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There it stands, alone and silent, that old, gray, stone home - dry and wind whipped. The once happy home, alive with family, little children running across the spacious grass, climbing on that big old lead dog and deer. There were the apple trees in the back, swaying with their bouncing colors or red and gold. The shade trees surrounding the big spacious yard.
Grandpa Joshua Holden Cook was a hard worker, small in stature, quick in his movements, could make anything grow. He was one with a throng of many who pulled up stakes in Wayne County and arrived in Delta in 1909 (so later named). A place now where miles and miles of barren land lay waiting for someone to tame and cultivate and spread into acres and acres of alfalfa seed. And so they put up their tents, rolled up their sleeves to make a town!
Grandpa Cook bought a one roomed house, put up a big tent where this old stone home now stands, and went to work. Soon the mansion began to be a dream come true. He loved his wife, the childhood sweetheart, the homemaker who filled the potato pit with potatoes, squash, and melons, who filled the attic with dried fruits from their orchard. He loved his thirteen children, seven not yet married as they arrived in Delta. He loved the gatherings around the old ice cream freezer where young and old took turns cranking and replenishing the ice. Little grandchildren, Betty and Fontella Sampson; Neva, Elwin, and Doyle Pace and many others enjoyed the eating. Doyle and his Jenkins cousins, LaVon and Ronda walked all the way there from Joe Mercer's corner to get a cookie from Grandma's cookie jar. And Robert H. Riding was born in that house. His mother, Ardella, was the youngest of the thirteen children.
Great Grandpa David Cook, nearly blind, lived out his remaining days there. His was the second body to be placed in the new Delta Cemetery. He died January 21, 1911.
Now today, all has left. The old lead dog retires up in Van's Dance Hall. Yet way back behind still stands three old cottonwood trees planted by Grandpa and Grandson Doyle Pace. And the old stone house is silent and hollow yet echoing the memories of by gone years.
Orvetta Nickle Groom, granddaughter of Joshua Holden Cook
May 4, 2000
Orvetta's thoughts: Home is located at 10th North & 5th West, Delta, UT.
Now owned by Willis Morrison of Delta
Grandpa Joshua Holden Cook was a hard worker, small in stature, quick in his movements, could make anything grow. He was one with a throng of many who pulled up stakes in Wayne County and arrived in Delta in 1909 (so later named). A place now where miles and miles of barren land lay waiting for someone to tame and cultivate and spread into acres and acres of alfalfa seed. And so they put up their tents, rolled up their sleeves to make a town!
Grandpa Cook bought a one roomed house, put up a big tent where this old stone home now stands, and went to work. Soon the mansion began to be a dream come true. He loved his wife, the childhood sweetheart, the homemaker who filled the potato pit with potatoes, squash, and melons, who filled the attic with dried fruits from their orchard. He loved his thirteen children, seven not yet married as they arrived in Delta. He loved the gatherings around the old ice cream freezer where young and old took turns cranking and replenishing the ice. Little grandchildren, Betty and Fontella Sampson; Neva, Elwin, and Doyle Pace and many others enjoyed the eating. Doyle and his Jenkins cousins, LaVon and Ronda walked all the way there from Joe Mercer's corner to get a cookie from Grandma's cookie jar. And Robert H. Riding was born in that house. His mother, Ardella, was the youngest of the thirteen children.
Great Grandpa David Cook, nearly blind, lived out his remaining days there. His was the second body to be placed in the new Delta Cemetery. He died January 21, 1911.
Now today, all has left. The old lead dog retires up in Van's Dance Hall. Yet way back behind still stands three old cottonwood trees planted by Grandpa and Grandson Doyle Pace. And the old stone house is silent and hollow yet echoing the memories of by gone years.
Orvetta Nickle Groom, granddaughter of Joshua Holden Cook
May 4, 2000
Orvetta's thoughts: Home is located at 10th North & 5th West, Delta, UT.
Now owned by Willis Morrison of Delta
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