Unique Experience

This is one of the news items found in Alice Hafen's memorabilia.  Date is unknown.

David Seely

Taken from Alice's Photos From the Past.

Hafen and Houts Kids

Bert Hafen, Mart Houts, Neil Hafen and Boyd Hafen (Dutch)

WANTED !!! STORIES ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

Request from Lee R. Christensen:

Kathy: There are many great activities from Mt Pleasant's past that are beyond my experience or memory. I'm suggesting a very few here hoping there is still someone around who could describe them to you.



1. A trip for coal with team and wagon. This was an overnight trip up narrow, scary Cottonwood canyon. The mines were not the big mines of Carbon county but little mines; I think,head of Huntington canyon. I don't know who owned them. My Grand father Christensen owned one but it was a one miner mine so was not providing coal for many people.

2. Gypsies in Mt Pleasant They visited the area ever summer and camped between Mt Pleasant and Fairview. Traded horses, told fortunes, standard story book gypsy fare. My grandfather had one horse he got from the gypies and I'm sure they left the valley smiling.

3. Paving Main street. I'm guessing about 1927 or 28.


4. Surfacing State street


5. Trailing the sheep from summer range to winter range They may still do some of that.


6. The women and girls group that went every Spring for 2 - 3 weeks to Provo Bench to pick strawberries.


7. When the women milked the cows.

lee

These are wonderful suggestions.  Maybe someone out there can provide more information of these events.  The generation that took part in these events are either dead or not computer savvy.
However, they are events that were very important to that generation as well as those of us who want to document those events for future generations as well as our own.  Perhaps there are histories or biographies out there that tell of these eventful times.  I will continue to look, but we also need everyone to participate in that search.  Are you sitting on pictures and biographies that your ancestors have written?  Please Share !!!
Kathy

North Sanpete High School Sophomores - 1926

Arthur Morrison - 1902 Geffe Sweden

Arthur W. Morrison was born to William Morrison and Anna Marie Hansen Morrison March 21, 1881.
I am guessing that this picture was taken in Sweden while he served a mission there.

Victorian Angel

Victorian Scrapbooks were filled with advertising images that were cut off of cigar boxes, candy boxes, calendars, etc.  Carrie Hafen, Wilhemina Ericksen, Maggie Peel all had scrapbooks filled with these choice images of victorian beauty and charm.   Most were from loose pages in a box kept by Alice Hafen. I will post selections from these albums or scrapbooks once or twice per month.

199? Mt. Pleasant Fourth Ward Party Honoring Those Over 80

Front Row L to R:  Louise Seely, Blanch Olsen;

Second Row: Reiva Rosenlof, Alice Hafen, Wanda Stewart and Ila Tidwell;

Back Row:  Mildred Seely, Esther Christensen and Eathel Winkleman

All have passed on now.

Calendar Page - Mt. Pleasant Co-op

North Sanpete High School Juniors - 1926

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James (Jens) Hansen

We have a reader that requested this information  We will make James (Jens) Hansen a Pioneer of the Month at a later time. 

Senior Basketball Team - 1925-26

Kathy: Your entry Basketball team '25 - '26 Score Fairview 20 North Sanpete 40 prompts my wondering how Fairview could field a team?? At least three of the NS players are from Fairview. Ross Graham, Rollen Mower and Edgar Lasson.

Question: Did any Mt Pleasant husbands do jail time for polygamy?? lee

A MORNING PRAYER