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Sanpete County Fair Board Message.......................10 Sanpete County Fair Board Members......................10 Sanpete County Commission Message.....................12 2022 Schedule of Events..................................................14 Little Miss Sanpete County.............................................................16 Miss Sanpete County & Outstanding Teen Competitions.....18 Former Miss Sanpete Crown Holders..........................................19 Fun on the Farm Reading Challenge...........................................20 Fireman’s Challenge..........................................................................23 Dutch Oven Cook-Off.......................................................................24 Junior Rodeo........................................................................................27 Exhibit Building Displays.................................................................28 2022 King Cowboy - Brad Bown....................................................30 Former King Cowboys .....................................................................31 Sanpete Xtreme Moto......................................................................32 Small Animal Barn Rules & Schedule ..........................................34 2022 4-H Fair Exhibit Deadlines & Guidelines..........................36 Jr. Livestock Show & Sale.................................................................37 2021 Jr. Livestock Show Winners..................................................38 2022 Jr. Livestock Show Schedule ...............................................39 Carnival..................................................................................................40 Country Music Concert Featuring Ian Munsick.......................42
Fun on the Farm..................................................................................44 Free Swim..............................................................................................46 Local Entertainment..........................................................................47 Demolition Derby...............................................................................50 2022 Rodeo Announcer...................................................................53 2022 Rodeo..........................................................................................54 Rodeo Specialty Act..........................................................................56 Rodeo Stock Contractor...................................................................57 Sanpete County Fair Sweetheart & Jr. Princess........................58 Open Pet Show....................................................................................60 Horse Pulling Competition.............................................................62 Car Show................................................................................................64 Beef Feast..............................................................................................67 Pie Eating Competition....................................................................68 Mammoth Parade..............................................................................70 Parade Grand Marshals....................................................................73 History of Sanpete County..............................................................74 BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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Message from the Sanpete County Fair Board Welcome to the Sanpete County Fair! We are very excited to bring you the quality family fun activities and events that Sanpete has known for the last 107 years. No other place offers the opportunity for individuals to display the products of their skills or talents while giving others a chance to share the knowledge of them. Within this magazine, you will find the schedule of events, information on purchasing tickets and details of fair activities. We are so grateful for the supporters of the fair. You will be able to find their advertisements here as well. There will be no admission charge to the fairgrounds, including the exhibit building, animal barns and Fun on the Farm. Admission will be charged for entertainment only. Our tickets for these events are being sold online; visit www.sanpetecountyfair.net where you will see our ticket link. Please print your tickets at home or save them on your mobile device for scanning at the gates.
Carnival ride passes will be sold online as well, and we will distribute them at our ticket booth once you present your order there. We recommend purchasing your tickets online — it’s a great way to avoid the lines! We truly appreciate your attendance at and participation in the Sanpete County Fair. We thank all the LEO, EMS and firefighting personnel who help us immensely during fair week. In addition, our Fair Board works all year long to make the fair successful. We thank them for their time and recognize their valuable contributions. Without all of you, this fair would not be possible. See you all at the fair! Mike & Amanda Bennett Board Chairs Matt & Brandi Reber Board Co-Chairs
2022 Sanpete County Fair Board Members Chairman: Mike & Amanda Bennett Co-Chairs: Matt and Brandi Reber Secretary: Dustie Whitlock Treasurer: Stacey Carlisle County Commissioner: Ed Sunderland Rodeo: Dell Jensen and Jill Burr Sweethearts: Lynsey Zeeman Pet Show/Pie Eating Contest: Carrie Allsop Small Animal Barn: Cheryl Swapp Open Exhibits: Sandi Schoppe 4-H Livestock: Matt Palmer Open Swim: Steve & Tina Roberts Commercial Booths: AJ & Sharon Mower Parade/Talent Show: Liz Brotherson Fireman’s Challenge: Jentrie & Payton Parry Livestock Barn: Kevin Wright Car Show: Carson and Kinsley Lund Horse Pulling Competition: Brad Bown Dutch Oven Cook-Off: Matt & Brandi Reber Sanpete Xtreme Moto: Mike Bennett 4-H Exhibits/USU Extension: Shannon Cromwell Demolition Derby: Jaden James Fun on the Farm: Darrel & Corinne Olsen Jr. Rodeo: Zane Osborn Photo by Lone Star Lane Photo 10 • Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net
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Message from the Sanpete County COMMISSION The Sanpete County Commissioners welcome everyone to the 2022 Sanpete County Fair. With the theme this year of “Cowboy Boots & Buckin’ Chutes,” the Sanpete County Fair is a fun-filled family event honoring agriculture, business and education. The citizens of Sanpete County have always put a high value on education. As a result, the farms produce more, the businesses are more competitive and the children go on to do great things throughout the United States of America and the world. If there were a blue ribbon given for strong family values and hard work, it would come to Sanpete County. The commissioners applaud the hard work of the parents of Sanpete County for their tireless efforts in raising strong, hardworking sons and daughters. Since 1914, Sanpete County has produced a blue ribbon fair. We commissioners invite one and all to come and enjoy themselves at the 2022 Sanpete County Fair.
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For more information, visit sanpetecountyfair.net. All tickets available online at sanpetecountyfair.net or at the ticket booth during the afternoons of fair week.
Saturday, August 6
Tuesday, August 23
11:59 p.m.: All 4-H Fair exhibits must be entered into the online system
8 to 9 a.m.: 4-H gardening & baked good entries accepted at Exhibit Building Exhibit Building closed for judging 7 p.m.: Sanpete Xtreme Moto Racing
Sunday, August 7 6 to 9 p.m.: Jr. Rodeo registrations accepted online at sanpetecountyfair.net
Thursday, August 18 Noon to 4 p.m.: Rodeo entry call-ins at RMPRA office, 801-540-6233 or rmpraonline.com
Friday, August 19 7 p.m.: Live country music concert featuring Ian Munsick at the fairgrounds arena
Saturday, August 20 1 to 3 p.m.: 4-H entries accepted at the Exhibit Building 1 to 5 p.m.: Open Class exhibits accepted at the Exhibit Building (except baked goods, fresh produce & floral/plant entries) 4:30 p.m.: Dutch Oven Cook-Off - sign up by 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds pavilion 6 p.m.: Jr. Rodeo (pre-register Aug. 7, see above) 6 to 8 p.m.: Hide Race entries - call 435-469-0296
Monday, August 22 3 to 6 p.m.: Open Class baked goods and fresh produce entries accepted at Exhibit Building (except garden entries). Please have produce on a plate covered with plastic. 5 p.m.: 4-H/FFA Jr. Livestock Barn Set-Up and Test
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Wednesday, August 24 9 to 11 a.m.: Enter Open Class florals and plants at the Exhibit Building 2 p.m.: Exhibit Building open until 7 p.m. 4 to 6 p.m.: Jr. Livestock final weigh-in at Livestock Barn 6 p.m.: Jr. Livestock mandatory Exhibitor Meeting Livestock judging 7 p.m.: Fireman’s Challenge
Thursday, August 25 8 a.m.: Hog Market Classes 10:30 a.m.: Sheep Market Classes 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Exhibit Building and Small Animal Barn open Noon to 5:30 p.m.: Small Animal Poster Contest entries taken and Small Animal entries accepted into small Animal Barn 1 p.m.: Goat Market Classes 3 p.m.: Beef Market Classes, Open Heifer Market Class to follow 4 p.m.: Brown’s Amusements carnival opens 5 to 6 p.m.: Local entertainment at the fairgrounds pavilion 6:45 p.m.: Rodeo Grand Entry 7 p.m.: RMPRA Rodeo, Broken Heart Rodeo Company
Saturday, August 27 Friday, August 26 8 a.m.: Small Animal Barn open 8 a.m.: Swine Showmanship Classes 10 a.m.: Dairy Goat Showmanship and Quality Classes 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Exhibit Building open Noon: Youth Dairy Goat Milking Demonstration 1 p.m.: Sheep Showmanship Classes 2 p.m.: Open Class Pet Show at the fairgrounds pavilion (for 18 years old & younger) 3 p.m.: Goat Showmanship Classes 3 p.m.: Brown’s Amusements carnival opens 4 to 7 p.m.: Fun on the Farm exhibit open 5 p.m.: Beef Showmanship Classes 5 to 6 p.m.: Local entertainment at the fairgrounds pavilion 7 p.m.: Demolition Derby
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8 a.m.: Livestock Buyer’s Breakfast 8 a.m.: Small Animal Barn open 8 to 10 a.m.: Sign up for Car & Tractor Show 10 a.m.: Sanpete County Junior Livestock Association Auction 10 a.m.: Car Show, 500 N. Main, Manti 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Local entertainment at the fairgrounds pavilion 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Exhibit building open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Fun on the Farm Exhibit open Noon: Sanpete Cattlemen’s Association’s Beef Feast at fairgrounds pavilion Noon: Brown’s Amusements carnival open Noon: Youth Dairy Goat Milking Demonstration Noon to 3 p.m.: Free swim at Manti City Pool 1 p.m.: Horse Pulling Competition 1:30 p.m.: 4-H Rabbit & Poultry Showmanship at Large Animal Barn 2 p.m.: Pie Eating Contest at the fairgrounds pavilion (pre-register by Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. by calling 435835-2652) 2 p.m.: Children’s games & activities at Free Swim event 3 p.m.: Car Show award presentation 5 p.m.: Mammoth Parade, Manti Main Street 5 p.m.: Pick-up all small animal entries & awards 6:45 p.m.: Rodeo Grand Entry 7 p.m.: RMPRA Rodeo, Broken Heart Rodeo Company
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Friday, August 5 7 p.m. Eccles Center for the performing Arts The Little Miss Sanpete County competition will be held on Friday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 300 E. Center, Ephraim. The Little Miss Sanpete County competition includes three age categories for little girls: ages 4 to 6, 7 to 9 and 10 to 12. They compete in Interview, Outfit of Choice, Talent, Formal Wear and On-Stage Question. The Little Miss Royalty accompanies Miss Sanpete County and Miss Teen Sanpete in parades, community events and service opportunities. Members of the 2021 Little Miss Sanpete Royalty are Mini Miss Sanpete Emily Oxman, daughter of Dave and Kristine Oxman of Manti; Little Miss Sanpete Kaylie Oxman, daughter of Dave and Kristine Oxman of Manti; and Junior Miss Sanpete Madison Moulton, daughter of Bryan and Kara Moulton of Ephraim. The competition is directed by Marcy Curtis. The Little Miss Sanpete County competition is overseen by the Miss Sanpete County Board.
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Members of Sanpete County’s 2021 Little Miss Sanpete County Royalty are pictured with 2022 Miss Sanpete County Ashtyn Childs. They are, from left: Junior Miss Sanpete Madison Moulton, Miss Sanpete County Ashtyn Childs, Little Miss Sanpete Kaylie Oxman and Mini Miss Sanpete Emily Oxman.
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Friday, August 6 7 p.m. Eccles Center for the performing Arts The Miss Sanpete County Board has announced its upcoming competition on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 300 E. Center, Ephraim. Tickets will be available at the door, which will open at 6 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 11. Adult tickets will receive one program; additional programs will be available for $3 each. Our very own Miss Utah 2008 and Miss Sanpete County 2007 Kayla Barclay Hall will be the host for the evening.
Members of the Miss Sanpete County Royalty 2022 are, from left: First Attendant Hope Marsing and Miss Sanpete County Ashtyn Childs.
Miss Sanpete County
The Miss Sanpete County Scholarship Competition emphasizes the importance of education, scholarship and community service. The new Miss Sanpete County will receive a $3,000 scholarship and will have the opportunity to spend the next year serving the communities of Sanpete County and also implement her chosen platform, which is an issue or position for which she wishes to advocate and bring awareness. Candidates seeking to be chosen as the new Miss Sanpete County will compete in the following categories: Interview, Talent, Evening Wear and On-Stage Interview. Ashtyn Childs of Centerfield has served as Miss Sanpete County 2022. She is a Snow College graduate and a licensed nail technician and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education at Western Governors University. She competed at the Miss Utah competition in June where she received the prestigious Non-Finalist Private Interview Award and a $200 scholarship. Ashtyn’s most memorable event was helping at the Sanpete County Fair. “I was able to meet so many incredible people throughout the county and it was the perfect way to start my year as Miss Sanpete County,” she said. Ashtyn has spent her year of service focusing on her Social Impact Initiative “Be Uniquely You,” which focuses on celebrating and accepting traits and characteristics that make each person unique and different.
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Miss Sanpete County’s Outstanding Teen
The Miss Sanpete County’s Outstanding Teen program is an extension of the Miss Sanpete County scholarship program. The program has grown over the years and is an opportunity for girls ages 12 to 17 to showcase themselves and their unique talents. Young ladies seeking to be chosen as the new Miss Teen Sanpete work hard to challenge themselves in the areas of Private Interview, Talent, Evening Wear and On-Stage Interview. Each contestant will also have a developed platform or service project to implement throughout her year of service. The new Miss Teen Sanpete will receive a $1,500 cash award. Lakely Brotherson of Wales has served as Miss Sanpete County’s Outstanding Teen 2022. She competed at Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen competition in February 2022 where she was awarded 4th Runner Up and was also a recipient of the Fitness Preliminary Award. She will be a senior at North Sanpete High School. Lakely’s most memorable moment was assisting at the Princess Camp at the Ephraim City Library and teaching young girls how to value themselves. Another highlight was assisting at the motocross event during the Sanpete County Fair. Lakely’s platform, “Give to Live,” raises awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation.
FORMER MISS SAnpete crown-holders
Members of Miss Sanpete County’s Outstanding Teen Royalty 2022 are, from left: First Attendant Ali Hatch, Miss Sanpete County’s Outstanding Teen Lakely Brotherson, and Second Attendant Madison Shelley.
Royalty Duties
The 2023 Miss Sanpete County and Miss Teen Sanpete Royalty will be seen kicking things off at the 2022 Sanpete County Fair and then participating in additional events such as parades, celebrations and other service capacities in the communities of Sanpete County throughout the year.
More Information
The Miss Sanpete County and Miss Teen Sanpete competitions are open to any girl wishing to participate. Participants do not have to have been in a royalty prior to competing; they just need to meet the residency and age requirements. The pageant board consists of Abby Ivory, Fountain Green, director; Kristyn Bore, Gunnison, assistant director; Jordan Shober, Springville, judges chair; Terilee Hammond, Fayette, creative director; Carlie Fowles, Ephraim, competition prep; Julia Stallings, Fountain Green, board secretary; and BreAnna Daniels, Ephraim, hostess chair. For more information about any of these local programs or to request an appearance or service opportunity with these outstanding young women, please contact Director Abby Ivory at 435-851-6215. Additional information can be found online at www.misssanpetecounty.org.
2021: Ashtyn Childs, Centerfield 2020: Lydia Madsen, Fairview 2019: Ally Brotherson, Mt. Pleasant 2018: Bellamy Sorensen, Centerfield 2017: Michayla Jackson, Milburn 2016: Kaytie Nielson, Fairview 2015: Madelyn Christenson, Gunnison 2014: Marlie Meacham, Manti 2013: Kristalyn Cluff, Manti 2012: Audrie Naylor, Manti 2011: Kassie Nielson, Fairview 2010: Ariel Mickelson, Manti 2009: Hannah Christenson, Gunnison 2008: Christine Cox, Manti 2007: Kayla Barclay, Manti 2006: Judy Chamberlain, Ephraim 2005: Tausha Barclay, Manti 2004: Marci McKay, Mt. Pleasant 2003: Christy Nelson, Ephraim 2002: Desirae Ball, Gunnison 2001: Tamber Mickelson, Manti 2000: Charlee Alynn, Mt. Pleasant 1999: Karalyn Thorson, Manti 1998: Janey Ann Petersen, Manti 1997: Katie Anderson, Ephraim 1996: Laura Finlinson, Moroni 1995: Holly Kay Dyreng, Manti 1994: Molly Petersen, Manti 1993: Karen Barton, Manti 1992: Carolyn Finlinson, Moroni 1991: Jill Petersen, Manti 1990: Suzanne Christensen, Gunnison 1989: Sherene Beazer, Ephraim 1988: Heidi Keisel, Moroni 1987: Christine Holman, Manti 1986: Molly McKay, Mt. Pleasant 1985: Michelle Lanier, Ephraim 1984: Alena Krowth, Mt. Pleasant 1983: Myra Anderson, Manti 1982: Debra Chadwick, Manti 1981: Katy Brundage, Manti 1980: Carrie Gunderson, Mt. Pleasant 1979: Becky Barton, Manti 1978: Antoinette Berti, Mt. Pleasant 1977: Rae Ann Rasmussen, Ephraim 1976: Stacey Rasmussen, Manti 1975: Carolyn Bench, Fairview 1974: Claudia Beck, Gunnison 1973: Rebecca Anderson, Manti 1972: Charlotte Lowry, Manti 1971: Debra Howell, Manti 1970: Jeannine Howell, Ephraim 1967: Lynda Johnson, Manti 1965: Jeannette Bench, Fairview 1964: Janice Franks, Ephraim
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Children in kindergarten through fifth grade during the 2021-22 school year can read books to gain free admission to this year’s Sanpete County Fair Rodeo through the Fun on the Farm Reading Challenge. These children are invited to read 25 books from January through August of 202s, then bring their completed entry form to the Thursday night (Aug. 25) rodeo grandstand gate to get in for free. The complete rules are as follows. An entry form for the Reading Challenge can be found on page 21 of this magazine.
Rules
• Open to children kindergarten through fifth grade for the 2021-22 school year. • Children must read 25 books of any length but the books must be of appropriate age/ability. • Books counted must be read by the child - not a teacher, parent, librarian, guardian, etc. • Books counted may be read from January 2022 through August 2022. • Each book title must be initialed by a parent, guardian or librarian. Incomplete entries cannot be accepted and the form must be completely filled out to receive free entry
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into the Thursday night rodeo at the Sanpete County Fair. • Children must bring their completed form with required initials to the Thursday night rodeo (August 25, 2022). Their paper will be collected at the gate and their hand stamped to gain free entry into the rodeo. Each form is good for one child admission to the Thursday night rodeo. Only one entry per child. Free admission does not include people accompanying the child. • The form is only valid for the Thursday night rodeo and is not valid for entry into other fair events.
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Fire crews from Sanpete communities are challenged each year to prove they have what it takes to handle the rigors of service while having fun in the process. The Fireman’s Challenge is one of the most crowd-pleasing events of the Sanpete County Fair. This year’s Fireman’s Challenge is sure to be another drenching success. It will be held Wednesday, Aug. 24, in the big arena at the Sanpete County Fairgrounds. The gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and the fun will begin at 7 p.m. All fire departments from around the valley are eligible to participate in the challenge and will have the opportunity to take home cash prizes and trophies. What looks like fun and games to the public is, in reality, life-saving training. Teams participate in timed events and drills, including utilizing a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), an interactive event that will not only entertain but also educate the public with the hope of encouraging more people to volunteer for the local fire departments. The event challenges are relay-type, many of which will showcase the fireman’s mastery of the equipment and life-saving skills. Of course, water is a prominent feature of this event, and there will be a splash zone. So, a word of caution: spectators sitting in certain rows will likely get a bit damp or perhaps quite soaked. Sponsors from local businesses provide the cash jackpot for the winning fire department and 100 percent of the money raised will go directly back to the fire departments. This has been a popular event in the past and this year’s challenge will be no different.
Wednesday, August 24 7 p.m. Fairgrounds Arena
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Friday, August 20 Enter by 2 p.m.-Judging at 4:30 p.m. Fairgrounds Pavilion See Entry Form on page 25 Prepare now to create that favorite Dutch oven dish using that wonderful secret family recipe. Be it with a cobbler, casserole, brisket, beans, potatoes or a sinful dessert, contestants will be going for top prizes in the annual Sanpete County Fair’s Dutch Oven Cook-Off on Saturday, Aug. 20, during the Sanpete County Fair. Don’t worry about a lack of expertise; come join in the Dutch oven food and fun for the afternoon. The cook-off will be held next to the pavilion at the fairgrounds in Manti. Dutch Oven Cook-Off competitors need to bring their completed entry form(s) to the Fairgrounds Pavilion and must be entered by 2 p.m. that day. Judging will begin at 4:30 p.m. Food will be available to purchase after the judging at $5 per plate with the proceeds going to the Sanpete County Fair. An entry form in included in the back of this magazine or extra entry forms will be available the day of the cook-off at the pavilion.
Dutch oven history
The origins of the Dutch oven come from the Netherlands (as you might expect from something with the word “Dutch” in its name) during the 17th century. At the time, the most valued cookware was being made of expensive materials such as copper and brass. The Dutch were some of the finest craftsmen of the day, supplying much of the world’s finest cookware. An English craftsman, however, thought that he could do better. He believed that there was a market for less expensive cookware. The key to this was using cheaper materials such as cast iron. But this posed a challenge. The Dutch
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method of casting used sand molds to achieve a fine sheen to the finished material. The English methods at the time used molds made primarily of clay. Darby and his righthand man, James Thomas, set out to find a way to cast iron using sand molds. Their first attempts were failures as working with molten iron differed from the brass that they were used to using. But eventually, they succeeded in creating a method for casting iron in sand molds. This made the process cheaper and more efficient. And it allowed them to bring cheaper, more durable cookware to the market rapidly. The Dutch oven has always been a simple concept. At its simplest, the Dutch oven is a covered pot. But it’s really much more than that. Its earliest uses called for cooking directly in open flames. This is why the pot needed to be so rugged and why the pot needed a well-fitted lid. Even today, variants of the Dutch oven are a staple for campfire cooking. Referred to as a camping or cowboy Dutch oven, the cast iron construction makes it ideal to withstand the rigors of cooking in an open-flame environment.
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The Sanpete County Fair Board is excited to bring back the Junior Rodeo in 2022. The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday Aug. 20, at the fairgrounds arena, 500 N. State, Manti. Events will include mutton bustin’, calf riding, steer riding, hide racing and junior and senior barrel racing. Junior Rodeo registrations will be accepted online on Sunday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. at sanpetecountyfair.net (click on “Event Information,” then scroll down to “Junior Rodeo Registration). Mutton bustin’, for ages 5 and younger, has an entry fee of $10. Trophies will be awarded for the top three riders; the top six riders will then have a chance to ride one more time for a winner-take-all trophy. Mutton Bustin’ is for children ages 5 and younger. The entry fee is $10. Calf riding is for ages 6 to 10 and has a $15 entry fee. There will be a buckle for first place and trophies for second and third places. The steer-riding event will be for ages 11-14. The entry fee is $15. There will be a buckle for first place and trophies for second and third place. Junior barrel racing will be for ages 12 and under. The rider must be able to complete the pattern on their own without being led. The entry fee is $15. The top run will receive a buckle and there will be trophies for second and third place. Senior barrel racing will be for ages 13-18 and have an entry fee of $15. A buckle will be awarded for the top run and trophies for second and third place. Hide racing is $20 per team. To register for these events, visit sanpetecountyfair.net. There are a limited number of spots and many kids who want to participate. The committee will do their best to get everyone involved. A parent or guardian of each participant will need to sign a waiver before their child can participate. Entry fees are due the night of the rodeo from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and can be paid at the north entrance of the arena where waivers will be signed and participants will receive a number. All paying participants will also receive a T-shirt.
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August 24 - 27 Exhibit Building The many artistic creations of Sanpete County citizens will be on display in the fair’s Exhibit Building to see and enjoy beginning Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. Those who want to enter an exhibit can do so Saturday Aug. 20, from 1 to 5 p.m. Exhibits can range from fine arts (oil, watercolor, chalk, pencil art) to string art, Lego creations, wood carving and burning, woodworking, leather work, crochet, sewing, cross stitch, porcelain dolls, ceramics, quilting, latch hook, furniture finishing, fresh flowers and potted plants, fresh fruits and vegetables from personal gardens, bottled goods and more. All visitors to the exhibit building are encouraged to pick up a voting ballot at the front desk, choose their favorite exhibits and then turn in the completed ballot to help select which entry receives the People’s Choice exhibit award.
Exhibit schedule SATURDAY, AUG. 20
1 to 4 p.m.: 4-H exhibit entries accepted. 1 to 5 p.m., Open Class entries will be accepted in the exhibit building. This includes all entries except baked goods, fresh flowers and potted plants.
MONDAY, AUG. 22
3 to 6 p.m., Open Class baked goods and fresh produce accepted. Baked goods and produce must be on plates covered with plastic.
TUESDAY, AUG. 23
Closed for judging.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24
9 to 11 a.m.: Open Class floral displays will be accepted. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Closed for judging floral displays. 2 to 7 p.m.: Exhibit building open for public viewing.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, AUG. 25, 26 & 27
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: The exhibit building will be open to the public.
MONDAY, AUG. 29
1 to 4 p.m.: Pick up entries and ribbons. Entries must be picked up on this day. If an entry cannot be picked up, contact Sandi Schoppe at 435-851-4322 or send someone to pick it up. Those entries not picked up, or for which previous arrangements have been made, will be discarded.
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2021 Open Exhibit Judge’s Choice Award winner, by Briar Rose Thompson
Entry rules
All Sanpete County residents are encouraged to exhibit items they have grown or created. When bringing an exhibit in for display, if there is no category for an entry, one will be made to accommodate the entry. Displayed photographs are limited to two per person. Quilts will be displayed on hanging racks that will show them beautifully and help keep the quilts clean from hands touching them. All quilts displayed should be handstitched or machine-stitched. Tied quilts are discouraged. Crochet, knit and embroidery items will be displayed on tables covered with plastic to protect them. Produce and baked goods must be covered with plastic to discourage flies and to protect the items. For more information, contact Sandi Schoppe at sandi. schoppe@gmail.com or call 435-851-4322.
Awards
Ribbons will be awarded for each entry. Along with the red, blue and sweepstakes ribbons, there will be four special ribbons awarded: Judges Choice, to be judged by out-of-county judges and awarded by them; People’s Choice, to be judged by visitors to the exhibit building who can submit a ballot with their vote for their favorite exhibits; Fair-Themed Entry, to be awarded by the judges as the one entry that best describes this year’s fair theme; and Best Quilt, to go to the judges’ selection of the best quilt on exhibit.
2021 Open Exhibit Best Fair Themed Quilt Award winner, by Tiffany Peterson
2021 Open Exhibit Best of Show Award winner, by Marie Stevens
2021 Open Exhibit People’s Choice Award winner, by Keith Alder
Appreciation
The following sponsors are appreciated for their donations which make the judge’s luncheon possible: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Terrel’s Market, Market Fresh Ephraim, V Dot Meats, South Sanpete Pack, Maverick, Gunnison Market and Walmart. In addition, Ephraim IFA and Walmart provided equipment and/or supplies for the Exhibit Building. Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net • 29
Brad Bown
Brad Bown of Manti has been named the 2022 Sanpete County King Cowboy. Brad was born and raised in Sanpete County. He grew up on the Bown family farm south of Manti where he learned lifelong lessons about hard work and how to sweat and have fun at the same time. A normal day for him while growing up included doing morning chores before catching the bus to attend school. After school, he returned home to take care of more chores and help milk the dairy cows in the evenings. Then it was supper, homework and family time, followed by the same routine the next day. Summers were a little different as school didn’t get in the way. Responsibilities for him and his brothers included helping dad milk the cows twice daily, taking care of the sheep and cow herds, growing and putting up hay crops and building beautiful pyramid haystacks for the coming winter. Looking back now, he says it was the perfect way to grow up and learn life skills. Brad graduated from Manti High School in 1975. He then attended Snow College for one year, then moved on to Utah State University with his brother Scott. He graduated from USU with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business. Brad and his brother Scott also opened and successfully ran Bown Brothers Chevron in Manti during the summers while they attended college. This is how they put themselves through college. Brad’s interest was still with the family farm he had grown up on, and he returned home to work with his dad. It was later decided by the family to let the dairy cows go and replace them with range cows and to increase their sheep herd. This was supposed to free everyone up and give them all more time to do as they pleased. The Bown family discovered there is life after milk cows. Brad realized there was not enough money in the family farm to support two families, and he took employment with David Madsen Construction of Mayfield for a few years. He was then hired by the Department of Corrections to be an officer at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in 1990. In 1992, he was hired by the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office to work at its jail. All the while, Brad continued to work and play at the Bown family farm. Brad was instrumental in getting the annual Sanpete County Demolition Derby started at the Sanpete County Fair. He served on the original Derby committee, including serving as chairman for a number of years. Later, he was asked by the county commissioners to serve as chair of the Sanpete County Fair Board of Directors, a job he accepted 30 • Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net
and served in for more than 15 years. Brad is still a member of the fair board and is over the annual Horse Pulling Competition. In September of 1988, the love of his life, Lori Kay Lyon, finally consented to marry him. They have been happily married now for almost 34 years. Brad and Lori have raised three children: Zeb, Braidie and Boston. All three of their children are happily married, successful and now have children of their own. Brad and Lori are the proud grandparents of 10 grandchildren. Brad’s family and posterity are truly his most prized possessions. When Brad’s father Bruce decided he couldn’t continue to work and run the farm, he turned the farm over to his sons Brad and Glade to carry on the family traditions and standards he had taught them. They carry on his legacy by watching over 75 head of range cows and 300 head of sheep. They continue to manage the farm as a self-sufficient and successful operation, raising crops and watching over the livestock. Brad is truly honored to be asked to serve as King Cowboy for Sanpete County this year and is grateful to be put in the same ranks as previous King Cowboys, those who have passed and those who are present. This is an honor he will always cherish and be grateful for.
FORMER KING COWBOYS 2021: Gerald Douglas (Doug) Willden, Mayfield 2020: No King Cowboy 2019: Terry C. Rigby, Oak Creek 2018: Ron Christensen, Sterling 2017: Lee Sorensen, Mayfield 2016: Scott Terry, Milburn 2015: Joe Frishknecht, Mayfield 2014: Jarvis Sorensen, Gunnison 2013: Doug Taylor, Moroni 2012: Larry Stewart, Milburn 2011: John Wintch, Manti 2010: Kerry Despain, Axtell 2009: Alan Bailey, Fountain Green 2008: Bert Sorensen, Mt. Pleasant 2007: Ted Thomson, Ephraim 2006: J. Neil Nielson, Gunnison 2005: Ross Terry, Fairview 2004: Richard Nielsen, Ephraim 2003: Ira Nielson, Centerfield 2002: Lee Anderson, Fountain Green 2001: Tom Anderson, Gunnison 2000: Glen Johnson, Manti 1999: Reed Thomas, Mt. Pleasant 1998: Don Barton, Manti 1997: Lyman Holyoak, Centerfield 1996: Bryce Jackson, Milburn 1995: Wayne Graser, Ephraim 1994: Brice H. Roberts, Gunnison 1993: Burt Seely, Mt. Pleasant 1992: Ned Madsen, Manti 1991: Bruce Bown, Manti 1990: Lloyd A. Terry, Milburn 1989: Tonay Peterson, Sterling 1988: L. Grover Childs, Gunnison 1987: W. Clark Benson, Ephraim 1986: Juel Rasmusson, Manti 1985: Merrill Johnson, Moroni 1984: Bruce Allred, Mt. Pleasant 1983: Lynn Sorensen, Axtell 1982: Neil Sorenson, Mayfield 1981: Allen Beck, Spring City 1980: Miles Jensen, Gunnison 1979: Paul Rassmussen, Ephraim 1978: Don Mackey, Manti 1977: Stanley Price, Wales 1976: Cleon Rigby, Fairview 1975: Bert F. Jensen, Gunnison 1974: Don Denton, Sterling 1973: Ervin Brotherson, Mt. Pleasant 1972: Wesley Johnson, Fayette 1971: Kay Olsen, Ephraim 1970: Ivan Peterson, Manti 1969: Ray Christensen, Moroni 1968: Truman Sorenson, Axtell 1967: Merrill Whitlock, Mayfield 1966: Tom Davis, Wales 1965: Leo Seely, Mt. Pleasant 1964: Harold Nielson, Centerfield 1963: Jennis Allred, Manti 1962: Erastus Rasmussen, Ephraim 1961: Royal Allred, Spring City 1960: Urban Hartley, Fairview 1959: Leon Tidwell, Moroni 1958 Francis Nielson, Mt. Pleasant 1957: Ervin Roberts, Gunnison 1956: Cal Mickelson, Manti 1955: Alma Allred, Mt. Pleasant 1954: Harold Despain, Fairview 1953: O.C. Doke, Ephraim 1952: John Baxter, Gunnison 1951: Nels Sorenson, Mayfield 1950: George Sorenson, Ephraim 1949: Nels Madsen, Manti Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net • 31
Tuesday, August 23 Qualifying Rounds 4 p.m Main Event 7 p.m. Fairgrounds Arena A night full of thrills and spills is coming to the Sanpete County Fair when the Sanpete Xtreme Moto jumps into the fairgrounds arena on Tuesday, Aug. 23. The gates will open at 6 p.m., qualifying rounds will begin at 4 p.m. and the main event will follow at 7 p.m. The fairgrounds are located at 500 N. State, Manti. Tickets for this event are $10 for grandstand and general admission seating. Ages 2 and under are free. Pro motorcycle racers will take on jumps, rocks, mud, logs and other obstacles while racing for cash and prizes. The professional racing will include amateur and novice class competitors. To register, visit sanpetecountyfair.net. For more information, contact Mike at 435-851-7107.
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4-H and Open Class Small Animal Judging Thursday, Aug. 25, 6 p.m. (closed to the public) Supervisor Cheryl Swapp, 435-469-0482
1. No hay, straw or grass will be allowed in the cages. 2. Only registered 4-H members may enter their 4-H project in the 4-H class. 4-H Rabbit and Poultry (Video) Showmanship classes will be held Saturday, Aug. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in the Large Animal Barn Show Ring. 3. Entries will be accepted from noon to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. A maximum of $8 per person will be awarded. Awards will be handed out at animal pick-up on Saturday, Aug. 27. 4. The animal owner will be responsible to feed their own livestock. 5. All entries will be released on Aug. 27 at 5 p.m. Any entries not removed by 6 p.m. will be disposed of by the management. 6. All judging will be according to The American Standards of Perfection for Rabbits, Pigeons, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Turkeys. 7. No rabbits under the age of eight weeks will be judged or allowed to be sold. 8. If an owner wishes to sell any animal, that arrangement is solely between owner and buyer. Supervisor will not handle money or arrange sales.
POULTRY, PIGEONS AND WATERFOWL
At the advice of the state veterinarian for Utah and the USU Extension specialists, we will not have live bird exhibits this year due to an outbreak of Avian Flu in Utah. We have the best interest of our poultry-producing community members in mind. Please check back next year for exhibit information.
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All 4-H’ers planning on exhibiting General 4-H Fair Projects must be enrolled in 4-H by Friday, July 15. Please call Roxie at 435-283-3472 if you have questions about the registration process.
Important Dates and Deadlines:
August 7 (11:59 p.m.) All 4-H fair exhibit entries must be entered online at https://utah4hreg.usu.edu/cf/. Online registration must be completed by 4-H Club Leaders and requires an active email account. Assistance in completing online entries is available by calling the Extension Office at 283-3472. August 20, 1 to 3 p.m. 4-H entries will be accepted at the Exhibit Building. (Exceptions include Fresh Produce and Baked Goods.) The building will close promptly at 3 p.m. August 23, 8 to 9 a.m. Fresh Produce and Baked Goods will be accepted at the Exhibit Building. (Building will be closed for judging at 9 a.m.) August 24, 2 to 7 p.m. 4-H Exhibit Building open to the public. August 25-27, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 4-H Exhibit Building open to the public.
4-H Exhibit Guidelines
1. Enrolled 4-H members have the opportunity to showcase their blue-ribbon-quality projects created after the 2021 fair. 2. All entries must be registered online at https:// utah4hreg.usu.edu/cf/ no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7. Entry tags need to be printed off and attached to each item before check-in. Only online entries will be accepted, and no entries will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 7. 3. All entries must be stable enough to be handled and moved. 4. Food entries must not need refrigeration and will not be returned. 5. 4-H members must provide hangers for clothing entries. 6. Entries are limited to 1 item per lot within a class. (Exceptions include Food Preservation: 3 items of different fruits and 3 items of different vegetables and Gardening: unlimited items in each lot). 7. Legos and other building block entries qualifying for the State Fair must be transported by the individual. 8. Produce qualifying for the State Fair must be transported by the individual. 9. The Utah State 4-H Fair Book serves as a guide for classes and lots of all entries: https://extension.usu.edu/utah4h/ files/Fairbook2022.pdf.
August 29, 3 to 6 p.m. ENTRY PICK-UP 4-H members are responsible for picking up fair entries and premium money. Failure to do so during specified times may result in the forfeiture of premium money. Items qualifying for State Fair need to be identified and made known to 4-H Staff during the Entry Pick-Up time.
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The Sanpete County Junior Livestock Show and Sale is a great agricultural education program for youth ages 9-18 and has been conducted annually at the Sanpete County Fair since the mid-1980s. Youth registered with 4-H or FFA participate by purchasing a calf, a pig, a lamb or a goat which are then fed, groomed and exercised for 60 to 100 days. The youth also study animal science and how to train, groom and show the animals. Youth are also able to raise and show dairy goats in a breeding show. All of the hard work and study is challenged at the Sanpete County Junior Livestock Show where youth are tested on their knowledge of their project species and also exhibit and present their livestock project animals to a judge in the show ring. The exhibitors will show their animals in the market classes on Thursday, Aug. 25. In these classes, the judge will evaluate the animals on confirmation and finishing. Classes are divided by the weight of the animal. The Grand and Reserve animals in each species will be chosen this day. On Friday, Aug. 26, the exhibitors will show their animals once more, but during these classes, the exhibitors will be judged on their skills and abilities to groom and show their animals. These are called the showmanship classes and exhibitors compete against others their own age. The final event will be the Livestock Auction and Sale
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at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, where members of the community and local businesses can purchase or contribute a donation to purchase a livestock project animal. The livestock is processed at local meat processing plants for a good supply of high-quality meat for the buyer. There are many volunteers who work hard to provide this great learning experience to the 4-H and FFA youth. Please come and support this great youth educational experience. The 2022 Junior Livestock Rulebook and Livestock Study Guides can be found on the Sanpete County Extension website at https://extension.usu.edu/sanpete/4h-resources. Once there, select the 4-H Large Animal Livestock Projects drop-down menu.
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2021 Bred & Owned Grand Champion Beef Shown by Jentrey Rigby
2021 Bred & Owned Grand Champion Goat Shown by Josie Wright
2021 Bred & Owned Grand Champion Lamb Shown by Paige Otten
2021 Bred & Owned Reserve Champion Beef Shown by Kambree Barker
2021 Bred & Owned Reserve Champion Goat Shown by Bodie Wright
Bred & Owned Reserve Champion Lamb Shown by Jocelyn Schoppe
2021 Grand Champion Beef Shown by Nicole Otten
2021 Grand Champion Dairy Goat Kid Shown by Bailee Jaques
2021 Grand Champion Dairy Goat Shown by Morgan Zanocco
2021 Grand Champion Goat Shown by Josie Wright
2021 Grand Champion Lamb Shown by Kort Sorenson
2021 Grand Champion Swine Shown by Josie Wright
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2021 Reserve Champion Beef Shown by Bodie Wright
2021 Reserve Champion Dairy Goat Kid Shown by Morgan Zanocco
2021 Reserve Champion Lamb Shown by Wyatt Mann
2021 Reserve Champion Swine Shown by Bodie Wright
2021 Reserve Champion Goat Shown by Bodie Wright
2021 Reserve Champion Goat Shown by Paige Zanocco
Monday, Aug. 22, 5 p.m.: Barn Set-Up, Livestock KnowledgeTest Wednesday, Aug. 24, 4 to 6 p.m.: Lamb Goat, Swine, Market Beef receiving and weigh-in Wednesday, Aug. 24, 6 p.m.: Exhibitor Meeting (all parents and exhibitors must attend) Wednesday, Aug. 24, 6:30 p.m.: Livestock Judging Contest Thursday, Aug. 25: Market Classes will begin at 8 a.m. Please see the Fair Schedule for updated times for shows. Friday, Aug. 26: Showmanship Show begins at 8 a.m. Hog Showmanship Classes will begin at 8 a.m. followed by dairy goats, sheep, market goats and beef. Times for each class depends on the number of entries in each class. Saturday, Aug. 27: Junior Livestock Sale. Livestock buyer’s breakfast begins at 8 a.m.; the auction and sale begins at 10 a.m. Exhibitors are reminded they are responsible for their animals until 6 p.m. Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net • 39
The 2022 Sanpete County Fair Carnival will offer rides for thrill seekers and young children alike as well as carnival food and games during the final three days of the fair. Presented by Brown’s Amusements, the carnival will open at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Sanpete County Fairgrounds and operate throughout the evening. The carnival will open at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug.
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26, and at noon on Saturday, Aug. 27. Carnival day passes may be purchased for $25 each at sanpetecountyfair.net. The tickets may be used once for any of the three days of the carnival. The purchased day pass must be presented at the fair’s ticket booth to redeem it for the carnival’s pass prior to going to the Brown’s Amusements ticket booth.
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Friday, August 19 7 p.m. Fairgrounds Arena Country music singer/songwriter Ian Munsick will perform in concert on Friday, Aug. 19, as part of the Sanpete County Fair. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Sanpete County Fairgrounds Arena. The fairgrounds are located at 50 W. 500 North in Manti. Tickets are $35 for reserved seating and $25 for general admission seating and may be purchased online at sanpetecountyfair.net. Breathing fresh Rocky Mountain air into the Nashville music scene, Ian Munsick is pioneering a new brand of country. The Wyoming-born singer/songwriter’s upbringing was a mix of working the ranch and working crowds. Under the tutelage of their fiddle-playing father, Munsick and his two older brothers grew up playing everything from bluegrass to The Beatles. Incorporating elements across genres, he has now begun to establish himself as a progressive artist with an old soul. Captivated by traditional lyrical truth and the modern soundscape, Ian followed his ear to Music City.
In 2017, he released a self-titled EP, winning iHeartRadio’s Rocky Mountain Song of the Year for the rootsy “Horses Are Faster” and becoming the only artist who simultaneously qualified two tracks as finalists in the NSAI/CMT songwriting competition. Equipped with a full ready-for-release collection of songs, the 27-year-old has signed his first major label deal with Warner Music Nashville. His debut album “Coyote Cry,” out now, features his milehigh tenor underscoring self-penned songs that conjure equal parts epic adventure and down-to-earth wisdom. The record marks the dawn of western pop-laced country, pulling a thread straight from Chris LeDoux through Post Malone. Fans are finding that with albums like “Coyote Cry” and its flagship single “Long Haul,” western country is being reborn.
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Friday, August 26, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, August 27, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sanpete County Fairgrounds Fun on the Farm is in its 14th year and we want to thank everyone for their support through the years! Fun on the Farm is a permanent exhibit at the Sanpete County Fair that was created by Calan Olsen in response to a suggestion from his grandpa Steve Frischknecht. It is a hands-on agricultural exhibit that teaches how food gets from the farm to the table. The visitors start at the first building where they put on an apron and get a basket. They then proceed through the exhibit’s buildings, each dedicated to a different farm animal. They also gather products (milk chug, honey, bacon, fruit or vegetables) as they go. There are different activities at each building like milking a cow, holding a Madagascar Hissing cockroach, branding a cow, carding wool, etc. They take the products they gather and turn them into the market, where they get a Fun on the Farm dollar. Then they spend their dollar at the store for a treat or prize. Fourteen years ago, Fun on the Farm began with eight buildings and was placed in a lawn area that was far from permanent. Through the years, a market and insect building were added. The exhibit was placed in a permanent spot, and new signage, siding on buildings, sidewalks, lawn, sprinklers and fencing were added. The future plan is to add a silo and put siding on the rest of the buildings. Fun on the Farm will be open again this year on Friday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will close before the fair parade and will not reopen. Kids in second grade and younger need to be accompanied by an adult to attend Fun on the Farm. It is located inside the fairgrounds behind the swimming pool and will be free of charge to everyone. An estimated 2,000 visitors attend the exhibit each year. This project is run through donations, and we are running really low this year. We have plaques that are displayed with our Bronze, Silver and Gold donors. For a donation of $100 or more, your name can be added to one of our plaques. If you would like to become a donor toward this project, you can send your donations to: Sanpete County Fair Fun on the Farm, c/o Stacey Carlisle, 640 East 70 South, Manti, Utah 84642. Donations are tax deductible; please indicate that it is to be used for “Fun on the Farm.” There will also be special shirts, pins and hats for purchase that will help us run Fun on the Farm in the future. Calan wants to thank everyone who helps to make this exhibit a success and hopes that you enjoy your visit to Fun on the Farm! 44 • Sanpete County Fairbook 2022 • www.sanpetecountyfair.net
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See Entry Form on page 51 Join in what will surely prove to be a most smashing event of the Sanpete County Fair on Friday, Aug. 26, at the county fairgrounds as the annual Demolition Derby gets underway. The action will begin at 7 p.m. that evening. Tickets are $15 for grandstand seating and $10 for general admission. Tickets may be purchased at sanpetecountyfair.net. This bold tradition continues with local drivers competing with those from out of the area for over $44,000 in cash and prizes. If you’re a red-blooded American, you won’t want to miss out on this action. The entire family can enjoy this big event of suspense and excitement while cheering for their favorite drivers. This nail-biting, breath-stealing, action-filled night is sure to be big, bad, and fast! The top drivers in each full-size car heat will compete for
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thousands of dollars during the main event. Those who haven’t made it into the main event will have one final opportunity to earn their way in during the grudge match. Prizes include: Trucks: first place, $3,000; second place, $1,750; third place, $1,000; and fourth place, $750. Mini: first place, $3,000; second place, $1,750; third place, $1,000; fourth place, $750. The Light Class, Medium Class and Heavy Class will each payout $4,000 for first place, $2,500 for second place, $1,500 for third place and $1,000 for fourth place. To ensure great action, the Most Aggressive Driver (MAD) in each category will be awarded a cash prize as well. Drivers must follow rules found online at the Sanpete County Fair website at sanpetecountyfair.net and sign a waiver prior to the event. Those under 18 must have parental consent. An entry form is available on the website or at the back of this magazine. There is a $50 fee to enter. Tickets can be purchased online at sanpetecountyfair.net. Remaining tickets will be available the week of the fair at the fairgrounds ticket booth. For full Demolition Derby rules, visit sanpetecountyfair. net/event-information.
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Monroe Magnuson answered a call in 2008 from a longtime cattle producer and friend expecting to talk about show cattle and the cattle business, but the result of the phone call was far different than he had ever expected. After the regular cowboy banter and ribbings between the two, the caller said, “Monroe, my wife and I have decided you need a career change.” “I didn’t really know how to react when he said that, so I just asked what he meant,” Monroe said. “My friend explained that they were hunting for a rodeo announcer for the Panguitch Invitational High School Rodeo, and they had thought I should try my hand at announcing. I am always up for a challenge, so I said okay.” The first performance was “baptism by fire,” Monroe said. “There were several injuries, and I had no idea how to handle them or explain to the crowd what was going on.” But the rush was more than Monroe could predict, and he was hooked. For three years, he became the voice of the “Invitational” and began booking rodeos anywhere he could convince contractors and committees to hire him. Monroe’s father died of injuries incurred from a horse accident on the family’s ranch when Monroe was 5. “Because my dad and mom were in the process of building their cattle operation at the time of my father’s accident and death,” Monroe said, “I spent my youth working with my mother and brother doing what needed to be done to make the cattle operation work. I never really had the opportunity to do things like rodeo, although it was something I think I would have wanted to do when I was younger.” While Monroe operates a cattle operation of his own and grew up in a ranching family, rodeo was not anything in which he had ever participated. “I did the regular chores and duties that every other cattleman does every day caring for his livestock, and I had also had the opportunity to show and sell cattle all over the nation. I loved to watch rodeo, but, through all of that, it never occurred to me to be involved in rodeo,” Monroe said. “But after having the opportunity to announce, I became aware that it was a life
I would have loved when I was younger, a community that I truly enjoy, and a great opportunity to educate about and tell the story of a way of life, the cowboy way of life, that I love and believe in.” “I believe the American cowboy is respected and maybe even idolized,” Monroe said. “They say everybody loves a cowboy, and, if that is so, it is because of what he represents … integrity, grit and determination.” In 2010, Monroe attended a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Announcers Training Seminar with renowned instructor and announcer Chad Nicholson at Fort Worth, Texas, and has since been hired to announce rodeos throughout the western United States. He holds cards with the PRCA and Professional Bull Riders (PBR) as well as the Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo Association. In 2011 he was honored to be selected as one of three announcers for the National Finals Rodeo of the National Little Britches Association at Pueblo, Colorado, and in 2012 he was selected to serve as the lead announcer at the NLBRA National Finals. He had the opportunity to announce the finals of the Western States Bucking Bull Association in 2014 and has been announcer of the year in 2012, 2015 and 2019 of the Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo Association (RMPRA). Monroe and his wife Amber make their home in Castle Dale, Utah, where he has his cattle operation.
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The 2022 Sanpete County Fair Rodeo will fill the fairgrounds arena with exciting rodeo action on Thursday and Saturday, Aug. 25 and 27, beginning at 6:45 p.m. each evening. The fairgrounds are located at 500 N. State, Manti. The Grand Entry for this RMPRA Rodeo will begin at 6:45 p.m. and rodeo events will follow at 7 p.m. This year’s stock contractor is Ben German with Broken Heart Rodeo Company, and Monroe Magnuson will serve as the rodeo’s announcer. Whistle-Nut & Ole Rodeo Team will serve as the specialty act. Casperson Miniature Bulls of Bancroft, Idaho, will be featured as part of the rodeo on Saturday night. Tickets for the grandstand and general admission for both nights are $10. Tickets for this year’s rodeo can be purchased at sanpetecountyfair.net. Chairs for this year’s rodeo are Dell Jensen, Chris Olson and Jill Burr. Sponsors are Central Valley Medical Center, San Bar Ranch, VDOT Meat, Tom Dyches Realty, Swift Construction, C.O. Builders, Statewide Funding, Gunnison Valley Hospital, Redmond Minerals, Town & Country Mortgage, TRB Rock Products, JT Colt Company, Rocky Mountain Remodeling and West Wind Water Well.
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This year’s Sanpete County Fair Rodeo will feature the Whistle-Nut & Ole Rodeo Team as the event’s specialty act. The Whistle-Nut & Ole Rodeo Team is a professional PRCA rodeo specialty act. Whistle-Nut, aka Jason Dent, is the barrel man and Ole is Whistle-Nut’s trained bull. Together, with a team of fighting bulls, Whistle-Nut & Ole perform in the United States and Canada for some of the most crowd-entertaining shows in professional rodeo. Jason Dent was born and raised as a southern Iowa farm kid with an extraordinary love for agriculture and animals. He majored in agricultural business and rodeoed at Northwest Missouri State University. He rode bulls for 14 years before meeting his best friend, Ole. Dent trained Ole, a double-bred, wrangler riverts bucking bull, to ride like a horse. When Ole was a 2-year-old, he wasn’t that interested in bucking, so Dent bought him and spent another two years training him. Dent said he coaxed Ole with wafer cookies during training. Ole the bull and Whistle-Nut have been performing internationally for years. As a team, they have captured the hearts of everyone they come in contact with. Dent is a professional athlete, stuntman, comedian, jokester and former semi-pro bull rider. On top of that, he’s
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It all started about 30 years ago when Broken Heart Rodeo Company put on its first Bull Wars in Morgan, Utah. With little knowledge or experience but with high hopes, a very successful rodeo career began. Ben and Jennifer German, owners of Broken Heart, are the proud parents of three children, as well as sons in-law and grandchildren, who work the rodeos. Broken Heart has several hundred head of bucking horses and bulls, as well as stock trailers, a semi-truck and a trailer rig, and it has dozens of rodeos lined up each year across the Mountain West. During the last 30 years, German has produced an enviable resume of success. In the past 20 years, his stock has won 79-of-88 Top Stock Awards in the Intermountain Professional Rodeo Association (IMPRA) and the Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association (RMPRA). German has also been named “Stock Contractor of the Year” for many years in both associations. He has sent stock to the National Finals Rodeo, Wilderness Circuit Finals and Nevada State High School Finals and is the stock contractor at the Utah State High School Finals. Broken Heart takes great pride in its livestock and always continues to purchase new animals to improve the
company’s string. German has a “Born to Buck” program that allows him to raise genetically superior bucking horses. He plans to continue to raise some of the best and then buy the rest to complete his champion caliber collection of bucking horses and bulls. German’s bulls have been named “Bull of the Year” since 2003. In the spring of 2008, Broken Heart Rodeo teamed up with Circle J Rodeo to start the new Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association. The German family would like to thank everyone, from sponsors to chute help, for making their rodeos possible. Now, after 30 years of experience managing bucking stock and rodeo production, the Broken Heart rodeos are the place to be to expect something exceptional.
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The Sanpete County Fair Sweetheart and Jr. Princess contest was held on May 20 and 21 this year. The girls competed with their horses on the evening of the 20th at the Sanpete County Fairgrounds and competed in modeling, speech and interview at the Manti City building on the morning of the 21st.
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Alana Nielsen is the daughter of Colby and Lynsey Zeeman of Sterling. She loves small-town living! She has been involved in the sport of rodeo and riding horses from the minute she could walk. This past year, she received the award for first place overall in the senior division while competing in western horse 4-H. Alana will be a junior this year at Manti High School. Not only does she ride horses, but she also loves to dance! She is a Templarette officer this year on the MHS drill team. Alana is looking forward to a summer representing the county fair at all the different parades and rodeos. She hopes to see everyone at the county fair this year, it’s going to be a good one!
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Friday, August 26 2 p.m. Fairgrounds Pavilion The Sanpete County Fair’s 43rd Annual Open Pet Show will be held at the fairgrounds pavilion at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. Youth ages 18 and younger are encouraged to give their “pet” a bath or shower, dress it up and bring it to the pet show to strut their stuff. You may ask, “What is a pet?” Well, quite simply and concisely, a pet can be almost anything. Who is to say that a mouse, spider, sneaky snake or a starling can’t be a pet? The old saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” also applies to pets. No pre-registration is required to participate, but those wanting to participate should arrive by 1:45 p.m. that day to complete their registration. Entry categories are as follows: Small Dog, Large Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Reptile, Bird and Fowl, Costume, Large Pet, Most Unique and Open. There is no fee to enter and each entrant will receive a ribbon. There will be a first-place winner in each category and each first-place winner will receive a trophy.
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Saturday, August 27 1 p.m. Fairgrounds Arena Don’t miss the opportunity to see real horsepower in person and witness how farming was done prior to the use of modern day tractors at the Utah Horse Pullers Association event during the Sanpete County Fair. The event will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, in the fairgrounds arena. Since tractors and equipment have taken over the farming industry, pulling matches have become a sporting event. Seeing matched pairs of horses and the harness gear used is a sight to behold. The event is free, so just find a good seat in the grandstand, settle in and enjoy. Since there is no cover on the grandstand, spectators are encouraged to bring large umbrellas or a pop-up canopy to keep off the afternoon sun. There are three weight classes in the competition: lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight. Prize money is paid to the winners of each weight class. The event has been a crowd-pleasing event in past years and is a worthwhile event to experience. Association members are personable and will entertain questions about the
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Saturday, August 27 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fairgrounds See Entry Form on page 65 The Car Show at the Sanpete County Fair will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27, on the south side of the fairgrounds near the pavilion. Registration and set up will be conducted from 8 to 10 a.m. The car show will be open to the public from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Awards will be presented at 3 p.m. This year’s show will be open to cars, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, UTV’s and ATV’s. All years, makes and models are welcome. Registration for each entry includes a T-shirt and a dash plaque. Additional car show T-shirts can be ordered early for $12 or at the show for $15. Early registration (before Aug. 21) is $20 for the first entry and $15 for each additional entry registered in the same name. Entries registered on Aug. 21 and later will be $25 for the first entry and $20 for each additional entry registered in the same name. Registration can be completed using the form included in the back of this fair magazine or online at sanpetecountyfair.net. Those using a physical form can return it to Car-
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The Sanpete Cattlemen’s Association welcomes everyone to the fair’s annual Beef Feast – a traditional steak fry featuring some of the best steaks found in Sanpete County. Beef producers enjoy showcasing their products for friends and neighbors in Sanpete as well as to visitors to the area, making the Beef Feast a fair tradition for many families. The Beef Feast, scheduled for noon on Saturday, Aug. 27, in front of the Exhibit Building at the fairgrounds, will include 400 succulent New York strip steaks. Side dishes vary from year to year, and when the steaks are gone, the feast is over. Cost for the event will be determined closer to the event’s date. Lines begin forming early and are steady, so come early and come hungry. If you haven’t had the opportunity to enjoy enjoy this event, stop by and find out why so many line up for lunch every year.
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Saturday, August 27 2 p.m. Fairground Pavilion Prepare now for the annual pie-eating contest to be held Saturday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. in the fair pavilion. How fast can a cream pie be eaten with a person’s hands behind their back, with no utensils and their face in the pie? You’ll be able to answer this question at the Pie-Eating Contest! Contestants may choose from three flavors: chocolate, banana or coconut. There are also three divisions: ages 10 and under, 11 to 15, and 16 and older. Trophies will be awarded to the first-place winners in each division. Contestants need to pre-register with their name, age and flavor of pie. Pre-registration will begin Aug. 17 and continue through Aug. 23. To pre-register, call Carrie Allsop at 435-835-2652. Registered contestants arrive at the pavilion by 1:45 p.m. the day of the event for final registration.
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Darrel & corinne olsen Darrel and Corinne Olsen, lifelong residents of Sanpete County, have been chosen to serve as grand marshals of the Sanpete County Fair Mammoth Parade. The parade will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, and travel along Main Street in Manti. The Olsens are very honored and shocked by the honor of being named the parade grand marshals. They both grew up in Sanpete County (Darrel in Ephraim and Corinne in Manti) and are very proud of the legacy they are part of as children from farming families. Although they grew up in the same area, they didn’t meet until they were both attending school at the University of Utah. They were married right after Corinne graduated as a pharmacist and Darrel started his residency in family practice. After Darrel finished his education, they were very blessed to find jobs and be able to come back home and be closer to family. Darrel worked for Intermountain Healthcare as a family physician for 25 years and is now the medical director for the Utah Department of Corrections. He has loved being able to serve the people of the community in this capacity. Corinne worked at local pharmacies and the hospital, spending most of her time at Anderson Drug where she loved her association with everyone she worked with and served. The Olsens have been very involved in the community in many capacities, including with 4-H, the Lion’s Club, the Sanpete County Fair Board, the Ephraim Youth City Council, county zoning committees and the PTA. One of
their favorite things to do is find ways to serve others, and their kids are always involved in any activity they do. In fact, their kids are quite often the ones in charge of the service they are doing. One example of this is the Fun on the Farm exhibit at the Sanpete County Fair. This project was born from an idea by their son, Calan, and from a desire of his grandpa, Steve Frischknecht, to bring something like the state fair’s “Little Hands on the Farm” to our fair. Calan, Darrel and Corinne became fair board members and worked to raise funds and build the exhibit that is now enjoyed by many every year free of charge. Corinne and Darrel have involved their children in 4-H for many years as they provided workshops on various topics for thousands of other 4-H members. They also involved their kids in teaching monthly science experiments at Ephraim Elementary School. Their children are always involved in every community service they provide. They feel like there is nothing better than feeling like you may have made a difference somewhere and are very grateful they have had a chance to be involved in such a wonderful community. Their most treasured accomplishments, however, are their children: Jessica (deceased), Calan, Steven, Samantha, Andrew and Mathew. They have three grandchildren (Alyssa, Declan and Allan) and have been blessed to have Hollie and Tyson join their family as they married their kids.
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Where in the world did Sanpete County get its name? It all started when the Ute Chief Wakara invited pioneers to settle the San Pitch valley, named after a tribe of hunter-gatherer Indians. Wakara claimed that the Great Spirit had appeared to him in a dream, telling him to welcome the white men. Later, Wakara engaged his guests in the infamous “Walker War” from 1853-54. The Black Hawk War, named for another Ute leader, also disrupted county settlement from 1865-68. Eventually, the San Pitch name was corrupted to Sanpete. Some historians now believe that more than the agricultural skills Wakara claimed to want for himself and his tribe, he was interested in the cattle that the pioneers seemed to take with them everywhere they went. The county wasn’t the only entity to undergo a name change. Most of the cities within the county have gone through changes in identity since their founding. How Sanpete County’s cities and towns originated and came to be can be an interesting story. The following stories are shortened versions of some of Sanpete’s best-known towns. Used by permission, Utah National Historical Society
Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant is known for its 19th-century Main Street buildings, for being home to Wasatch Academy, and for being the largest city in the northern half of the county. In 2020, the city population was 3,580. After taking lumber out of Pleasant Creek Canyon in late 1851, a band of Mormon colonists from Manti led by Madison D. Hambleton returned in the spring of 1852 to establish the Hambleton Settlement near the present site of Mt. Pleasant. During the Wakara War, the small group of settlers relocated to Spring Town and later to Manti for protection. The old settlement was burned down by local Native Americans, so when a large colonizing party from Ephraim and Manti returned to the area in 1859, a new, permanent town site was laid out in its present location. Among the founding settlers were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormon converts) from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and the eastern United States. By 1880, Mt. Pleasant was the county’s largest city with a population of 2,000. More than 72 percent of its married adults were foreign born. This ethnic diversity had an important impact on village life during the 19th and early 20th centuries. For decades, five languages were commonly spoken in town, creating confusing and sometimes amusing communication problems. The settlement and development of Mt. Pleasant followed the typical pattern for Mormon towns of the period. Used by permission, Utah National Historical Society
Horseshoe Mountain is seen from Spring City circa 1950s.
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A square-shaped town site was surveyed, eventually containing about 100 city blocks. Lots were drawn and the land was distributed among the population. Under the direction of James Russell Ivie (1802–1866), a fort of adobe walls and log cabins was built. Pleasant Creek ran through the fort and farming was done outside of its walls. Around the time that Ivie was killed in the Blackhawk War by Native Americans who had declined to participate in the settlement of the earlier Wakara War, the town had acquired its present name. By the time the final peace treaty with the Native Americans was signed in Bishop Seeley’s house on Mt. Pleasant Main Street in 1872, bringing to an end to this conflict, many settlers had already erected homesteads outside of the fort. Although the town site is large in scale, the density is relatively low due to the original layout allowing for only four lots per block. The influence of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was felt in all religious, political, economic, educational and social aspects of life in early Mt. Pleasant. Self-sufficiency was a virtue and home-grown and home-manufactured food, clothing and furnishings were far more available than rarely found imported items. Some of the first industries included hide tanning, shoemaking, blacksmithing, basket-making and freighting.
Eventual modernization brought such improvements as the Deseret Telegraph in 1869, The Pyramid newspaper in 1890 and a telephone system in 1891. Sawmills and flour mills were built, irrigation systems were dug and a municipal government was created to oversee public laws and improvements. The city was incorporated in 1868, a year after the first cooperative store was founded, starting what became a burgeoning commercial district. Upon the arrival of the Rio Grande Western Railway in 1890, both the local population and the city’s prosperity increased dramatically. By 1900, Mt. Pleasant had grown to nearly 3,000 persons, the largest Used by permission, Utah National Historical Society
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size reached by any city in Sanpete County to that time, and the city had earned one of its nicknames, “Hub City.” The town’s new-found wealth became immediately apparent in a building boom which saw the replacement of small, wood-frame commercial buildings with much more impressive, architect-designed stone and brick structures such as the 1888 Sanpete County Co-op, the Gentile store that competed with the ZCMI (or Mormon) store. The resulting Main Street district is so architecturally distinctive that the two-block-long area has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Equally striking are the Victorian churches, schools and residences that replaced the simpler adobe and log buildings of the pioneer period. Mt. Pleasant has long been considered the most diverse city in the county, in part because of the liberal Mormons and the Protestant groups that challenged the dominant Mormon population in the late 19th century. Liberal Hall, built on Main Street in 1875, and Wasatch Academy, established that same year by Presbyterians and Utah’s oldest surviving private boarding school, remain as visible and functional testaments of the city’s historic and ongoing diversity. The 20th century brought continued changes and improvements to the face of the “Queen City,” Mt. Pleasant’s most popular nickname. The commercial and residential
districts continued to fill with fine buildings bespeaking the prosperity of the community. By 1912, the first high school, North Sanpete High School, had been completed. The year 1912 also brought the Armory Hall, while the Elite Theater was constructed as a “fireproof” building in 1913. It burned down seven decades later. In 1917, a fine Carnegie Library was built in a modern architectural style. The Marie Hotel was erected in 1920 and a large cheese factory came on the scene in 1930, the same year that bus service came to town. The completion of U.S. Highway 89 in 1936 was a boon needed to soften the impact of the Great Depression. A city hall in 1939 and hospital in 1945, together with new schools and churches, gave Mt. Pleasant a full complement of public buildings.
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INDIANOLA Located on the northeast edge of Thistle Valley, Indianola was organized as a ward and named by Apostle Erastus Snow in 1880. At the time, it numbered over 100 members, half Native Americans and half Whites. North Sanpeters had herded livestock in the valley and even homesteaded there before Brigham Young decided to set up a model Native American farm for Utes not already removed to the Uinta Basin. Eventually, the church had to pay $12,000 to induce pioneers to vacate the valley. Eventually, most of the Utes moved away, died or simply failed to multiply, so some of the sellers eventually returned to the valley. Most of them lived on their farms rather than locate close to the brick meetinghouse (now a granary) built on the town site.
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Milburn occupies a picturesque cove barely visible from the U.S. 89 scenic overlook near Hilltop. Platted in 1886 on a rocky slope watered by Dry Creek, it was organized as a ward in 1896. The fair number of sawmills already built in canyons above it sparked the choice of name. Families began homesteading this herd ground of Fairview as early as 1876, so a majority of Milburners never lived in the town itself, which was loosely clustered around a school, church and stone store/dance hall. When Dry Creek turned wet and wiped out the town in 1903, the population spread out even more. Eventually, so many moved away that the church dissolved the ward and transferred the last 33 members to Fairview in 1961.
Chester
Soon after homesteading fever hit Sanpete in 1870, polygamists and other farmers from Mt. Pleasant, Moroni and Spring City spread out onto the meadows along the bottomlands of Oak and Canal Creeks below Spring City. Despite their dispersion, they formed a ward in 1877 named Chester, shortened by the Post Office from the “Chesterfield” proposed by David Candland who had immigrated from Chesterfield, England.
We must forgive Candland’s lack of originality. He was only trying to improve the image of the hamlet from its original name: The Bottoms. A meetinghouse, a school, an Allred store and a few houses soon sprang up close to the crossroads at the center of town.
WALES
The small mining town of Wales was named for the country of the immigrants who were sent there by Brigham Young in 1859 to mine the “rock that burns.” A Native American named Tabiyuna, a prominent Ute, had showed Young a small sample. Young knew it was coal and asked if any of his group knew how to mine the coal. The immigrants were sent to the west side hills to set up mines. The community’s original name was Coal Bed, but it was changed to Wales in 1869. There once was a railroad depot, and it was an important and busy mining center. The mines and town were abandoned when more productive mines were discovered in Scofield. Many of the present residents are descendants of the original miners. A four-wheel drive road up Wales Canyon leads to open meadows on the top and a dirt road travels down the other side to Chicken Creek Campground and into Levan.
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fountain green Fountain Green is just east of Salt Creek Canyon and east of Nephi. It began as a popular campground for Salt Creek and San Pitch travelers during the 1850s before the Johnsons and other families from Santaquin in Utah Valley settled it. Lying just below the Divide and Mt. Nebo, it had a green fountain named “Big Springs” that was second to no other spring in the Sanpete Valley. In 1849, as groups of Mormon colonists began to immigrate to the fertile Sanpete Valley, many of them camped at a verdant location in the northwestern end of the valley known as Uintah Springs. A decade later, George W. Johnson, Santaquin, was granted permission to establish a permanent settlement on the popular campgrounds. In July 1859, Albert Petty surveyed a town site, laying out 20 blocks of about 4.5 acres each. Other pioneers soon joined the Johnson family, building log homes and, in 1860, a multipurpose log meetinghouse. In the same year, an irrigation channel was plowed to a canyon in the San Pitch Mountains just west of town, and the growth of Fountain Green was well under way. Fountain Green’s name is still a fitting description of the lush, green hillside village abundantly watered by what is now called Big Springs and Silver Creek, which it forms. Artesian wells and, later, pumped water, provided an ample water supply, allowing the development of agriculture and stock raising, the staple industries of the town from 1860 to the present. In 1865, a sawmill was constructed, followed in 1866 by an adobe meetinghouse and, in 1867, a flour mill. Due to hostilities and one death during the Black Hawk War of 1865-67, a rock fort was erected in 1866. After peace was made with the San Pitch Native Americans, growth and progress continued unhindered and major crops of wheat, oats and potatoes were harvested. Although Fountain Green was the first Sanpete community to receive the railroad in the 1880s, it did not take full advantage of this opportunity, being the only major town in the region to drop in population between 1880 and 1890.
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Farms and homes are shown in Fountain Green. Photo taken in 1900.
Fountain Green’s flourishing in the early 20th century, during which time it was considered the “richest town” in the county, was due mostly to its successful wool-growing industry. Expanding from a cooperatively owned herd of Spanish Merino sheep in the 1880s, sheep growers greatly enhanced their profits after upgrading their herds with high-wool-producing Rambouillet stock. In 1902, 40,850 sheep were owned by 26 growers for an average of 1,571 head of sheep each, although some owned far more than others. The Fountain Green Woolgrowers Association was founded in 1908 and became the dominant group in town, with the possible exception of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members they shared in common. The association created the nationally famous Jericho Pool of 100,000 sheep, giving Fountain Green its nickname of “Wool City.” A celebration known as Lamb Days is still held annually, although the sheep industry has diminished in importance over the years. In 1987, 47 percent of the farms in northwest Sanpete County raised turkeys, while only 26 percent produced sheep, revealing the economic shift from Fountain Green to Moroni, the center of the county’s turkey industry.
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Founded in 1859, the town’s high elevation provided a fair enough view of the valley to inspire the choice of name in 1864. The first settlers from Mt. Pleasant had named the site North Bend. Fairview became the center of a wealthy agricultural district which in 1900 supported four general stores, one furniture store, one harness shop, two hotels, one butcher shop, a planing mill, half a dozen steam sawmills situated at different points in the mountains, good public schools and a great number of comfortable homes. The town is home to the Fairview Museum of History and Art, which is full of historical data, artifacts, pictures and artwork, and a full-scale replica of a nearly fully intact Columbian mammoth that was unearthed on the nearby Wasatch Plateau in 1988 during excavation of Huntington Reservoir. The quality of the find, plus the altitude at which it was found, make this mammoth unique. Fairview Canyon is a great place to ride ATVs and mountain bikes as well as to fish, hunt, horseback ride, camp, snowkite and snowmobile. Fairview is the gateway to the famous Skyline Drive, a 75-mile scenic 4x4 mountain road that offers hundreds of miles of outdoor recreational opportunities. Numerous trout-filled ponds, lakes and streams can be
found along the Skyline Drive. Huntington Reservoir boasts a large tiger trout population. The Huntington-Eccles Scenic Byway also begins in Fairview. The drive heads east up the canyon on Highway 31 through the Manti La-Sal National Forest. Used by permission, Utah National Historical Society
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SPRING CITY In 1852, James Allred and his sons were sent from Manti to settle in Canal Creek. With so many Allreds in the area, it isn’t surprising that the area’s first name was Allred Settlement. With the outbreak of war hostilities in July of 1853, Hambleton settlers on Pleasant Creek retreated to the Allred Settlement and pleas for reinforcements brought 50 Danish families via Salt Lake. The village was sacked, and settlers removed to Manti and soon helped establish Fort Ephraim. When they finally returned in 1859, the agreed-on name was Spring City. It’s an appropriate name since the spring in the center of town always runs. The city is on the National Register of Historic Places. Spring City was highlighted on Forbes.com’s list of America’s Prettiest Towns in 2010. Shown is the Jacob Johnson home in Spring City (photo taken in the 1950s). In 1875, Johnson built the original section of the house when he opened his law office in Spring City and lived with his wives, Margaret Anderson and Matilda Justesen.
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gunnison The establishment of Gunnison in 1862 resulted from the resettlement and merging of two earlier communities, each built in 1859 along the lower San Pitch River in upper Gunnison Valley. A group of settlers from Sanpete County had started a village on the south bank of the river at Chalk Hill Point about two miles east of the eventual town. At about the same time, a group of colonists from Springville and other places formed a settlement about three miles west of Chalk Hill. They called the place Kearns Camp after their leader, Mormon Bishop H.H. Kearns. Simple houses were erected at each location with the intention of creating permanent communities. The impetus for settlement in the area had come from Brigham Young after his tour from Manti to the Sevier Valley and the southern colonies in May 1850. During a return visit in 1862, Young saw the limitations of the swampy area, which was termed “too muddy for a hog’s wallow.” He advised the people to move up to the bench area, where a new town was built. The town was named in honor of government explorer Captain John Gunnison, who was killed with six of his men by Native Americans while in the Sevier Valley area in 1853. Edward Fox surveyed the town site in rectan-
gular 8-acre blocks and James Mellet erected the first house as the pioneers dismantled and carted their earlier structures to the new site in late 1862. They were now a long distance from water, so the first public task was to dig a ditch from the river to the benchtop town. Early settlement efforts were hampered by difficulties with Native Americans during the Black Hawk War. Although a few settlers died in skirmishes, an unexpected benefit occurred in April 1867 when some of the people evacuated from the Sevier County colonies relocated permanently to Gunnison. Construction was facilitated after 1863 by the construction of a vertical “pit-saw” sawmill, which was followed soon after by a horse-powered circular sawmill. A blacksmith shop was started in 1867 by Lorentz Dastrup. Early structures were erected by stone mason Christ Tollestrup, adobe craftsmen Eric Larsen and Harmon Christensen, and carpenter William Christensen. Concurrent with town building was the commencement of farming. A committee divided up the land, drew up rules and distributed the land to settlers. The first irrigation system was improved and expanded throughout the valley. Irrigation companies were founded and dams,
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reservoirs and canals were built. The society of Mormon pioneers was formally organized with Joseph S. Horne being sent from Salt Lake City to serve as bishop in 1868. Young and progressive, he directed the creation of a cooperative store, the opening of a rock salt mine and the formation of the Farmers, Gardeners and Foresters clubs. Like that of the other villages in Sanpete County, Gunnison’s survival has depended on sustaining an agrarian economy. In the 19th century, irrigation brought vegetable crops and sugar beets. The success of sugar as an export crop led to the construction of a sugar beet factory in the valley. Grain crops, alfalfa and truck farming, together with dairy products, turkeys, sheep and, especially, beef cattle, kept the city viable in the 20th century. With the coming of the railroad, Gunnison’s fortunes prospered and the city’s population more than doubled in the decade ending in 1900. As it grew, Gunnison developed as the commercial center of the valley, featuring flour and feed mills, a co-op store, general and specialty stores and the Gunnison Valley Bank. Religious, civic and educational facilities were built as the city expanded, including several impressive Mormon and Presbyterian structures in the mid-1880s, a dance hall in 1896 and a
Photo shows a Gunnison street with a casino, two saloons and other businesses. Photo was taken on May 29, 1917.
new city hall and rock school in 1899. The telegraph arrived in 1882 and Gunnison officially became a town in 1893. The turn of the century brought the first telephone to town, and in 1910 a new water system was installed and the first power plant was built. By 1921, Gunnison and the surrounding environs had grown sufficiently to build a separate high school, a one-story brick facility erected on the east side of Main Street between the south of town and nearby Centerfield. The second half of the 20th century ushered in similar improvements, including a new state prison facility built north of town.
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MANTI The oldest town in Sanpete County is Manti. Brigham Young sent the first settlers to Manti after he received an invitation by Ute Chief Walkara to send people down to the San Pitch area to teach the Utes how to farm. The original company of 50 pioneer families arrived in the winter of 1849. The pioneers, whose first camp was established on what is now Temple Hill, spent their first winter enduring hardships of scant food and clothing, hostile Native Americans and makeshift housing. Settlers were forced to use wagons and dugouts for protection against the severe cold and the 700 Native Americans camped about a mile away. About half of their cattle froze to death and they were unable to get more food and supplies from Salt Lake City. Winter was not the only problem. As spring approached, the ground thawed and the pioneers were faced with hundreds of rattlesnakes. Miraculously, not one of the settlers died from snakebite. Isaac Morley, the leader of this pioneer group, was given the honor of naming the town. He suggested “Manti” as a good name, and so the name was adopted. Manti is a town mentioned in the Book of Mormon.
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This photograph of Manti shows construction of businesses along Main Street in 1884.
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mayfield After Manti was settled, the land to the south was surveyed and canyons along the mountains were called Six Mile, Nine-Mile and Twelve-Mile canyons, named for their relative distances from the Manti Temple. The land at the mouth of Twelve-Mile Canyon had been an Native American farm reservation known as Arrapine Valley or Arropeen, so named for a brother of Chief Wakara. Mads Sorenson, Carl Olsen and Simon Hansen scouted the site on a logging foray in 1870. The next spring, they cut meadow hay, built cabins and began water division. Other families joined them by 1873 and they formed a United Order Cooperative Society on the north bank of the creek. The settlement was named Mayfield because of the beauty Mother Nature so lavishly displayed in the month of May. Early in the spring of 1875, 21 families moved from Ephraim and settled on the south side of the creek. They called this new settlement “New London.” The two settlements combined under the name of Mayfield when the first ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on July 4, 1877. The first house in Mayfield was built by M.P. Sorensen in 1873. Other early settlers were Simon Hansen, Christian Hansen, Hans Tuft and C.A. Madsen. Twenty families
from Ephraim joined the colony in 1875 and John Williams opened the first store. In 1875, the settlement was increased by the addition of 20 families from Ephraim and a town started. The first store was opened that year in a tent and was owned by John Williams, who later sold it to the people and the business was incorporated as the Mayfield Co-op. The affairs were operated for some years under the wise management of Ole C. Olsen, president of the company, and later by Joseph Christiansen. In 1894, the company sold out, and in a history of Sanpete County published in 1898, the store was then owned by Henry Jensen “who operates a north and south branch, and does a good business.” At that time (1898), there were three stores, the third owned by O.C. Larsen; two blacksmith shops, owned by Arthur H. Campbell and Jorgeu Knudsen; a fine 40-barrel roller mill, owned by the Willardson family; three well-conducted district schools, under able instructors; a Relief Society hall used for amusements and religious services; and a ward of the Latter-day Saints under the wise counsel of Bishop Parley Christiansen. The population consisted of farmers and stock raisers and numbered probably 800 people.
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moroni Moroni was founded by George Washington Bradley in 1859 and was settled by families from Nephi, but it had a real identity crisis. It went through the names Sanpitch, Mego, Little Rome and Duck Springs before Sanpete’s first probate judge named it Moroni after a Nephite prophet in The Book of Mormon. Moroni sits midway between Nephi and Manti on the most pronounced “North Bend” of the San Pitch River. Families from Nephi moved there early in 1859. High water in 1862 forced the town’s founders to move away from the river site and spread north over the rolling hills, a setting best seen when approaching Moroni from the south. For water, they tapped the San Pitch farther east with an intricate and expensive system of canals and ditches that stretched from Mt. Pleasant to Fountain Green’s south fields. Reaching out in all directions, the city was big enough by 1891 to support an “opera house” that seated 1,000 persons. That opera house has been renovated and used regularly today.
The Moroni Tabernacle is shown in this undated photo.
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Centerfield was first known as Skin Town. It seems that in about 1880, a new method for tanning cowhides was discovered and implemented in New York. At the same time, Sanpete suffered a terrible winter with such deep snow that many cattle couldn’t find enough forage and died. In order to keep their operations from being a total loss, the ranchers skinned the cows, used the new tanning method on the hides and hung them out on their fences to dry. The fact that all the fences were draped with cow hides led to the name “Skin Town.” It was also called South Gunnison or Twin Town. When the town was incorporated in 1907, the residents chose the more dignified name of Centerfield because of the community’s central location. Centerfield is an 1860s offshoot of Gunnison that evolved two miles south on US 89. Gunnison Field or Gunnison South was a natural site for farmers who worked small “squatters’ rights” plots of about 5 acres with oxen and hand plows. After the Native American troubles subsided, log and adobe houses began to appear. A late 1876 petition to “build a school convenient to our location” was an early sign of independence from the mother colony. Canute Peterson chose a committee of four who named the place for its location in the fields between Gunnison and Axtell.
Axtell was settled about 1874 by John Bosshardt, who raised the first barley and alfalfa; Lars Fjeldsted, who ran a co-op herd of sheep; and Axel Finarsen, a Danish bachelor. The town spread out on an east-west axis along Willow Creek, which was the area’s name until the arrival of the railroad and post office in 1891. The place has an expansive open flavor reminiscent of the Midwest with irrigated grains and alfalfa sweeping eastward to the foothills of the Wasatch Plateau. Farms and houses are dispersed, as are Axtell’s “central places,” notably the post office and the ward house. Thus, it differs from the typical Mormon village settlement plan. Axtellers have a keen appreciation for their “peace and quiet” and a sense of “in between” stemming from their county border location. Notable sites include historic and contemporary salt mines in the foothills to the east and west. Willow Creek Reservoir, a haven for wildlife, is about 5.5 miles east of town behind the foothills, and a graded road continues to the Skyline Drive near 10,984-foot Musinia Peak.
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EPHRAIM
Ephraim, the largest town in Sanpete County, was founded by a lone settler, Isaac Behunin, who claimed 40 acres on Pine Creek. Because of troubles with the local Native Americans, he and his family has to abandon their homestead and move to the Manti Fort in 1853. When it was deemed safe to return in 1854, Behunin found that he was no longer alone. Several families tagged along and built homes in the place they called Cottonwood Creek. Because of the unpredictable temperament of the Native Americans, they soon put up a fort approximately a square block in size and the settlement was called Fort Ephraim, getting its name from one of the tribes of Israel mentioned in the Old Testament. The security of the fort drew a diverse group of settlers to the area, including Danes, Swedes and Norwegians. When the Danes moved in, they called it “Little Denmark.” When the “Fort” was dropped, the name Ephraim stuck.
Shown is the Ephraim United Order Mercantile Institution at 94 N. Main Street in Ephraim in the year 1900.
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Fayette was settled by five families from Springville who arrived by ox team on April 8, 1861. After finding Hog Wallow (Gunnison) too crowded, they backtracked five miles to establish Warm Creek. Three families soon left, but the Joseph Bartholomew and James Mellor families stuck it out and their descendants remain today. One pioneer described the site as a lush meadow paradise abounding in wildlife. Chief Arapeen extracted two fat oxen for ceding the life-giving spring and some calves for the meadowlands. Willow-covered dugouts and wagon boxes first provided shelter, followed by Used by permission, log cabins and later houses of Utah National Historical Society local stone and brick. Retreats were common and log buildings were moved inside the Gunnison fort during the Blackhawk War of the 1860s. Apostle Orson Hyde urged the name change to Fayette for the New York town where The Church of Je- The Fayette Meeting House is sus Christ of Latter-day Saints shown in the 1870s. was organized.
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