Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Swasey, Royal; Swasey, Eva
Royal Swasey is standing with his wife Eva and some of the unusual items he would make. He began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures out of wood and scraps of...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques
Royal Swasey is in his "Milk Barn Museum" showing some of his antiques and telling about the ways of the past. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques
Royal Swasey pointing out items in his Museum. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his Milk Barn...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques
Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. Birds he has carved can be seen on the shelves, cow bells hanging from the rafters, a lantern glowing,...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Milk Barn Museum; Antiques; Swasey, Royal; Washing Machine
Royal Swasey showing an old washing machine. Royal Swasey began collecting old items to preserve the old ways of life. He also had a hobby of making animals and other folk art sculptures. He opened a little museum in what had been his Milk Barn and...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Royal; Horses
Joe Swasey's oldest son, Royal, is standing in front of a team of horses. Royal was born in 1888 in Molen where Joe and Mary Etta settled. He had one older sister, Genevieve. The date of the photograph is about 1908. Royal would have been 20 years...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #27. "The horses were traded all over the region for cash or another horse and whatever a farmer could come up with "to boot" up what...
These are some horses in Royal Swasey's (Joe's son) farm. The Swaseys rounded up the wild horses, bred them with their own, and made a living by selling them in the nearby towns. Joe's children became part of his business. Joe's grandson, Monte...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; USGS; Surveyors ; Rock Tank
USGS photographer W. B. Emery took this photograph of two thirsty surveyors drinking from a rock tank on the San Rafael Swell. These natural depressions in the rock collect rainwater and snowmelt. Some rock tanks are quite deep and others are...
Iron County (Utah)--Scenery; Dixie National Forest
Jensens used to boat ride here. Herber C. Jensen planted first fish in it, but they got away because there was no screen on the lower end. 1/4 mile south of the lumber road leading west toward Cedar. Host Lake B.S. camp there now.