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posted by Sandy on I Remember, Keepsake Photographs
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This keepsake photograph was taken in the lower level of the 29th Ward Chapel on what was 300 North and 1100 West in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1952. The 29th Ward later became the Riverside Ward. I do not remember the names of the children in the photograph except for me, in the center […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, I Remember, Keepsake Photographs
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These snowshoes were made in the 1950s by Everest Raymond Watrous for his family. Two pair are in our home and others are in the homes various family members. He loved to work with leather and knew just what to do. He often said that he learned how from his father. There was very little […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, I Remember, Stories Within Stories
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Elsewhere on this site are photographs of the Little Mountain Ski Hill. This was a resort in Emigration Canyon created through the partnership of direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous and his friend Mel Henshaw. It was just a few minutes from downtown Salt Lake City. This venture offered night skiing under lights, complete with polka […]
posted by Sandy on I Remember, Stories Within Stories
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If you are old enough you will remember letters. Letters were thoughts on paper which a person wrote by hand. Sometimes a letter took some time to write because one had to think. Usually a person put a date on a letter which helped the recipient to know when it was written and how long […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, I Remember
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After giving birth to seven healthy children, Clara Lzina Barker and her husband Justin Gerald Pugmire became the parents of two additional daughters. Both died upon their births and are buried in the Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah next to their parents.
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, I Remember, Stories Within Stories
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I have always loved this church. It was built on a corner just one half block from the home where I lived when I was born and where I lived until I was almost five. It was called the 29th Ward. When the Salt Lake valley was first settled, The Church of Jesus Christ of […]