Two trains associated with President Harding's visit to Cedar City and Zion Canyon, June 25, 1923. Some say the second train was a work train which came ahead of President Harding's train to check the track for security.
Two trains associated with President Harding's visit to Cedar City and Zion Canyon, June 25, 1923. Some say the second train was a work train which came ahead of President Harding's train to check the track for security.
Utah Parks Company--Buildings; Zion Lodge (Washington County, Utah)
Rec hall in newly reconstructed Zion Lodge. Chimney in center is the only structure which survived the fire. During reconstruction, it was decided to leave the chimney and build around it.
Utah Parks Company--Construction; Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona); Water-power
Tramway cable which ran from top tower to power plant in Roaring Springs Canyon. Tramway was used to move equipment to the bottom of the canyon. Between 1927-1928.
Watersheds--Dixie National Forest (Utah); East Fork Sevier River (Garfield County, Utah)
Upstream side of Sieler Creek stream gauge immediately following completion. Designed to measure water yield from watersheds which have had special management practices applied to them. East Fork managed watershed.
In the town of Glonville, France, a farmer is starting to move the winter's accumulation of fertilizer to his farm. Each day stables are cleaned and new straw placed on the floors. Some of those piles are on top of cement cisterns, the tops of...
Villagers wore wooden shoes which they would step out of in the hallway and wear only the liners or stockings into the house. GIs could not step out of their boots so they were furnished a brush and asked to knock the snow off their boots before...
Bavaria, summer 1945. Tall stakes at left and right in photograph are for the growing of hops, which are used in the brewing of beer. Many such fields were seen in southern Germany. Crop in the foreground is probably oats. (See "World War II as...
Lieutenant Alfonse Castro. Moving fast into Germany, there wasn't time to set up kitchens every day, so it was take a break when you can and prepare your own rations. The small canister is a German gas mask container which GIs found to be good...
Yankee Meadows Reservoir (Iron County, Utah); Camp sites, facilities, etc.--Dixie National Forest (Utah)
Close up view of the top of Yankee Meadows Reservoir dam showing the location of the earth dike and the well which allows entrance to the outlet valve in the pipe.
Yankee Meadows Reservoir (Iron County, Utah); Dixie National Forest (Utah)
Yankee Meadow reservoir dam showing the narrow dirt dyke which the reservoir company officials had recently placed on the dam to prevent the water from flooding over.
Zion tunnel: The shovel operated on compressed air. The truck was a Bulldog Mack which had solid rubber tires. The Nevada Contracting Company had 3 gasoline operated shovels and a fleet of Mack trucks. The trucks were eventually equipped with...
Three Brothers. Hiram Ruesch home at left. James Crawford property at right. This is the location of the present Entrance Station at Zion South Entrance. Photograph was taken prior to 1931 at which time the property was added to the Park