Anasazi Mysteries

Stereoscope At Our Relic Home

The Relic Home has one of these  and a few dozen slides.

It is one of the visiting children's favorite relics.

We also have a few dozen slides to view with it.

Come in and try it out. 

The following comes from Wikipedea:

A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.

A typical stereoscope provides each eye with a lens that makes the image seen through it appear larger and more distant and usually also shifts its apparent horizontal position, so that for a person with normal binocular depth perception the edges of the two images seemingly fuse into one "stereo window". In current practice, the images are prepared so that the scene appears to be beyond this virtual window, through which objects are sometimes allowed to protrude, but this was not always the custom. A divider or other view-limiting feature is usually provided to prevent each eye from being distracted by also seeing the image intended for the other eye.

Most people can, with practice and some effort, view stereoscopic image pairs in 3D without the aid of a stereoscope, but the physiological depth cues resulting from the unnatural combination of eye convergence and focus required will be unlike those experienced when actually viewing the scene in reality, making an accurate simulation of the natural viewing experience impossible and tending to cause eye strain and fatigue.

Although more recent devices such as Realist-format 3D slide viewers and the View-Master are also stereoscopes, the word is now most commonly associated with viewers designed for the standard-format stereo cards that enjoyed several waves of popularity from the 1850s to the 1930s as a home entertainment medium.

Devices such as polarized, anaglyph and shutter glasses which are used to view two actually superimposed or intermingled images, rather than two physically separate images, are not categorized as stereoscopes.

Piss Poor ~~~ Submitted by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Where did “piss poor” come from ?  

Us older people need 
to learn something new every day..   

Just to keep the 
grey matter tuned up.

Where did "Piss Poor" come from?
Interesting 
History. 
  

They used to use 
urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot   

And then once a day 
it was taken and sold to the tannery...   

if you had to do 
this to survive you were "Piss Poor".
But worse than that were the really 
poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot...   

They "didn't have a 
pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.   

The next time you 
are washing your hands and complain because the water 
temperature 
  

Isn't just how you 
like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about 
the 1500s

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly 
bath in May, 
  

And they still 
smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, 

Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Hence the 
custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted 
of a big tub filled with hot water.   

The man of the house 
had the privilege of the nice clean water,   

Then all the other 
sons and men, then the women and finally the children.   

Last of all the 
babies. 
  

By then the water 
was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.   

Hence the saying, 
"Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched 
roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.   

It was the only 
place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small 
animals 
  

(mice, bugs) lived 
in the roof. 
  

When it rained it 
became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing 
to stop things from falling into the house.   

This posed a real 
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings   

Could mess up your 
nice clean bed. 
  

Hence, a bed with 
big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some 
protection. 
  

That's how canopy 
beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had 
something other than dirt.   

Hence the saying, 
"Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get 
slippery 
  

In the winter when 
wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their 
footing. 
  

As the winter wore 
on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door,   

It would all start 
slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.
Hence: a 
thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those 
old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the 
fire. 
  

Every day they lit 
the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables   

And did not get much 
meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers   

In the pot to get 
cold overnight and then start over the next day.   

Sometimes stew had 
food in it that had been there for quite a while.

Hence the 
rhyme:

“Peas porridge hot, 
peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old”.
Sometimes they 
could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.

When visitors came 
over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.

It was a sign of 
wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon."

They would cut off a 
little to share with guests

And would all sit 
around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of 
pewter.

Food with high acid 
content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food,

causing lead 
poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes,

so for the next 400 
years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided 
according to status. 

Workers got the 
burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle,

and guests got the 
top, or the upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or 
whisky.

The combination 
would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.

Someone walking 
along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for 
burial.

They were laid out 
on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around

and eat and drink 
and wait and see if they would wake up.

Hence the custom; 
“of holding a wake”.

England is old and small and the local folks started 
running out of places to bury people.

So they would dig up 
coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the 
grave.

When reopening these 
coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks

on the inside and 
they realized they had been burying people alive.

So they would tie a 
string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin

and up through the 
ground and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard 
all night (the graveyard shift.)

to listen for the 
bell; thus, someone could be,

“saved by the bell” 
or was “considered a dead ringer”.

And that's the truth.

Now, whoever said 
History was boring!!!
So get out there and educate someone! 
~~~

Share these facts 
with a friend.
Inside every older person is a younger person 
wondering,

'What the heck 
happened?'

We'll be friends until we are old and senile.

Then we'll be new 
friends.
“Smile”, 
it gives your face 
something to do!

Home of Thomas West and wife Emma Maria Allred ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Save Our Barns 2008

New Salt Lake City Airport

Don't call it a redesign: Utah is getting an entirely new airport and with it unlimited opportunity

If you follow the winding white lines past Terminals 1 and 2, it’s hard to miss the new behemoth rising above Salt Lake City International Airport. While the new traffic pattern prevents you from stopping too long to take a look at what’s taking shape, you know it’s something big. So big, in fact, Bill Wyatt, the airport’s new executive director, calls it the largest construction project in the history of the state. This isn’t a redevelopment or a redesign, as many have mistakenly called the $3.6 billion project, Utah is getting an entirely new international airport, and as Wyatt points out, it’s likely the only new hub airport to be built in the U.S. this century. To construct a project of this size without taxpayer money is truly remarkable. The multi-billion dollar development is instead being completely funded through the airport's self-sustaining fund. I spoke with Wyatt to get an update on the project and learn a little bit about what Delta’s commitment means to the economic future of the Beehive State. “There isn’t another place in the country that can handle this kind of project,” said Wyatt. “There are two things that Salt Lake City has, the space—the airport owns a lot of land, but the other thing, and this is the piece that people overlook, the vision. The existing concept for the new airport was visualized in the early 90s.” Wyatt explained how the airport and Salt Lake City had to take several steps, decades ago, to create the possibility for what they are accomplishing today. For example, Wyatt points to the tunnel, which will eventually connect the two new concourses, that was constructed in 2004 with the help of a grant. “$8 million in 2004 was a lot of money to sink into the ground without a clear guarantee that the larger project would ever materialize,” said Wyatt. It’s not that surprising that many passengers, even locals, aren’t quite clear on exactly what’s taking place at the airport, because the project was designed so that construction would not disrupt operations. It’s an impressive feat considering the size and scope of this project. On any given day, 15,000 people work at the airport. That’s on top of the 24,000 local passengers who pass through daily and the 30,000 connecting passengers on average. Throw in the 1,600 trade workers currently working on the new airport development project and you’ve got the population of a small city within a few square miles. When it comes to the workforce, Wyatt says 75 percent of the trade contracts for the construction project are from the Wasatch Front. For the local economy, it’s estimated the entire project will result in 24,000 jobs and more than $1 billion in wages. While they’re working on an economic development report on the project, Wyatt estimates the impact of the new airport development will be in the $5 to $6 billion range. “Salt Lake City, itself, is a relatively small city,” said Wyatt. “If it weren’t for the fact that Delta Airlines is operating this hub here, Salt Lake would have an airport closely resembling Colorado Springs.” Instead, Salt Lake City has daily non-stop flights to 95 locations in the country and across the world—something Wyatt says is extraordinary for a community of our size. “When you’re recruiting businesses to this area they’re going to want to know about air service. If we’re not already there, we’re going to be there soon,” said Wyatt. “Delta, in order to complete the contract, has extended its lease until 2034. They stand behind the financing of the airport.” An impressive airport it will without a doubt be. It will eventually have two new concourses, a central terminal building called the Gateway Center where all local passengers will check in and go through security, an elevated roadway to provide the much needed space for passenger drop-off, and a new parking garage with 3,600 stalls—more than double the space of the current garage. Once through security, Wyatt described what passengers will experience in the area called The Canyon. There will be an immense art installation that will replicate the canyons of Utah which will be able to change colors depending on the season, a new dramatically expanded food court, and a huge window wall that opens up to Utah’s spectacular vistas. “It will be one of the most remarkable views of any airport in the nation,” said Wyatt. Once the airport project is complete, including the new south concourse scheduled to open September 15th, 2020, and the north concourse in 2024, Wyatt says it will be vastly more efficient. “For the average local passenger, there are aspects of the voyage that are going to be longer, but other aspects that are going to be faster, such as airport security,” said Wyatt. “It’s something I think about a lot. People love being able to drive up the curb and run right in. One thing people will be struck by is when they use the new airport is the scale of it.” While Salt Lake City International Airport currently ranks as the nation’s 23rd busiest passenger airport in the nation, with an estimated 24 million passengers passing through in 2017, Wyatt promises the size, scope and design of the new airport will certainly put it at the top of the rankings when it comes to overall passenger experience.  If you’d like to follow the progress of the airport construction project, click the button below.

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ABOUT DEREK B. MILLER Derek Miller is the president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance. In this role, Derek leads the business community in advocating for Utah's continued economic prosperity. Previously, Derek served as Chief of Staff to Gov. Herbert, overseeing the governor’s office and state operations. He also served as Managing Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for Gov. Huntsman.

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The Deseret Alphabet ~~~ Taken from Journey of Faith by David R. Gunderson

With permission of David R. Gunderson, we include the following book to our blog.   I will do a few increments at a time, as I have done with the Andrew Madsen and James Monsen histories.  I will also paste the pages over to David's own blog page: http://davidrgunderson.blogspot.com/

This book will be of interest to not only the Gunderson Family but also to the Brotherson, Ericksen, Peel,   Madsen, Larsen and more.

Clifford LeRoy Menzies Served On The Battleship US Iowa ~~~~ Submitted by Les Seely

Clifford LeRoy Menzies 

Clifford LeRoy Menzies is another uncle  of mine. He was born Aug. 9 1925 at Coal Canyon, Carbon County but grew up in Mt. Pleasant and always called it his home. He died June 16, 1993, he is buried by his brother Bob in Mt. Pleasant. He was in the 2nd world war, in the navy and on the USS Iowa. It was a new design that made the Iowa class the most powerful ship in the world at that time. it earned 9 battle stars in the 2nd world war plus other decorations. It served our country for 50 yrs. It was designated the worlds Navel ship because of their big guns, they could also shoot nuclear shells.The Iowa, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Missouri were all this class. 

From Our Obituary File

Early Danish-Norwegian Choir and Swedish Choir

Labor Day

Home of Arthur Benjamin (A.B.) Williams and wife Lenora Dianthia (Nora) Justesen ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Life History of William Edward Watson and Julia Frandsen Watson~~~~ Pioneers of the Month September 2018