College of Southern Utah (Cedar City, Utah); Southern Utah University -- History
Ben Judd, National Student Association coordinator. His job was to keep students of CSU in touch with the rest of the colleges and universities of the United Stated
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Baseball; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
The baseball team of the Ferron CCC Camp. Orlon Mortensen, from Ferron, joined the CCCs and worked in Ferron Canyon. Boys between the ages of 18 - 22 could join the CCCs. They were paid $30 a month--$25 of which was sent home to their family, and...
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); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Price, Owen; Rockwork; Flood Control; CCC
Owen Price worked on flood control projects with the Forest Service. He said, "There was this fellow we called him Pop Young. He smoked a pipe. He didn't see very good out of one eye. He had a cane, and he had somebody that would help him with this...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Rockwork; Flood Control; Price, Owen; CCC
Owen Price worked on flood control projects with the Forest Service. He said, "There was this fellow, we called him Pop Young. He smoked a pipe. He didn't see very good out of one eye. He had a cane, and he had somebody that would help him with...
Orlon Mortensen, from Ferron, joined the CCCs and worked in Ferron Canyon. Every morning, rain, snow or heat, the boys would jump into the back of the truck that would take them to their specific jobs. They learned army rules and discipline. They...
Orlon Mortensen, from Ferron, joined the CCCs and worked in Ferron Canyon. Boys between the ages of 18 - 22 could join the CCCs. They were paid $30 a month--$25 of which was sent home to their family, and they were given $5.00 spending money. They...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Esther; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler's photograph album shows that his family was with him at Temple Mountain during the time he worked mining uranium. This photograph shows how the children were allowed to go anywhere around the mining areas. Esther Wheeler is getting...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Heartily digging into the sacks, we withdrew bread with sandwich spread or Vienna sausages between them. As consolation, however, there were cookies and finally raisins, which Ted especially liked.
And then the contest began. Lee Perry leaped...
Silviculture--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Pine Valley (Washington County, Utah)
Crested wheatgrass seeding in big sagebrush. Virgin River Area, 1/2 mile east of Pine Valley, Forest Ranger milk cow pasture. Contour furrows were made through the sage in 1937. Rough job with walking plow. No grass in sage at time. Crested...