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Webster, F. P. U. Parson Cedar City
Whittaker, James Circleville
Williams, Mae Kanarraville
Wittwer, Lillian Bunkerville
Williams, John H......................................Kanarraville
Wittwer, Alice Bunkerville
Williams, Kumen...
Flying M Cafe, 614 North Main Street. Built in 1940. It was first called the Cozy Corner Cafe and owned by George and Addie Talbot. They had a dance hall near the cafe called the Rose Arena. Dewey and Eliza Moxan Moore bought the cafe and named it...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew; Guns
Drew Richards (left) with a friend pretending to duel on the San Rafael Swell, Easter weekend 1928. Spending Easter weekend on the Swell or the desert, as locals call it, has been a tradition since the early 1900s and still continues today. It is...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew
Drew Richards' friends, Mass and Jetty, on the San Rafael Swell at Easter weekend with Drew and Addie Wakefield. Spending Easter weekend on the Swell or "the desert," as locals call it, has been a tradition since early 1900s and still continues...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie; Guns
Drew Richards and his girlfriend, 16 year old Addie Wakefield, on the San Rafael on Easter weekend posing as outlaws. Butch Cassidy and his gang rode through and hid out in the Swell. They became legends to all residents of Emery County. Spending...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Automobiles; Richards, Drew
Drew Richards and friend stuck in the mud in the San Rafael Swell which was not uncommon before roads were built. Usually they would have to get a horse to pull them out. Even today the graveled roads can be very muddy.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie; Guns
Drew Richards and Addie Wakefield were dating in 1928. Addie was 16 years old. They later married and settled in Huntington where they both resided. Legends of Butch Cassidy and his gang abound in Emery County. Many people have stories of the...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie
Drew Richards and girlfriend Addie Wakefield went to the San Rafael Swell with friends in 1928. The San Rafael Swell is a geologic wonderland that invites recreation and exploring.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie
Drew Richards is Eastering on the desert with friends in 1924. The tradition of going to the San Rafael Swell over Easter weekend has existed since the early 1900s, and it is still known as "Eastering on the Desert." With rough, undeveloped roads,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Richards, Drew
Drew Richards and Addie Wakefield were dating in 1928. They went with a group of friendly couples out to the San Rafael Swell over Easter. These are friends named Mass and Jetty per the caption on the photograph.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie; Buckhorn Draw
Drew Richards and friends went to the San Rafael Swell over Easter weekend in 1928. Drew and friends recreated on the San Rafael on Easter weekend for many years, as did most of Emery County residents. The tradition of going to the Swell for Easter...
Emery County (Utah); Huntington; Bridge; Huntington Creek; Richards, Drew
Drew and Addie Richards have this photograph of the old Huntington Bridge crossing Huntington Creek, in their photograph album. This was a steel bridge resembling the other bridges in the county over Cottonwood Creek, Huntington Creek, Muddy Creek,...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Structures; Historic Buildings; Fires; Huntington; Schools
Addie Richards attended Huntington School when it caught fire and burned in 1923. According to Addie, the teachers could not get the school board to build a fire escape for the second floor, so the Principal Leon Leonard and sixth grade teacher...
The old Huntington Church was located on Main Street. It was a meeting house for the L.D.S. Church. It had such thick walls, that when the windows were open, they acted as shelves. Women would bring their food to a church gathering and place it in...
Emery County (Utah); Richards, Addie; Hill, Thomas Clark; Huntington (Utah)
Dr. Thomas Clark Hill was the town doctor in Huntington for many years. he is standing with Willis Howard in 1941. The photograph is from Addie's scrapbook.
The first year in the new elementary school house located on the corner of West Center and Main. This is the sixth grade--Gerald Seigmiller was the teacher. 1st row: 1-Alene McKee, 2-Eva Sherman, 3-Harvey Pace, 4-Elmo Otteson, 5-Addie Wakefield,...
Emery County (Utah); Huntington (Utah); Richards, Addie Wakefield; Hill, Helen; Hill, Thomas Clark; Goats
Addie Wakefield Richards, in her history, said that Dr. and Mrs. Hill were her second parents. She said that anytime they went anywhere, they would come and see if Addie could go with them to be company for Mrs. Hill--she was crippled. "They more...