To Martha, When She and Rass Quit
I saw them oft before
As they passed by the door,
And again,
Their merry tones resound
As they wander all around
Through the lane.
They say that in their prime
They were together all the time~
Put it down.
Not a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservaton Corps; Rock Work; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen took this photograph of rock work being done by the CCCs. They built dams, embankments, walls, etc. Monte Swasey from Castle Dale said, "Its a regular work of art, looks like a bunch of masons had done it, instead of a bunch of city...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 worked with the U.S. Forest Service in the canyons. The rockwork in this photograph was done as stream bed stablization, part of the conservation procedures done with rivers and streams all over the country. Owen Price who was part of...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Forest Service; CCC
Company 959 worked with the U.S. Forest Service in the canyons. The rockwork in this photograph was done as stream bed stablization, part of the conservation procedures done with rivers and streams all over the country. Owen Price who was part of...
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...
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); San Rafael Swell; Devil's Canyon; Slot Canyons
Look closely to see the crack in the landscape that continues to the top of the photograph. Slot canyons such as this are examples of erosion's power to cut deep pathways far below once solid surfaces. Devil's Canyon is seen here running left and...
take charge of all concrete work. Forms were not feasible because there was nothing to brace to; consequently, the walls were placed with a rather d r y mix, riither than poured. The first water turned into the reservoir c:aused a crack and a...
sisters who had the legal right to vote come to the polls on election day and exercise the right of female sufiage. Mary Ann Lunt, along with several other rnembers, expressed a desire to carry out the instructions they had that day received in...
nailed the 'factory [cloth]' on the poles and put it overhead for a ceiling. March 4: Very windy and cold last night, snow drifted whch fe11 and came freely through every little crack to windward. A little mouse ran over our bed in the night. Sun...
fat. They were real wild-the wildest kind. That's why the revolutionists had never been able to find them. 1 reported back to the mess sergeant and, the next day 1took a little bunch of soldiers on horses with me. 1 placed the soldiers in the...
gether and made enough adobe for their homes. They made bricks in the Hyrum Dutton brickyard and burned them themselves. Lehi stacked his on his lot located on 100 West in Cedar City. When Lehi started building his home, he quarried the rock for...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
The day ahead was to be rather long, and spiced only by one stop at a previously unexplored canyon. But we were told of many landmarks and points of interest to keep our eyes on as we drifted down the River of No Return. This particular aspect of...
At a cattle ranch in Houserock Valley, east of Kaibab. From left: Junius F. Wells, representing John W. Young; Lord Milby, representing English Royalty; Bill Crosby of Kanab; Orz Adams of Kanab; Al Huntington; ?; Buffalo Bill; Johnnie Baker,...
STUDENT LIFE
Amid the crack of lightening and the crash of thunder the College Class Zion
trip successfully ushered in another school year. We parched our blankets over the
camp fires and wrung them out again as in the midst of Southern Utah's...
No pirates no princesses 130
E: You do what you can, you control what you can in your own environment. I left the
door open, you know, Amy could talk to me about anything and I tried her whole life to
answer her as honestly as possible for whatever...