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- Franklin Stevens Dalton was born February 26, 1859, in Parowan, Utah. He married Louise Ratz, who was born in Berne, Switzerland, December 4, 1855.
Franklin was a shoemaker and worked at his trade for the Parowan Cop-op f or several years. Then he operated a shop of his own until 1903, wh en he and his family came to Cowley, Wyoming. Franklin played a viol in in the Cowley orchestra. he sometimes traveled 50 miles with a horse a nd cart to play for dances.
Louise was an excellent seamstress and did considerable sewing for her fam ily and others. She also did crocheting and knitting. Her table covers a nd doilies were beautiful.
The children were Lillie May, Mary Elizabeth, Ann Maria, Edith Gertrude, F ranklin Edward, and Joseph Ernest. After Louise passed away March 1, 190 7, Franklin moved to Colorado and married Vilda Christensen. They made th eir home in Murray, Utah, where Franklin worked for ZCMI in the shoemaki ng department. Later he operated a shop of his own until his death, May 2 1, 1929. "
"The first Social Center in Parowan was in the old log Council House. It w as lighted by home-made candles perched on shingles stuck in the cracks be tween the logs. When the basement of the old Rock Church was complet ed in 1867, it made a fine social center for dancing and the theatre. On s pecial occasions the dancing would start in the afternoon, then a group pi cnic, and while the women cleared away the food, men would go home, do t he chores and return to the dance. They would bring any kind of produ ce to pay for the tickets. After the Rock Church was finished, the pionee rs held a dance every Friday night. One night the Relief Society gave a da nce and basket party to raise money to build the old Comedy Hall on the so uthwest corner of the school lot. It was an apron and overall dance. Richa rd Benson bought the first organ with some of his wife's money. When Thom as Durham organized the Harmonic Society, they bought the organ. Thomas Du rham usually played his fiddle, but sometimes Frank Dalton, Henry Taylor a nd Thomas Richards would spell him off. Thomas Durham, Sr., played the org an and Enoch Rasmussen was the caller for the square dances.
The couple who seemed to attract the most attention was the negro couple r epresenting Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe. When the music started up the dance rs recognized Frank Dalton, as he played the fiddle, but Aunt Chloe remain ed a mystery for some time. There was certainly a big laugh when they fou nd out that Aunt Chloe was none other than the village tanner, William Pri tchard. His wife and Aunt Jennie had surely done a fine job on his maku p. The Character Ball was such a huge success that the next week they to ok the affair to Paragoonah"
Source: " With Book And Plow" by Mark N. Partridge 1967
Which is a book about the settlement and history of Cowley, Wyoming.
Treasures of Pioneer History: Vol 2 - Dancing, A Pioneer Recreation In Ir on County.
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1859 - 1929 (70 år)
