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A photograph of a cross country race in Mendon, Utah on July 24, 1974, Pioneer Day.
A photograph of the Steam Threshing Bee featuring L.K. Wood's steam threshers. Original file titled "Circus Calliope."
Audio clip from Feburary 8, 2019 where Paul Willie talks about the Mendon Jazz Band. Excerpt from full interview.
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.
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.
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 recording of Richard and Paula Watkins as they talk about their experience moving to 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.
In an audio interview, Paul Willie talks about the Baker rock homes in Mendon, Utah. Excerpt from full interview.
An excerpt (pages 151-158) from "Pioneer Stories" titled "The Stolen Child" about Rosa Thurston. The author of the story "The Stolen Child" is unknown but is thought to be Orson F. Whitney. In the story, the author speculates how the Rosa Thurston…
A typed manuscript about Rosa Thurston, a missing child from the 1860s, and how she might have been taken.
A photograph of the Wellsville Mountains with Memorial Day poppies planted by residents of Mendon, Utah.
Photograph of a butterfly on a Salidago Accidentalis, more commonly known as a goldenrod flower.
Photograph of a Salidago Accidentalis, more commonly known as a goldenrod flower, pollinating.
A photograph of Henry G. Hughes, the first bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mendon, Utah.
A transcript of a speech titled "Weaving Memories" given by Janet Larsen at the 1990 May Day celebration.
"Mendon May Day Traditions," written by T.K. Sorensen, is about the traditions in Mendon, Utah's May Day celebrations. It includes the crowner's speech when crowning the May Queen, May Day songs, and a brief history of how May Day came to be in…
A photograph of L.K. Wood riding on his steam thresher in the 1947 Fourth of July parade in Logan, Utah.
A postcard with a picture of Joseph H. Watkins and two girls in an oxen-pulled wagon. The girls are his daughter, Flora Watkins, and Lilian Jensen. The image was taken on Pioneer Day, July 24, 1924.
An excerpt from the book "History of Cache County", pages 116-117, compiled by elementery school students in Cache Valley. The excerpt "Pioneer Medicines" talks about pioneer medicines, food, and bear hunts.
A collection of personal narratives for those that have supernatural interactions in Mendon, Utah. Item 18 focuses on an encounter in a house in Mendon.
A personal narrative about supernatural interactions in Mendon, Utah. Item 19 focuses on a legend trip (where individuals visit an area because of stories or legends heard about it) to an abandoned house in Mendon.
Interview with Dennis Joventti conducted by Richard F. Ludt on October 10, 1971 about the witches circle located in Mendon, Utah.
Interview with Steve Smith conducted by Ande Clark on November 11, 1970 about the Witches Tree in Mendon, Utah and how it was created.
A map noting different Native American sites near Mendon, Utah.
An article titled "Fine Races" in the Logan Leader on July 22, 1881. The article is about horse races in Mendon, Utah.
A collection of personal narratives for those that have supernatural interactions in Mendon, Utah. This excerpt is specifically from item 16, which focuses on the witch tree located in the Wellsville Mountains above Mendon.
“Chief Pocatello’s Revenge,” gives a settler’s perspective of the interactions between Chief Pocatello and Mendon settlers, including comments about Chief Pocatello perceived connection to Rosa Thurston’s disappearance. The excerpt is from _History…
A Mendon City Pioneer Days & Sesquicentennial Celebration program from July 24, 2010.
Excerpt of Daniel Richards’ interview discussing Jim Hill, the man accused of killing a Native American man, in the story "Pocatello's Revenge."
A Mendon City Pioneer Days & Sesquicentennial Celebration program from July 24, 2010.