Mt. Pleasant Utah ~~~ Our Own Dougboy

Mt. Pleasant Main Street
Doughboy: Originally stood in the center of Main and State. 

 

 

"Doughboy"is an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps. Today it is especially used to refer to members of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. (A popular mass-produced sculpture of the 1920s, the Spirit of the American Doughboy,   
Courtesy of Wikipedia 



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The following comes from History of Mt. Pleasant.

World War

When the United States entered the World War, the people of Mt. Pleasant loyally responded to every call, and made a record of which it may well be proud. One hundred and eighteen boys enlisted from Mt. Pleasant, and a number of Mt. Pleasant's sons enlisted from other communities. As the boys, one by one or in groups, boarded the train, great crowds, although sad at heart, cheered them as they left for the front. Three of the number died in service. Ralph Braby, while in California, was drowned, Jacob Hafen died of disease, and Henry Merville Zabriskie was killed in action, over seas.

The Sanpete County Council of Defense was organized as follows: J. W. Cherry, chairman; Burke McArthur, secretary; Ed. Johnston, treasurer; Committee chairmen, Finance, N. S. Niel­sen; Publicity, ,Burke McArthur; Legal, J. W. Cherry; Sanitation and Medicine, Ed. Johnston; Food supply and conservation, L. R. Anderson; Industrial survey, Orlando Bradley; Labor, Christian Willardsen; Military affairs, J. Morgan Johnson; State protection, H. R. Thomas; Survey of man power, L. P. Brady; Woman's work, Mrs. G. W. Martin.

In June 1918, there were deposited in the Mt. Pleasant Com­mercial and Savings Bank, by Mr. N. S. Nielsen, county chairman of finance, to the credit of W. G. McAdoo, treasurer of the Nation­al American Red Cross, seven thousand five hundred dollars.



The citizens went over the top in the various other drives conducted. Liberty bonds, postal savings, Soldier's Welfare Re­lief, Christmas boxes, tobacco, conservation of food, etc.

Local committees were organized, among them the local Red Cross. The officers of this organization visited the neighboring cities, Fairview, Fountain Green, Moroni, Wales, Chester and Spring City, and in cooperation with them, purchased material and sewed articles called for. There were checked out something over $3.000, which had been obtained by weekly canvasses made by wo­men and girls, and by other volunteer donations other than the National drives. Mt. Pleasant headquarters were established at about 122 West Main, where the women, some representing differ­ent organizations, met and did sewing, etc., required. Many ship­ments of goods were made. The officers at this time were: C. L. Johns, president; Mrs. Grace Madsen and Miss Irene Nielsen, vice presidents; Miss Hilda Madsen, secretary and treasurer.



Mt. Pleasant History (1939) pp 199-200 by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf

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The original location of the Dough Boy was right in the center of the intersection of State Street and Main Street.

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 Honoring all soldiers in all wars .

"To Honor Those Who Left Our Midst To Fight For Freedom" 

In 2008 the "old armory" now recreation center  was given the artist touch with Soldiers from all wars painted on the south exterior wall. 

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1963 Beautification Plea

 

In this 1963 picture you can see the old service station that stood east of old Dry Cleaners at 107 west main.  You can also see in the distance the Ursenbach Funeral Home and   Eldon Beck's Appliance Repair to the west. 

Old Town Looked Different in 1890 (as viewed in 1935)

 

 

MAIN STREET throug h the years ~~~ Wrtten by Dorothy Willcox ~~ 1991

 

Photos by Jon Hafen

Just a couple of the photos that my son, Jon Hafen has taken that have found favor with citizens of Mt. Pleasant.

 Our Beloved Horseshoe 

This one now hangs enlarged in two dentist offices. 

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Scene from Main Street 

This one garnered a free swim pass for his children from the city. 

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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH HILDA

My Favorite Christmas Story

Christmas Shopping With Hilda ~ From Hilda's Scrapbook

Awake I have worried, fussed, fumed and planned.

Asleep, I have sought over sea and  land.

Wherever I went, when I told them the price,

Clerks would smile, show sympathy and try to be nice.

I have been at the Wasatch, The Progress, and Squires

I have looked at all things a human admires.

At Gunderson's, at Biddle's and over at Pete's, too,

I asked to see their goods, both old and new.

I went to Penney's and then to the Sanpete.

I am quite sure I visited all places on Main Street.

I roamed North and South, and up and down,

Almost decided to go to some other town.

At last discouraged and in despair,

I searched mail order catalogs from everywhere.

But whenever I saw an article I thought would do,

I found that aft' their price, there was Uncle Sam's postage too.

I have seen radios, automobiles, blankets and mitts,

But darned if I could find anything for only two bits.

Today I decided on this present  plain and queer.

Here is wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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I've added a few more pictures and  Hilda's Main Street Tour

 

(A fun walking tour of Main Street found amongst Hilda's Memorabilia)

Next stop is Mt. Pleasant City. As I step from the train, the first sign that meets my eye is "ROOMS 5 BLOCKS EAST 1 BLOCK NORTH". I am next attracted by a road sign that reads: "Fairview - 6 1/2 miles, Thistle - 37 1/2 miles, Provo - 57 miles, Price - 95 miles, Spring City - 5 miles, Ephraim - 15 1/2 miles, Manti- 23 miles, Gunnison - 38 miles. After sizing up the conveyances, I decided to walk up one side of the street and down the other. Between third and fourth west is a red BLACK SMITH SHOP sign with a sign PEERLESS, on the west side and LUCKY STRIKE TOBACCO on the east side. Nearly a block east we notice a blue sign advertising FIRESTONE on the west side of the building, with the sign BENT HANSEN AND COMPANY LUMBER in front. We pass the building painted yellow and two sign boards advertising DODGE BROTHERS and LUCKY STRIKE. As we pass the brick house surrounded by pines we see the sign SWEET CHOCOLATE. In front of the building is a painted sign SANPETE COUNTY COOP GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Next is the Mt. Pleasant Bank Building. On the front is painted 19BANK01. On the front of the LAMONT BUILDING upstairs are the following signs: A. SUNDWALL, M.D., and P.L. HOLMAN, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. In the east window, the sign reads W.D. TUELER, DENTIST. In the lower window is MRS. LAMONT MILLINERY and JAMES SQUIRE JEWELRY. Next we come to the GUNDERSON BLOCK. Next is the JAMES F. JENSEN building plainly labeled. Then we pass the CLEANING AND PRESSING and the MAYTAG SHOP. Next a frame building with a lot of CIRCUS posters; then the GOOD YEAR TIRES SERVICE STATION. On the corner of Main and 1st west is the MT. PLEASANT POST OFFICE and SEELY HINCKLEY GARAGE. and next is a BARBER SHOP. And now for a hot dog at REDI-QUICK LUNCH. Now the PYRAMID building, on the west side is the sign UTAH MEAT AND PRODUCE. The next building is the EQUITABLE building occupied by PROGRESS MERCANTILE CO. In the window upstairs is I.O.O.F. HALL. Now we are at SKAGGS', SAFEWAY. The WASATCH BLOCK comes next, L. A. PHILLIPS, DENTIST is located on the second floor, and J.C. PENNEY occupies the ground floor.

More than likely you have not observed the sign POST OFFICE and HENRY GEORGE CIGAR on the side of the building. The NORTH SANPETE BANK BUILDING which is built of stone with larger glass windows now greets the view. The next building we se is occupied by JOHANSEN BROTHERS and the MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY upstairs. Now the next building we see is built of stone with large glass windows now greets the view. The building has a sign: PALACE PHARMACY near the top and is occupied by SLIM'S BARBER SHOP. The next building is labeled at the top LUNDBERG BLOCK. In the front on the ground floor is the sign, big enough for near-sighted people to see CONSOLIDATED WAGON AND MACHINE. Over the door is the sign JOHN DEER PLOWS.

My, we are hungry again and here we are at the CITY LUNCH ROOM. On the second floor is the sign, beginning to age DR. A. LUNDBERG, DENTIST. on the ground floor is the RECREATION HALL. Last year the CONSOLIDATED FURNITURE COMPANY built a fine new building, putting the name F. C. JENSEN on a marble plate in front. Over the sidewalk, facing west, is the sign FURNITURE, and facing east, HARDWARE. We won't forget the RED FRONT SHOE SHOP just east and in the old BANK BUILDING is the OPTICAL SHOP and CONFECTIONARY. At the intersection of Main and State is the Doughboy erected by the Service Star Legion in 1926. On the southwest corner of the next block is the sign, MADSEN AND LONGSDORF, and in the front window is the sign, S.D. LONGSDORF. On first east we come to the BISHOP'S STOREHOUSE. Opposite is the PUBLIC SCHOOL, ERECTED IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD 1896. We now turn west and on the opposite side of the street from the one we have just traveled. The next building is the CARNEGIE LIBRARY. Next we know, although it is not labeled is the Pioneer Monument which was erected on the fiftieth anniversary of the coming of the pioneers in the year 1859.

Going west we pass JOHNSTON DRUG STORE. Two sign boards, advertising PEET GREENALDI SOAP and VELVET CIGARET are set in a distance from the street. A lumber building where cream and eggs are handled is labeled ELECTRIC SUPPLIES. It must be strictly up to date, according to the sign. The next sign west is BJELKE SHOE HOSPITAL. On the red brick building next, appears the sign ERICKSEN MEAT AND SUPPLY. And on an upstairs window reads L.P. NELSON AGENC Y, NOTARY PUBLIC. Across the alley is another cream station.

And now we are almost dead but are not ready for MERZ MONUMENT, although it is near Decoration Day. The beautiful MOBILE OIL HUB service station comes next. After passing a home with a hedge fence, there is a lumber building with the sign COMMERCIAL PRINTING and in the window is WATCH MAKING AND JEWELRY.

The train now whistles and we only notice the GUNDERSON CANDY SHOP, and on third west a house with the sign ROOMS FOR RENT. Just as we arrive at the station, we notice N.P. NIELSEN SERVICE, and R.R. CROSSING. On the depot stands out boldly, AMERICAN RAILWAY and WESTERN UNIION TELEGRAPH AND CABLE OFFICE. We now leave Mt. Pleasant at the elevation of 5857 feet and board the train for Denver, which is 719 mile away.

(Some of you no doubt will remember things differently as to the signs along Mt. Pleasant's Main Street. Different generations remember different things. some may argue that the railroad station was never American Railway, but always the Denver Rio Grande. We have retyped the original document for easier reading purposes. Also, in some cases the penciled in writing was very difficult to read. The original is at the Relic Home in Hilda's Scrapbook.)

Early Mt. Pleasant City Photos Found at City Hall

The top photo is if Main Street.  The building with the sign says Chicago....... (can't read the rest)

Center Photo is the Old North Ward Church

Bottom photo is Main Street after a fire or flood.

Flood Photo1919 and 1946

1919 Flood, Unknown Location
Water wagon in center now sits in front of the Relic Home

Photos Taken from Old Negatives. Buildings on North Side of Main Street Between First and Second West.

The center building has G.B. Madsen on the window .

The building on the right has "Gunderson" in the top right corner.

What's Going On? Or Should We say "Off" on the South Side of Main Street Between State Street and First West?

picture taken May 5, 2011

The old "Senior Citizen Center", "Liberal Hall" "Presbyterian Church", "Wasatch Academy" seems to have lost its facade.

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Taken from Hilda's Scrapbook

                              taken from Mt. Pleasant History by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf

Main Street Mt. Pleasant and Doughboy

Do you see the Doughboy at the intersection (Far right)? This was its original location.  This photo was taken in 1938.

1955 ~ Legion Installs Safety Sign ~ Elva Seely Guyman Collection

Business Block Threatened ~ February 1954 ~Newspaper Article ~ Elva Seely Guyman Collection

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Larsen Building Fire ~ February 26, 1954 ~ from the Elva Guyman Collection

Early Mt. Pleasant Main Street ~ Elva Guyman Collection

Marlane Harless brought in this picture from her Aunt Elva Guyman's Collection.  The upstairs window of the far right building says "Doctor Cassaday".  Does anyone have any knowledge or history of Doctor Cassaday?  Can you identify the era when this picture was taken? Was it before the automobile?  Was it before the famous Main Street Fire?  We have our ideas, but we would like to hear yours.

MT. PLEASANT'S FIRST STREET LAMPS

The picture above is of a street lantern that stands in the Relic Home Front Hall.  It was one of the five original lanterns  that lit Mt. Pleasant Main Street between 1889 and 1893. 

Mount Pleasant’s First Street Lights

The December 4, 1889 city record shows that Councilman Syndergaard moved that coal oil street lamps be placed as follows: “One at Hans Nielsen’s corner, one at N.S. Nielsen’s corner, one at Peel’s corner, one at the Co-op corner, and one at Church Square”.
Five coal oil lamps, which were said to add “a dignified appearance to the city. It was then very common for the people to carry lanterns.”

July 9, 1893, the city granted to Wm. Zabriskie, the first Electric Light franchise. Associated with him were August Lundberg, Jonas H. Ericksen, Rasmus Anderson, Leonard Jordan and J.H. Seeley. This venture led to electric poles being placed down the center of Main Street. (Mt. Pleasant Book, Hilda Madsen Longsdorf ; pgs. 167 - 171)

Rabbit Hunts Were a Common Activity - - - Now the Rabbits have been eaten by the raccoons. Racoon Hunt Anyone?

This picture gives us another view of Main Street. Recognize anyone you know?

Pictures From Mt. Pleasant's Past