Justin Willis Knapp
1886-1969
I was born October 5, 1886 at Richmond, Cache, Utah.
I was one and a half years old when my family left Utah and moved to Rexburg, Idaho. My parents ‘took up’ a farm two and a half miles north west of Rexburg in a small community, which was later named Hibbard. The ward we became part of was called Island Ward, but it was later changed to Hibbard Ward in honor of my Uncle and Bishop, George Hibbard.
Our farm was a typical piece of the untamed west, covered by woody brush. There were no fences, irrigation systems or improvements of any kind. As I grew older, I helped pull, pile and burn the sagebrush that grew. My father, with the help of my sisters and myself, cleared and cultivated more ground each year until we had some good pasture land, as well as land for planting crops. There were many wild flowers, which we enjoyed gathering for mother. There were also many prickly pears, which kept us on our guard since most of the time we ran barefoot.
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I was one and a half years old when my family left Utah and moved to Rexburg, Idaho. My parents ‘took up’ a farm two and a half miles north west of Rexburg in a small community, which was later named Hibbard. The ward we became part of was called Island Ward, but it was later changed to Hibbard Ward in honor of my Uncle and Bishop, George Hibbard.
Our farm was a typical piece of the untamed west, covered by woody brush. There were no fences, irrigation systems or improvements of any kind. As I grew older, I helped pull, pile and burn the sagebrush that grew. My father, with the help of my sisters and myself, cleared and cultivated more ground each year until we had some good pasture land, as well as land for planting crops. There were many wild flowers, which we enjoyed gathering for mother. There were also many prickly pears, which kept us on our guard since most of the time we ran barefoot.
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