Posts Tagged ‘Watrous’
Joseph Butler was born in Virginia in 1742 to Thomas Butler and Jane Gilbert. He was the fourth of five children born to his parents. He served in the 7th, 9th and 10th regiments of The Virginia Continental Line in the American Revolution. In 1764 he married Elizabeth Burley. They became the parents of seven […]
This keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on his way to Heart Lake in Wyoming. Isn’t it interesting that people used to go many places without all of the fancy equipment that is available today ? He has the essentials: a sleeping bag and backpack, a pail, a lunch sack and a fishing pole. […]
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 […]