It was November, mid-19th century, when John received his call from Brigham Young to uproot his barely- settled family and help colonize what is now the Manti/Ephraim area of Utah. Winter had come early that year and yet, in the bitter cold, he moved. Having married in England, Annie and John had carefully tucked away bean seeds not only for their survival, but to remind them of the home they left behind.

Picking out a tranquil location in the valley west of the mountains of Manti, he hauled timber while his young family (daughters ag. . .