Emery County (Utah) Archives; Shakespearean Drama; Plays; Actors; Drama; Geary, Elmo; Kofford, Louise; Jorgenson, George; Horsley, Margaret
Geary, Elmo. Plate XXIX, Shakespearean Drama. Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah, 1953. Fig. 1 Louise Kofford; Fig.2 Merchant of Venice newspaper review, 1907; Fig.3 George Jorgenson; Fig.4 Margaret...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Buildings; Mohrland; Stores; Coal Mining Towns
Mohrland was a coal mining town. This is the company store. The coal mining town of Mohrland began in 1907 and by 1920 there were 200 houses, a large amusement hall, a small hospital, and a four room school with a population of about 1,000. The...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Buildings; Opera House; Drug Store; Hardware Store; Green River (Utah)
This photograph of the Green River Opera House was taken in 1907. It appears to be springtime because of all the plows outside of the hardware store. Opera and dramatic plays were important entertainment to the people of Emery County as they were...
Wilford and Lucy Pendleton home, 98 North 200 East. Built in 1907. Wilford Pendleton was a blacksmith. Earl and Blanche Pendleton lived in the home after Wilford and Lucy died.
Supervisor George H. Barney receiving first telephone call by rigging his own line across telephone lines. The phone line ran across the forest. This picture is also seen on page 221 in the book "History of Garfield County" by Linda King Newell and...