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3/27/10

A PICTURE STORY...

The day was finally good enough to take a ride to Ephraim with the camera. So I'll share what I got today, but remember, I'm not the photographer.

First, I'll show you the same building,
only 138 years apart...






And another view of it....


They did a great job of restoring it.

The rest of the pictures are explained on them, so like the title says.....
And if they don't make sense to you, you'll find them somewhere in
Canute and Sarah's story.....

 'The Big House' has been restored and now has this sign in the front.  




 




I'll get better ones later this summer when they're all leafed out...they're pretty. The city takes good care of them and they really are called
'Sarah's Trees'. Most are over 100 years old...



Sarah's need to be re-set....


Canute's needs some black applied so the words can be seen again...
my summer project..

I know, black paint....



They used Foot Markers back then...


This is Marie...Maria on the headstone....



As you've seen, this is quite the old cemetery. There's a story that goes along with it...another day...

I hope you enjoyed finally seeing some of what I've told you about. If I can get into the big house someday when the owners are there, I'll take some pictures. It's really quite beautiful inside, with a curved staircase....

Now, just a few more....



Thanks for stopping by again and I'll be back soon with more...

Sorry that they're kind of blurry.
Oh, and if you see any smudges on the pictures,
that's just the remains of the last bug..


I can multi task and take pictures while driving...


See ya Yesterday......

7 comments:

Ruth P. said...

Gosh, it is beautiful where you live! I would be so busy taking photos every day - different weather, just amazing the place! Do you hike? The mountains look like they just call 'come wander'!
Well, you can see what gets me excited.
What happened to the third wife? I forgot her name - she didn't get buried there? (Obviously not, or she would be there). Very interesting. And it must be quite cool to have your family history where you can see it!

PⒿ @ $ € € ₦$ ₣®0₥... said...

I love the restorations on the buildings. The fact the computer store says "Second Wife's House" is charming.

Charlotte's house, in comparison, looks as though it could have been built today. That was truly my only disappointment.

I know they worked hard and died young, but when I saw the Sarah was only in her 20's when she died...after living such a hard and busy life...I felt so sad. Imagine what someone of her caliber and conviction could have accomplished had she lived 50 more years!

Obee Designs said...

Hi Vicki,
I'm a big sucker for nostalgia, so I must say how happy I am to see this building has been loved and preserved for 100 years. I think it's a shame that we as a country think things are so disposable and get rid of or knock down buildings like they are useless. We are taking every bit of the past and burying it in the rubble when we do that. So sad, because our children and our children's children can never value and appreciate what we did. There can never be a connection with the generations that way. That being said, you can see why it makes me so happy to see this building standing so gracefully and proud as if it were just built all those years ago.
Thanks for sharing those pictures, we need to be reminded to value what we have that is old as much as the new things, if not more....tons more:)
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
See you soon
XoXo
Gail

Vicki aka Jake said...

After reading PJ's comment, I knew I had to have blundered somewhere...

I found it...Sarah was born in 1827 NOT 1872, like I had it first. Sorry..It's fixed now.

I'm glad you feel like I do about old buildings..they should be kept up and taken care of. This county has actually done quite a bit of that. Many of the homes are over 100 years old.

And FYI..Charlotte's home has been restored and added on to over the years, the siding takes away the nostalgia..She is buried somewhere in Salt Lake City.

Thanks for stopping by.

Coralie Cederna Johnson said...

Excellent photos; the restoration is so interesting with the passage of time! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful week!

Sue said...

Vicki, thank you so much for taking the time to take these pics and post them. I loved seeing the old homesteads and how they have been maintained and restored.

Viewing the cemetary was poignant. Funnily though, the pics that evoked the biggest emotional response in my was the willow trees. Knowing how important these trees were to Sarah and to see them still standing so strong and proud. Beautiful!

Hugs,

Sue

Lucy aka Roeann said...

A couple of summers ago I was in Lehi visiting my cousin. On the way home I saw the exit for Ephraim, Manti, etc. I was raised in Idaho and essentially Utah living in Ogden one short term. But I had never taken that highway circling around and coming out
in Gunnison, so I did it that time. What a cool drive. I loved Ephraim and decided that's where I want to live. Some little out of the way spot in time. I also said it in Manti. The architecture on that Temple is not to be believed until ya' see it. I want to go back and take some time. I may do that maybe this summer.

And I want to go in The Second Wife's House. I love that name. :)