Category Archives: Griffin

Walter Pitts Griffin – Gunpoint

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

Opportunity was slim in Newton Utah in 1899. Walter and Eliza Caroline journeyed by steam locomotive from Newton to Indian Valley Idaho, anxious for promising, “cheap and plentiful” land further north. A “lawless element…infested the railroad,” so, “mother and the … Continue reading →

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Junior Tennyas Griffin – A Good Baby; A Proud Mother

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

“I was 22 years… old when my first babe was placed in my arms… We arrived at the hospital just before 6 PM… The night was long and the pains were hard. My husband… was kind and attentive. ‘When, oh … Continue reading →

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Ruth Keep Griffin – Sweet Courage and Loving Labor

Posted on February 26, 2017 by

“Walter and Ben, were brought home shot in the legs,” the wagon jolt having discharged a gun. Ben lost his leg but Walter recovered. Their mother, Ruth Keep Griffin was acquainted with difficulty but met life with courage and a … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Mae Griffin Hardman – God knew what was coming

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

Some major customers didn’t pay; and Glenn’s cabinet business began to fail. Dorothy was very concerned about family bills and groceries. In the 1960’s they built their second dream home, welcomed their sixth child, and served anxiously in church assignments … Continue reading →

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Walter Tennyas Griffin – Plows and Pennies

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

Shortly after his birth in 1898, WT Griffin, named after his father and the poet Tennyson, moved from Newton, Utah to Indian Valley, Idaho to homestead. Life was hard living off the land, raising grain and livestock. At age five … Continue reading →

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John Griffin – Frontiersman

Posted on March 27, 2016 by

In 1876, on a trip to Florence Nebraska to bring goods back to Salt Lake City, my great-great-grandfather John Griffin and east-bound company attempted to get west-bound pioneers, goods, and oxen across the Green River in Wyoming. Due to storm … Continue reading →

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Glenn Hardman – Far apart, yet closer and closer

Posted on February 14, 2016 by

Seven years before I was born, in the fall of 1951, the war raged on in Korea. My dad wrote his Sunday letter to mom in California. During the pain of lengthy separation, they grew closer as their heart-felt letters … Continue reading →

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