Wife of E. W. Carver
"Wheat was the main commercial crop of the valley, following the practice of all new farming land. The natural meadow grasses, once destroyed, never returned.
"From Iowa in 1868 came Mr. Ebenezer Carver, a youth who, following the death of his wife, came to the new country to pioneer a second time. He purchased the Hockersmith claim and lived at the site of the Ferns' ranch buildings. The towering black walnut tree was planted by his hands. He also set out a two acre family orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fern and their seven children came from Iowa in 1897 and purchased the Carver lands. Mrs. A. B. Fern is the granddaughter of the pioneer, Ebenezer Carver. In addition to wheat, the Ferns planted corn, against the advice of the natives, and raised it successfully, large fields of it. They also raised the first alfalfa on this side of Bear creek.
Mr. Fern died in 1899 and Mrs. Fern was thus left to care for a ranch of 600 acres with the aid of the oldest of the children, 14 years of age."
"Wheat was the main commercial crop of the valley, following the practice of all new farming land. The natural meadow grasses, once destroyed, never returned.
"From Iowa in 1868 came Mr. Ebenezer Carver, a youth who, following the death of his wife, came to the new country to pioneer a second time. He purchased the Hockersmith claim and lived at the site of the Ferns' ranch buildings. The towering black walnut tree was planted by his hands. He also set out a two acre family orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fern and their seven children came from Iowa in 1897 and purchased the Carver lands. Mrs. A. B. Fern is the granddaughter of the pioneer, Ebenezer Carver. In addition to wheat, the Ferns planted corn, against the advice of the natives, and raised it successfully, large fields of it. They also raised the first alfalfa on this side of Bear creek.
Mr. Fern died in 1899 and Mrs. Fern was thus left to care for a ranch of 600 acres with the aid of the oldest of the children, 14 years of age."
Wife of E. W. Carver
"Wheat was the main commercial crop of the valley, following the practice of all new farming land. The natural meadow grasses, once destroyed, never returned.
"From Iowa in 1868 came Mr. Ebenezer Carver, a youth who, following the death of his wife, came to the new country to pioneer a second time. He purchased the Hockersmith claim and lived at the site of the Ferns' ranch buildings. The towering black walnut tree was planted by his hands. He also set out a two acre family orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fern and their seven children came from Iowa in 1897 and purchased the Carver lands. Mrs. A. B. Fern is the granddaughter of the pioneer, Ebenezer Carver. In addition to wheat, the Ferns planted corn, against the advice of the natives, and raised it successfully, large fields of it. They also raised the first alfalfa on this side of Bear creek.
Mr. Fern died in 1899 and Mrs. Fern was thus left to care for a ranch of 600 acres with the aid of the oldest of the children, 14 years of age."
"Wheat was the main commercial crop of the valley, following the practice of all new farming land. The natural meadow grasses, once destroyed, never returned.
"From Iowa in 1868 came Mr. Ebenezer Carver, a youth who, following the death of his wife, came to the new country to pioneer a second time. He purchased the Hockersmith claim and lived at the site of the Ferns' ranch buildings. The towering black walnut tree was planted by his hands. He also set out a two acre family orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fern and their seven children came from Iowa in 1897 and purchased the Carver lands. Mrs. A. B. Fern is the granddaughter of the pioneer, Ebenezer Carver. In addition to wheat, the Ferns planted corn, against the advice of the natives, and raised it successfully, large fields of it. They also raised the first alfalfa on this side of Bear creek.
Mr. Fern died in 1899 and Mrs. Fern was thus left to care for a ranch of 600 acres with the aid of the oldest of the children, 14 years of age."
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