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This is the Brighton Village Store in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. When this photograph was taken, it was owned and operated by Everest Raymond Watrous and his wife Mildred with lots of support and help from various members of his family. The store was sold in the early 1970s and […]
These are photographs from the late 1940s of Little Mountain Ski Resort in Emigration Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Everest Raymond Watrous and a friend, Melvin Henshaw, leased the land and built the first hill with night skiing in the west. They played polkas through a loud speaker and hauled everyone back and […]
The Home and Garden Variety Store was owned by Everest Raymond Watrous and his wife Mildred Bates. It was located on the corner of 17th South and 17th East in Salt Lake City, Utah. The store sold a variety of goods, offered plants in season and sporting goods. In December Christmas trees were sold. Many […]
This is the center corral at the Fremont Meadows Ranch in Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah. This property was purchased by Everest Raymond Watrous and his wife Mildred in the early 1970s. Over the years, Ray worked hard to make it beautiful. This photograph was taken about 1975. After Ray’s death in 1989, his widow stayed […]
This keepsake photograph answered a question. Why did Grandpa Ray always thumb his nose at the grandchildren to make them laugh? The question was answered in this photograph of “Grandpa Ray” on the left, his friend Jim in the middle and his father Everest Elliott Watrous on the right. The elder Watrous is . . […]
This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous on the left, an unknown man in the middle and a man we believe to be Henry Reynolds Watrous. Henry is Everest’s father. Since Henry died in 1923 this photograph was taken before then. Taken in about 1921, Everest would have been in his late thirties. For the […]
This wonderful keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on the left with a friend. Ray was the youngest of three sons born in 1909 to his parents Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Ray appears to be about eight or nine in this […]
This keepsake photograph shows direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous, center, and two friends. This photograph was taken about 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Everest Raymond’s parents were Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins. He was the youngest of three sons born to his parents. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah . […]