A Young Man and His Tractor--1941

Driving the gray Fordson is Mark Petersen, Robert's older brother.  The family farm was in Ferron, Utah.  Using this tractor instead of work horses was a huge advancement in farm work.  Mark was born in 1921.   His life was cut short 20 years later by this very tractor when it flipped over as it was driven on a slant in a silage pit.  It was a tragedy that the family felt ever afterward.
In honor of Mark, our Benjamin's middle name is that of his unmet uncle, Mark.