Jun
21
2007
An American Family - Genealogy of the Genung Family - Living in Arizona
Posted by: THAT Painter Lady in Arizona FamiliesI love to find published family histories on line. This family is not in any way related to my research, but every story in this book is so interesting and gives true insite to the pioneering spirit during this era.
An excerpt from the book:
"We reached Bradshaw's Ferry, now Ehrenburg, early in the day but concluded to lay over that day in order to give me a fair chance to shake. We hobbled our horses and turned them loose as there was good feed along the river.
Next morning all the stock but my horse were easily found; Beauchamp, Weaver and Ayers hunting for him till late in the afternoon when they found him mired in a slough about two miles from the river with nothing but his head above the mud and water.He was a hard looking horse.
We ferried across that evening and landed at Olive City, in Arizona. The city consisted of one house about 12 by 10 by 10 feet high covered with brush and sided up with willow poles stuck in the ground and smaller willow poles nailed on the larger ones without any clinking. However, it was plenty warm enough for the climate.
That night we pushed on to La Paz in order to get feed for our stock, there being no grass on the Arizona side at that place. At La Paz we bought grass from the Indians; they brung it from the hills on sticks…. Read the Rest of the Story at:
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