Cynthia Baily Lundholm

This is Dolph's grandmother, Cynthia. She was the daughter of a well to do sheep rancher. Sam, Dolph's grandfather, went to the Baily place to shear sheep, they met and married.

Adolph, Dolph's dad, wrote that "Sam was very capable and was able to do a great many things, but didn't stay with any of them very long". Cynthia's life was not an easy one.

With three small children, in about 1903, Sam sold their house near Blackfoot and bought land in the Mud Lake (near Rexburg) area. It was too late to move, so the family spent the winter in an old log hut, one large room, no sink, no furnishings, and water from a well 1/2 block away. To keep the cold out, they hung quilts up to keep the snow and the cold wind from blowing in. That winter all the kids got whooping cough.

In March, with the snow still on the ground, they loaded their stuff in a wagon and headed for Mud Lake, a distance of about 85-100 miles. According to Adolph, on the trip they saw in the distance, a wagon stuck in the road. Cynthia was afraid that it might be Indians, so Sam went to see. "On coming back, he said it was nothing, just Frank Livermore and Six Shooter Sal". The frost had melted and their wagon was sunk to the hubs. The Lundholms camped overnight and helped them get their wagon out.   More next week!