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Threshing grain by horse, possibly in the Mendon Town Square. Left to right: Matthew Forster, Parley Sorensen, A.W. Richards, Ephraim Shelton, Abraham Sorenson, and Amos Hardman.
Photograph of the T. Kay and Maxine Sorensen family working on a farm in Mendon, Utah
Photograph of Sweeten's Band in Mendon, Utah. Includes from left to right, front row: 1. Joseph H. Hancock, 2. Mormon D. Bird. Second row: 1. Ervin Gardner (possibly Alfred Irvin Gardner?), 2. William Isaac Sorensen, 3. George Hughes, 4. Gills…
One of four views of the stone house called the "Baker" house in Mendon, Utah, which was abandoned when the Fifes took this picture.
A photograph of the Steam Threshing Bee featuring L.K. Wood's steam threshers. Original file titled "Circus Calliope."
Photograph of a Salidago Accidentalis, more commonly known as a goldenrod flower, pollinating.
An audio recording of Richard and Paula Watkins as they talk about their experience moving to Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
An image of a pioneer home in Mendon, Utah with a milk stand in front.
Children in Mendon, Utah playing during the Pioneer Day celebration 1974.
A photograph of Henry G. Hughes, the first bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mendon, Utah.
Audio clip from Feburary 8, 2019 where Paul Willie talks about the Mendon Jazz Band. Excerpt from full interview.
In an audio interview, Paul Willie talks about the Baker rock homes in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
Recording of an interview with Paul Willie as he remembers his scout master Lem Earl and the ice rink that he would make each winter. Excerpt from full interview.
Pulling match between the "Old Betsy" engine and another tractor. These machines were often used in threshing competitions. From left to right: Fred Taylor and Lynn Wood. Information gathered from Clyde Muir.
A pianist sits at the piano in the back of a pickup truck, ready to play music for dancers winding the maypole in Mendon, Utah in 1975.
"New Fires" produced by Mendon Theatrical Society in the 1960s, revived by Richard Watkins in 1969. Featured is (left to right) Coy Anderson, Keith Sorensen, Debbie Bartlett, Lizzy Barrett (standing), Steve Hardman, [unnamed, possible first name is…
A Mendon City Pioneer Days & Sesquicentennial Celebration program from July 24, 2010.
A Mendon City Pioneer Days & Sesquicentennial Celebration program from July 24, 2010.
A photograph of the Wellsville Mountains with Memorial Day poppies planted by residents of Mendon, Utah.
Certificate no. 657 recording the patent of land granted to George W. Baker, as mayor and trustee of Mendon City. The certificate was issued on September 2, 1872 under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, and recorded in the Cache County Record Book "B"…
A typed manuscript about Rosa Thurston, a missing child from the 1860s, and how she might have been taken.
A typed manuscript about Rosa Thurston, a missing child from the 1860s, and how she might have been taken.
Newspaper clipping : "Looking Forward to the Past: Dedicated Residents Document Mendon's May Day History" by Jennifer Hatch, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Monday, April 29, 1996 (pages 9-10).
Audio interview of Leland and Barbara Larsen in 2007 where they talk about the theater in Mendon, Utah. Barbara remembers being lifted up to see her mother perform. Excerpt from full interview.
An audio interview of Leland and Barbara Larsen on May 10, 2007 where they talk about taking cows out to pasture and remember when they got treed by a bull. Excerpt from full interview.
A photograph of L.K. Wood riding on his steam thresher in the 1947 Fourth of July parade in Logan, Utah.
L. K. (Lynn) Wood on half-scale Russel steam engine, located on First North between Highway 23 (First West) and Main Street in Mendon. Information gathered from Shirley Stauffer Darley and Rodney J. Sorensen.
A map noting different Native American sites near Mendon, Utah.
Thomas Kay Sorensen sitting on a couch. Backside of photograph says "Richard Watkins, Mendon." Information provided by Shirley Stauffer Darley.
An audio interview with Joseph H. Watkins, Jr. in 1974 where he talks about breaking his neck in a horse race in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
A video interview with Leland and LaVay Larsen where they talk about growing up in Mendon, Utah, May Day, dating.
An audio interview with Leland and Barbara Larsen on May 10, 2007 where they talk about Dr. Magee as they look over photos. Excerpt from full interview.
A photograph of Joseph B. Richards and two horses, Maud and her colt.
A photograph of Joseph B. Richards and two horses near a barn.
Horace Baker talk about trading puffed wheat for horses in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full audio interview.
Interview with Horace Baker. During the interview he says "if you get beat by a horse it's your own fault" when asked about trading horses in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full audio interview.
Historical Record of Mendon, 1857-1919 by Isaac Sorensen. In this handwritten account, Sorensen chronicles events in Mendon, Utah, many of which he witnessed firsthand. Isaac Sorensen was born on February 24, 1840, in Sjaelland, Denmark. He became a…
Interview with Hazel Sorensen talks about May Day and Christmas as the best days of the year. Excerpt from full audio interview.
Interview with Hazel Sorensen where she talks about her famous peanut brittle. Excerpt from full audio interview.
Clella Ladle, Earl Buist, Hazel Sorensen Buist, Mayble Jensen, Veida Sorensen, and Joseph C. Sorensen standing outside in Mendon, Utah.
George W. Thurston wrote a letter to the editor about his missing daughter Rosa Thurston. This letter was printed in the Deseret News on April 12, 1868.
Interview with Fred Taylor on October 9, 2001. He talks about the theater in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
Interview with Fred Taylor on October 9, 2001. He talks about the last working team in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
Interview with Fred Taylor on October 9, 2001. He talks about horses used in farming in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.