History of the B.A. C.
"GREAT thing have small beginnings." So it is written
in all the books, and so it repeats itself and is acted
out year after year in everything. The B. A. C. is
no exception.
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On Saturday night, scheduled as
the last night of the meet, it was
still anybody's tournament, with a
possibility of a four-team tie which
would necessitate the continuance of
the battle to Monday. This possi-bility,
as the games progressed,...
west. A stairway leading to the upper room went up through the Institute. There were two flights of steps, one on the north and one on the south side of the room. These met and formed a landing about half-way up, then a broader set of steps...
On the road to the Grand Canyon--the Geary Family Vacation of 1930. They stopped at the Utah National Parks in Utah and then went on to the Grand Canyon.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Balsley, Howard; Gamlick J.W.; Blue Jay Mine
Howard Balsley and his uranium business partner J. W. Gamlick are handling high grade ore from their Blue Jay Mine. The sign reads: Hi Grade Uranium Ore in Quantity from Blue Jay Mine. U.21.35c/o V.16.48.00. q Ton Worth $3,726.17. This Pile Worth...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler mined at Temple Mountain in 1955. He is standing at the Calex Hole, which is the shaft drilled vertically to allow the air movement into the mine as well as to take miners into and out of the mine. He wrote, "The shaft went down 80...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 is gathered together at their spike camp. Each company had a base camp that was permanent and then a spike camp at the place of their projects. The boys were issued uniforms and had to wear them for morning ceremonies and other specific...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 worked first out of Mt. Pleasant. They had a spike camp in the Gooseberry Creek area. Then they moved to a new camp in Ferron that was built by the Salina CCCs. They all worked for the Forest Service. This photo shows part of their...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Rededication of Bridge; Swinging Bridge
In 1991 the bridge had been repaired and was rededicated. This old, restored car represented the automobiles that first traveled across the bridge in 1937. It was the last vehicle to travel across the bridge. it was then closed to automobiles and...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Price, Owen; Log Fence
Log fence built by the CCCs. Owen Price belonged to Company 959 located first at a base camp in Mount Pleasant. They worked on the Gooseberry Creek projects. They then transferred to a base camp in Ferron and worked on Ferron Mountain.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Price, Owen; Log Fence; CCC
Log fence built by the CCCs. Owen Price belonged to Company 959 located first at a base camp in Mount Pleasant. They worked on the Gooseberry Creek projects. They then transferred to a base camp in Ferron and worked on Ferron Mountain.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Price, Owen; Fresno; Horses; CCC
Owen Price joined the CCCs when he was 20 years old. He was from Ferron and placed in Company 959 which worked for the Manti LaSal Forest Service. Their camp was in Mt. Pleasant and then transfered to Ferron. They worked on flood control projects....
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Price, Owen; Horses; CCC
Chesley P. Seeley was a supervisor in Company 959. Owen Price said, "Seeley come up to me and says, 'I need somebody around here to take care of these horses, and you are the only one qualified, so do you volunteer?' Then he started telling me what...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Spike Camp, Ferron (Utah); CCC
Company 959 had a base camp in Mt. Pleasant (Utah) with a Spike Camp at Gooseberry Creek and then transfered to a base camp at Ferron (Utah) with a Spike Camp on Ferron Mountain. Tents are lined up for the CCC boys to sleep in rather than in...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron (Utah); Price, Owen; CCC
Owen Price called the CCCs "Roosevelt's Instant Army." He said, "We had the training; we never fired a weapon, but as far as discipline, we had it! We were soldiers. All we had to do was move." Company 959 of the Cvilian Conservation Corps was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Rod
Rod Swasey was next to the oldest brother in a group who became known as the Swasey Boys.The Swasey brothers went to the San Rafael Swell with the family's herds of cattle and horses in the 1870s. Liking the Swell so much, they basically made it...
The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking them and selling them. The tradition continued into the next generation. These are some wild horses broken by the Swaseys....
The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking the wild ones and selling them. The tradition continued into the next generation. The Swaseys were not the only ones to...