M room, not overly large,
and yet it had to accommodate Is pu-
pills. The school house was mud
plastered and in every line of its
structure was typical Of the western
temple of education of early days.
The first teacher of Mrs. McCarty was
Miss Josephine Keogh, and her last
teacher in that school was Edwin Fl
field, later county superintendent of
Power county. now residing in Rock
land. In the childhood days of this
daughter of the pioneers American
Falls contained a half dozen houses
and the warehouses and elevators now
seen from afar We're not dreamed Of
nor was it dreamed of by many thai
the very land then covered by sage
brush on the hills and jungle along
the creeks would produce the wheal
and other grain 10 fill these struc-
lures. A span of a few years only wa:
needed to prove that the faith that wa:
in these pioneers was we'll founded
and that these vast dry tracts cOulC
be made to produce wheat in bOunti
full measure.