Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron; Officers; CCC
Lt. Anderson is standing in front of a cafe near the Officer's Quarters. Officers of the CCCs were retired army officers recruited back into duty to supervise the CCC program across the nation during the Great Depression. Company 949 was located in...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; Ferron; CCC
Orlon Mortensen is standing second from the right with his CCC buddies in front of one of the Company 959 Base Camp buildings. The average age of CCC members was 18.5 years old, so they were known as the CCC Boys.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Officers; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen is standing second from right (on the back row) with a few young men and officers. This is Camp F-11 Company 959. Each CCC company throughout the nation worked with an agency of the government. In Emery County the CCCs worked with...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservaton Corps; Rock Work; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen took this photograph of rock work being done by the CCCs. They built dams, embankments, walls, etc. Monte Swasey from Castle Dale said, "Its a regular work of art, looks like a bunch of masons had done it, instead of a bunch of city...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; Swinging Bridge; Davis Family; Saw Mills
The Davis family owned the Davis Sawmill in Reeder's Canyon in Joe's Valley which had the government contract to provide the lumber for building the San Rafael Bridge. The family is pictured here during the dedication of the Bridge. Elias Henry...
Emery County (Utah); Baumann, Bill; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Swell; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; CCC
Bill Baumann and his wife standing on the San Rafael Bridge that he designed. It is from a newspaper article showing the engineer and his wife at the dedication of the San Rafael Bridge. The building of this bridge by the CCCs opened up the San...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps.; Company 959; Horses; Sheep Wagon
Owen Price was put in charge of taking care of the horses when CCC Company 959 was in Mt. Pleasant. Owen grew up on a farm and had handled horses all of his life. Most of the CCC boys were from cities. Owen sometimes stayed in a sheepherders wagon...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Geology; Swasey, Royal
Royal Swasey is standing on top of a geological formation called Teapot Rock. The Swasey brothers were some of the first to take their horses and cattle onto the San Rafael Swell, and they liked it so much they stayed. Rod, Sid, Charlie and Joe...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Joe's Office; USGS
The United States Geographical Survery photographer took this photograph in 1911. Joe Swasey is standing in front of the cave they called "Cliff Dweller." It is about six to eight feet deep and twelve feet wide. The Swaseys built a log floor which...
A mile east of the San Rafael Bridge in a little cove in the Sinbad area is the Cowboy's stock corral built by Paul Judd in the early 1900s. The white rock standing out in the middle is where they store extra feed.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Sid and Charley; Geology; Swasey Family
The Swasey Boys settled on the San Rafael Swell in the 1870s. They named most of the geologic formations on the Swell. This one is dubbed Sid and Charley--two of the Swasey brothers. Sid is the slender one and Charley the more stout. As geologic...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Cabin, Broken Cross
Joe Swasey and sons along with the Nordell brothers (Nordells tie into Swaseys by marriage) built this cabin in 1921 on the San Rafael Swell at the Head of Sinbad, near the "Cliffdweller" cave. The rock formation standing behind the cabin is known...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Sid; Seely, Montell
Charley bet his brother Sid his herd of cattle that his horse couldn't jump the chasm. So Sid made the jump on his horse Socks and won the cattle. Because it is the narrowest place across the Black Box Canyon, sheep herders later put a wagon bed...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Snakes; Swasey, Royal; Eastering
Royal Swasey is holding a large blow snake with Jess Larsen looking on. This is the family outing over Easter. Easter on the desert was such a long standing tradition it is called "Eastering."
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Horses
Joe Swasey's oldest son, Royal, is standing in front of a team of horses. Royal was born in 1888 in Molen where Joe and Mary Etta settled. He had one older sister, Genevieve. The date of the photograph is about 1908. Royal would have been 20 years...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Larsen, Eva; Swasey, Delores
Eva Larsen (center) married Royal Swasey. She is standing next to Delores Swasey, Royal's sister. Others in the photograph are of Eva's family. L-R Helen Larsen, Delores Swasey, Eva Larsen, Mary Larsen, Nora Larsen.