Don’t know if you will read this as it’s been about 5 months since this was posted, but Margaret Finlayson Maxwell researched Sara Alexander’s life and wrote an article on her that was published in Journal of Mormon History, v. 32, no. 2 (Summer 2006) p. 87-111.

You might enjoy reading that.

My brother owned a sleigh during my teen years. We loved it after a snow storm when we heard him coming up the road with the sleigh bells jangling. We would throw coats on and jump in his sleigh for a ride.

Shortly after my husband and I were married, he heard of an old cowboy in the Murray, Utah area who had a sleigh and bells for sale. We bought them and fixed up the sleigh. It was probably a crazy thing to do, because we didn’t have a horse. However, a friend did, which we borrowed a few times. At lease once during the winter, we loaded up our sleigh and went to Star Valley, Wyoming to stay with friends. We would hook up their horse and bundle up in blankets and a big dog, in minus 20 degree weather, and think it was great. We eventually sold the sleigh, but we still have the two strands of bells.

I’ve never ridden in a horse-drawn sleigh, but I would like to try it sometime, preferably bundled up. Right now, we’ve had 18+” of snow fall here since Tuesday night, with a strong wind blowing, and another 4-8″ due by late this afternoon. I’m not looking forward to using the snowblower to clear our driveway (which is about 150 yards long). ..bruce..