31 Days July 1928. 24 Tuesday-Sun 29 Am at work at different jobs some times on the slope part of time on road and some of the time at other odd jobs. 30 Rock rolled down hit shovel last night, Will take several days to repair, Monday am feeling...
Wed. Oct. 18, 1905: Ther. Cool., Wea. Foggy Ptly. cldy. Too wet to work in the cotton field this morning. I went out this after noon and picked fifty-five pound while Elder Allred washed our clothes cotton picking is rather a poor job for me as...
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...
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...
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); 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...
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...
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; 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...