Entries by Jeff Westover

Aunt Allie

Our visit in Enoch took us to nearby Cedar City to visit family who lived there a little more recently. In this wind-swept visit to the Cedar City cemetery I wanted Damon to know and understand a little bit about my Grandma’s sister, Aunt Allie. Aldyth Riggs Quilter was not known to me until I […]

History of Fort Johnson

Damon’s next stop was a visit to Fort Johnson in present day Enoch, Utah. Fort Johnson was named after Damon’s 6th great grandfather, Joel Hills Johnson. Joel Johnson had quite a history before he ever got to Utah. In the 1820s he patented a machine that made shingles. He joined the Church in 1831 and […]