Dennis, Doyce and Kathy

Mom (Helen Rigby) and her friends enjoyed their coffee parties.  This picture is taken in our front yard, no doubt during one of those parties.  Left to Right:  Dennis Cloward, son of Mary Cloward, Doyce Coates, son of Ann Coates and me (Kathy).

~~~"Old Guys Jokes"~~~

An elderly gentleman....


Had serious hearing problems for a number of years.. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%


The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'


The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.


I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'


An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.


The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it very highly.'


The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'


The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?


You know.... The one that's red and has thorns..'


'Do you mean a rose?'


'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'



Three old guys are out walking.


First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'


Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'


Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..'

sent in by Angie Hafen

Fred, Jack and Jake (about 1903) City Workers

I think these men helped put in the first electric power into Mt Pleasant. A hole in the top of the picture leads me to believe it was nailed to the wall in the Electric shop. My Father (Laban Gunderson) was City Electrician for several years starting about 1927 which could explain why I have this picture.
I have now discovered that Fred (on the left) is my great uncle, Arnst Ferdinand (Fred) Beckstrom. He gave his name in the 1910 Census as Fred Beckstrom. ~Betty

Betty Gunderson Woodbury Collection

photo retouched by David R. Gunderson

"We the Boys of Sanpete County"

The above photo is a re-enactment.

The lyrics of this song were composed by members of Mormon companies

who tried to cross a spring runoff-swollen Green River on 25 June

1868. They were teamsters headed east to meet and assist immigrants traveling to Utah.

We the boys of Sanpete County

In Obedience to the Call

Started out with forty wagons

To bring in Emigrants this fall

Without fear or thought of danger

On our way we lightly sped

Every heart with joy abounding

Captain Seely at our head.

To accomplish the mission

We were Called to fill below

Left our friends and wives and Children

On the dreary plains to go.

 

  Over hills and lofty mountains

Through the mud and in the dust

Slowly Climbed the lofty mountain

Far above the snows white Crust.

With the sun to set declining

glad to welcome closing day

By some stream or gushing fountain

To refresh all night we stay.

 

 

When we reached green river ferry

On its banks all night we stay

Next morning ferried our wagons over

Thinking soon to roll away

Next to drive our Cattle over

But we found they would not swim

Though the boys were in the water

Many hours up to the Chin.

 

 

While the boat was passing Over

The water into it did pour

The Captain cried boys we‘re going under

We shall sink this very hour

 

One had landed on an island

Clinging to the willow green

But with him life soon extinguished

Backwards fell into the stream.

Thus six boys from parents driven

And from friends whom they did love

But we yet again shall meet them

In that better world above.

 

“The Green River Song” was written about 1868,   LDS Church Archives, Family and Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah

Check this site out for further information.

Unknown Children - Unknown Event

from Alice Hafen's  Photos from the Past

Please help us identify all unknown photos!

Peter believes some of these to be the children of S.M. and Floss Nielsen.

Mayor A. Johnson Takes Helm ~~~~~ January 5, 1914

The Two Shoes

taken from Mountainville Road

N. S. Neilson ~~~ Mayor of the Month ~~~May 2010

N.S. Neilson, son of Neils and Beuta Swenson, was born in Sweden, September 5, 1848.  In 1868 he came to Utah with a sister, Hannah, locating in Moroni, where he engaged in farming, mining and railroading.

Aout 1869 he moved to Mt. Pleasant, and in 1872 became a stockholder in the Sanpete County Co-op Store.  In 1877 he engaged in the cattle business in a small way.  He started in the sheep business in 1883.  When the Mt. Pleasant Commercial and Savings Bank was organized, he became one of the largest stockholders and was elected president.  He also carried a small stock of agricultural implements and conducted a meat market for several years.

He was a stockholder in the Electric Light Companyh, had stock in both the roller mills, being president of the Mt. Pleasant mill.  He was a member of the city council for two terms and elected mayor in 1895.  He was a member of the I.O.O.F.

He married Beuta, daughter of Neils and Karn Neilson in Mt. Pleasant on October 3, 1883.  She was born in Sweden, June 5, 1860.  They were the parents of three children:  Irene, Beatrice, and Adie

Pretty Ladies in Lovely Hats

Christina Anderson Brewer

Sent in by Boyd and Sharon Brewer

John, Sophia, Joseph Anderson and William Burnham Brewer

John, Sophia, Joseph Anderson, William Burnham Brewer

Sent in by Boyd and Sharon Brewer

Letter from Bert Hafen - - - April 1944 - World War II

C.N. Lund, Parents and Siblings