Ruth L.Meacham Memorial

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 1

Joseph Hyrum Thiessens (1924-1938) Part 1
(As told to Golden Virgil Adams Jr. by Mrs. H. Thiessens & Ruth T. Adams about 1962) It was a nice clear winter day in January.  The snow that was lying on the ground glistened as if it were manna from heaven.  This was the day a blessing from heaven was...
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Dick Pellek

Picnic With Baboons

Picnic With Baboons
On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Picnic With Baboons In many of the popular game parks and reserves in Africa, the authorities go out of their way to provide amenities for visitors.  Quite naturally, a few picnic tables scattered here and...
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Salem Utah Heritage

Don and Jane Ann Cole

Don and Jane Ann Cole
A man of many talents, abilities, and capabilities is Don Cole.  With his wife, Jane Ann (Beck) Cole, he has accomplilshed a great deal and I suspect they might not be through.  Both gradulated the same year form Spanish Fork High School and they got married shortly after.  To help Don...
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Dick Pellek

A Bastogne Tribute (re-printed)

A Bastogne Tribute (re-printed)
  A Bastogne Tribute (Author Unknown) There was snow on the ground in South Jersey when, for the second year, I made my way out to the range to fire a Bastogne Tribute clip. As with the year before I left my SUV near the front gate, shouldered my M1, and made my...
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Dick Pellek

Fresh Tuna Steaks

Fresh Tuna Steaks
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Fresh Tuna Steaks   They say that there is nothing quite as tasty as fresh fruits and vegetables.  No argument about that. But when it comes to meats and fish, the chemistry involved is more complex...
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Janet Holt

Christmas Dinner

Recently, my niece, Kim, decided to compile a collection of favorite family recipes for a cookbook she is creating and she asked my sister and me for our contributions.  We were happy to comply but neither Jackie nor I could come up with a single thing we could attribute to our...
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Dick Pellek

Lava Flows At Grants, NM

Lava Flows At Grants, NM
On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   LAVA FLOWS AT GRANTS, NEW MEXICO As you speed along one of the broad highways of the US interstate system, it is easy to miss some of the most interesting things along the way.  Of...
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Linda Hoskins

Mary or Maria Burkhardt 3rd wife of John Brown.(John born 26 Nov 1831)

This information was written by David grandson of Mary.  He is the son of Mary's only daughter Ada Elizabeth.  This was written October 2012.  His statement "The story may not be the gospel truth in all aspects, but it is the best I can do from what I can remember (and...
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Linda Hoskins

Verna Maurine Brown Malm

This was written by my mother Verna Maurine Brown Malm-April 20, 1956 My name is Verna Maurine Brown.  I was born December 3, 1902 in a house on Bellvue Street in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.  As a baby we moved to 449 East 6th South, same city, county,...
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Linda Hoskins

Samuel Vernon Brown son of John Brown and Eleanor Caffall Brown

Samuel Vernon Brown son of John Brown and Eleanor Caffall Brown
Samuel Vernon Brown, my grandfather, was born 26 July 1878 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He was the son of John Brown and Eleanor Caffall, his 2nd wife.  He was known to most everyone as Vern Brown.  He lived the greater part of his life in the Ninth Ward of Liberty...
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Linda Hoskins

John Brown, son of William & Elizabeth Illman Brown born 26 Nov 1831

John Brown, son of William & Elizabeth Illman Brown born 26 Nov 1831
John Brown helped Brigham Young build the Gardo House.  Endowments were done in this house before the Salt Lake Temple was completed.  It later became the home of Amelia Folsom Young.   John Brown's first wife was Sarah.  They had a son Lorenzo John Brown. John Brown's second wife was Eleanor....
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Dick Pellek

A Half-Bar Of Soap

A Half-Bar Of Soap
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   A Half-Bar of Soap One haunting memory of Africa will always be the unexpected and personal one-on-one encounter with a villager in a remote part of Mali.  The line of five or six mud huts did...
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William Doughty

Wayman Crow

Wayman Crow
Wayman was born in Hartford, KY and began his schooling in Hopkinville. In 1820, at age 12, he quit working on the family farm and was apprenticed to a dry good dealer of that city for a period of 5 years. In 1825, he agreed to open a branch store in...
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Ben Burton

Father Griffin

THE VILLAGE NON-PRIEST PRIEST     He was short and round with a fringe of hair around his   ball-shaped head.  He wore a clerical collar with his black suit.    As I passed his diminutive store to get Mother a loaf of day-old   bread at the bakery or to...
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Ben Burton

A Legacy In Ethics

      INTEGRITY             The most significant value that I was shown in my lifetime was from my Daddy…Integrity!  T he situation was that my Daddy was principal of the high school and one of his responsibilities was to sign papers to send to the Arkansas Athletic...
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Linda Hoskins

John Brown, son of William & Elizabeth Illman Brown born 26 Nov 1831

John Brown, son of William & Elizabeth Illman Brown born 26 Nov 1831
The following account was written before April 1925-Author Unknown.  John Brown was my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side.   John Brown, son of William & Elizabeth Illman Brown was born on November 26, 1831 at Staffas Wood Parish of Lympsfield in the County of Surry, England.  When a boy he...
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Linda Hoskins

Eliza Hugentobler Brown

Eliza Hugentobler Brown
Eliza Hugentobler, my Grandmother, was born 14 April 1879 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah.  She was the daughter of Johann Jakob Hugentober and Elisabetha Staheli.  Her parents were born in Switzerland.  They joined the LDS Church in 1861.  Her father sold his birthright to obtain money to come to the United...
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Ben Burton

Enter a story title Integrity

      INTEGRITY             The most significant value that I was shown in my lifetime was from my Daddy…Integrity!  T he situation was that my Daddy was principal of the high school and one of his responsibilities was to sign papers to send to the Arkansas Athletic...
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Salem Utah Heritage

SALEM PICT-ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: INSTRUCTIONS

The Salem Pict-Oral History Project is designed to preserve the living legacy of the community of Salem, Utah.  It is a prototype and the first community project of its kind utilizing the official archive of the Living Legacy Project, LegacyStories.org.  The Salem City Library has long had a desire to have...
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Dick Pellek

Mangoes For Elephants

Mangoes For Elephants
On the road...again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Mangoes For Elephants   No, this is not a footnote about the 2011 Fox movie production of the same genre.   The movie “Water for Elephants” was about a circus elephant that was abused and usually chained...
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