Wordless Wednesday~Bryce Canyon, Utah

 

Wordless Wednesday~Arches National Park, Utah

 

Wordless Wednesday~Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah

 

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Photos from the Collection of Charlie Purvis

Wordless Wednesday~Frisco, Utah Ghost Town

Carrie Emma Thompson

(Mar 1894-June 1894)

Samuel Bailie

(May 1866-Sept 1894)

Myrtle C. Norvald

(Dec 1899-Feb 1900)

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Utah
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/109209/frisco-cemetery
[3] All photos from my archives and were taken in the 1980’s while living in Utah.

Wordless Wednesday~Arches National Park, Utah

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Wordless Wednesday~Dead Horse Point, Utah

From Photo Archives of Charlie Purvis

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Horse_Point_State_Park

Wordless Wednesday~Promontory Point, Utah

Wordless Wednesday~Days of Our Youth

Some 20 years later

Wordless Wednesday~Hardware Ranch, Hyrum, Utah

http://wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-news/1319-have-fun-see-wild-elk-2013.html

Wordless Wednesday ~ Promontory Point, Utah

Wordless Wednesday~Devil’s Slide, Utah

Photo from the Archives of C. Purvis

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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Slide_%28Utah%29

Those Places Thursday~Lake Powell

From October 1976 through April 2000, I lived in Utah about 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. The first 8 1/2 years as a Senior NCO in the Air Force. In June 1983, I retired as an E-9 with 22 years 6 months and 21 days service.

After retirement, I worked for a local jet engine company building cruise missile engines and the engine for the Cessna Citation Jet. Living in Utah was great for travel to many well know recreation areas such as Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons, Arches National Park, Zion’s National Park, Moab, Utah; Canyonlands and Lake Powell among many, many others. You can river raft on the Salmon and Snake River in Idaho one weekend, the Green and Colorado River in Utah the next weekend.  Motorhome and tent camping is awesome.  Skiing and snowmobiling, the greatest anywhere especially snowmobiling in Yellowstone during the Winter.

When you are tired of the outdoors, there is always the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City; six days out of every week.

In September 1990, we spent a week on Lake Powell on a houseboat. Lake Powell is a large reservoir on the Colorado Rivers that straddled the border between Utah and Arizona. Highway 89 connects Utah and Arizona at the Glen Canyon Dam.

We spent a leisure week on the lake, swimming, boating, reading, sunbathing and just aimlessly enjoying our week away from a hectic work schedule.

One major attraction if you are ever on the Lake is the magnificent Rainbow Bridge National Monument on the eastern end of the lake. Two other attractions, a short distance away, are Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Slot Canyons.

Wordless Wednesday - Delicate Arch, Utah

Delicate Arch, Utah,  July 27, 2005

Family & Family History Library Visit

If you are wondering why there have been no postings for the past several days it's because I'm in beautiful Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah at the Family History Library doing research and spending some time with my son and his family.

I spent most of Wednesday at an annual retiree picnic of retirees from the company I worked at while living here in Utah. 

Thursday and Friday were spent at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. In the late afternoon Friday I visited with an old friend in South Jordan and had a wonderful time with her and her husband.

The weather out here is hot like it is back home but the humidity is great making the weather a lot more pleasant here than back east. 

Today, I went to see a real dear friend who is a very special person in my life. She’s 91 and her health has deteriorated since my visit in the Fall of 2010; I missed making my annual trek to Utah in 2011.

Here are a few photos from my trip thus far. I will be back on track with my genealogical posting by mid-week.

Family History Library Entrance

This is a scanning station where  you can scan the documents you want to save to a digital file and add them to your own pocket drive at no cost to you except your time. Time at the station is limited to 30 minutes max for a station when personnel are waiting.

These stations use the eImageData Microfilm Scan Pro 1000 to copy the microfilm. This model is no longer available. The current available model is eImageData Microfilm Scan Pro 2000.

These are amazing machines and its awesome what can be done to make a bad image into a great image.

Downtown Ogden has seen some changes since my last visit. The Ogden Temple is currently being  remodeled and the Horse theme throughout downtown Ogden is a nice touch.