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UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY This book has been published in pari by the Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, under provision of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

FIRST EDITION © Copyright 1979 by Margaret Derrick Lester Salt Lake City, Utah ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SBN 0-913738-28-x Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 78-71305 Manufactured in the United States of America

To my husband, Richard, and my children, Richard, Robert, and Judith Ann

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments Introduction

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Kings and a Queen of the Range

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Elizabeth Bonnemort James David Wood Francis Joseph Hagenbarth

Pioneer Brigham Street Devereaux Benson-Wells Brigham Young Snow-Clawson

15 21 24 33

Men in Laced Boots Enos A. Wall Weir-Cosgriff.

Samuel Newhouse Daniel C. Jackling

39 47 53 63

Silver Kings and a Queen JohnJ. Daly David Keith Thomas Kearns Johnjudge Ezra Thompson Silver Queen

75 79 89 99 105 110

151 159 164

Merchants and Financiers Henry Dinwoodey Kahn, Conn, and Cohn Matthew H. Walker Lester Freed Joseph R. Walker

175 180 186 194 198

Business and Professional Men Karl A. Scheid Morris R. Evans George M. Downey John E. Dooly John C. Lynch PatrickJ. Moran

205 208 212 216 222 226

Addendum

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Map

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Photo Credits

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Bibliography

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Index

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Men of the Treasure Mountains Franklin-Richmond John Thomas Hodson Duncan MacVichie Henry G. McMillan John and George Dern

123 129 132 137 140

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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book such as this proceeds from many sources — a reminiscence from a niece or grandson, an ^- anecdote recalled by a Brigham Street neighbor, an insight from an architectural historian, a document found and shared by a fellow researcher.

To all those who have helped fill in the blanks, who have added bits of information and memories that gave life to the characters, I owe my gratitude.

I am deeply indebted to Melvin T. Smith, director of the Utah State Historical Society, who encouraged me to undertake this work and gave me reassurance along the way.

Stanford J. Layton, managing editor of the Society's publications, and Miriam B. Murphy,

associate editor, did a superb job of editing. Their interest in and sensitivity to the subject matter have made this a better book.

Robert C. Mitchell loaned a piece of old rose satin brocade wall covering from the Amelia Palace, which inspired the design for the book. A special thanks to him, and to Martha R. Stewart and Ruth and Lionel McNeely for their support and assistance.

My husband, Richard, listened time after time to inevitable changes as I wrote and rewrote. His comments were always helpful and appreciated.

To all who have worked on the publication, and to all who may read and enjoy this work, I thank you.

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INTRODUCTION

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hey had always called it stamp of the pioneer era on the Brigham Street, prefercommunity and quickly identiring that to the more offified Brigham Street as a very cial South Temple. Bordering special place. the estate of Brigham Young on Fifteen years after Salt Lake the south, this important thorCity's founding and Brigham oughfare e x t e n d e d e a s t and Street's designation, Utah bewest. It was toward the latter gan to reveal her generous cache direction, in those early years, of precious metals. Within that its future seemed to lie. another decade Park City was There it intercepted Main Street thriving as a producer of mineral and proceeded p a s t the site wealth, as were Bingham Candesignated for the Salt Lake yon and mining towns of the Temple. Property had been asOquirrhs, the Tin tic Mining signed to each Mormon male, District, and Frisco and Silver with lots close to the temple Reef in the southwestern part site going to those who were of the territory. Mine owners, actively engaged in the leaderEagle Gate from Harpers Weekly, 1900. operators, and promoters, as ship of the church and new community; and resiwell as livestock owners, merchants, speculators, dences of important people were closely intermingled and bankers came to Utah, bringing new ideas and with church, government, and business establishcreating new wealth. These were the people — ments.

Gentiles, as their Mormon neighbors called them — who were responsible for developing pioneer Brigham The homes of Daniel H. Wells and Hiram B. ClawStreet into Salt Lake City's first boulevard of son, charming in the simplicity of Mormon pioneer distinction. architecture; the several homes of Brigham Young, each with unique qualities of its own; and the grand The new rich began to pour their wealth into estate of merchant William Jennings left an indelible lavish homes, selecting the most impressive sites on

which to build. Sites on the north side of Brigham Street overlooking the city were the first chosen.

Pioneer adobes gave way to pretentious dwellings, or, in some cases, sturdy adobe homes were remodeled and added onto as the street extended eastward and grew in opulence. Elegant homes were not confined to that location, of course, but the size, architecture, and grandeur of both the physical structures and their settings distinguished this street from all others. It became the most beautiful thoroughfare between Denver and San Francisco. Shade trees lined the street, and everywhere there were well-kept lawns and brightly colored flowers.

By 1902 sidewalks extended the full length of the street, and it became a favorite walk for strollers on a Sunday afternoon. Along the roadway beautifully matched horses pulled Salt Lake City's stylish society.

Somewhere on the street of an evening some gala affair would be in progress. Handsome carriages drawing up to the walks revealed ladies in slrimmering satins, brocades, velvets, or chiffons with sequins, laces, and ermine.

People came to gaze at the enchanting scene and were captivated by the display of wealth and the mode of living. There were lavish balls and extravagant weddings. Names of the wealthy appeared daily in the society news. Entertainments, parties, teas,

"at homes," travels abroad, trips to a neighboring city for the weekend — everything was newsworthy.

There was a murder or two and an occasional suicide.

There were other scandals. Life was not much different in that respect from today, but it was Brigham Street — a celebrity in the limelight.

View of South Temple in the mid-1860s. Small adobe buildings beyond the rock wall w ere the first home of the Desere t News, Salt Lake City's pioneer newspaper; the next two were homes of Brigham Young, later used by Daniel H. Wells; the Lion House (the long west porch was used for a gymnasium); Brigham Young's office can be seen between the Lion and Beehive houses. The home by the flagpole is the White House. Note the wall surrounding the Young estate.

Until 1 9 0 3 carriages sloshed through mud or dust, depending on the weather, but with the newly paved roadway the dust settled and the street looked clean and scrubbed. Trolley cars clanged back and forth. Horses' hooves clopped more sharply than Salt Lake City In 1882. The Assembly Hall, tabernacle, and the temple under construction filled the background.

The Council House, first seat of government, is next to the Charles R. Savage Photography Studio. William C. Staines, territorial librarian, was housed in Council House (not to be confused with the restored building now on Capitol Hill).

before. When the city was blanketed in winter white and the snow was in prime condition, the cutters emerged, their bells jingling as they glided along in the crisp air, the occupants wrapped in warm furs. Oldfashioned bobsleds were prepared for drives about

the country roads; frothy eggnog bowls and hot suppers around a blazing fire would highlight an evening of laughter and fun and good comradeship. Whatever the season, blue-uniformed policemen walked up and down in the shadowy darkness keeping in step with

their nightsticks that tap-tap-tapped on the sidewalks, the very sound bringing a sense of security as shades were pulled and the street slept.

By this time the Gardo House built by Brigham Young was undergoing a transformation as the home Looking east on Brigham Street from State Street. On the left is Brigham Young's White House at its second location; then come several handsome pioneer homes, nearly all of which were later remodeled into more pretentious residences. On the other side of the divided, two-level street was a store or shop — probably that of Charles Freed — on the corner now occupied by the Alta Club. Farther along can be seen the Empey Cottage, partially hidden by another house but identifiable by the painted quoins.

The street, ca. 1902, grew in opulence. From the left: Brigham Young Schoolhouse; Frank W. Jennings home partly hidden by the trees (later owned by Dr. Harry D. Niles); then the homes of George P. Holman, Priscilla Jennings (later Philo T. Farnsworth), Theodore Bruback (small), James A. Pollock (square tower), Arthur L. Thomas (later remodeled by Samuel Newhouse),

of Col. and Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes. On the southeast corner of State Street was the prestigious Alta Club for men. On the northeast corner, Brigham Young's old wall still partly hid the abandoned schoolhouse; the site would soon be occupied by the deluxe Bransford Apartments that Colonel and Mrs. Holmes would erect. (The name was later changed to Eagle Gate Apartments).

Sauntering east on the avenue, strollers would pass the homes of many prominent Salt Lakers, including Philo T. Farnsworth, ChiefJustice James A. Miner, former United States Sen. Arthur Brown, James D. Wood, Enos A. Wall (who would later become the owner of what became known as the Wall Mansion farther up the street), and John J. Daly among others. The gardens of these homes formed a blanket of greenery and colorful flowers extending halfway up the hill.

Arriving at "B" Street, the pedestrian had reached the site of the new Catholic church, to be called the Cathedral of the Madeleine. The street up to that point was divided into two levels, but the city would in the near future (1904) level it out and make a more attractive thoroughfare. The trolley car ran on a track in the middle. The S. P. Teasdel lot on "C" Street had been purchased by the Presbyterian church and construction was scheduled to begin within the next year

or two. Next door east were the pioneer homes of the Sharp family; James D. Sharp's was remarkable for its gardens. Next, the residences of such well-known citizens as Judge C. C. Goodwin and John E. Dooly came into view. The Thomas Weir and David Keith homes occupied two corners at "F" Street. Farther along, across the street from Mayor Ezra Thompson's home, was the high board fence surrounding the At 115 East Brigham Street was the home of George P. Holman, president of the Swansea Mining Company.

dences at this far end of the street were those of various professional men.

Off to the left was Popperton, part of which is now called Federal Heights. Straight ahead lay the military reservation and a road leading to the Fort Douglas buildings. To the right in the distance rose three buildings of the University of Utah, giving a promise of one of the finest institutions of learning in the West, the lofty Wasatch Mountains creating a picturesque background.

Portions of several homes can be seen in this view: first, that of J. D. Wood; next a home once owned by Enos A. Wall.

The John Daly home cannot be seen, but opposite it, across " B " Street, is the Cathedral of the Madeleine.

property of Sen.Thomas Kearns. Enough could be seen of the home to know that this was to be one of the most interesting and palatial residences on the street. Next came the homes of prominent merchants, business and mining leaders, physicians, and Sheep Queen Elizabeth Bonnemort.

The block where the Holy Cross Hospital stands on the right-hand side came into view next. Resi-

Upon reaching the eastern end of the grand boulevard and pausing to reflect upon the magnificence of his walk, the traveler may well have sensed the twilight of an era. The new century was barely five years old when a series of national and international events combined to tighten credit. In 1 9 0 7 a financial panic broke. Stock values dropped more than one billion dollars on the New York Stock Exchange, and the whole world felt the effects.

The financial crises subsided for a time, and to some degree normality returned. But tensions again mounted as events led to war in Europe. By 1914 trade was paralyzed and security values threatened to collapse. The New York Stock Exchange closed in July. The great armies of Europe marched into desperate battle.

David Keith with his wife. Mary, and David, Jr., in front of their lovely home I at 529 East South Temple.

These events left their mark on the people of South Temple. There was a decline in business.

There were labor problems. Inflation affected the sale and purchase of all commodities as well as industrial machinery and equipment. Those who depended on outside financing to conduct their business activities faced disaster. Many had difficulty finding domestic help to maintain their homes, and by 1 9 1 6 some residences had been converted to boardinghouses.

Brigham Street wedding party includes Col. and Mrs. E. A. Wall on the left; their d a u g h t e r Mary Olga Wall, the fifth girl from the left; Peggy Wall, the youngest of five daughters, is the small girl on the right.

Subsequently, zoning laws were altered, allowing for nonresidential tenants. Homes that were built to withstand the ages died from neglect. Stone walls and strong pillars could not stay the force of progress, and the blade of the bulldozer was the guillotine. The decline was slow but it was sure.

Not all the houses of Brigham Street were mansions, and neither all the homes built there nor all the people who lived in them will find a place in the pages

that follow. The sketches are selective, chosen to represent particular facets of Brigham Street society, and their respective lengths imply no judgments about the relative importance of the individuals involved. Some of the personality sketches have been deliberately abbreviated because the stories have been told so well elsewhere. Others have been expanded for the opposite reason, or because they are unique or particularly representative, or because

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Within a span of eight years (1902-10) these homes filled the block between Tenth and Eleventh East streets, north side.

From right to left: Mrs. Frances Walker (widow of Samuel S.), now the Town Club; Edward O. Howard, cashier and director of Walker Brothers Bank; Newell Beeman, president and manager of Salt Lake Photo Supply; Miss Gratia Flanders, piano teacher; J. W. Rogers, superintendent of Pacific Express Company.

Brigham Street with the Lion and Beehive houses on the left and the apartments built by Col. and Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes. On the right the small home used for a time as the LDS church historian's office, flat-roofed art gallery of the HoLmescs, Amelia Palace, and the Alia Club.

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The Kearns Mansion nearing completion.

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they highlight a special mood or atmosphere essential to an understanding of historic Brigham Street.

In all cases, the spotlight is on the people. Many of their houses are gone, and those still standing can tell only part of their story. The real story of Brigham Street will be told in the lives of its builders.*

^DEVEREAUX A

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illiam Staines, English gentleman, surrounded his new home in the valley of the Great Salt Lake with delightful gardens and landscaping. He was a horticulturist and would be one to change this semiarid home of the Saints into a land of verdant beauty, considering it his business to decorate and beautify Zion. The first flowers for the local I market were grown in his gardens, and he won many prizes for his choice fruits and vegetables.

WUMam C. Staines The residence gained attention very early. In 1858 the newly appointed territorial governor, Alfred Cumming, and his wife received an invitation to make their headquarters at Staines's home until further arrangements could be made. Mrs. Cumming reported the details of the "English cottage" in charming letters to her sister. She was delighted with the gardens and the fruit trees. She described the piazzas, carved work, and the ornamented windows.

She also wrote of the hospitality and generosity that Mormon authorities afforded the Cummings during 16

their stay. It was here that Brigham Young first met the new governor. Another important visitor accepting Staines's hospitality was Sir Richard Burton, famous writer, adventurer, and world traveler.

The next owner of the home was Joseph A. Young, a son of Brigham, who purchased the home and property in 1865.

Three years later it was acquired by merchant William Jennings who bought up still more property until the William Jennings estate aggregated five full city lots. In another eight years an addition to the east wing changed the cottage-like architecture into one of Victorian influence with French details.

The elaborate interior contained heavy carved pine woodwork, grained to resemble various woods, with each room having its own distinct type. The green and gold drawing room was an impressive sight with woodcarving done by the master craftsman Ralph Ramsay. Gilt frames were furnished by pioneer artisan Edward Martin for the paintings that adorned the

walls. Occupying a prominent space was Christ Blessing Little Children by Mormon artist Dan Weggeland.

As the carriages swept up the wide drive the visitor was awed by the estate's splendid and aristocratic appearance. The carriage and bridal paths wandered gracefully through the extensive English gardens. The rare flower gardens and orchards planted by Willaim Staines had been retained. Even the name was en-

chanting. William Jennings had been born on the Devereaux Estate at Yardley, near Birmingham, England: therefore the name Devereaux.

Jennings was considered Utah's first millionaire.

He owned the Eagle Emporium, which became the first home of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), and was mayor of Salt Lake City from 1882 to 1 8 8 5 . He and his wives were gracious and generous hosts, and as many as three hundred guests

The Staines home as it appeared when visited by Elizabeth and Alfred Cumming, second governor of Utah Territory.

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were entertained and served dinner at one time in their home. Besides Governor and Mrs. Cumming, there were President Ulysses S. Grant, Generals Philip Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman, and other high federal officials who crossed its threshold.

Prominent business and professional men and officers of Fort Douglas attended the festive parties with their ladies. On occasion a floor for dancing was erected north of the conservatory. Musicians played while guests danced beneath the stars. Some J a n e and Priscilla, wives of William Jennings, and their children, 1868.

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explored the gardens, wandering over the well-kept lawns where profusions of Chinese lanterns illuminated the grounds. Conversations were carried on in the parlors and delicious fare was spread in the dining room. Brigham Young sometimes borrowed Devereaux when he had a need to entertain large crowds. It was, without doubt, the most glamorous estate in the valley at the time.

Holiday time was one of festivity and charitable giving. The Jennings ladies busily engaged themselves in setting the large table with all sorts of meats, including roast bear, fruits, puddings, nuts, cakes, and other delicacies, and invited their many friends, the elite of the pioneer community, to enjoy the regal repast and share the Yuletide spirit. On the eve of Christmas others were not forgotten. Basket after basket was loaded with nourishing food and goodies for the needy.

In 1870 the elder wife, Jane Walker, died. Priscilla reared Jane's children along with her own. The two women had shared the same homes and husband from the beginning and had lived together in apparent harmony. The household was run in the proper style of the English. Priscilla believed in keeping the girls to their books and instructing them in domestic duties and feminine crafts so that "they may know how to make a poor man a good wife as well as a rich one."

Priscilla Paul, the daughter of architect William Paul, had inherited her father's love for architecture and worked with him on the designs for the remodeling of Devereaux. Besides all these accomplishments, she found time to play an active role in the LDS church and its auxiliary organization, the Relief Society.

On the left the home built by Priscilla Jennings and purchased in 1896

by Philo T. Farnsworth, manager of the Horn Silver Mining Company.

Later, the Elks Club replaced both this house and the White House.

The other homes are those ofJames A. Pollock and Arthur L. Thomas, governor of Utah Territory, 1889-93.

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After the death of Mr. Jennings in 1886 the estate was sold, and less than three years later Priscilla moved into her newly constructed home on East Brigham Street. Devereaux began its decline. The dignity of the English landscaping was diminished with each section of land that was sold. Finally, all the elements that had combined to make the life and glamour of Devereaux had slipped out of existence.

The physical remains of the building became engulfed in the surrounding business and industrial area. It now stands, a giant on the landscape, hopefully awaiting a future of renewed significance. &

Devereaux House woodwork details.

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DEVEREAUX 334 West South Temple Built 1856-57; remodeled after 1876 Architect: William Paul Owners: William C. Staines, Joseph A Ynu.irt, 1865, William Jennings, 1868

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zra T. Benson, pioneer of 1849, one of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and active in territorial politics, built the home in 1855. A few years later he was called by Brigham Young to go to Cache Valley in northern Utah. The home was then purchased by Daniel H. Wells.

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In his early life in Missouri, Wells had been a constable and justice of the peace. During the persecutions of the Mormons in Nauvoo, he offered his friendship and assistance, although he had not yet joined their church. His sincerity, understanding, and wisdom as a defender of the oppressed people earned

Daniel H. WcUs

him the title of Squire Wells, a name that remained throughout his life.

Wells came to Salt Lake Valley in the emigration of 1848. His military career had already begun in Nauvoo, and after the disbandment of the Nauvoo Legion in Utah, he was one of the two who organized tlie territorial militia and later achieved the rank of lieutenant-general. In 1 8 5 7 he was ordained a counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the Mormon church. Active in politics from the beginning of his Utah career, he served as mayor of Salt Lake City from 1 8 6 6 to 1 8 7 6 .

The Wells family moved to the Benson home from the two small adobes on Brigham Street previously used by Brigham Young. The attractive two-story home with its double verandas and gardens was imposing enough that it became known as the Wells mansion. Daniel was the father of numerous outstanding sons and daughters, his son Heber distinguishing himself by being elected the first governor of the new state of Utah in 1 8 9 6 . * BENSON-WELLS Southeast corner Main and South Temple streets Built 1 8 5 5 Architect: Truman O. Angell Owners: E z r a T . Benson, Daniel H. Wells Demolished 1 8 8 9 23

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he homes of Brigham Young remaining today, adding charm and significance to the busy corner of South Temple and State streets, are as notable and handsome as they were over a hundred years ago. These structures were the living and working quarters of the Mormon leader, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and first governor of Utah Territory.

Having set up house in two small adobe homes and providing a log row within the estate for his other families, he toiled and labored along with the zealous group he had led to the western slopes of the Wasatch Mountains.

piece of architecture and was, in fact, the first substantial home built in the valley. Later, the Elks Club would occupy this site.

The next home built by Brigham Young was the Beehive House, which remained the official residence throughout his lifetime. The straw-colored exterior, white columns and porches, and the quaint green shutters bid welcome to all who pass its doors. A beehive, symbol of Mormon industry, resting on a cupola atop the structure, gives this home its name.

Restored and refurnished in 1 9 6 1 , this beautiful old mansion is visited and enjoyed by thousands of people every year.

The visitor will find, instead of By 1856, nearly ten years after Brigham Young an empty showpiece, a lived-in his arrival, Brigham Young had quality. One can almost hear the strains of the harp or provided several homes for his families, the first of the sound of voices singing hymns or ballads as the which was the White House, named for its gleaming family gathered around the piano. The kitchen area, white color. Although other families moved in with the large cook stove, the buttery, and the family temporarily, it was generally accepted as the residence store, conjures up a picture of the busy women of the of Mary Ann Angell Young, revered eldest wife of the household. The basket of rags to be rolled into balls, Mormon leader. The house was considered a fine 25

The White House

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Brigham Young with Mary Ann Angell and their children, from a painting done in Nauvoo.

Left to right: Brigham Young, Joseph A., Brigham, Jr., and twin Mary Ann; children in front: Alice, Luna, and John W. on Mother Young's knee. Mary Ann at the piano was painted in although she died in infancy.

the toys and marbles scattered on the floor in the children's room, the beaver hat and cane of President Young on his bed give the feeling that only yesterday the home was alive and bustling.

Under the ownership ofJohn W. Young in 1888, the rear section was raised to a three-story height.

Refurbishing took place at this time; the furnishings became more elaborate, and the home was draped in the elegance of the Victorian period.

The Lion House to the west of the Beehive House was a communal dwelling; it is said that as many as twelve wives lived there at a given time. Some of the 27

As the Lion House appeared in Ihe 1880s. The west porch has been removed, leaving three entrance,.

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Empey Cottage Ann Eliza Webb

childless "aunties" were made to feel a part of the family by helping with the children, preparing meals, and tending to other domestic duties. In the early years a large porch extended the full length of the home on the west, and here father Young personally conducted daily calisthenics for the young boys. The Lion House continues to be one of the famous historic

sites and social centers of Salt Lake City. The interior now combines the simplicity of the pioneer home refurbished with the qualities of the Victorian period.

One is impressed with the dignity that prevails within the thick, soundproof walls. Some of the furniture is original. Still owned by the Mormon church, it is a favorite place for receptions, luncheons, and dinners.

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Photographs of Amelia Folsom and Brigham Young, doctored to appear as though they were photographed together.

Among its distinguishing features are the many gables and the couchant lion mounted above the front entrance, giving the home its name.

The adobe cottage built for the attractive, youthful Ann Eliza Webb, twenty-seventh wife of Brigham Young, was of Gothic architecture, constructed only five years before Young's death. It had a charming, well-lighted parlor with a fireplace and staircase leading to the second story. Ann Eliza deplored the staircase, declaring that it was the one thing Brother Brigham had promised her — stairs that would ascend from the hall, not the parlor. The master bedroom was spacious and very lovely, no doubt for his own comfort when he came to visit.

Ann Eliza claimed that she did not receive money to furnish the house decently, nor enough food for the larder, so the following year she decided to take in roomers. That same year she sued her husband for divorce, then traveled around the country to denounce polygamy.

Brigham Young afterwards gave the cottage to his son-in-law, Nelson Empey, whose name it continued to be known by On the south side of Brigham Street, across from his official residence, President Young began the construction of a truly magnificent structure, the Gardo House, to be used for social purposes. Always 31

before it had been necessary for the Mormon leader to impose on William Jennings for a place large enough to entertain visiting dignitaries, for the Beehive House had not then been enlarged to its present size.

Gardo was named by one of the Young family who suggested it looked like a sentinel on guard. The lovely and well-mannered Amelia Folsom, Brigham's twenty-fifth wife, was to be the hostess there.

However, President Young died in 1877 before completion of the Gardo House, and Amelia lived in part of it for only a short time. This home that was destined to become world famous as the Amelia Palace will be discussed in a later chapter. &

WHITE HOUSE 119 East South Temple Completed 1854 Architect: Truman O. Angell Owner: Brigham Young Demolished 1922 BEEHIVE HOUSE 71 East South Temple Completed 1855 Architects: Truman O. Angell and William Ward Present status: LDS church museum 32

LION HOUSE 63 East South Temple Completed 1856 Architect: Truman O. Angell Owner: Brigham Young Present status: LDS church social center EMPEY COTTAGE 180 East South Temple Built ca. 1871-72 Architect: Truman O. Angell Owners: Brigham Young, Nelson A. Empey, 1873 Demolished 1953 GARDO HOUSE 70 East South Temple Built 1873-81 Architects: Joseph Ridges and William H. Folsom Owners: Brigham Young, LDS church, Edwin F. Holmes, 1898 Demolished 1926

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eturning from his mission for the LDS church in 1852, Lorenzo Snow was faced with the neces- sity of building a more substantial home for his wives and family who were still making do in a log cabin.

Financially destitute, he delayed his plans. However, a heavy downpour of rain caused damage to the roof of their cabin and forced him into action. He acquired property on the southeast corner of Third East and South Temple and commenced building a home that would adequately house his family.

So in need of money was Snow that he wrote in his autobiography that he frequently knelt within the home's foundation and prayed that the small means he could command might be blessed and multiplied in its use. When completed, the two-story adobe home contained nine rooms. One large room to the front was used by his two families, and the rooms beyond on either side were private living quarters for each wife and her children.

Lorenzo Snow was a prominent figure in the early Mormon community. He was a member of the territorial legislature and in 1849 became one of the apostles of the church. He was appointed president of the Box Elder Stake, organizing the settling of Brigham City. At age eighty-four he became the church's fifth president (1898-1901).

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iram B. Clawson purchased the home in 1862.

He was the father of forty-two children, born to four wives. For many years Lliram held the position of superintendent over all of Brigham Young's private business. He also served in the territorial legislature. Later, he turned to merchandising, under the firm name of Eldredge and Clawson, and subsequently became superintendent of ZCMI at its founding. He was a leading performer in the Descret Dramatic Association, many times appearing on the Salt Lake Theatre stage. He had assisted in the building of this famous structure and for many years was its manager. No fewer than ten sons and daughters followed in his footsteps and took to the stage. The Clawsons enjoyed the company of many celebrities in this charming pioneer home.

Dedicated to the principle of polygamy, Hiram Clawson was indicted for unlawful cohabitation during the antipolygamy crusade of the 1880s. In his defense he said that he could not renounce the ties with his wives and children with whom he had lived for thirty years. Stating that it was prison with honor or liberty with dishonor, he served the maximum sentence of six months in jail and paid the fine of three hundred dollars, &

Hiram B. Clawson

SNOW-CLAWSON HOME Southeast corner Third East and South Temple streets Built 1852 Builder: Lorenzo Snow Owners: Lorenzo Snow, Hiram B. Clawson Demolished early 1920s 35

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ingham, Utah, was a typical young mining camp of wooden shacks pushed against the steep banks of the canyon when Enos Wall entered the scene in July 1887. The oldest of Utah's mining districts, Bingham Canyon had been the scene of more or less profitable mining since 1864, but these mountains were to yield a vast fortune to the man who stood there that day. Recognizing the signs of copper in the rocks, and with the assays confirming his suspicions, he staked two claims, the nucleus of what would become known as "Wall's Copper Properties."

Twenty-seven years earlier, Enos A. Wall had begun his mining ventures at Pike's Peak in Colorado.

Also in Colorado was a man named John Bozeman, who, in 1862, rounded up sixteen miners and moved on to Montana where he staked a claim called Pike's Peak Gulch. The reports of the claim reached the ears of the Colorado boys, and immediately five hundred of them, including Enos Wall, shouldered their gear to descend on the Montana find. There Wall and a fellow miner, Alexander Toponce, decided to scrape together what gold dust they could and set themselves up as freighters. The pair of twenty-four-yearolds were soon freighting goods between the Montana gold fields and the Mormon capital at Salt Lake City. Wall's ambitious nature, ingenuity, and strength of character seemed to mark him as a man of 40

significance, and after a few years he was to move on to other scenes.

The part played by Wall on the big stage was to cover many scenes from Colorado to Montana, then to Utah, north to Idaho, and ultimately back to Utah.

Die scenes were similar: wooden shacks pocketed in the steep canyons or surrounding hills, towns overly populated with saloon keepers and enterprising gamblers. A general store, a supply house, and a black-

smith shop were necessary rudiments, but the towns were generally lacking in cultural halls. Vice and violence existed, often becoming rampant in the lawless camps. Men of God came to pray for the souls of the people, and, surprisingly, with the help of these "lost souls," the frontier priest sometimes would manage to build a small wooden church.

Wall had that rare gift of being effective in any group whether it w a s in the raw life of a mining camp or in a more cosmopolitan setting. His firmness, tempered with a gentle quality, and his concern for his fellow workers, coupled with a rare sense of humor, gained him many friends. In the more metropolitan areas he contributed to the political life and advancement of the communities.

When the mineral fever again took hold of Wall, he turned to the mountains of Utah. Mining ventures in several Utah camps brought him to Silver Reef in southwestern Utah where he at first developed the Dixie Mine east of Leeds and then acquired the Last Chance on Buckeye Reef. He sold Last Chance for thirty thousand dollars and purchased the Kinner Mine, one of the m o s t promising in the area. In Silver Reef he was in his prime, popular and energetic. Sympathetic toward the laboring man and the objectives of the unions, he was convinced that good wages paid to good men

would result in a more efficient operation. Although he put this creed into practice, ultimately it caused trouble for him.

The racetrack at the Reef was the scene of sporting events and excitement. "The Colonel," a title placed upon Wall by his companions, was a good marksman. He often entered into rifle shooting contests and for those occasions was colorfully dressed in proper sportsman's clothing. One story concerning Wail's beneficent deeds at the Reef deals with a Chinese named Sam Wing. He was a merchant of Chinatown, a man of good character, and he enjoyed the friendship of some of the leading citizens.

He was then in his declining years and desired to see his homeland but did not have the means to do so.

Through the generosity of Colonel Wall, Wing was able to make the trip to China and return.

In 1879 Wall's days at the Reef became numbered. Ill luck had temporarily overtaken him when he became involved in a losing litigation with the Christy Mining Company and when the rich vein of the Kinner was cut off by a fault. Forced into financial difficulty, he was not able to meet his payroll. When the second month passed and the men were still without their pay, Wall was reportedly taken captive and held under guard at the Harrison House, the town hotel. He defiantly declared that the time would come when he 41

would pay his men two dollars for every dollar he owed them, a declaration that he was later to fulfill.

But for the moment, a friend by name of Shaughnessy tipped off the colonel that he would help him escape.

Presently, Shaughnessy appeared driving a span of horses attached to a buckboard. As Shaughnessy covered the guard with a rifle, Wall was able to seize the lines and spring to the seat. With Shaughnessy at the rear still holding his rifle on the guard, he made his escape. How the colonel managed to ride off with Mary Frances Mayso is not clear, but driving north to Idaho he stopped in Salt Lake City to tie the matrimonial knot with his Silver Reef sweetheart.

In Wood River, Idaho, near the present location ofKetchum, he continued his mining career, managing the operations of the Wood River Gold and Silver Mining Company. In the next seven years he successfully invented several pieces of mining machinery and was elected to the Idaho Territorial Legislature. He involved himself in its debates concerning polygamy among Idaho Mormons, a practice he considered abhorrent.

The time came when Wall was again forced to move on. He had failed, in part, because he was too liberal with wages and because of other management problems. But the time Enos and Mary had spent in Idaho was pleasurable and fulfilling for both of them.

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It was reported that Mrs. Wall was "popular and enjoyed the dances, but was true to the Colonel."

Six daughters were born to the Walls: Alice, Selma, Mary, Olive, Peggy, and Frances who died in infancy.

Wall may have been contemplating his ultimate return to Utah at the time of his child's death in 1885, since he and Mary Frances drove the long distance to Salt Lake City to bury her. Two years later he and his family packed their possessions and traveled south.

The Utah mines provided a good market for his orecrushing machinery, and, further, he had great faith that much wealth yet remained to be brought out of the ranges surrounding Salt Lake Valley. When the Walls left Idaho the press paid tribute to the "best man this section has ever been blessed with."

Wall had already worked both east and west ranges of Salt Lake Valley. He had patented the Hiawatha and Last Chance claims in Little Cottonwood Canyon. He had met with some success in Dry Canyon at Ophir and had acquired the Brickyard Mine in Mercur and the Yampa Mine near Highland Boy in Bingham. He later sold these properties at handsome profits. His ore-crushing machinery was used in distant Australia, Mexico, and throughout the Rocky Mountains. However, it was Wall's copper properties that netted him his vast fortune, although that venture was probably the most unpleasant in his fifty-

Additions and new design elements by architect Richard Kletting changed the Sharp home, right, into a French villa, below.

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year mining career. He had experienced setbacks and disappointments before, but none was as frustrating as his association with Daniel C. Jackling and others at Utah Copper. Wall eventually sold his holdings, amounting to 90,000 shares, receiving 830 a share on the New York market.

Colonel Wall first established his residence at 309 East South Temple. Later, in 1904, he bought

the two-story adobe home at 4 1 1 , which had originally been built in 1880 by Mormon Bishop James Sharp.

Already, pretentious homes stood on Brigham Street and more were in the process of construction, a promise of this fashionable avenue's future. But it would be more than ten years before the completion of the Wall home that was being transformed by architect Richard Kletting into a palatial dwelling

Wall covering and exquisite window treatment enhanced the drawing room.

A number of Brigham Street homes boasted ballrooms. With the Wall's having five daughters, this one would have seen much use.

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resembling a Renaissance villa. The home and real estate reportedly cost more than three hundred thousand dollars. An Otis electric elevator, a built-in vacuum cleaner, and a steam heating system were just a few of the luxuries of the period. There were fireplaces in each of the six bedrooms, a ballroom on the third floor, a game room, and several guest bedrooms opening onto the roof promenade. Polished The main hall extended north from the entry, giving direct access to several rooms.

bronze grillwork, delicately gilded fresco work, marble, and handsome woodwork enhanced the interior. The heating plant, caretaker's quarters, carriage house, and greenhouse were in a separate building connected to the house by a tunnel. West of the home was a tennis court.

The colonel had done well. He had contributed to the building of the Intermountain country, gaining many friends in the area, and he was recognized as one of the foremost mining men of the world. Active in the civic affairs of Salt Lake City, Wall was named chairman of the Board of Public Works, at which time he instigated the grading and improvement of city streets, including East South Temple. He was a Mason and served a term as president of the Alta Club. He and his wife were invited by President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt to a White House reception on January 2 3 , 1908.

The colonel's sense of humor had not become dull with the years. The story was told that one day two clergymen came to the home seeking contributions for a new roof for the church. Wall blustered about, scolding their inefficiency at not being able to manage the church funds without seeking added contributions: "If I couldn't run a business better than that, I'd close it down," he grumbled as he eased them down the hall to the door. When he returned to his 45

wife, he found her pacing the floor of the library. In mortified tones she demanded how dare he speak to the clergy in such a manner. He replied that he felt entitled to a little fun in return for his $ 1,500 contribution.

As age advanced upon Colonel Wall, his face became drawn, his hair grayed, and the cancer at the base of his skull affected his hearing. He spent the remainder of his days in the palatial dwelling that epitomized his success. On June 29, 1920, at the age of eighty-one, he died. Three years later Mrs. Wall, too, passed away. The home was bought by the Jewish community to be used as a social center.

Now the LDS Business College occupies the home and has added the surrounding buildings. The facade of the old home has been carefully preserved, leaving the passerby to wonder what fascinating stories lie hidden behind its enchanting walls.& ENOS A. WALL 411 East South Temple Remodeling completed ca. 1915 Architect: Richard K. A. Kletting Owner: Enos A. Wall Present status: LDS Business College

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Vhomas Weir and Samuel Newhouse seemed destined to be together, at least for a time. They were both born in the state of New York; both were intrigued with mining opportunities in the West where they were associated, first in Leadville, Colorado, then in Bingham Canyon with the beginning of the copper industry there. Both had white pillared homes on the grand boulevard of Brigham Street.

Weir was born near Cambridge in 1855 and educated to be a mining and civil engineer.

He came west to Leadville, then a boom town, and became associated with Samuel Newhouse. In 1886 he married Clara Pond Treadway in Denver. His arrival in Utah in 1894 was probably at the same time as Newhouse's, because in 1896 the two were reported to have purchased the Highland Boy Mine in Bingham Canyon.

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where his knowledge of engineering was used to advantage; and Newhouse, the promoter, went off to London where he successfully obtained capital for the new venture. This transaction resulted in the organization of the Utah Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited, a British company, with Samuel Newhouse as president and Thomas Weir as general manager.

The Weir-Newhouse team was responsible for Bingham's first important shipment of copper ore. It left Highland Boy Mine in December 1896. The following year the two organized the Boston Consolidated Mining Company which was eventually sold to Utah Copper Company.

From the beginning of Weir's career in Colorado he had held high positions in the mining field. In Colorado he was assistant manager in the A. Y. Mine, and three years later became general manager of the A. Y. and Minnie Mine. In Montana, where he operated from 1888 to 1893, he became general manager of the Granite Mountain Mining Company.

In Utah he was general manager of Highland Boy Mining Company, manager of Boston Consolidated, director of Ohio Copper Company, and president of Ajax Mining Company. Additionally, he was owner and manager of Weir Salt Company, vice-president of Walker Brothers Bank, and a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs of Salt Lake Citv.

The home of the Thomas Weirs, occupying a quarter of a block at the corner of "F" Street, was among the stateliest of the many residences that ornamented the street. Two flanking turrets and a roof deck complemented the classically styled entry with its white Corinthian columns that stood out against the yellow sandstone of the grand structure.

A red sandstone wall supported an ironwork fence and gate. The carriage house was partly hidden from the gardens by a white lattice fence. The velvety expanse of lawn and beautifully kept surroundings made this one of the most attractive residences in the city.

Thomas Welr

The house had a total of fifteen rooms, and conveniences considered luxury items of the day were provided for the comfort of the family. The Weir family lived here from 1900 to 1910. The home was then bought and occupied, by 1 9 1 3 at the latest, by the James E. Cosgriff family who lived there until 1965 when it was purchased by Steiner-American Corporation. The razing of this sixty-five-year-old mansion suddenly shocked the community into an awareness that the architectural legacy it assumed would be permanent was as unsteady as quicksand.

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fames E. Cosgriffwas

l1bborn in Burlington,

in 1863 J_andJ vVermont, came west in 1890 to begin his career in the sheep business near Rawlins,Wyoming.

He moved to Salt Lake City in 1905, maintaining an interest in the wool-growing industry.

During the years from 1908 to 1917 he spent a great deal of money upgrading the indusJames E. Cosgriff try, even hiring an Australian for ten thousand dollars to teach the wool growers how to prepare wool for the market more efficiently.

In 1909 he founded the Continental Bank and Trust Company.

James married Mildred Dobson of New York City in 1910 and to them were born two children, Walter and Marian. They were devout Catholics, being active in the affairs of the church and in its welfare projects.

They kept alive Judge Memorial High School, the former miners' hospital established by Mrs. John Judge, and financed the James E. Cosgriff Memorial School that was built in Saint Ambrose Parish. These 50

Mildred Dobson Cosgriff

Entrance hall during the Cosgriff years suggests preparations were being made for Christmas.

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WEIR-COSGRIFF 505 East South Temple Built 1899-1900 Architect: Walter E. Ware Owners: Thomas Weir, James E. Cosgriff Demolished 1965

December 1965.

and other generous contributions and their devotion to the needs of their church won Mr. and Mrs. Cosgriff honors from the pope. Mr. Cosgriff died in 1938, leaving his son to carry on his banking interests. Mrs. Cosgriff died in 1961, the furnishings of the home being sold at auction within a few months after her death. *

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n October 13, 1904, a little woman, richly | gowned, descended the plank of the steamship Oceanic, docked in New York harbor.

Accompanied by her maid, she hurried unobserved to the sign with an "N" where she awaited the customs inspector. Even when she mentioned her name and convinced him that the twelve trunks bearing her tags merely contained the clothing necessary for a short visit to the United States, no unusual attention was paid to her. She then drove away from the pier as though she was one of the great unidentified. The traveler was Mrs. Samuel Newhouse, wife of a favorite in the most exclusive social set in London.

Newhouse, who counted his wealth in millions upon millions, was one of the wealthiest men in the world.

The Newhouses' story began in a small mining town high in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado.

Sixteen-year-old Ida Stingley was waiting on tables in her mother's boardinghouse in Leadville when she and Samuel Newhouse first met. Irish-bom Mrs. Stingley, lacking in culture and refinement herself, was intent on marrying her petite and shapely daughter to a wealthy mine owner. In the meantime, she was steadfast in her vigilance to keep Ida from the clutches of the rough miners.

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unsuccessful attempt to practice in Pennsylvania.

Then, drawn to the West by the prospects of adventure and opportunity, he established a freighting business in Leadville. In 1883, not long after Sam and

Samuel Newhouse

Ida met, they were married and set themselves up in the hotel business. One day an Englishman, whose name is lost to history, checked into the hotel. While there he became very ill, and during the time Ida nursed him back to health a fast friendship developed between him and the Newhouses. Through this friend Sam obtained his first financial backing.

Sam was one of the flamboyant personalities of the early mining days in Colorado and Utah. He became owner of numerous mines in Colorado, later selling his mining property in Cripple Creek for several million dollars. Moving to Denver, he became a speculator and promoter, increasing his recognition in both United States and British financial circles.

His first investment in Utah mines was with Thomas Weir in the Highland Boy property at Bingham Canyon.

Newhouse also had mining property in the San Francisco Mountains of Beaver County, Utah. Over two million dollars were spent to build the town of Newhouse and develop the mine and mill before it could be placed in operation. As with the Bingham properties, Newhouse was able to interest foreign stockholders in his budding enterprise. He dashed between Salt Lake City, New York, London, and Paris like a brilliant butterfly, scattering money, yet constantly increasing his wealth. H e had mansions in

Portrait of Ida Stingley Newhouse

by Pierre Troubetzkoy, an Italian-born painter of Russian parentage who emigrated to the United States in the 1890s.

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Salt Lake City and London, an estate on Long Island, and a chateau in France near Paris. He was on a firstname basis with titled and important people wherever he went and counted among his friends Lillian Russell, that extravagant Queen of the Gay Nineties.

Newhouse was a short man, having a rather large head and fancying himself something of a Napoleon, even using the Napoleonic crest over the entry of his home. However, Newhouse did not appear to seek political or personal glorification. He was courteous, dignified, and cosmopolitan and had a sincere belief in people and a deep affection for his new home in the West. He later was to say that since he had taken his wealth from Utah, he wanted to return in service what the state had given him. His generosity and philanthropy became widely known, and demands for contributions came from all sides. He gave bountifully to charities, relatives, friends, and causes — not two or three hundred dollars at a time but thousands.

When Newhouse purchased a home on Brigham Street, he spent a hundred thousand dollars transforming it into a colonial mansion. Upon entering the massive main door, located to the west, one stepped into a vestibule of white Italian marble. The visitor was immediately entranced by the combination of white panelled walls and marble; luxuriant Persian rugs; and the crimson of deep-piled stair carpets, 56

A Wen of the grand staircase.

velvet upholsteries, and portieres in both the vestibule and spacious reception hall. The colonial fireplace was also of white marble, with copper appointments.

Three stained-glass windows, bronze statuary, and several handsome pieces of furniture added to the richness of the setting. The grand stairway was the focal point. Colonial lamps on either side at the base of the stairs were of beaten bronze with opaque shades; the stair railing was copper. At the first landing was a life-size portrait of the beautiful Ida Newhouse.

Green silk tapestry was used for the panels of the rather small-scale drawing room, making an attractive background for several gold-framed paintings. Red was the dominant color in the rugs, draperies, and upholsteries. Lighted cabinets held a priceless collection of three dozen miniature plates, products of the finest china painters in the world and purchased in various foreign shops. Doors opened from the drawing room onto a large porch that supported the tall columns on the front of the house.

Hie panelled walls and ceiling of the dining room were of highly polished mahogany. A green silk wall covering divided the high wood panels from the ceiling and repeated the green onyx of the fireplace. Two built-in cabinets contained a variety of glassware from the smallest of liqueur glasses to tall stemware, all bearing the Newhouse monogram. On the

mahogany credenza were the silver service and candelabra. A large mahogany table and high-backed chairs completed the room.

Adjacent to both the drawing room and dining room was the Palm Room, small but fresh and sunny in appearance. The white background wall covering in this room was printed in a green leaf design. Drapes were of sheer green, and the white wicker furniture was upholstered in a colorful fabric of yellows and greens. Although a favorite spot for the ladies, male friends entered the room for quite another purpose.

A concealed electric button released a trap door exposing a stair ladder to the room below. With the assistance of a rod to begin the descent and ropes to ease the journey, one entered into a large room entirely surrounded by wine racks. Newhouse was a connoisseur of rare wines and had collected them for many years. His storehouse in London contained thousands of bottles, and from this supply his various homes were kept well stocked. The rathskeller, as it was called, of the-Salt Lake home held racks enough to store thirteen hundred bottles. The room also contained a glassware cabinet and a mahogany table and chairs. Over the wine racks, extending round the room, was a collection of steins purchased from nearly every hamlet of Germany. Imported liquors were stored in another room.

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Sam Newhouse, seated left, enjoying an afternoon on the roof garden of the University Club, 136 East Brigham Street. The clubhouse was built in 1902.

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The home was the scene of lavish parties at which, it was whispered among outsiders, guests ate from solid gold plates. Even though Ida was not often in residence in Salt Lake City, seeming to prefer their homes on the continent, Newhouse himself entertained in high style.

Sam knew he had a jewel in his lovely young Ida. He hired a tutor to teach her to speak properly, and she had been taught the accepted manners of European high society and of the royal courts. With her dresden-like beauty, the bluest of eyes, and brown hair, she was as lovely as any socialite on either continent. She had a personal maid who could fashion her long hair to the envy of others, and she wore her clothes and jewels like a queen. Her natural Irish wit added to her charm. A notable Englishman had been paid a handsome sum of money to introduce her to the right people and to arrange her entry to the British court. She became an important emissary for her husband's English interests.

Sam Newhouse and party at the inauguration of the first steam turbines at his Cactus Mill, Newhouse, Utah. He is standing between his two nieces.

Ida was presented at the Victorian court, and after the death of Victoria in 1 9 0 1 , she was presented again at the court of Edward VII, a customary procedure. For this ceremony she wore an elegant white dress with a train and decolletage, made by the Paris house that designed all her clothes. A small headdress of three ostrich plumes and long white kid gloves 59

completed her costume. She soon caught the eye of the philandering Edward, and between the years 1904 and 1910 Ida was a frequent guest at the Edwardian court.

In 1907 Newhouse initiated a building program on Salt Lake City's Main Street and personally financed the construction of the city's first skyscrapers, the Newhouse and Boston buildings. The Newhouse Hotel, built several years later, was planned to be a grand hotel, much larger than its present size, and he spared no expense. One banquet room was an exact duplicate of the Louis XV room at Versailles. He donated the land on Exchange Place east of his two skyscrapers for the Salt Lake Stock Exchange and Commercial Club buildings; and he also constructed a large building further east between Cactus and State streets that still stands with its many small shops and the "N" for its builder still visible to the passerby.

The short street called Exchange Place became a little Wall Street. Here mining kings, bankers, merchants, and other stockholders bargained over stocks by day in the largest mining exchange in the United States. The splendor and comfort of the nearby Commercial Club offered athletic facilities and the best cuisine. The smoke of good cigars rose lazily in the air and cocktail glasses clinked as men 60

fraternized, negotiated, exchanged news of the day, and planned civic projects. The club became a favorite place for parties, many of the wealthy socialites using its spacious and elegant rooms in preference to their own homes. Newhouse also purchased a slaughter yard in the northeast section of the city called Popperton and was instrumental in its transformation into a beautiful suburb eventually known as Federal Heights. In addition, he developed thirty other structures in Salt Lake City, and conceived and built the famous Flatiron Building in New York City. It came to be said of him that money in his hands did not remain idle long enough to be counted.

Perhaps Samuel Newhouse moved too fast. The economic conditions preceding United States' entry into World War I made loans almost impossible to obtain, and high-grade ore could not forever finance his enterprises. His financial fortunes began to slide downhill toward ultimate collapse. A few of his friends rallied to raise what money they could, hoping to bail him out. His South Temple home was sacrificed for seventy-five thousand dollars.

At this crucial time a few select lady friends climbed the long granite stairs to the splendid mansion, walked past the tall white columns, and entered the great doors. They were to lunch with Ida Newhouse, perhaps for the last time. After lunch in

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the Palm Room the gracious Ida led them to the formal dining room where on the large table before them was displayed an array of magnificent jewels, reportedly worth in excess of one million dollars: necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets, rings, tiaras, hair combs, shoe buckles, cummerbunds, and pins. Boyd Park, prominent Salt Lake jeweler, was to arrive that afternoon to make an appraisal. The entire collection was bought by a New York firm, the proceeds being used for the living expenses of the Newhouses. The furniture was sold through Lester Freed of the Freed Furniture Company in Salt Lake.

In 1914 Sam and Ida parted ways. Newhouse was in New York City settling his other properties.

The years following, from 1915 to 1919, he lived at the Newhouse Hotel. He then sold the hotel and left for France. Mrs. Newhouse had gone on to Los Angeles where she lived at the Beverly Hills Hotel until her money was exhausted. In a one-room flat she finished her life, living on the charity of her friends. One Salt Lake friend paid all expenses during her last years in a convalescent home. No passerby chancing to see this lady would ever have known that she was once the darling of the Edwardian court.

Mr. Newhouse lived out his remaining years at Marnes Le Coquette, the chateau he had given to his sister years before. During that time he became 62

identified with European banking concerns, but the Midas touch was gone. There at the chateau on September 22, 1930, he died at seventy-six years of age. But Samuel Newhouse had left his name stamped indelibly on a community at the crossroads of the American West. & SAMUEL NEWHOUSE 165 East South Temple Remodeled ca. 1905 Architect: Henry Ives Cobb Owners: Samuel Newhouse, Knights of Columbus Demolished 1960

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aniel Cowan Jackling had everything: youth, a powerful and untiring mind and body, vision, ambition, optimism, and confidence. He had technical skill, the art of command, and the knack of inspiring others to loyalty. Topping all, he possessed a dynamic personality that seemed to override the complexities of his personal life. As one source put it, Jackling was the greatest of the greats.

His is the story of a poor frontier farm boy who became an industrial giant. Born August 14, 1869, in Bates County, Missouri, near Appleton City, to Daniel and Lydia Jane (Dunn) Jackling, Dan was orphaned in his infancy. When he was but four months old his father died of injuries from being kicked by a horse, and his mother died a year later from burns received when she tripped while carrying a kerosene lantern.

His mother's eighteen-year-old sister Abigail took Dan to live with her and soon thereafter married a farmer by the name of J. T. Cowan. Aunt Abigail was to become the mother of twelve children, so as time went on and the family grew Dan was moved from one relative to another. These years were full of adversity and struggle, his early education intermittent due to the distances from schools and the severe winters. As he became older he worked as a farmhand at fourteen dollars a month, saving most of it toward his future schooling, a goal he was determined to achieve.

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Daniel C. Jackling

By the time Dan was twenty he had decided on a course in engineering, and he graduated with a B.S. degree from Missouri School of Mines in 1 8 9 3 at age twenty-four. In return for his room and board, he washed pots and pans in a local hotel. Later, he worked in the chemistry lab, and during his senior year he became student assistant in the department.

Due to the financial stress of the 1890s he failed to secure a position in his chosen field, so he spent a short, bleak time teaching chemistry. Since Cripple Creek, Colorado, was very much in the news at that time, he headed for the area, having only three dollars in his pocket upon his arrival.

Huge, ruddy and robust, Jackling looked more like one of the laced-boot brigade than a schoolteacher, and in Cripple Creek he moved from job to job as assayer, mill hand, chemist, and metallurgist. In 1895, while working in the Lawrence Mill — in which Capt. Joseph R. DeLamar owned a large interest — the plant burned down, ending Dan's Cripple Creek experience. His next venture was with Charles MacNeill in starting the first chlorination plant in Colorado. He also conducted metallurgical t e s t s for DeLamar (a former sea captain turned speculator in mines) both in Colorado and in Nevada, and in 1896 the captain engaged him to make more extensive experiments at Mercur, Utah.

In 1899, when DeLamar was ready to investigate Enos Wall's copper properties that sprawled across the floor of Bingham Canyon and up the bordering hillsides, Jackling was his choice to analyze the metallurgical problems involved in mining the low-grade copper ore. Jackling felt certain that he could devise a method of profitably working the recalcitrant ore.

But DeLamar let his option on a share of the Bingham property expire when one of his engineers reported that the ore could not be profitably mined. Charles MacNeill, Jackling's associate in Colorado, had good connections in New York and Boston, and was able to buy Captain DeLamar's property. When Jackling returned in 1 9 0 3 from building a mill at Republic, Washington, the Utah Copper Company was organized with MacNeill as president, Wall as vicepresident, and himself as general manager.

Jackling's plans were prodigious. The capital required would run into millions. H e asked for money and still more money, appealing to a number of wellknown capitalists, including the Guggenheims and Bernard Baruch, the self-made millionaire. A suggested three-million-dollar bond issue frightened some members of the company, including Wall who strongly opposed the bond issue and the ambitious plan. Wall lost his fight in the company council, but obtained an injunction and took the matter to court.

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He retained his interest in the company, however, and was director until 1908 when he resigned and devoted his time and energy to fighting Jackling and Utah Copper. Because Wall had found the ore body, he felt entitled to a primary say in how the company was run. Jackling, to the seasoned miner, was a young upstart who was doomed to failure, and he feared that the gigantic investment could never be repaid. Wall became Jackling's most bitter enemy.

Jackling threw himself into his work with his usual enthusiasm. Despite the heavy financial burden that hung over the new operation, the six-thousandton Garfield Mill, later known as the Magna Plant, was completed, and the huge shovels began eating away at the mountain, stripping off the ore body just two months behind Samuel Newhouse's Boston Consolidated. Newhouse was several years ahead of Jackling in generating widespread interest in Bingham copper and was one of the first to visualize open-pit mining. The first stripping was initiated by him in 1906, his Boston Consolidated steam shovel being placed in operation in June of that year and the Boston Consolidated mill being completed in 1907. The rival company (Utah Copper) would have to absorb the Boston in order to survive. Utah Copper backers knew how to play the game well, and in the end Boston Consolidated was taken over by the stronger company.

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Jackling, second from left, with Charles M. MacNeill, left, and several mining associates.

Wall's criticism ofJackling's methods was soon drowned in a flood of dividends. The estimates were more than realized in the first year, and Utah Copper Company even survived the country's panic of 1907.

In a period of a few years after the formation of the company the levels of the mining operation had formed a huge pit with the ore cars and shovels resembling miniature objects fastened to the sides of a cavernous bowl. The history of Utah Copper Company from its organization in 1 9 0 3 through its stupendous growth and development is credited to the genius and perseverance of Daniel C. Jackling. By his successfully initiating m a s s production of copper from low-grade ore, the mining operation at Bingham, Utah, would become one of the largest of its kind in the world. In the first thirty years the company would pay its stockholders more than 8 2 5 0 million in dividends.

Everything Dan Jackling did he did in the grand way. H e worked hard and played equally as hard. In college he had not had time or money for frolicking.

As the Copper Prince he seemed to make up for it. He was a two-fisted drinker who had little sympathy for his cronies who could not keep up, and yet he would appear at work the next morning after a night of revelry, bright-eyed and enthusiastic about the day's work.

His alma mater was not forgotten. The homecomings at Rolla, Missouri, were extravaganzas. For

many years Jackling arrived in a five- or six-car train that was switched onto a siding located a few blocks from the college. There, for three or four days, he held open house for students and alumni who enjoyed unlimited fare, drinks, and even women furnished for their pleasure—all at Jackling's expense. This annual bacchanal was the talk of the campus for months following.

The rumors that have surrounded Jackling's private life over the years cannot all be substantiated, but his exploits as a Casanova are legendary. On Salt Lake City's Commercial (Regent) Street a woman fell from a second-story window to her death. Moments before, Dan had been dancing with her in her small apartment. Then there was Helen Blaze who accompanied him in public much to the consternation of the townspeople. He set her up in business on Commercial Street, for many years Salt Lake City's red-light district. Handsome horses, a carriage, and a stable were among the many gifts he showered on her. In her accustomed seat at the Salt Lake Theatre Miss Blaze was conspicuous with her expensive dresses and flaming red hair. Another ofJackling's women in Bingham was supported by him into her old age, although he had long since moved to another state.

Jackling was an enigma, an uninhibited playboy who at times seemed totally unrelated to the hard-working mining genius.

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Dan Jackling resting on step of his private railroad car with an unidentified companion.

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From 1904 to 1942 Jackling served as director, general manager, managing director, or president of fifteen important mining and metallurgical corporations all over the West, including Alaska; several railroads and banking companies, including the Chase National Bank of New York City; Utah Fire Clay, and Utah Power and Light Company. He considered his role in the development of steam power plants and water power as one ofhis most gratifying experiences.

As director of United States explosive plants during World War I, Jackling was responsible for building several smokeless powder plants and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by President Woodrow Wilson. And in 1933 the mining, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering societies of the United States awarded him the coveted John Fritz Medal.

Jackling was a thirty-second degree Mason and held memberships in at least eight technical societies, both national and regional, and a number of the most prestigious clubs and fraternal organizations in Utah and California. He was interested in political affairs, too, but held only minor offices in his early days. A member of the State Capitol Commission from its beginning, he left Utah before the building was completed. Years later, on his eighty-fifth birthday, a ninefoot statue of him was unveiled in the beautiful marble

rotunda of the Capitol, a tribute to the man who opened up "the richest hole on earth."

Remembering his own difficult years as a student, Jackling set up a fund with the American Institute of Mining Engineers to assist students with their finances. They could borrow from the fund and pay back the loan when they became established. H e financed the gymnasium and football stadium at Missouri School of Mines and donated a substantial sum toward the construction of Bingham High School and its gymnasium. His contributions to various lodges and other causes can never be measured. For individuals, his favorite gifts were handmade deerskin gloves, which he ordered by the gross.

When Jackling decided to take up residence on Brigham Street, he purchased the home built in the late 1890s by William A. Sherman, another mining man whose principal interest was in the Sunshine Mine in the Camp Floyd Mining District. Jackling did not lavish money on his home as did some of the other Brigham Street millionaires. The home was attractive, but it lacked the fine woods and grandeur of the more pretentious residences. The Copper Prince did not seem to fit into the whirl of Brigham Street social events, perhaps because of the difference in his lifestyle. He left the South Temple home in 1 9 1 1 to reside in his special suite on one of the upper floors

of the new Hotel Utah. He was president of the socalled Hotel Utah Operating Company and the principal stockholder. It is said he designed the very elegant lobby.

Jackling had married Jeane Beatrice Sullivan, a schoolteacher, during his Cripple Creek days. When his work took him to Mercur, Jennie, as she was called, resigned her teaching job to go with him. In Mercur, in 1896, she gave birth to a baby girl whom they named Lislel Lydia. The baby lived only one year, but Jackling's grief over her death continued for many years. It was whispered that even into his Utah Copper days he kept a box containing the baby's clothes in his office vault. Probably because of the tragedy, his attention often turned to other children. Whenever his private train pulled into a station and crowds greeted him, he had eyes only for the children, often handing out coins and sometimes mineral nuggets.

One time while in a Bavarian town he saw a merry-goround with only a few children riding. Many others stood watching as the beautiful animals went up and down and around and around. Upon inquiring why they, too, were not riding, he found they had no money. Jackling went to the owner, purchased the concession, and then returned it with the stipulation that all the children could ride whenever they wanted.

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known, but it serves to illustrate the love in his heart that was not often manifest.

During the years of her husband's escapades, Mrs. Jackling, still living in the South Temple home, learned to ease her despair in alcohol. Neighbors and friends who cared and sympathized visited her, offering friendship and understanding. But after Jackling's move to the hotel, she closed the door on her Utah home and left for Los Angeles. On September 18, 1914, at age forty-two, Jennie died in Los Angeles of Blight's disease.

Early in 1 9 1 5 Jackling made plans to move permanently to the West Coast, first having the bodies of his wife and child brought to Salt Lake City where the two were interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery on March 18, 1 9 1 5 . Less than three weeks later, on April 5, he married Virginia Jolliff, a beautiful San Francisco socialite.

In preparation for his move to San Francisco, Jackling had earlier leased the top floor of the Post Street wing of the Saint Francis Hotel and had it remodeled and decorated. In San Francisco he would be more strategically located to run four copper mines and several mills. For besides Utah Copper, he headed Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ray Consolidated Copper in Arizona, and Chino Copper Company in New Mexico. He also bought a private

railroad train to facilitate his transportation to and from the mines. It included a diner, a club car, a parlor car, a sleeper, and an office complete with maps, papers, and everything necessary to carry on business while en route.

In 1 9 1 3 , to travel to and from his Alaskan interests (he had an unsuccessful experience with mines near Juneau), he purchased a yacht reported to have cost five hundred thousand dollars. An additional hundred thousand was spent in alterations. Designed for speed with four-thousand-horsepower engines, she was two hundred sixty-seven feet long, required a crew of fifty, and cost an average of twenty-five thousand dollars per month to operate. This glamour girl of the seas had accommodations for thirty guests, a movie theater, a miniature golf course, a completely equipped office, two brass guns for saluting purposes, and a host of other appointments. The young lady who christened the Cyprus was rewarded with a necklace of diamonds and pearls for her performance.

The Jacklings lived at the Saint Francis for several years after their marriage, then occupied the entire top floor and tower of the Mark Hopkins, which eventually was converted to the famous cocktail lounge.

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years at Woodside, rarely going into town, and it was there on March 13, 1956, at age eighty-six, that he closed his eyes for the last time. & DANIEL C. JACKLING 731 East South Temple Built 1898 Architect: Walter E. Ware Owners: William A. Sherman, Daniel C. Jackling Present status: offices

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ohn J. Daly at fourteen stood watching the scenery slip by as the boat moved upriver and pondering the tales he had heard of the vast mountain regions where men were digging for gold. He had been born in Morris, Illinois, in 1853; the deaths of his father and mother had left him an orphan before he was thirteen, terminating his limited formal education.

A year later he had started out alone to make his way in the world, and now he was working as a cabin boy on a Missouri River steamer headed for Montana.

The Montana mines had begun to yield impressive amounts of gold. Already ten million dollars in gold dust had been sent eastward in its short mining history, part of it being spent to satisfy the increasing demand for heavy machinery. Up to this time very few vessels had reached Fort Benton, only four boats having made the trip prior to 1866. But now a new era of steamboating was beginning on the upper Missouri. Fort Benton was at the head of navigation.

There were eighteen hundred miles between it and Fort Randall, with no other fort or outpost for protection from the hostile Sioux. Upon his arrival, John found work at one of the trading posts. For the next two years he moved from one post to another, where he frequently encountered extreme hardships.

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two hundred miles, to get the mail. On the return trip a severe storm overtook him, his face, hands, and feet becoming so badly frozen that for weeks he was confined to his bed. While still recovering, John was struck a harsh blow by his employer for not moving

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fast enough on his crippled feet. An old trader befriended him by threatening to kill the offender if he ever touched the young lad again.

Daly learned many things from the old man; this was the second phase of his education. By listening to the traders and prospectors around the campfires at night, he learned of the various ores and the rock formations in which they are found. He prospected for a time in the likely spots in Montana, then in 1869 moved on to the White Pine District of Nevada. It was in that area that he mastered the fundamentals of mining.

He grew in knowledge and experience until his influence was known throughout other mining camps of Nevada, and by 1876 he had acquired a comfortable sum of money.

Although John had visited Salt Lake City earlier, he did not take up residence until 1876. While working as guard at the Utah Territorial PriSOn a f e w m i l e S SOUth, / * o Ij-T 1 r^-*. e a s t OI b a i t . L a k e U l t y ,

The artist found strong featureB in John Daly when he created his likeness for American Cartoonist Magazine, 1906.

he used his free time to prospect in the mountains near Park City. He located several claims and with a few companions undertook the development of the old Jones Bonanza. Daly had made and lost considerable sums of money, so the languid Jones did not discourage him when it did not chalk up on the successful side of the ledger. He temporarily abandoned the Jones and obtained work in the Ontario, the parent of all Park City mining properties. John never gave up on the theory that the Jones was in some way connected with the Ontario, and he spent every available moment prospecting on the line between the two properties. In 1 8 8 3 he organized the Daly Mining Company which eventually produced over ten million dollars.

Later he organized the Daly-West, another producer of many millions. Finally, the Anchor Mine, which adjoined the Daly-West, was added to the string of properties. The Daly-Judge Company, incorporated in 1 9 0 1 , became owner of over twelve hundred acres of the richest mineral zone in Park City.

In 1 8 8 1 Eliza Margaret Benson who had come to Utah from Liverpool, became John's bride and to them were born seven children. Their home was a fanciful Victorian caricature of mansion proportions erected in the 1890s. Built of brick it featured ornamental trim of stone and wood. Although eclectic in 77

style, the design borrowed decorative motifs from the Stick Style period. A large brick carriage house was also associated with the picturesque Daly home.

John Daly helped organize and was president of the First National Bank of Park City; he became director of the Commercial National Bank in Salt Lake City and vice-president and director of Utah Savings Bank. Additionally, he owned the Grand and Moxum hotels and the Independent Building. He was courteous and unassuming in manner, a wise investor and generous in his philanthropies, being a heavy contributor to the construction of the Cathedral of the Madeleine which was being built at South Temple and "B" Street across from his own fine home. He was a charter member of the Alta Club and twice served as president. His appointment to the Board of Regents of the University of Utah was a mark of his standing in the community.

At age sixty-three his health began to fail, so in 1916 John and Mrs. Daly moved to Los Angeles where she was a constant and attentive companion until his death in 1927. Death came to Eliza Benson Daly on December 4, 1939, when the car in which she and her daughter were passengers was hit by another car. She was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles. &

JOHN J. DALY 319 East South Temple Built ca. 1891 Architect: original unknown; Frederick A. Hale for 1899 additions Owner: John J. Daly Demolished 1925

Removal of Nome of the eclectic trim resulted in the pleasing Victorian appearance of the Daly home in its later years.

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he stately mansion and carriage house of David Keith still stand, appearing much the same as they did seventy-five years ago. Four massive Tuscan stone columns support the home's Greek-style portico. The imposing entry is further intensified by the beautifully designed wrought-iron doors, added during the Thompson period.

The magnificence of the interior is unforgettable.

An octagonal rotunda of polished cherry wood was used as living space. The furniture was grouped around the fireplace, located on the north wall, while doors and passageways opened from the other seven sides of the room.

On the second floor mezzanine is a series of Gothic archways. From here one can enjoy the beauty of the splendid woodwork and the elegant skylight which diffuses a soft light over the area below.

Frosted white and sun yellow are the predominant colors, with jewel-like touches of ruby and amethyst.

This massive work of art was made by Louis Tiffany & Company of New York, as were the chandeliers and newel lamps. An east window on the stair landing depicts a figured garden scene also in Tiffany art glass. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the "new residence of David Keith on East Brigham Street was brilliantiy lighted last night to study effects of the electric lighting from the new fixtures." The

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Gothic archways on the second floor balcony and the Tiffany art glass skylights are entrancing features above the rotunda.

lighting is truly magnificent and the windows' beveled glass picks up the light and plays with it, creating a lovely effect. Other features of the home included a wine cellar, ballroom, and a walk-in icebox large enough to hold a ton of ice.

The east stair landing is graced by a figured art glass garden scene designed by Tiffany of New York.

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David Keith was born of Scottish parents in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, May 27, 1847, the thirteenth child ofJohn and Margaret Ness Keith. In his fourteenth year his parents died and it was necessary for him to seek employment. He obtained work in the gold mines of Nova Scotia, becoming a superintendent at the age of twenty. The news of the day was full of glowing reports of successful strikes in the gold fields of the far western regions of the United States. The lure of new horizons was too tempting for him to ignore, so traveling first by vessel to the Isthmus of Panama he made his way to California and then to the famed Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. David made steady progress, first as a miner, then as a proficient pumpman. For that reason he was brought to Park City in 1883. The installation of the great Cornish pump at the Ontario Mine would free the mine from water until a drain tunnel could be constructed. His expert handling of the job led to his becoming a foreman.

At the time Keith was foreman of Ontario's Shaft No. 3, he met Thomas Kearns who was to be his lifelong friend and business associate. Five years later Keith was in charge of the underground work at the Woodside Mine. Kearns had contracted to build a tunnel through this same property. While engaged in this work Kearns noticed that the trend of the ore 82

vein led toward the undeveloped Mayflower Mine. After he consulted with his friend David Keith, the two, with other associates, John Judge, Albion Emery, and Windsor Rice, secured a lease on the Mayflower property. In three months they struck a vein of unusually rich ore. The five miners then leased the adjoining property known as the Silver King. In July 1892 they organized a company bearing that name with Keith as president and Kearns as vice-president.

The ore of this mine yielded lead, silver, and gold. By the time of its amalgamation into the Silver King Coalition Mines Company in 1907, the mine had paid more than ten million dollars in dividends.

Keith was highly esteemed in Park City. His election as a delegate to represent Summit County in the state constitutional convention of 1 8 9 4 was evidence of his popularity when he received the greatest majority "The Park" had ever given a political candidate. This convention framed the constitution upon which Utah was admitted to the Union as a state.

Keith's business interests increased over the years. He was associated with banks and railroads and was sole owner of the Pioneer Roller Mills. He had real estate holdings and financed the building of the David Keith and Ness buildings and the Little Hotel. He was also instrumental in organizing the Keith-O'Brien Company.

In 1 9 0 1 Keith and Kearns purchased the Salt Lake T r i b u n e , a venture Keith continued in until 1919 when the Kearns estate purchased his halfinterest. Outwardly their personalities were dissimilar, but the two natures found their complements in each other. In their partnerships Keith held the more impressive title, but Kearns was the one who dominated the operations. Perhaps Kearns wanted it that way. Keith was fifteen years his senior and Kearns held him in high regard. Keith had been an advisor and a friend, and they worked well together.

Keith was far from loquacious, but he was genial and a warm companion among his intimates. H e let few people into his private life, and yet he related well with almost anyone. He was short with a large head set on heavy shoulders.

Married twice, Keith had four children, Charles, Etta, LUlie, and Margaret, by his first wife, and a son, David, by his second wife, Mary, whom he married in 1894. He also had an adopted son. The records tell little of the first Mrs. Keith, but Mary Ferguson, a capable telephone company manager in Park City, married this quiet and good man a year after the Silver King began to produce its tremendous dividends. She was born in Salt Lake City in 1854, receiving her education at Saint Mark's. She taught school in Park City, then, a few years later, went to work for the 83

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Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company in Salt Lake City. In 1888 she became the company's branch manager in Park City. Orson F. Whitney in his History of Utah, published in 1904, called her "a lady universally esteemed for her goodness of heart, intelligence, modesty, and the strength and sweetness of her character." But she was many things to 84

many people. A few have remembered her as austere and cold and as imposing her will on those around her.

David Keith's life was not without its tragedies and inner conflicts. It was rumored that his first wife left him for another man. Even though she returned penitently seeking to take her place again in the household, Keith could not forgive her. If this rumor is accepted, it explains why mention of her was ignored by his biographers, why records on her are scant, and why Keith retained the parental responsibility. The strange and mysterious story of his youngest daughter was another deep heartache he was to carry for the remainder of his life.

After Margaret's return from school in the East, she went into virtual seclusion in the family home, hiding her face behind a heavy black veil. Twentyfour years later, following the deaths of her father and stepmother, the heiress, reportedly worth over a million dollars, purchased two estates in California, one in Beverly Hills and one in Palos Verdes. She divided her time between the two homes, continuing a bizarre life-style that fascinated those who knew of her. She remained heavily veiled at all times, even before her servants. The homes themselves reflected her self-imposed isolation: most of the rooms were unused, the furniture shrouded with

dust covers, and most of the windows covered with blankets. On April 2 8 , 1934, the strange woman staged her own suicide. When a doctor, summoned by note, arrived at Miss Keith's Beverly Hills estate he found her lying on a divan, a chloroformed cloth covering her face. Removal of the cloth revealed not the disfigured face many had imagined but a hand-

some, unscarred one. The press sensationalized the suicide and the wealthy woman's eccentric behavior, but not until the 1970s was a published explanation of it offered: a document allegedly written by David Keith asserts that at age sixteen Margaret was seduced by Keith's adopted son and gave birth to a child who was reared in the Midwest by guardians. In

David and Mary Keith visit Salisbury School in Connecticut where son David attended school. Curtis, Edward, and Pat Qr.) Moran from Brigham Street, who also attended the school, and the headmaster complete those in the picture. Note the traveling or dust coat worn by Mrs. Keith.

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A run- emergence from seclusion, ca. 1901, when Margaret Keith consents to have her picture taken in a new ermine cape.

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remorse the young girl retreated from the world for four decades.

Despite Margaret's early withdrawal from society, the Keith family took part in the social life of Brigham Street. Mrs. Keith had her weekly "at home" where she greeted friends, and other entertainments in the beautiful residence were reported in the society news of the day. Senator Kearns, for example, home from Washington for the Christmas holidays, was the guest of honor at an elegant dinner party hosted by the Keiths. And they gave their daughter Etta a lavish wedding reception in the best Brigham Street tradition. Nevertheless, the socially prominent Keiths did not entertain as frequently as many of their neighbors. Keith, quiet and mild of manner, no doubt was more comfortable chatting with a few close friends in his library than mingling with many guests.

The Keiths moved to the Hotel Utah in 1916, where both died in a few years. Keith died of pneumonia on April 16, 1918. Mrs. Keith, who had reportedly become addicted to alcohol, lived only one year and a month longer dian her husband, dying of a heart ailment on May 17, 1919.

The Thompson family, who lived a block east on Brigham Street, became the new owners of the Keith mansion. The beautiful home was filled with the vibrant personality of Ezra Thompson, the calm in-

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fluence of Emily, and the voices of young people. After Thompson's death in 1923 and Emily's in 1936, their son Clyde continued to live there, converting the third-story ballroom into a handsome bachelor's apartment. A sister, Norinne, and her husband, Roy Brown, moved in in 1939, remaining until they leased the home to Terracor in 1969.

A land developing company, Terracor set out to adapt the old mansion for the company's headquarters, preserving its structural beauty and architectural integrity. The carriage house was redesigned for the company's architectural offices. The home, carriage house, and grounds remain as an ideal example to those concerned with the preservation of Utah's cultural heritage, & DAVID KEITH 529 East South Temple Built 1898-1900 Architect: Frederick A. Hale Owners: David Keith, Ezra Thompson (1917), T. Roy Brown (1939) Present status: Terracor

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Thomas Kearns was one of the most prominent figures in Utah's mining history.

He had a strong and positive personality, was direct in speech and action, and had a keen interest in the welfare of others. Although he could be pugnacious, he was also generally good natured.

Born in Canada in 1862 of Irish immigrant parents, Thomas Kearns Tom moved with his family to Nebraska farm country where he grew up performing the duties of a frontier farm boy. At seventeen he set out to seek his fortune in the mineral-rich lands of the West. Four years passed during which he assisted in freighting supplies across the plains. He then arrived in Park City, without money in his pockets, and found work in the Ontario Mine. Life in Park City seemed to rid him of his wanderlust. So anxious was he to get ahead that he used his spare time to study geology and mineralogy. After a grueling six and a half years of hardship and self-denial, he was rewarded by the discovery of the ore vein that led to a partnership 90

with David Keith and three others in the purchase of the Mayflower property. The initial shipment of ore from this venture netted Tom 820,000. His first thoughts were for his aging parents for whom he promptly bought a farm near his old home in Nebraska. His next step was to marry Jennie Judge, the lovely niece of his partner John Judge. In 1892 Kearns and his partners purchased the Silver King property. The dividends paid by this mine soon transformed the twenty-eight-year-old Irish farm boy into a millionaire.

The rise to riches did not change Tom into the selfish or greedy capitalist one might imagine. His sympathies were with the mine workers and he was one of the first mine owners to institute an employees' benefit system. His interest in politics was stimulated by his election as an alderman of Park City. Then, in 1895 he served as a delegate to the constitutional convention, and six years later he was elected United States senator. In those capacities he continued to work for better health and safety conditions for the mine, smelter, and factory workers.

The campaign statement that Tom Kearns was "a graceless, hard-rock miner who did not know how to wear a dress suit" apparently did not reach the ears of Washington society, which singled out the mining king from Utah as a prominent social figure.

While Tom was in Washington Mrs. Kearns was overseeing the construction of a magnificent home in the form of a French Renaissance castle located on East Brigham Street. However, a kidnap threat prompted Mrs. Kearns to take the three children,

Edmund, young Tom, and Helen, and leave Utah.

Pausing in Washington, D.C., to observe the inauguration of President McKinley, they continued on to Lausanne, Switzerland. Architect Carl M. Neuhausen carried on the planning and work while Mrs. Kearns

Base of the grand stairway showing carved newels with b r o n z e figurines.

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shopped the European markets for art objects and furnishings for the new home. C. W. Benedict of Beattie Manufacturing Company of Saint Louis supervised the finishing touches of the interior.

Upon entering the imposing oolite stone mansion visitors passed through an all-marble vestibule with

handsome iron and bronze grillwork embellishing the windows and massive doors. Hand-chipped marble mosaic tile comprised the flooring of the grand hall, and the large wood columns featured hand-carved allegorical scenes by European craftsmen. The sweep of stairs, the newels, and balustrades, all of French The French parlor was richly elaborate. Note the crystal and gold chandelier.

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oak, drew one's gaze up the artistically designed stairway to the third-story dome of high relief, illumined with hidden lights.

The French drawing room with its ivory-toned walls and panels of palest blue provided a light and airy contrast to the adjoining Moorish parlor, to the black-stained Flemish oak library across the grand hall, and to the formal dining room with its rich redstained mahogany brought from the Ural Mountains of Russia. The tapestry covering the upper walls was made in Italy; the tooled leather screen, bronze chandelier, and polished steel fireplace appointments suggested medieval Europe. At the back of the fireplace the relief in steel of a gladiator riding his horsedrawn chariot created a dramatic effect in the embers' glow. Mahogany beams supported a ceiling covered with canvas, metal-glazed to a rich, golden brown.

The dining room has remained the outstanding showpiece of the home. The room still contains mahogany furniture left by the Kearns family, making it possible to re-create the atmosphere of original elegance.

Quartersawed golden oak for the less formal family dining room was enhanced by delightful Wedgwood-like frescoes on the upper walls and ceiling. The room had a warm and friendly feel with its built-in credenza and fireplace. The marble kitchen and the butler's pantry, containing a callboard for the

The Moorish room. A room such as this was a social fad at the turn of the century. It was used for the sole purpose of afterdinner coffee when the guests would reassemble to drink Moorish, or Turkish, coffee from fine china cups. This room and the French parlor were remodeled in 1930, making one large drawing room as seen today.

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The formal dining room remains today much as it looked In this photograph.

servants, completed the first floor.

The rooms on the second floor and part of the third floor were bedrooms. There were thirty-two rooms in all, including a bowling alley (now removed), a ballroom, billiard room, two parlors, two dining 94

rooms, and three vaults for silver, jewels, and wine.

The nine fireplaces and nine turret corners were a decorator's delight.

One of the grandest occasions held at the home of Senator and Mrs. Kearns honored President Theodore Roosevelt when he visited Salt Lake City in May 1903. Luncheon was served in the formal dining room. American Beauty roses, Roosevelt carnations, and greens enhanced the magnificence of the furnishings. The T-shaped table was adorned with a two-foot width of American Beauty roses bordered by smilax and maidenhair. The credenza and mantel both contained American flags made of cut flowers and vases of velvety red roses. Yards and yards of plumosa were draped gracefully over doors, windows, and mantels.

White carnations were used in the library and Moorish parlor, and pink carnations decorated the drawing room. In the grand hall was a vase of roses six feet high standing on a center table. Palms were used effectively throughout the hallways.

In a letter written by Roosevelt to John Hay, the president noted his visit to Salt Lake City, saying that Tom Kearns had invited a Catholic bishop, an Episcopal bishop, and a Mormon apostle and his plural wife among other prominent people. The discussion at the table ranged from Wagner to Bacon and from the passion play to the flora of the Rocky

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Mountains, including "in short every combination of beliefs and systems of thought and civilizations that were ages apart. In many of the leading men in Utah I was particularly struck by a queer combination of the fanaticism of the ages of faith, within nonreligious matters the shrewdest and most materialistic common sense." Only Tom Kearns would have invited so naively the particular combination of guests. But when it came to making out guest lists, Kearns was especially broad-minded. Ordinary miners, old friends from Park City, were often invited to the millionaire's home.

Tom Kearns, in partnership with David Keith, purchased the Salt Lake Tribune. While negotiations were taking place, Kearns sailed to Europe for the purpose of bringing his family home.

However, the family decided to remain in Switzerland until school was out for the season. Returning via London the senator was entertained by Sir Thomas Lipton, world famous tea king. Guests included distinguished members of Parliament and other prominent Britons.

Kearns was responsible for building the Kearns Building on Main Street and was a generous contributor to the construction of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, whose majestic towers and spires rose proudly over the homes of Brigham Street. Mrs. 96

Kearns endowed the Saint Ann's Orphanage at Twenty-First South and Fifth East streets in Salt Lake City, completed far in advance of her own beautiful marble palace. Saint Ann's was an excellent facility in its day, complete in every detail, meeting the needs of the seventy motherless children whose home it became. Mrs. Kearns visited there regularly

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and supplied huge, beautifully decorated trees and presents for the children at Christmas.

In her own yard the neighborhood children played on the east lawn, sliding down the slopes and using window wells for forts. Sometimes she would bring them cookies fresh from the oven. Children felt the warmth of her smile and her gentle qualities. Mrs. Kearns was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed making dresses for her daughter, Helen, and her two Gallivan nieces who, with their brother, lived in the Kearns home. She was also charming and witty and never forgot her old friends.

Kearns died October 18, 1918, of injuries suffered when he was struck by a car at Main Street and South Temple. Because of the influenza epidemic at that time, public gatherings were not allowed, so private graveside services were held at Mount Calvary Cemetery. He had died six months and two days after the death of David Keith, his friend and associate of nearly thirty years.

The family continued to live in the home until 1937 at which time Mrs. Kearns presented it to the state of Utah to be used as a governor's home. Refurbished and decorated it served the administrations of Governors Henry H. Blood, Herbert B. Maw, and J. Bracken Lee. In 1 9 5 7 a new home for the chief state executive was built on Fairfax Road and the legisla-

A family group photograph taken in 1917, a year before the death of Thomas K e a r n s . Standing, Mr. K e a r n s , Helen, and Edmund; seated, Mrs. Kearns and Thomas F. in World War I uniform.

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ture placed the mansion in the care of the Utah State Historical Society. Then in 1977 the legislature determined to restore the Kearns mansion to use as the governor's residence, beginning another era in the history of one of Utah's great homes, & THOMAS KEARNS 603 East South Temple Built 1900-1902 Architect: Carl M. Neuhausen Owners: Thomas Kearns, State of Utah (1937) Present status: governor's residence

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n May 6, 1845, in County Sligo, Ireland, was born a boy called John after his father. Originally McBrehoney, this Gaelic family name had been changed to Judge, its anglicized equivalent, during the reign of Elizabeth I. Although the soil of the Irish coast was thin and unproductive for anything except potatoes, generations of the Judge family had managed a living in that locality. But with the advent of the potato famine in 1846 the only escape from starvation was to emigrate. John and Annie Judge with their one-year-old son left the isle of their ancestors and came to America, landing at Port Henry on Lake Champlarn in New York. They settled at Moriah where they farmed almost a hundred acres of land.

When the boy was old enough he went to work in the iron mines not far from his father's farm, and at the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Second New York Cavalry. He fought in a number of battles, until he was shot, captured, and thrown into prison.

During his imprisonment he managed an escape, but after two days bloodhounds located him and he was returned to prison where he remained for the duration of the war. For the rest of his life he carried the scars of his bitter experience. After his return to New York he became acquainted with the petite and beautiful Mary Harney, the daughter ofJames and Elizabeth 100

Harney who were also natives of Ireland. They had emigrated from Ireland to Alexandria, Canada, where Mary was born in 1841. She and John were united in marriage in 1867 and settled down to having a farnily which would consist of Elizabeth, Agnes, Frances, Katharine, and John Francis.

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Nine years later John Judge set out for Salt Lake City where he had friends and found work, first as a guard at the territorial penitentiary, then in the Ontario Mines of Park City. H e was next attracted to the Wood River area of Idaho, but after trying that for a while, he returned to Utah in time to obtain work in the newly opened Daly Mine. There he became superintendent, and a lasting friendship grew between him and John Daly, the mine owner.

Judge was a persevering worker as he toiled along with the men in the dripping waters and close air of the drifts. When indications of ore bodies which had been counted on failed, he never allowed himself to become discouraged, his optimism a reassurance to the other miners. Although he was of slight build and stood but five feet eight inches tall, he had a commanding presence. Sometimes brusque and his voice sometimes harsh, Judge nevertheless had the miners' respect. In time, he became one of the lessees of the Mayflower Mine and also a part owner in the Silver King with his friends Thomas Kearns and David Keith. In failing health when the Silver King Mining Company was organized, he declined to take his place on its board of directors. Just at the time the Silver King was paying its first real dividends, Judge was dying of miner's consumption. His lungs had become hardened from the powder smoke and dust;

and on September 9, 1892, at the early age of fortyeight, he died, knowing that his family would realize the security that would come from his years of toil and his investments.

During Judge's life in Park City his family lived in Salt Lake City. He stayed at the mine boardinghouse during the week and came to the valley only on Sundays. After the death of her husband, Mary Judge invested her dividends in real estate in Salt Lake City and mining property in White Pine County, Nevada,

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where John Daly had good connections. These investments greatly benefitted her fortunes. At the time of her death in 1909 her real property was estimated to be worth three million dollars. A dozen business buildings in downtown Salt Lake City, as well as a large number of houses, lots, and other property were among her holdings. She had proved herself a capable businesswoman.

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Mrs. Judge was attracted by the emerging architectural grandeur of East Brigham Street in the mid-1890s. She decided to purchase a large lot on the corner of "J" Street on which to build a new home, plus a carriage house, stable, tennis court, and chicken coops. The home became a center of activity.

As time went on the ladies of the Judge family became a part of the social whirl. Reserved and serious in public, Mary was warm, compassionate, and charming in her private life, having the faculty of drawing people around her. There were rounds of golf and chatter about tournaments, horseback riding in the country, beaus, dances, parties, and teas. Their "at homes" were well attended, receiving special mention in society news columns. A country home in Holladay gave the family an added social advantage and a retreat from the summer heat of the city. Mary herself was also a competent horsewoman. She had a beautiful matched team, as well as a favorite horse, Bill, used when she drove out alone.

In later years traveling became an adventure for Mary; on one of her trips to Japan she visited an orphanage operated by French nuns and there found four young Japanese girls whom she brought to America. Each of the married daughters invited one of the girls to become a part of her family. The orphan girls formed attachments for their new homes and

Twelve-foot clock once owned by the Judge family was presented to the Utah State Historical Society. Photo taken in 1971.

families and remained with them for many years. It was quite a sight for visitors to the Judge home to see the maids in their colorful kimonos helping with the children and attending to the family's other needs.

Mary enjoyed the visits of her grandchildren and often made strange little hollyhock ladies and showed them many other wondrous things that could be made from nature's gifts.

The same year the home was under construction, Mrs. Judge made a proposal to Bishop Lawrence Scanlan concerning plans for a memorial to her late husband. She had long dreamed of a home for aged and infirm miners where they could receive proper care and medical treatment. The bishop was to draw on her bank account for all expenditures. Property was purchased on Tenth East between Sixth and Seventh South; but Mary was never to see her dream fulfilled, for she died in 1909, one year before the hospital and chapel were completed. But as events would have it, the hospital was short-lived. The number of miners taking advantage of its services did not begin to fill the three hundred beds. In 1915 the building was converted into the Catholic school that still bears the family name.

Nor was the hospital Mary's sole endowment.

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ed at the same time as the miners' home, a ten thousand dollar check to the Young Men's Christian Association, and a number of beautiful windows for the chapel at All Hallows College. As Bishop Scanlan eulogized at her life's end, there was no way of estimating the amount of money she dispensed in private charities and benefactions.

After the death of Mary Judge, Frances and Agnes kept the home for Katharine, the youngest sister, and a temporary residence for their own families on visits.

But Katharine eventually went to Washington, D. C., to live with Agnes and her husband, Theodore Baldwin, and the home stood a lonely place. It was later rented for a time, but unfortunate circumstances with renters caused the family great concern. Also, during the 1910s many of the Brigham Street residences were becoming boardinghouses, and the family, having too much pride to see the family home accept this fate, decided to have it demolished. For over a half-century a vacant lot, a broken concrete path, traces of a fine wrought-iron fence, and a carriage stoop shunted to one side marked the place where once stood the gracious home of the Judge family. &

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< t seventeen Ezra Thompson was freighting goods / \ between Salt Lake City and the Nevada mining A. \~ districts, and as he traveled over the desert country he dreamed of being a part of the excitement that was characteristic of the niining towns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not as a mine hand but maybe as a mine owner. He was a strong lad, fond of sports, especially baseball. He played the game very well himself. And he loved horses. Someday he would have a really fine horse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe two â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a fine carriage. Ezra had been born on July 17,1850, in Salt Lake City, and had grown up in humble circumstances, the son of a millwright who was accredited with building many of the mills in the Mormon settlements. Like other boys of the pioneer period Ezra had spent his days herding, choring, and working at odd jobs to contribute to the support of the household.

Ezra, his sights on the future, soon left the Nevada freight run and set himself up in Park City in the hauling business while he watched for an opportunity to break into the mining field. He finally found his chance in the old Northland and Nevada Mine, eventually becoming the owner. Although this mine was consolidated with the Silver King, still it was the start toward a series of mining successes for Ezra.

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some of the largest mines in that district. He organized the Thompson Mining Company, he was an officer and stockholder in the Daly-West and Silver King mines, and he was president of the Idaho Gold Mining and Milling Company and of the Cardiff Mining and Milling Company. He also served two terms on the citv council.

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Thompson and Emily Pugsley, the daughter of a manufacturer and mining man, were married in 1884.

They became the parents of four children: Lynn, Norinne, Ezra, and Clyde. The Thompsons moved their residence from Park City to Salt Lake where they bought the Brigham Street home of Frederick C. Gentsch, an agent for Pacific Express Company.

Thompson was a capable businessman exhibiting great energy and determination. His genial and kindly nature made him well liked among his associates who urged him to carry on his political career. He was elected to three terms as mayor of Salt Lake City, serving in the early 1900s, during which time much was done to beautify the city. Curbs and gutters, 107

sidewalks, and paving were completed on many of the city streets. The Ezra Thompson Building for many years stood as another monument to the builders of the community.

Thompson remained fond of athletics throughout his life and his dream of owning fine horses was fulfilled. An enjoyable pastime for the family was the Sunday drives. For those occasions they would don their Sunday best, and father Thompson would take the reins of his fine matched team and drive "way out to Liberty Park" to circle_ the perimeter path. Sometimes while riding by himself he would | see a fellow horseman and challenge him to a race. And h a was often seen giving his dustm the puffing and hopeless mechanical device, the automobile, which by law could travel only fifteen miles an hour. By 1904 there were reportedly thirty-eight automobiles in Salt Lake City and fifty in the state. It was not surprising that Ezra should i> _11 • -i r\r\e i ,1 finally m 1 9 0 5 p u r c h a s e t h e „ „. ,. , ft . . .

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both a challenge and a pleasure in a changing world.

However, Thompson had a difficult time shifting the gears, so in 1906 he bought the new Owens Magnetic.

There were no gears to shift and he could ride for fifty miles before running out ofjuice. He had to be sure he was near home at the end of the fifty miles, for then he could drive the Owens into Whitmore Oxygen a block and a half west of his home where he could have it recharged.

Whitmorc's building still stands on South Temple. The company, formed to service and recharge electric automobiles, later became Whitmore Oxygen Company.

The Thompson house, built about 1 8 9 3 , was purchased by Ezra in 1 8 9 8 . It had a warm and friendly appearance with its square tower on the left front corner and the ornamental ironwork over the porch.

Although the home has been remodeled for office space, it still contains some original features. The wall paneling, beams and ceiling paneling, and one fireplace mantel are all. made of the same rich wood.

The windows on both floors of the home are beautifully made with an upper panel of leaded and stained glass. The original barn was replaced in 1910 with a two-story brick garage and stable, with a gable roof, cupola, and dormers. Part of the second floor of the garage contained rooms for a servant's apartment.

The handsome structure had deteriorated over the years and was torn down in the early 1 9 7 0 s . The home served the Thompson family well until 1917 when they bought the David Keith mansion across the street at 5 2 9 East South Temple. However, Lynn, the eldest son, and his family continued to live in the h o m e . * EZRA THOMPSON 576 East South Temple Built ca. 1889; altered 1910 Architect: unknown Owners: Frederick C. Gentsch, Ezra Thompson (1898) Present status: Children's Service Society 109

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usanna Egeria Bransford Emery of Park City fell heir to the stock her late husband, Albion B. Emery, held in his name. From that time on Susanna was on her way to fame and fortune that would spread her name throughout the world.

Born in Richmond, Missouri, and reared in California gold country, Susanna Bransford came to Park City to visit relatives in the year 1884. There she met and married Albion B. Emery, who by a trick of fate would become responsible for Susanna's future as Utah's Silver Queen. As baggageman and secretary to several infant mining companies, Emery had been asked by R. C. Chambers, superintendent of Ontario Mine, to front for some mining stock where Chambers could not invest openly. When Emery died suddenly in 1894, an aghast Chambers was forced to stand by while investments grew that would a few years later put a reported price tag on Emery's attractive young widow of one hundred million dollars. Whether by good business sense or intuition she had held on to Emery's stock and watched for opportunities to buy an interest in most of the major Park City mines, including the Silver King.

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In 1 8 9 5 Susanna accepted an invitation from Thomas Kearns to meet a wealthy Chicago lumberman who had mining interests in Idaho and Utah. in

That the man was worth about seven million dollars, and that he was a widower, surely piqued her interest.

For his part, after the first meeting, Col. Edwin F. Holmes was so enamored of the lovely brunette that he prolonged his visit to court her and then invited her to visit him in New York City. Dinner at Delmonico's with a group of Utah friends saw a surprised Susie hearing her own engagement announced by the colonel. He had proposed several times previously and several times had been turned down. But upon hearing the announcement, Susie decided that marriage was not a bad idea at all. They were promptly married in the Astor Parlors of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and left for a two-year honeymoon in Europe.

Colonel Holmes lost no time upon his return to Salt Lake City in securing the grandest home in the valley for a permanent residence. The Gardo House, which by this time had gained the name of the Amelia Palace, was purchased from the LDS church. It took its popular name from one of Brigham Young's wives, but Susanna Holmes was the one who enhanced the Palace and placed it on the society map of the world.

The distinctive architecture of Gothic design became a showplace for nearly twenty years except when the hosts were on their world tours. William J. Sinclair of Marshall Field & Company was in charge of the interior design and made repeated trips between 112

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Chicago and Salt Lake City as he planned sumptuous settings for the many pieces of furniture, some having belonged to royalty, acquired by the Holmeses on their tours. The wall coverings for the Louis XVI salon, or drawing room, was of old rose satin brocade, and the ceiling was elaborately frescoed. Midway between the drawing room and dining room was a Tiffany electric fountain; on dining occasions the tables could be arranged so as to use the fountain as a centerpiece.

The dining room was a rich combination of gold leaf wall treatment, silver, cut glass, delicate lace, and embroideries. The beautifully handcarved chairs had belonged to Brigham Young. The upholsteries in the dining room and elsewhere in the Palace were the finest Europe could produce, comparable to those in royal palaces. The breakfast room had a carpet of rich red and draperies also of red with appliques of cloth of gold. The interior wood of the Palace was of Belgian oak; the grand stairway swept from the first to the third story, and all the way up niches filled with statuary and bronze figures holding electroliers presented a scene of enchantment when lighted. In the tower with its books one could recline on a divan to read, or just sit to enjoy the view.

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their travels, a building was planned west of the Palace to house the many acquired treasures. The gallery contained works of the great artists as well as contemporary Utah artists, all in great gold frames; sculpture and ornate cabinets holding smaller art ob-

jects completed the collection. A grand opening was staged on February 2 1 , 1904, to which four hundred guests were invited. Colored electric lights illuminated the outside. An orchestra played from a small platform or stage that was partially screened off from The game and billiard rooms were located in the basement.

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the dancers by a profuse display of flowers. Peter T. Huddart decorated for entertainments at the Palace, every room being resplendent with blossoms.

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cupied by Susanna and Colonel Holmes.

Susanna epitomized an era of quick fortunes and expansive living from the gay nineties to the early nineteen hundreds. "Susie" to her friends, but "Utah's Silver Queen" to society writers, she was A portion of the art gallery showing the stage on left and the skylight.

lauded by Washington newspapers as entertaining like a princess. Her exquisite gowns, rare jewels, and her 0 1 0 , 0 0 0 circular charm of platinum and diamonds were of paramount interest. She spent a great deal of time in Washington, much to the delight of that city's socialites who considered her vivacious, witty, sparkling, charming, and "much to behold."

The Philadelphia North American called her by far the most interesting woman in Washington and reminded a gossip-loving American public that she had fifty million dollars in mining properties.

Colonel Holmes stayed at home and took care of his more meaningful civic duties. At various times he was commissioner of water supply, president of the Commercial Club, a member of the Utah legislature, and prominent in the Masonic Order. Susanna's long visits in Washington were not to his liking. Increasingly annoyed by his butterfly toasting her wings so far away, he finally ordered her to return home upon threat of selling the Palace at once. She came home.

Susanna's parties were both lavish and unique. She often invited friends for a preview of a corning attraction at the Salt Lake Theatre by hiring the featured artist to entertain. At one time the world-renowned pianist Alberto Jonas from South America, who was to appear at the theatre, entertained a special group of friends at the Palace. Local talent included the

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Deseret Mandolin Orchestra, chamber music groups, popular vocalists such as Karl Scheid and Mrs. Mont Ferry, and a famous fortune-teller who delighted the guests with her gift of clairvoyance. Sometimes there was a dinner for one hundred with dancing to follow;

sometimes there were small dinner groups of eight or ten with cards to follow; and her "at homes" where she would receive from two to three hundred callers were a weekly event whenever she was in town.

Always there was that touch of something special.

Oakwood in Mill Creek Canyon, a summer retreat of the Holmeses, lent itself beautifully to summer socials. A string orchestra, against the house, added to the garden atmosphere.

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The Holmeses invested in real estate. The apartment building on the northeast comer of State and South Temple streets has been known at various times as the Emery-Holmes, the Bransford, and in later years as the Eagle Gate Apartments. On First Avenue at State Street they built another apartment building bearing the name of Grace Louise Emery in stained glass over the three entries. Grace Louise was the only child born to the Silver Queen. She died at the age of thirty-one.

In 1910 the Holmeses moved to El Roble, their home in Pasadena, California. The Palace was then rented until 1 9 2 6 when the property was sold to the LDS church who resold it to the United States government for the construction of a federal reserve bank.

Edwin F. Holmes died in 1927, and roving Susanna, who said it was best his first family bury him, continued on her travels, not returning for the funeral. Three years later she married Radovan Nedelkov Delitch, a Serbian doctor. After two years she became impatient with his jealousy; and since they could not reconcile their differences, Susanna suggested an ocean voyage for him, promising that all legal matters on the divorce would be complete upon his return. While lunching with her niece at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel Susanna received a telegram

that she quietly folded and placed in her handbag. It said that Delitch was dead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had hanged himself on shipboard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and was to be buried at sea. In an unconcerned manner she continued with her lunch and conversation.

A year later she married Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff of ancient Russian lineage. Two years later the two were on shipboard when the prince was suddenly taken ill and died. Susanna ordered that his body be removed at the next port, planning to collect it when she returned from her trip, but when the Russian government received word of his death they ordered a royal burial at sea.

Travel-weary after thirty-five years of luxurious globe-trotting, the silver-haired princess in 1937 signed into the Hotel Utah as Her Royal Highness Princess Engalitcheff, accompanied by her young business manager, Culver Sherrill. She declared that Florida was too cold for the season, New York too hot, California much too sad, Newport banal, and Maine too monotonous, so she had come home to check on her six silver mines. She was described as a striking blend of grand dame, business woman, cosmopolite, and breezy westerner.

Susanna was to return "home" only once more.

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chusetts. At eighty-three years of age the sands of her colorful and exciting life had run out. She was buried in Salt Lake City's Mount Olivet Cemetery beside her first husband, Albion Emery, & SILVER QUEEN 70 East South Temple Built 1873-81 Architects: Joseph Ridges and William H. Folsom Owners: Brigham Young, LDS church, Edwin F. Holmes (1898) Demolished 1926

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ew men played a more important part in the development of the mineral industry in Utah than Peder Andrew H. Franklin, often referred to as Dr. Franklin. Born in Norway in 1847, the youngest of a family of five boys, he was an orphan at ten years of age. His early education was acquired in his native Thoetan, and at seventeen he entered military school.

He graduated from the school of engineering as an officer at age twenty-two. He later emigrated and was appointed a civil engineer for the Danish government.

While in Denmark he heard of Peder A H . the great mineral finds in the western United States, which in 1873 were attracting worldwide attention. As a young boy Franklin had roamed the hills and mountains of Norway searching for rocks and minerals, and this boyhood interest had remained with him. He left Europe in 1873, arriving in Utah Territory without friends or even a knowledge of the English language. Securing work as a common miner in the Flagstaff Mine in 124

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Franklin studied for three years to learn English and to increase his knowledge of geology. At the Flagstaff he advanced from laborer to shift boss and then to foreman.

Franklin, aware of the wealth lying hidden in the mountains of the territory, carefully planned his goals. His first financial investment, preparatory to entering the mining field, was to erect a lumber mill at Frisco in Beaver County. The next step was to seek work at the Horn Silver smelter in Frisco in order to gain firsthand knowledge of smelter Franklin and milling processing. By 1890 he had secured an option on the Niagara Mines at Bingham which he developed until they became a paying investment and were later sold to the United States Mining Company. Several years after securing the Niagara he organized and became president of the Blackbird Copper-Gold Company which consisted of 103 claims in Utah with other claims in Idaho.

During llie next few years he gained ownership of

other large companies, including the Yankee Consolidated in the Tintic District and mines in the copper belt between Milford and Frisco. His keen perception, executive ability, and determination to reach his goal marked him as one of the successful mining men and gave him an enviable position in mining circles.

Franklin married Catherine Wall (not of the Enos Wall family), and they built a two-story brick house at 1116 East Brigham Street during the year 1900. The cost was twenty-five hundred dollars. Franklin lived only a few years after building the home, his Frederick C death occurring in his fiftyseventh year in 1904.

In 1912 Frederick C. Richmond, a prominent industrialist, purchased the home from Mrs. Franklin. While attending a gold mining convention in Denver in 1897, Richmond had met John Dern and accepted his invitation to visit the Dern properties in Mercur. Richmond decided to stay in Utah where he became manager of the DeLamar

mill in Mercur and later, director of Tintic Standard and the Eureka Consolidated Mines. He soon received the nickname "Duke of Tintic," a reflection of certain traits that would mark him as a man of overbearing character. In 1908 he organized the F. C. Richmond Company which dealt in mining, milling, and smelting machinery.

Laura Osborne Richmond with her genteel ways was a direct contrast to the cantankerous head of the household. A prototype of the wealthy old man in the cinema, Richmond often bellowed at his family and used abusive Richmond language to his servants, in later years emphasizing his ire by raising his cane. He also found fault with and growled at his neighbors, especially Patrick J. Moran, whose modest shingle cottage had been built too close to Richmond's imposing dwelling.

Nevertheless, the feisty Richmond gave of his time and money to community affairs. He was a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 125

of Freemasonry, a commander in the Knights Templar, and a member of the Commercial, Rotary, and Alta clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond annually presented a gold medal to the outstanding athlete in the city high schools in memory of their deceased son, Frederick C. Richmond Jr., who died November 9, 1940. The Richmonds had two other children, Laura Gladys and

Marguerite. Mrs. Richmond was a charter member of the Ladies Literary and Town clubs and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

To the Richmonds goes the credit for the picturesque mansion of Greek Revival architecture that stands today. The original Franklin home was altered considerably. The one-story veranda on the The home as remodeled by the Frederick C. Richmonds about 1925.

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front was replaced by a two-story portico supported by six Doric columns. The ridge of the roof was changed from north-south to east-west with two dormers placed over the new portico. A stucco coating covering the old brick was painted to set off the white columns. Other highlights of the home include the enchanting entry with its arched window of beveled and leaded glass that opens into a small but inviting vestibule, the stairway rising from the vestibule or entrance hall, the original dining room

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paneled in solid walnut, and the marble fireplaces in every major room with their beautifully and simply designed mantels. Mrs. Richmond exhibited elegance and refinement in her choice of decorating and furmshing the home.

When Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wright became the new owners in 1949 other changes were made. The two dormers over the portico on the front were combined into one large dormer to supply a greater amount of light to the room. The house was made into five very charming apartments, with one unit finished in the carriage house-garage. The home and grounds, beautifully maintained, serve as a reminder of a bygone era. & FRANKLIN - RICHMOND 1116 East South Temple Built 1899; major alteration 1925 Architect: unknown Owners: Peder A. H. Franklin Frederick C. Richmond, C. E. Wright Present status: apartments

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ohn Thomas Hodson was born in 1870 of Mormon pioneer parents in Coalville, Utah, where he grew up, married Coralee Smith, and had two children. When about thirty-five years of age he decided he must seek his fortune beyond the little mining town of his birth. He left his wife and two little girls in good care and went to Salt Lake City, the center of new excitement in the mining industry. As a mining promoter he became successful almost from the first and was able to send for his family.

Hodson opened an office in the Atlas Building in downtown Salt Lake City and in the following years accumulated some wealth. By 1907, two years after arriving in the city, he had acquired a fine home on Brigham Street, built by John G. Anderson, president of Anderson Real Estate Company. The fourteen-room house had a central hall and stairway with two parlors and the dining room opening to either side. Two black horses and carriages occupied the barn and coach house at the rear, and later, in 1910, a shiny new Studebaker was added. A maid attended to the household and a handyman-chauffeur took care of other duties.

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and operator of a gold mine in Goldfield, Nevada, called Hodson's Tunnel. As a part of the mining executive community he was a member of the Alta Club and held a seat on the Salt Lake Stock Exchange.

On May 27, 1915, John Hodson's brief successful career was cut short by a streetcar accident that caused his death. The circumstances of the times may have been responsible for the decline of his assets. After the settlement of his interests there was little left for his family, forcing Coralee Hodson and her five children to leave the South Temple home.

Ultimately, Coralee set herself up as a seamstress to support her family, it JOHN THOMAS HODSON 898 East South Temple Built 1902 Architect: John G. Anderson Owners: John G. Anderson, John Thomas Hodson Present status: apartments

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aptain MacVichie sat in a big chair in his study, watching the flames as they danced lazily in the fireplace across from him. Nearby sat his wife Pearl. At her request the captain was reflecting aloud on his long and adventurous life, while she, pencil and notebook in hand, recorded his recollections.

Duncan MacVichie was born in Canada in Lancaster, Ontario, on September 20, 1857, to Scottish parents, Peter and Margaret McGregor MacVichie.

He spent his first fourteen years on his father's farm, before leaving to make his way in the world. His first job was as a deckhand on a Great Lakes steamer.

(He commented that he jumped ship at Port Arthur because of the ill temper of a crusty old mate.) The early jobs were of short duration, but because of his industrious and determined nature he was never without work for any length of time. One job involved driving a horse cart for the Canadian Pacific Railroad on their construction line; the orderly precision of the engineers inching the line through the primeval forest made a deep impression on the young boy. It was then that Duncan decided to complete his schooling and to study to be an engineer.

The next ten years were marked by hard work in the summer and intensive study in the winter. By the time Duncan was twenty he had been elected assessor of Iron County, Wisconsin. Another proud

moment came for him when he was placed in charge of an iron mine at Hurley. This was the beginning of his career. Following the custom of the Michigan iron country, the men called him Captain MacVichie, a title that remained throughout his life. Two other mines were entrusted to his care; but a short time later, he was offered a position with Standard Oil and left to take charge of that company's mines in Wisconsin and Minnesota. There he remained until 1897.

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In 1893 MacVichie married Belle Corning and two years later she gave birth to a baby girl whom they named Helen. In 1897 the family left for the mountains of Utah that they believed would be better for Belle's health and where the mining prospects were good.

From the time Duncan went to work for Standard Oil he gained much success and a fine reputation.

He had developed a system of mining known as block caving that attracted the attention of the mining world. Captain DeLamar, operating in Mercur, Utah, heard about MacVichie and employed him as superintendent of the Golden Gate Mine. Dan Jackling was at that time superintendent of DeLamar's mill. In 1901 Captain MacVichie was hired to manage Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company.

Enos Wall was then operating his concentrator in Bingham Canyon.

The MacVichies' two-story brick home on Brigham Street was ready for occupancy by 1900 when he went to work for Bingham Consolidated. Belle MacVichie was not to enjoy her new home, as she died on March 27, 1900, shortly after moving into the spacious and lovely residence.

It was three and a half years before a second marriage took place. In Helena, Montana, MacVichie married Pearl Davenport. She returned with her hus134

band to take her place as mistress of the Brigham Street home, several years later giving birth to a baby girl whom they named Belle after the first wife.

In 1908 a new life began for Captain MacVichie.

Retiring from active management, he became a consulting engineer and mining promoter. For the next thirty years the history of his activities was written in nuning camps from Mexico to Alaska. In Nevada he built a railroad. He built another in Utah, a line connecting Wendover with Gold Hill, known as the Deep

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Creek Railroad. He also constructed the Lark Branch of the Denver & Rio Grande. He had purchased a group of small claims on the east range of the Oquirrhs, the Lark Lead Mine and Brooklyn veins, and opened up the Mascotte Tunnel with its portal at Lark.

When his attentions turned toward the Tintic District he extracted appreciable amounts of gold and silver from the Eagle and Blue Bell mines in Eureka and acquired claims near Mammoth adjoining the rich Centennial Eureka.

Captain MacVichie climaxed his mining career in association with L. F. Raines of Carbon Fuel Company when the iron and steel industries were in their embryo stages. By 1922 they had assembled the rights to the coal, iron, water, and plant sites, resulting in the organization of Columbia Steel Company, now a subsidiary of United States Steel.

As a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, MacVichie was scheduled to receive their Legion of Honor medal in New York City on February 19, 1941, for meritorious service as a mining engineer. On January 20, one month prior to this honor, Captain MacVichie died of a heart attack. At eighty-three years of age he had still been looking forward to things not yet achieved.

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fifty years of continuous membership. He had been director of four banking institutions in Salt Lake City and Ogden and held memberships in the Alta and Commercial clubs and the Chamber of Commerce.

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enry G. McMillan was one of the throng who came West where new ventures beckoned. His pursuits were not so much in the mining itself as in the opportunities afforded by a community that was suddenly emerging as an important mining center.

McMillan's ancestors were natives of Scotland who came to America, then fought on the side of the colonists for their independence in the Revolutionary War. His father was a Presbyterian minister in Tennessee where Henry was born in 1850. Soon after, the family moved to Illinois where he grew up. The father enlisted in the Civil War as a chaplain and lost his life in the Battle of Atlanta. Henry, when sixteen years of age, found work with a wool manufacturing firm; and, later, he enrolled at Blackburn University, a Presbyterian school his father had helped found.

There he studied business and manufacturing procedures.

In 1875 McMillan and Emma Corn, his bride of two years, arrived in Utah. He worked as a court clerk for nineteen years, resigning in 1893 to pursue mining and other business interests. A recognized expert in mineral research, he was also involved in banking (as a director of Walker Brothers Bank), real estate, and the brokerage business. He formed a partnership with Julian E. Bamberger under the name of Bamberger & McMillan, a general brokerage firm, 138

handling ores on a large scale as agents of M. Guggenheim & Sons. It later merged with Guggenheim and American Smelting to become one of the largest smelting companies in the Intermountain region.

McMillan was also manager of the Daly-West Mining Company and was affiliated with the Utah and Eastern Railroad which extended from Coalville to Park City.

The McMillans built their home in 1897, and the family continued residency there until 1935. There were nine children, all born in Utah. During the housing shortage of World War II, several years after the McMillans had left, the house was made into oneroom apartments outfitted with the cheapest of facilities, thus ruining the once splendid dwelling. Pigeons cooed, built their nests, and otherwise took over the tower room on the third floor, a room large enough to have been a useful part of the house. In 1966 the property was purchased by Fred A. Moreton who replaced the home with an insurance office. Perhaps the community was not quite ready to think in terms of historic preservation, it HENRY G. McMILLAN 649 East South Temple Built 1897 Architect: Frederick A. Hale Demolished 1966

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a lumber business. Having inherited an interest in political affairs, he was also serving in the Nebraska State Senate.

Out west in the Rocky Mountains, in the Camp Floyd Mining District of Utah, was the mining camp of Lewiston, later to become Mercur. It had been a major silver-producing area, but by 1880 the silver deposits were exhausted and Lewiston had become a ghost town. A gold ledge had been discovered in 1883, but all known processes were unsuccessful in extracting the precious metal. Then, in 1890, when all seemed hopeless, a new process was tried: a special cyanide solution was used to leach gold from the ore, depositing the values as gold cyanide powder, or gold dust. Thirty thousand dollars was needed to finance the gold mining enterprise, and the mill had to be remodeled to accommodate the new process before the actual operations could begin. A Capt. Joseph Smith, who was promoting the project, approached some Nebraska friends, one of whom was John Dern. Dern was looking about for more challenges and business opportunities and was only too eager to get in on the ground floor of a mining enterprise.

John assumed an active role in the affairs of the new Mercur Mining and Milling Company from the time he arrived in Utah. Up to 1892 the Dern family 141

still resided in Nebraska, but because of the phenomenal success of the mining operation, John moved his family to Salt Lake City. A son, George, who was attending the University of Nebraska, remained to continue his studies; but two years later John sent for him and he reluctantly left the university. George was an excellent student and was particularly interested in his English courses, taking great pride in his ability as a writer. He was the captain and star player on the football team and also played saxophone in the school band. When George arrived in Utah he kept the books and performed the duties of treasurer of the mining company in offices located in the McCornick Building in Salt Lake City. Two years later he married Lottie Brown, also from Nebraska, whom he had recently met in Salt Lake. An impressive ceremony united the two, according to newspaper reports, and "an afternoon reception of great brilliancy" was held. Following a three-month honeymoon Lottie Brown Dern adjusted to her new home and the social life of the Dern family.

George and Lottie were to have five children.

The year 1895 marked a boom period for the mining area of Mercur. A year later the bustling town with its hodgepodge of narrow streets had twelve hundred people and three hundred houses and buildings; by 1897 the population had increased to nearly three thousand. At twenty-three years of age George 142

was left in charge of the Mercur Mining and Milling Company while his father left to revisit his homeland and to negotiate business affairs in London. George managed the problems of the company so satisfactorily that upon John's return he again left the mines in George's care while he pursued other mining ventures

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in Nevada. In the meantime, the Derns had acquired the Brickyard claim, adjacent to their Mercur property, along with a number of other claims.

At this time Capt. Joseph R. DeLamar, successful owner of mines in several states, began to develop his Mercur interests. He purchased the Golden Gate Gold Mining Company and later obtained full control of the Brickyard Mining Company, buying out the Derns and consolidating the Mercur with the Golden Gate. DeLamar hired Daniel C. Jackling to undertake the planning and construction of a gigantic reduction mill. By 1 8 9 8 the Golden Gate Mill was completed and put into operation as the primary ore-treating facility for the Consolidated Mercur-Golden Gate Company. George Dern was twenty-nine when he became general manager and superintendent of this company. He then moved his family to Mercur to be closer to his base of operation.

George was connected with the mining business until the mill closed on Sunday, March 3 0 , 1 9 1 3 . On that day at 8:40 a.m. the last car, decorated with bunting and flags, was loaded at the Mercur station and hauled out and dumped in the Mercur pockets.

As the last skip was hoisted, the flag was raised on the great mill. For an hour the whistles blew, the bells of the church, the school, and the fire station rang, and the famous producer passed into history.

Memories of Mercur remained with the Derns.

During the years of the Consolidated it had been a one-company town. The townspeople roamed the hills on horseback and depended on the old buckboard for short drives and the Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad for the fifty-five-mile trip to Salt Lake City.

The new automobiles that chugged their way up the canyon and arrived with radiators boiling over held no fascination for George. Horsepower produced by oats and hay, according to him, was more dependable than horsepower produced by gasoline. Like others who spent much of their lives in mining camps, he retained memories of the sound of the skip dumping, the rumble of the tramway, and the three blasts of the whistle to say the power was off and the working day was over.

Without knowing it George Dern had laid the groundwork for his future political success. He had made many friends from his business contacts, and his congenial manner and his genuine interest in others increased his popularity. In addition, he was tall and well-built with a ruggedly handsome face and a ready smile. His eyes were set deep under rather heavy brows.

Elected to the Utah State Senate in 1914, he served in that capacity until 1922. In 1924 he won the office of governor of Utah, and during his admini143

stration he served as chairman of the National Conference of Governors. In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, appointed him secretary of war, making him the first Utahn to hold a cabinet post.

On August 27, 1936, at the age of sixty-four, George died of cardiac and kidney complications following severe influenza. Military funeral services were held in Washington, D.C., after which a special Governor Dern at Fort Douglas, reviewing the troops with Col. Howard C. Price, post and regimental commander. Thirty-eighth United States Infantry.

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Crowds gathered to pay last respects to Secretary of War Dern as the cortege moved slowly up South Temple, passing the Dern family home.

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train bearing high-ranking officials accompanied the body to Salt Lake City where it lay in state in the Capitol rotunda. Services for Dern, a thirty-third degree Mason and a member of the Congregational church, were held in the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery where the Masonic Grand Lodge conducted Bern's body lying in state in the Capitol rotunda in Salt Lake City.

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the graveside ceremony. Cannons boomed salutes throughout the United States and its territories in honor of the distinguished Utahn.

Lottie Brown, who had been born in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1875, had remained at her husband's side throughout his prestigious career, always managing to stay out of the limelight. She nonetheless was a capable woman, giving a great deal of her time to her church. She was a gracious and lovely hostess, and was known in local social circles for her elegant teas.

Mrs. Dern survived her husband by sixteen years, dying in 1952 after a long illness. Only three of her children survived her.

The Victorian home, devoid of the gingerbread frills typical of its era, was built in 1887 by Jeremiah C. Conklin, a real estate manager. John Dern purchased the home from Conklin in 1897. At that time a unique rosewood fence surrounded the property, which included fine stables and a carriage house in the rear. Exquisite chandeliers, fireplaces, and stained glass windows were outstanding features of the home. Each room was dressed in its own fine woodwork of cherry, mahogany, walnut, maple, and oak. A third floor ballroom was converted into a billiard room by John Dern. After John's death in 1922 George and Lottie moved their family into the home, and it became the official residence during

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George's gubernatorial administration. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was then governor of New York and a friend of George, was entertained in the home.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Dern lived in the East where her children resided. Woodbury Corporation Realtors bought the home for office space in 1944, and in its eighty-third year it bowed to the demolition crews. The carriage house, some of the lighting fixtures, and fireplaces were turned over to the Sons of Utah Pioneers Museum, now the property of Lagoon Amusement Park. & JOHN AND GEORGE DERN 715 East South Temple Built ca. 1888 Architect: unknown Owners: Jeremiah C. Conklin, John Dern, George Dern Demolished 1970

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his is the story of a woman whose life was full of adventure, variety, and financial success. Her optimism, courage, and determination brought her as a young girl alone across an ocean to live in a strange land; there those same qualities enabled her ultimately to become a part of the life and society of the grandest boulevard between Denver and San Francisco.

Elizabeth Dunlop Ferguson Bonnemort was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on December 26, 1846, to Irish parents, Mary Matilda Tyrrell and Robert Dunlop, a shoemaker from County Down. Mary Dunlop gave birth to fifteen children, but only five were still living when the Dunlop family, who had joined the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, decided to emigrate to Zion, the new home of the Mormon people. Robert and Mary were baptized in the River Clyde in 1850, but it was not until 1863 that they could make plans to come to America.

Robert preceded the family to the Salt Lake Valley.

Two years later, Mary Dunlop and her four daughters prepared to sail from Liverpool. Robbie, the only living son, had by this time become a member of the Queen's Guard and would not be sailing with them.

At the Liverpool landing Mary heard rumors that the Belle Wood, the ship on which they were to sail, was not seaworthy. She decided against boarding. Seven-

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teen-year-old Elizabeth, undaunted and strong-willed, insisted on taking her chances; so she said goodbye to her mother and sisters and made her way up the gangplank. The ship did arrive safely in New York harbor but did not make it back to England.

Elizabeth traveled by train as far as the railhead in Nebraska where she found wagon passage to Salt Lake City. Her father met the wagon tram as it pulled into the citv and took Elizabeth to a small adobe

house in the west part of town. There she settled down to keeping house for her father while awaiting the arrival of her mother and sisters. Robert Dunlop soon introduced her to the man who was planning to take Elizabeth as his wife. Her new life was not exactly what the young girl had expected, and then to find that she was to marry a man much older than herself, a man already equipped with at least one wife, was something she was not about to do. Elizabeth made up her mind to leave. The people with whom she had driven over the plains had settled at Fairfield near old Camp Floyd, forty-five miles southwest of Salt Lake City, and she was welcomed into their household. Elizabeth never saw her father again.

He soon left for Nebraska to meet his wife and other daughters, but before their arrival he contracted a serious illness and died. When her mother and sisters arrived in the valley, they went to Fairfield to be near Elizabeth who by that time had found work with the people who ran the telegraph station.

At this station she met James Corey Ferguson, a telegrapher for the government. Elizabeth was twenty-two when she and Jim went to Salt Lake City to be married in the Valley House, a popular hotel or inn located southwest of Temple Square. Soon afterward they took up a homestead at Deep Creek, later known by its Indian name Ibapah, on the western

border of Utah in Tooele County. Jim ran the telegraph office there until it ceased operation in 1883. During that time he bought land adjacent to their homestead until he had accumulated over eight hundred acres. He had also been purchasing sheep from California, which proved to be a profitable investment.

The Fergusons raised four daughters on the Deep Creek ranch: Tillie, Lillie, Daisy, and Corey. Elizabeth used all her womanly talents to make a comfortable home and surrounded her daughters with whatever advantages she could. She sewed pretty clothes for the girls. She taught them to read and write. As time went on they were each given a fine guitar which Jim taught them to play. The chords blending with those of their father carried out over the silence of the night as the family joined in singing familiar ballads. Elizabeth was sensitive to the more cultural aspects of life, often composing poetry that expressed her inner feelings, but she also knew hard work. In addition to her household duties, she learned to help her husband with the sheep.

One day in July 1 8 8 3 Jim went into a nearby canyon to obtain wood. He cut his foot severely with an axe but managed to get back to the ranch. Elizabeth knew he had to have medical help. Although she frantically drove a team of horses to Salt Lake City, blood 153

poisoning had set in and Jim's foot had to be amputated. He did not recover from the trauma and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Elizabeth returned to the ranch alone. The same characteristics of determination and strong will that had prompted her to sail alone from Liverpool, together with an unusual business ability, enabled her, with little help, to operate the ranch successfully.

Three years later she married a cattleman by the

name of Edward Bonnemort. The combination of the Ferguson sheep, the Bonnemort cattle, and the joint acreage made a highly successful venture. The Bonnemorts continued to live at the ranch house, which they equipped with handsome Victorian furniture, fine rugs, draperies, and kerosene ceiling lamps with colored bowls and crystal prisms. Since there was no public hall, Saturday night dances were held in their large living room which was cleared of furniture and

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The white dresses and potted plants are evidence of Elizabeth's striving to make the best of any situation.

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rugs. The entertainments drew the ranchers from miles around.

The girls were enrolled at Saint Mary's Academy in Salt Lake City where they boarded during the school year. Elizabeth longed to be with them and

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was torn between her loyalty to Mr. B., as she affectionately called her husband, and her desire to give the girls the advantages to be found only in the city. Finally, in 1889, the Bonnemorts decided to move to Salt Lake, at the same time continuing to operate the ranch in Tooele County. They built a home on Brigham Street at Eighth East. Over the years the home became a center for social events.

Visitors spoke of the comfortable and hospitable feeling engendered by the Bonnemorts and the treasures of fine art that filled the home, including a set of ornately hand-carved Oriental furniture.

Elizabeth allowed these handsome pieces to be exhibited at the Saint Louis World's Fair. The home was typical of the high Victorian era: heavily flowered wallpapers, oriental rugs, and expensive upholsteries. The rooms were overly draped and overly pillowed. Nevertheless, it was stylish and somehow reflected the woman who put it all together. The gardener and his wife lived in a small house at the rear of the property. He kept the flower gardens in perfect condition, and Elizabeth was generous in presenting her friends with bouquets when they came to call. The sidewalk parking was planted with roses, and special light posts were installed. The "dripping lights" glowing above the roses created a unique effect.

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Edward Bonnemort died in 1902 of Rocky Mountain, or tick, fever and Elizabeth was left once more to manage her affairs alone. Fortunately, she was a woman of extraordinary abilities. Her name was frequently mentioned in both the business and social sections of the newspapers. She often traveled to Washington, D.C., or other parts of the country for conventions or livestock business. An earnest advocate of organization among sheep and catde growers she became an active worker in both state and national organizations. Because of her prominence in the National Wool Growers Association she became known as the Sheep Queen of Utah. At one time she was delegated to represent the Western Wool Growers Association in Washington where she testified before Congress and was entertained at the White House. She also managed the family real estate business.

Elizabeth loved art, music, the theatre, and entertaining. Friends and guests at her lavish entertainments included governors, senators, prominent businessmen, and artists. Her great interest in art led to her appointment as a member of the Fine Arts Commission, a position she held until the time of her death.

She was also on the committee for the inaugural reception and ball tendered for Gov. William Spry.

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animated her, making her a favorite.

Mrs. Bonnemort died on May 15, 1914, of a sudden attack of uremic poisoning. Her funeral was held in her Brigham Street home, the Very Reverend S. R. Colladay, dean of Saint Mark's Cathedral, officiating. The honorary pallbearers included some of the state's most prominent citizens. She was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery between her two husbands, James Corey Ferguson and Edward Bonnemort. & ELIZABETH BONNEMORT 776 East South Temple Built ca. 1889 Architect: unknown Owners: Elizabeth and Edward Bonnemort Demolished 1929

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Under his father's tutelage David learned the rudiments of the business that would one day bring him fame as a western cattle and sheep king. His early efforts in that business centered around buying and shipping cattle from Missouri to Chicago and other stock centers in Illinois.

But along with many young men of the time, David became interested in the quest for gold and in 1864 headed for the Montana gold fields. In order to make his way west, he contracted to drive a freight train across the plains to Montana, the outfit consisting of twenty-six wagons with six mules to draw each one. Arriving in Virginia City, Montana, in August, David tried placer mining. Within the next two years he went from Alder Gulch (Virginia City) to several mining locations in Montana, eventually settling at Leesburg, Idaho, near Salmon City, where he opened a general retail store while continuing placer mining in the Leesburg Basin. He also engaged in the freighting business and raised cattle, establishing ranches in the

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Beaverhead and Snake River valleys. In 1878 he moved to the upper Salmon River country, where he was one of the organizers of the Salmon River Mining & Smelting Company.

David Wood married the widow Catherine Murphy in 1882. She had been born Katrina Veit in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of an imperial judge. At eigh-

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teen she had set her eye on a dashing young officer, but her father had different plans for her. A marriage to a much older baron would have been an advantageous alliance. An unhappy situation was averted when an uncle intervened and whisked Catherine off to America. His business took him to Denver where he contacted some of his countrymen. Among them

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was Frank Hagenbarth who operated a successful brewing business with locations in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Virginia City, Montana. The handsome Hagenbarth favored Catherine with his attentions and they were soon married. By 1867 the newlyweds were living in Leesburg, Idaho, where their son, Francis Joseph, was born on April 15, 1868. Hagenbarth died soon after, whereupon Catherine moved to Salt Lake City with her son and became manager of a small hotel. In Utah she met a Mr. Murphy, married him, and in 1 8 7 4 gave birth to her second son. The following year found the Murphys in Challis, Idaho.

Tragedy struck again for Catherine. Sometime in the next few years Murphy died, and it was necessary that she resume her career in the hotel business.

David Wood had first met Catherine in Virginia City. When she was widowed the second time with two small sons to care for, David asked for her hand in marriage. The two sons grew up under the protection of their stepfather. They received their education in private schools in Salt Lake City and at Notre Dame University in Indiana. Subsequently, they were taken into the family business. David and Catherine later adopted a little girl whom they named Cassandra.

Catherine was an excellent businesswoman and took a great interest in her husband's pursuits. They organized the Wood Live Stock Company, building up 161

one of the largest sheep ranching concerns in the United States. The company imported from England the best strains of sheep obtainable, resulting in a herd of pure registered Hampshires. Open range shearing of sheep in large numbers by the use of machinery was introduced by the Wood Live Stock Company. The Woods became foremost in the ranks of wealthy families in Idaho and Utah, and Mr. Wood's fame spread throughout the West as the Sheep King of Idaho.

J. D. Wood was also the principal owner of one of the largest cattie ranches in the world, located in Chihuahua, Mexico, and was instrumental in the development of oil fields in southern California. He established the Wood Grocery & Produce Company and the Intermountain Ice Company in Salt Lake City in 1900, soon thereafter moving his headquarters to Utah.

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The Woods stayed in the Cullen Hotel while their chateauesque home in the heart of fashionable Brigham Street proceeded to completion under the capable supervision of Carl M. Neuhausen, who had just finished plans for the Thomas Kearns home and the Cathedral of the Madeleine a few doors east of Wood's newly acquired homesite. The house was designed after one Catherine had seen in Austria. Her dream had been to have one just like it. Constructed of cream-colored oolite stone, quarried in Manti Canyon, Utah, the three-story home was recorded as having twenty rooms. The tower corner provided curved alcoves that were beautifully decorated.

Parquet floors in allover designs complemented the richness of the fine quality rugs. The third floor contained an attractive ballroom.

The Woods were friendly, down-to-earth people who quickly became a part of the social life of the city. David transferred his membership in the Masonic order from Idaho to Salt Lake City. He became a member of the Alta Club where his associations with the mining men again expanded his interests. As a result, he became vice-president of the Daly-West Mining Company, at that time paying sixty thousand dollars a month to its stockholders. He was also a director or officer in several smaller mining companies.

Although David continued to manage his interests while in Salt Lake City, he found time to reminisce and write his memoirs, weaving tales of his exciting adventures during the many years he lived on the frontier. The West was young and wild and he was very much a part of it all. He had worked hard, fought hard, and had earned his success.

In 1908 James David Wood was fatally injured at the Union Pacific Station in Salt Lake City when he stepped from behind a train into the path of an oncoming locomotive. Friends gathered from surrounding states to pay their last respects to the sixtyseven-year-old man whose face was lined and weatherbeaten from his long years of outdoor fife.

Catherine, who had endeared herself to both family and friends, lived for twelve more years in the Brigham Street house before she, too, died.

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He was first vice-president of the school during his second year. H e also endeared himself to the curators of the university museum by presenting them with some gold and silver ore and several live rattlesnakes.

Frank was affiliated with two campus organizations, one that promoted proper elocution and the other, one of the most prestigious societies at the university, the Saint Cecilia Philomatheon Association. This organization performed dramatic, musical, and oratorical compositions. The Oechtering Gold Medal for church history was awarded him in 1 8 8 5 , and one year later he received the Barry Gold Medal for excellence in elocution.

Graduating with a degree in commerce in 1887, Frank returned to Idaho where he was employed by the Salmon River Mining & Smelting Company.

That same year his stepfather, David Wood, offered him one-fourth interest in his livestock business and a managerial position. Under Frank's direction the business grew steadily until 1896 when his brother, Hugh, acquired interests, and the business was then incorporated under the name of Wood Live Stock Company with Frank as vice-president. The Wood Live Stock Company began a systematic acquisition

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of land in five different counties of Idaho and two counties of Montana. Its sixteen ranches eventually totaled 750,000 acres. Frank took an active part in protecting the wool interests of Idaho and became one of the best-informed men in the country on all aspects of wool growing and manufacturing. This recognition and leadership eventually brought about his election as president of the National Live Stock Association.

In 1902, at age thirty-four, Frank joined his stepfather, his brother, and William S. McCornick of Salt Lake City in the purchase of the Palomas Ranch in Mexico. This venture, organized under the name of Wood-Hagenbarth Cattle Company, further extended a fabulous livestock empire to include 2,465,000 acres of land and about thirty-five thousand head of cattle. Hagenbarth was the company's first vicepresident and general manager. After the death of his stepfather in 1908 he assumed the presidency of both companies.

It seemed inevitable that Frank should one day meet Anthony W. Ivins who also had interests in Mexican cattle lands. Ivins, who ultimately became a counselor to Heber J. Grant in the First Presidency of the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had assisted in the establishment of Mormon colonies in Mexico. As manager of the Mojave Land and Cattle 166

Mary Ellen painting china at the school she attended before l u r marriage to Hagenbarth,

Company in southern Utah and one of the owners of the Kaibab Cattle Company, he was an experienced cattleman. By 1909 Ivins had become general manager of the Mexican Colonization and Agricultural Company near Colonia Juarez. A deep friendship grew between the Ivins and Hagenbarth families, the one Mormon and the other Catholic, and their contacts with each other extended from Mexico to Utah.

Hagenbarth's education, his extensive experience, and his impressive personality gave him high qualifications for many callings. During World War I he was appointed chairman of the livestock section of the Agricultural Advisory Commission under Herbert Hoover; in 1929 he was a member of the first board of directors of the National Wool Marketing Corporation and worked with the Federal Farm Board. His ease and dignity while presiding at public meetings added to his professional stature, making him a worthy choice as president of the National Wool Growers Association, a position he held for twentyone years until his death in 1934. Hagenbarth had other interests as well, holding high positions on the boards of many companies, including stockyards, banks, insurance companies, and several mining companies.

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bride of Frank Hagenbarth in 1897. May, as she was known to her friends, was beautiful and accomplished, having been sent to good schools where she studied art. Over the years the Hagenbarths reared a family of four children: Mary Catherine, David Vincent, Catherine Aloysia, and Francis Joseph III. 167

Soon after acquiring the Mexican property Hagenbarth purchased a house owned by Thomas Woodbury on East Brigham Street opposite the new mansion of the J. D. Woods. Since it was difficult to build an adequate stable and carriage house on the north side of the street against the hill of the Wood

property, the two families built facilities on the Hagenbarth property. The carriage house was large enough to accommodate the fifteen vehicles acquired by the two families.

In 1914 a fire destroyed the original home. In rebuilding, the foundation was completely removed First home of the Hagenbarth s, right, was purchased from Thomas Woodbury.

The immense carriage house at the rear was shared by the Woods and Hagenbarths.

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and a new structure, designed by D. C. Dart, was erected in its place.

The Hagenbarths also built a hunting lodge near Sheridan, Wyoming. May was as enthusiastic as the other family members and assisted in the planning.

While the lodge was still under construction, May fell

ill in Chicago and died. The Mary Ellen Lodge was completed, and throughout their lives the family spent holidays and vacations at the Sheridan location, continuing their close and happy relationships.

Because of Hagenbarth's widespread interests he did not take an active part in the civic affairs of Salt

Francis J o s e p h Hagenbarth when he lived on South Temple.

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The central room of the home, ca. 1935, with iIN paneled walls and stained-glass window, was used by Larkin Mortuary Tor small funerals,

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Lake City, although he was a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, and the family's social activities were woven into the life of the city.

At the time of Hagenbarth's death on October 20, 1934, the National Wool G r o w e r paid a three-page tribute to "a great leader of America's flockmasters."

The Hagenbarth residence was sold to the Larkin Funeral Directors in 1 9 2 5 , one year before Mary Ellen's death. The house has had additions and a very few adaptive changes, but the original structure is essentially the same. Beautiful wood paneling and art glass windows throughout continue to reflect its original charm. The home has dignity and warmth and provides historical significance to a neighborhood that is now void of its once fine residential structures. & FRANCIS JOSEPH HAGENBARTH 360 East South Temple Built 1915 Architect: D. C. Dart Owner: Francis Joseph Hagenbarth Present status: Larkin Mortuary

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enry Dinwoodey's parents, James and Elizabeth Miles Dinwoodey, were originally from Scotland but were living at Latchford, Cheshire, eighteen miles from Liverpool, when Henry was born September 11, 1825. As a young lad he apprenticed as a carpen-l ter and builder, and uporj completing his apprenticeHenry Dinwoodey ship he became a cabinetmaker. An early enthusiast of the Mormon religion, Henry was twenty-two years of age, already married a year, when in 1847 he and his wife, Ellen Gore, joined the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Like other Mormon converts at that time Henry and Ellen were urged to emigrate to America, and in September 1849 they booked passage on the ship Berlin. The voyage was stormy and dangerous, and the crowded conditions added to the discomfort of the converts.

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out, running rampant among the passengers. The twenty-four-year-old Henry assisted in burying fortynine bodies at sea.

Half sick, bedraggled, and in need of good food, the remaining passengers finally arrived in New Orleans. In order to recover, as well as to avoid the northern winter, the Dinwoodeys remained in the warmer climate for six months before sailing upriver on a Mississippi steamboat. In Saint Louis, Henry became a machinery patternmaker. In 1855 he and Ellen joined a wagon train, continuing the journey to their new home in the West.

In Salt Lake City, Henry set up business in a small store north of First South on the west side of Main Street. Felling his own timber and sawing it at the mill in Big Cottonwood Canyon, he hauled it by wagon to his cabinet shop. He made chairs, tables, and other household furniture. As the economy of the community increased, so did the Dinwoodey business, and more hands were needed to make the home furnishings. By 1869 Dinwoodey had outgrown the Main Street store, and he moved to the firm's present location on First South. He then began importing fine furniture by railroad from the East. The business continued to grow until by the turn of the century it had become the leading furniture establishment between Omaha and San Francisco.

Dinwoodey participated in church and civic affairs, served as a director of two banks and the Salt Lake Railway Company, and was a regent of the University of Deseret. He also served as a captain in the territorial militia.

The childless Ellen had never enjoyed good health and in her last years became an invalid. In the meantime, Henry had entered into plural marriage, taking for his wives Anna Hill and Sarah Kinnersley. From those marriages Henry became the father of nine

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dence designed by Richard K. A. Kletting, was built for Dinwoodey's second wife, Anna Hill. The dome, an architectural detail Kletting used in many of his designs, was centered over the large front bay rather than gracing a corner tower or the crest of the roof.

Incidentally, the dome was removed before the home's demolition and may be seen inside the north entrance of Trolley Square in Salt Lake City.

Anna Dinwoodey reigned as mistress of this lovely home for fifteen years before her death in 1911, just six years after Henry's death in 1905. The family of Henry M. Dinwoodey continued to occupy the residence until 1939. &

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children. As were many other Mormon polygamists, he was indicted for unlawful cohabitation. During his imprisonment in 1885, Ellen became increasingly ill.

He gained permission to visit her sick bed only once and then never saw her alive again. Henry was permitted to attend the funeral but was not allowed to go with the cortege to the cemetery.

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he earliest Jewish immigrants to the western territories came on the heels of the gold seekers in the late 1 8 4 0 s . For the most part, these men were merchants, hoping for prosperous areas in which to carry on their businesses.

Wherever towns were mushrooming a few merchants set up shop, often moving from one boom town to another. In contrast to immigrants who came with the wagon trains, these men usually traveled alone or with one or two companions. They were generally young and unmarried. Sometimes two brothers came together or sometimes the elder brother came first.

They lived frugally, and when funds allowed they would send for a younger brother or brothers. Some returned to their homelands to marry the sweethearts they had left behind, bringing them to their adopted land. Others had to be content to send for their future wives.

Salt Lake City, the stopping-off place for points west in the early 1850s, had a shortage of merchandise. Wearing apparel and household goods were almost impossible to purchase. These circumstances were quickly apparent to several perceptive and enterprising merchants, and by 1860 Jewish names were appearing on Salt Lake City's Main Street. Aside from its market potential, Salt Lake Valley had other attractions: the climate, the salt seabathing, the

mineral hot springs, the theatre, and the musicals offered interesting and cultural diversions. It was a good place to establish a permanent residency.

Although there had been a few temporary Jewish residents earlier, the first who remained were Nicholas S. Ransohoff, who came in 1858, and Samuel Kahn, who arrived a year later. Samuel became a partner in N. S. Ransohoff & Company, and then in 1 8 6 3 he joined George Bodenberg under the firm name of Bodenberg and Kahn, distributors of groceries throughout Utah, Idaho, and Montana. In 1866 Samuel Kahn married Sarah Cohen. Later, his younger brother, Emanuel, married Sarah's sister

Bodenburg and Kahn began business in 1863 on the northeast c o m e r of First South and Main streets, Salt Lake City.

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Emanuel Kahn and his brother, Samuel, owned a leading wholesale grocery establishment.

Fanny. The Kahn brothers were born in Prussia, Samuel in 1836, and Emanuel in 1844. The exact time of Emanuel's arrival in Utah is not known, but in 1867 Samuel and Emanuel joined to form Kahn Brothers, this firm becoming the major wholesale grocery establishment in Utah.

Samuel and Sarah Kahn played a leading role in the city's social activities, entertaining such well182

known visitors as Vice-president Schuyler Colfax.

Samuel also participated in the organization of the Young Men's Literary Association and the Liberal party. In contrast to the gregarious Samuel, Emanuel was a more reserved man. He took part in Jewish religious affairs and assisted in forming the Congregation B'nai Israel, later serving as a trustee and officer.

As a member of the Wasatch Lodge No. 1 of the Masonic Order, he acted as secretary, and was the originator of the Masonic library in 1874.

Die Cohns were born in Dobrzyn, Poland, Louis in 1842, and Alexander in 1843. Louis made his appearance in Salt Lake City in 1865. He had left Poland when he was seventeen years of age, spent two years in New York City and then moved to California where he opened a store. Alexander was twenty-two before coining to America, probably waiting until Louis could send for him. Alex met his brother in California, whereupon Louis moved on to Salt Lake City to establish the Cohn and Munter Store, leaving Alex to run the California store. Alex subsequently joined Louis in Salt Lake City and the two opened a dry goods store under the name of Cohn Brothers.

Like the Kahn brothers the Cohns also married sisters: Carrie Lippman was married to Louis in 1876 and four years later Alex married Jennie Lippman.

Alexander and Louis Cohn, Polish Jews, came to Utah as young men and opened a dry goods store.

Louis had interests in the Kaysville Brick Company and also in mining. When the first meeting to organize a Masonic chapter in Salt Lake City was called, Louis was one of eight members attending and became Most Worshipful Grand Master in 1874.

Under Salt Lake City Mayor Robert M. Baskin, in 1892, he held the position of police and fire commissioner.

Alex, like Emanuel Kahn, was the quiet and reserved brother. He also was one of the organizers of the Congregation B'nai Israel, becoming its first vice-president, and much later, in 1896, becoming president of the congregation. He was also warden of the Jewish cemetery, working conscientiously to improve the conditions of the arid sagebrush area adjacent to the city cemetery.

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Die Kahns and the Cohns were among the merchants who believed Corinne would become the chief commercial city of Utah Territory. The railroad that would span the continent was bypassing Salt Lake City, and Corinne was ideally located as a freighting center where supplies could be hauled from the railroad north to Idaho and Montana. The most ambitious and enterprising merchants in the territory set up businesses there, at first in tents and shacks.

The optimistic hope for Corinne as a business center was short-lived. Brigham Young lost no time in extending railroads both south and north from Ogden, shifting the railroad center to Ogden and leaving the Corinne merchants without the flood of business that had been anticipated.

At the time of the Corinne experiences, the leaders of the Mormon church instigated the cooperative mercantile movement under the name of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, or ZCMI. The Mormon people were discouraged from dealing with non-Mormon merchants; the effect on the Jewish merchants was disastrous. Many closed their businesses, packed their belongings, and set out to find new locations. But the Cohns and the Kahns were among those who were able to carry on and later see the return of prosperity as the mining era beckoned new people to Zion.

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Attractive fans, gingerbread detail of the Victorian Kahn home.

In the late 1880s Emanuel Kahn and the two Cohn brothers decided to build homes on Brigham Street. Architect Henry Monheim designed all three in similar styles on adjacent lots cast of the present Masonic Temple. The Kahn home, the most distinguished of the three residences, and the only one still standing, is highly characteristic of an important architectural period, the Victorian or, as it is some-

times called, the gingerbread era. The pressed brick house retains its original trim and character. The exciting little fans, formed in the wood trim on the porches, the corner turret, with its second-story sixsided porch, and windows with leaded square panes bordering the upper sashes, combine to make this Queen Anne home enchantingly picturesque, it

Picturesque view of the corner tower, Kahn home. Roof has since been altered.

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ercy Walker and her four sons were among the early pioneers who came to the Salt Lake Valley when it was still a frontier settlement. The four brothers assisted in transforming the pioneer town into a prosperous and growing business community.

Matthew H. Walker, the youngest, was born in Yorkshire, near Leeds, England, on January 16, 1845, to Matthew and Mercy Long Walker. The father was a wool merchant until circumstances changed his vocation to that of innkeeper. The family consisted of four sons and three daughters.

The Walkers left their native country in 1 8 5 0 to come to America. Scanty, unappetizing food and limited water added to other discomforts of an ocean voyage that seemed long and tedious. The ship at last docked in New Orleans. The Walkers then continued their journey up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis.

In the summer of 1 8 5 1 , while still in Saint Louis, the father and the three daughters were stricken with cholera. Knowing the end was near, Walker urged his wife to continue on to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. Mercy Walker, grief stricken over the death of her husband, also faced the heartbreaking task of burying her three girls. She then gathered her sons around her and together they made their plans. Over the winter provisions were secured and a sturdy

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wagon and oxen were purchased.

The sons, Samuel, Joseph, David, and Matthew, ranged from sixteen to seven years of age. In Saint Louis the boys found jobs as peddlers of fancy notions. They all exhibited a natural talent as merchants, so much so that they caught the interest of one William Nixon, a merchant who coached them in their new trade.

When spring arrived they joined a wagon train west. On the journey misfortune again was their fate 187

when they lost most of their cattle and were forced to trade what was left to the Indians. The wagon train stopped at Green River, and from there the mother and her sons proceeded alone, arriving in Salt Lake City in September 1852, their wagon drawn by a steer and a heifer with an Indian pony as a lead. They were able to trade this sparse equipment for an adobe house. Samuel did the planting and worked the small farm while David and Joseph again took up the business of selling notions. Matthew attended school.

By 1859 the mercantile business was started that would make the Walkers famous. It was one year after the estabhshment of Camp Floyd by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston and his government troops that William Nixon, the Saint Louis merchant, appeared on the scene and the Walker brothers were once again in his employ, selling provisions to the soldiers at Camp Floyd. The Walkers were soon able to open their own store.

When the troops departed two years later, the brothers obtained government stocks at greatly reduced prices. They hauled their goods to Salt Lake City and opened a store in the Daft Building, between First and Second South streets on the west side of Main Street, under the name of Walker Brothers.

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up and was admitted into full partnership with his older brothers.

Very soon the Walkers found themselves in the banking business with a special department for that purpose at the rear of the store. An iron safe with a big iron key served as a depository for gold dust, coin, and other valuables. The Walker brothers were among the earliest bankers in the West. They were young, enthusiastic, and popular and their business flourished. Their mother lived to see her sons settled in their fife's work, and, then, in December 1863, she died.

In 1873 the Walkers began investing in various mining operations. They secured a large interest in the Emma Mine in Little Cottonwood Canyon. During the next years they purchased mines in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Ophir, Stockton, and Tintic District, Utah, and mines in Montana and California. They also acquired interest in coal mines in central Utah and iron mines in Iron County. They owned the Pioneer Mining and Milling Company which was later moved to the Montana properties.

By 1891 they again needed to expand their working facilities. To house their growing business they erected a three-story building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Third South. Although the store was referred to as Walker Brothers Dry Goods,

it was in reality a department store. Patrons called it Salt Lake City's outstanding shopping center, its stock of fashionable merchandise being considered exclusive.

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At the time ofJoseph's death in 1 9 0 1 , Matthew purchased his stock in the bank and some of the stock in the department store. The bank and the store then became separate institutions, the former incorporated under the name of Walker Brothers, Bankers, with Matthew as president and Thomas Weir as vice-president. In 1912 the new Walker Bank Building was erected on the northeast corner of Main Street and Second South. It was one of the city's early skyscrapers.

The distinguished and successful Matthew Walker was an active participant in the leading clubs and organizations and was a Mason of high standing.

He was also a founder of the Salt Lake Charity Organization, a forerunner of the United Fund.

The Walkers probably owned more property in the business section of Salt Lake City than any other individuals. They donated a large lot to Dr. D. Banks McKenzie who spearheaded the building of the Walker Grand Opera House, located on the north side of Second South j u s t west of Main Street. Although it stood for only nine years before being destroyed by fire in 1 8 9 1 , it had presented many outstanding productions featuring famous personalities of the entertainment world. The Walker Hotel, the best in its day, was located on the west side of Main between Second and Third South streets.

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In 1865 when Matthew Walker was twenty years old, he married Elizabeth Carson. They had one son, John H. Following Elizabeth's death in 1896, Matthew married Angelina Hague by whom he had a daughter, Frances Glenn. The child was six years old when the family moved into their new home on East Brigham Street.

The home's unique feature, as described by the Salt Lake Tribune ofJuly 24,1904, was the 825,000 Aeolian pipe organ that had just been installed. When the organ had arrived from New York, it took two men five weeks to install 1,500 pipes that filled a space eighteen feet wide, extending from the first to the third story, with the mechanism in the basement.

An attachment made the organ self-playing, when desired, by the use of perforated paper rolls running over a system of air tubes. This grand piece of equipment became the focal point of the home's interior design.

The Walkers' Spanish Renaissance home, with its cream-colored stucco exterior and red Spanish tile roof, was constructed at a cost of more than 8275,000. Among its luxurious features, in addition to the organ, was a 85,000 Otis elevator, a wine cellar, a bowling alley, and, south of the house, a tennis court. Also on the site was a stable with stalls for six horses and room for eight carriages.

Six-year-old Glenn Walker aecends the from steps of the newly built home on Brigham Street.

The Tiffany chandelier and organ pipes from the second floor.

From the large veranda at the front of the house, one entered a vestibule (later remodeled to accommodate a stairway) and then the grand hall, or music room, which extended fifty feet across the width of the house. The woodwork was dark-stained oak. Red silk velvet lined the wall panels. The rugs, of a matching crimson color, were made in England by the same firm that made the rugs for Warwick Castle. The organ console, a Steinway grand piano, a large stone

fireplace recessed in a special cove with side benches, deep couches and comfortable chairs upholstered in red velour gave the music room its special flavor.

White marble statuary and green potted plants added the right accents.

Overhead was a sight that would always linger in one's memory. Heavy oak trusses supported an immense skylight of Tiffany glass patterned like a grape arbor. Hanging from the glorious ceiling, a 191

Tiffany chandelier in a fruit bowl design lent added enchantment. A mezzanine allowed a rare view of the skylight and chandelier, as well as of the room below.

Crowning all were the gilded pipes of the Aeolian organ. Not only was the interior of the home a showplace for stained art glass, but the magnificent pair of

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magenta-colored lamps that graced the front stairs was a pleasurable sight to all who entered the home or passed along the thoroughfare in the evening.

Although the music room was the home's outstanding feature, other rooms offered their own distinct qualities. The library, on the west front, contained one of the most impressive home collections, including music, in the West. On the east front was a French drawing room, or parlor. The walls were ivory touched with gilt in the frescoes and complemented by pale blue satin brocade wall panels. A delightful white marble fireplace and mantel were bordered by two narrow art glass windows in delicate blues designed by Tiffany.

The Walkers enjoyed musical soirees. Nearly every Sunday evening friends and music lovers gathered at the home. John J. McClelland and Evan Stephens, organists for the Mormon Tabernacle, were frequent participants. Nationally famous artists often performed when they were passing through the city or fulfilling a scheduled engagement at the Salt Lake Theatre. South American pianist Alberto Jonas, who had performed for the Silver Queen, also gave a concert at the Walker home.

The family also relished packing a picnic lunch and driving to their cabin in Brighton east of Salt Lake City. Being out-of-doors, whether fishing, hunting,

Angelina a n d Matthew at their Cottonwood farm which supplied the l a r d e r of the Brigham S t r e e t h o u s e .

or just enjoying nature among the pines and quaking aspen, was a source of relaxation for the industrious Matthew.

Walker died in his home on July 2 9 , 1916, at age seventy-one. H e had led an eventful life, leaving the heritage of a successful business career and the memory of his fine mind and character, his love for the arts, and his service to the community, it

Group of young ladies pose beside wagon and four-in-hand at Glenwood, the Walker farm in Cottonwood.

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t was a small concern in the beginning. Lester Freed was buyer, salesman, deliveryman, and collector. H e had come to Utah with his father in 1890 to open a furniture store. As time went on, business increased until the Freed Furniture Company occupied a fine building on Third South (which would later house the Victory Theatre).

Lester grew in importance. Besides being co-owner of the store, he also became a director of the Merchant's Bank of Salt Lake City. Liquidating the furniture business in 1922, he instituted Freed Finance. As most men did who had accumulated some degree of wealth, Lester had mining interests.

He was a member of the Alta, Commercial, Rotary, and Country clubs, and was also a Shriner and grand ruler of Elks. His flair for capturing an audience with his quick wit and flow of words made him a popular toastmaster.

Considered a confirmed bachelor by his friends, Freed was captivated and led to the altar by Jasmine Young whose father, Le Grande, was a lawyer and judge, and a nephew of Brigham Young. The Le Grande Youngs had taken up residence in Red Butte Hollow on a farm that extended east from Eleventh to Fifteenth East streets with the clear waters of the Red Butte Creek running through the property. Jasmine lamented that it was so far out in

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the country that she felt completely isolated from her friends. (It was between present-day Yale and Harvard avenues.) Nevertheless, she and Lester managed to meet each other.

Jasmine and Lester made a handsome couple.

Society notes in the newspapers said it was doubtful there were two more generally popular people in local society. They built their house on South Temple in 1910, and it served as the family home for thirtyeight years. A two-story frame dwelling, it contained nine very large rooms with the entry on the east side of the house. Pillars supported a sleeping porch that extended from the house, forming a portico over the entrance. Although the location of the sleeping porch was unusual, it was well situated away from the late afternoon sun where it could catch the evening breezes from the mountains.

Lester and Jasmine admitted that their house was the least attractive on the street, although others may have differing opinions. The Freeds did not care about architects and fancy designs. There were more important things in life. They did care about four little boys who played hard, tracked dirt inside, always seemed to have dirty hands and overalls and scuffedup shoes. Jasmine let her boys be boys. She considered it important to have warm family relationships â&#x20AC;&#x201D; scrubtime could wail until just before going 196

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to bed. Frequently, she would load David, Daniel, Robert, Peter, and their friends, all looking like little street urchins, into the automobile, and away they would go with Mrs. Freed at the wheel in her immaculate and well-groomed fashion.

Die basement of the home contained a complete laundry as well as quarters for the cook and the chauffeur. Best of all, there was a stage complete with footlights. The children spent many hours making up plays with their friends and entertaining the neighborhood.

Lester Freed, who died in 1 9 3 7 at sixty-two years of age, was an enthusiast of the automobile. He reputedly owned more autos than anyone in Salt Lake City. On one memorable occasion the Freeds drove their automobile to New York City, loaded it onto the ship and sailed through the Isthmus of Panama and up to San Francisco, then returned in their machine to Utah and home.

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oseph Richardson Walker, merchant and mining executive, was born in Salt Lake City on June 10, 1863, the son of Joseph Robinson Walker and a nephew of Matthew H . Walker. Young Joseph attended Phillips Congregational School and completed his education at Riverview Military Academy in New York. He began his career in association with his father in the banking business. Then, after the death of his father in 1 9 0 1 , Walker became president of the dry goods store until the family interests were sold. He developed the Walker Mining Company in California and had extensive real estate holdings.

The Walkers bought the home of Robert D. Grant on the east corner of South Temple at "S" Street in 1906. Grant was primarily interested in mining but also dealt in real estate. This home, completed by 1 9 0 2 , was designed in the Shingle Style.

The corner tower, a popular embellishment of that time, added a marked dignity. Under the present ownership of attorney Phil Hansen, the exterior has received a coat of dark paint, and the interior has undergone renovation. Woodwork, painted many times by various tenants, has been restored to its natural state, dark-stained to contrast with the beautiful new wall coverings and red carpeting.

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delightful tower corner. Almost hidden from view by the surrounding trees, the structure was remodeled into a very livable home for Bartlett and Margaret Walker Wicks. Mrs. Wicks, a daughter of Joseph, salvaged paneling, parquet flooring, and an elegant mantel from the first Joseph Walker home on Main Street to add distinction to the refurbished carriage house, it JOSEPH R.WALKER 1205 East South Temple Built 1902-3 Architect: Frederick A. Hale Owners: Robert D. Grant, Joseph R. Walker, Phil L. Hansen Present status: residence

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he first of two English Tudor homes on South Temple designed by Frank Winder Moore was built for Karl A. Scheid in 1907. Scheid, of German descent, was born in Loch Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1872. He entered the Utah scene in 1900, established his own insurance company, and later married Blanche L. Kimball of Salt Lake City. His administrative capabilities continued to develop, and in 1914 he was asked to fill a vacancy as city recorder.

A year later he was elected to the city commission.He was also a member of the Board of Fire Underwriters.

Scheid was not long in the city when his vocal talent was discovered, as recorded in society news columns, and he was invited several times by Col. and Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes to sing for guests at the Amelia Palace. The fact that he planned for a special music room in his new home was an indication of his interest and standing in music circles.

When his wife died in 1918, Scheid moved to the Alta Club, seeming to have no more interest in the home. It was then purchased by Benjamin F. Bauer, president and manager of Salt Lake Hardware. Bauer had a special attachment to East South Temple, as he was for many years a part of the scene, at one time occupying the home of Theodore Bruback. Bauer died in 1937, and after a few years the home again changed hands.

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In 1 9 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Dewey became the new owners and remodeled the home into apartments. An excellent job was done with very few structural changes except where kitchens and bathrooms had to be installed. Many of the original features of the home have been left untouched, and the feeling of the English Tudor architecture is carried throughout the home.

A delightful window seat was built into the bay of the original library; beamed ceilings in the large dining room complement another bay facing the back of the home. A small morning room, or tea room, was located east of the dining room and contains a small brick fireplace and another sizeable bay. There are five original fireplaces and several light fixtures of fine quality. The leaded window panels flanking the front entrance, several stained glass windows, and interior use of stained glass are outstanding. On the second floor the four large casement windows in a wisteria design form almost the entire wall between the music room and hall. The window panels were made to open in order to enhance the tonal effects of the performers and lessen the reverberations that are likely to occur in small areas, it

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he man known as the father In 1872 Evans and Captain Dodds of baseball in Salt Lake City went to the Vernal section on was a New Yorker by the Ashley Fork to become the first name of Morris R. Evans. He was white settlers in that area. There instrumental in bringing big time Evans engaged in the cattle baseball to the city and served as business, later moving on to the director of and was a large stockGreen River near the mouth of holder in the Salt Lake City the White. baseball club of the Pacific Coast During those years, although League in its early years.

Evans established headquarters in Salt Lake City, he managed his Morris Evans was born in cattle business and also found Lockport, New York, in 1849 and time to do some prospecting in at twenty-two years of age set out the Uinta Basin. He discovered for California, at the request of the first coal and asphalt beds his father, for the purpose of found near Ashley Fork, and he seeking investments. That same brought back to Salt Lake City the year he left California to come to first Gilsonite specimens. He also Salt Lake City where mining continued with other mining opportunities were just opening up Morris R. Evans activities, working the old Jones and where he did some prospecting Bonanza and Empire claims in Park in the nearby mountains. From City. In 1 8 8 3 the land occupied by the Evans cattle there he made his way to the Ute Indian Agency at in Uintah County was taken by the United States White Rocks in Uintah County, where he met Capt. government for use as a military and Indian reserPardon Dodds, who had established the Indian vation, and Evans decided it was time to center his Agency in 1 8 6 9 . (Dodds was later hired by Maj. John activities in Salt Lake City where his family was Wesley Powell to accompany the U.S. Geological residing.

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Nine years earlier Evans had married Alice A. Vincent, and over the years they were to have six children. Evans went into the sporting goods business which lasted for thirteen years. During that time he also kept up his mining interests in various parts of the state and had patented claims in Nevada. In 1890 he turned his attention to the Deep Creek Mining District. Although he was successful in all his endeavors, the Deep Creek development with its rich mineral resources yielded the greatest profits. The Columbus Rexall Mine in Little Cottonwood Canyon, of which Evans and his son Charles were part owners, was another profitable source of income. He retained his interests in the cattle industry and was a director in Utah Implement Company, Hillside Land & Cattle Company, the Land Development Company, and Fort Harriman Land & Livestock Company.

As early as 1878 the Evanses had bought land on Brigham Street between " I " and" J" streets with a view that looked south on Seventh East. There they built a two-story brick house, and in 1911 they built the present house around the first home, Frank Winder Moore being employed as architect. The style of architecture was English Tudor with a combination of brick, stucco, and wood trim. The bricks, brownishpurple in color, were manufactured in Georgia.

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Their marble statuary from Italy was shipped around South America to San Francisco then overland by railroad to Salt Lake City. Ornate pieces of Chinese teakwood furniture and other costly objects of art decorated the home. An exquisite crystal and gold chandelier, which hung from a two-story height in the entrance hall, and the mahogany-paneled fireplace in the main parlor were brought from New York.

There were originally fourteen rooms and three baths, two of which were marble. Even the tubs were set in outer casings of marble. There was also a silent toilet-flushing system serviced by an attic tank.

Whereas the typical commode of that day had its own water closet set high on the wall and was activated by handles on the ends of long chains, in this case a marble slab set at the rear of the commode with a protruding handle set off the action which took place in the attic tank and muffled the sound. This house, as did many others on the street, had a vacuum cleaning system. Another item of interest was the gas pump Installed in the garage in 1911.

During World War II the home was remodelled into apartments by Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn O. Thomas, Carolyn Thomas being a granddaughter of Morris Evans. In the early 1970s Mrs. Thomas sold the home, and it is now used as office space, it

MORRIS R.EVANS 701 East South Temple Built 1878; major reconstruction 1911 Architect: Frank Winder Moore (1911) Present status: offices

Motorists on a typical unpaved city street, ca. 1910. Seft'eral Brigham Street gentlemen had difficulty driving the new machines.

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ne of the most pleasant surprises to greet the restoration hopefuls of the 1970s was the miraculous change in the old Downey residence at South Temple and Eighth East. The home had stood unnoticed by many for years until Clyde Harvey decided to restore it for use as offices for the Rio Vista Oil Company.

The sand-blasting of the brown paint covering the cedar shingles revealed the work of a master craftsman. The shingles, arranged in flowing designs, add uniqueness to the particular style of architecture.

The Shingle Style, originating in New England, was popular for a span often years during the 1 8 8 0 s and the early 1890s. The uniform covering of natural shingles on the upper stories combined with stone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; buff brick in this case â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the ground story is characteristic of the Shingle Style, as is the main front unified by a single broad gable. The round turret and segmental bays are also characteristic. Although the home is two-and-a-half stories high, the embellishment of the dormers in the turret gives the horizontal effect necessary to this architectural style.

Architect Steven T. Baird took charge of the restoration, with Wallace N. Cooper II acting as job captain. An adaptive restoration to make the best possible design for office use was employed for both the home and the carriage house. The house contains

Handsome bronze hardware adds dignity to the main entrance.

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offices other than the oil company. Two rooms have seen little change and retain the original parquet floors in allover patterns. The fireplaces are of an early date, enhancing the country manor feeling sought by the Shingle Style. Quarry tiles were used for the facings which were outlined with polished steel held in place with a series of large steel bolts. The tiles,

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being a man-made product, have different surfaces to complement the particular room, the ones used in the library having an almost leathery appearance. The carriage house, in a state of disrepair, had to have the entire beamed construction raised from the sagging position into which it had fallen over the years. The reconstruction was done without altering the exterior design.

Upon arriving in Salt Lake City in 1888, Maj. George M. Downey hired architect Frederick A. Hale to design the home, one of the early residences on East Brigham Street. Downey, who was born in Maryland on December 25, 1841, received his education at military academies in his home state and in Virginia. He was described as a genial, pleasant, sincere and modest man, attributes that may seem unusual in a man who spent twenty-eight years of his fife on the military frontiers. He had entered the Civil War at nineteen as a first lieutenant and served in the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was brevetted captain and major by President Lincoln for his meritorious services at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

At the close of die war Major Downey married the cultured Lizzie Faber of Pennsylvania and they had one son whom they named George Faber.

Downey was then sent to the Pacific Coast for military duty on that frontier. After nineteen vears he was sta-

tioned in Arizona where he remained for another five years until his retirement in 1888. In Salt Lake City, where the Downeys chose to make their home, the retired major became president of the Commercial National Bank, located in the Commercial Block (later known as the Beason Building) on Second South and Commercial Street. He was also vice-president of Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company and was active in civic affairs, it GEORGE M. DOWNEY 8 0 8 East South Temple Built 1893 Architect: Frederick A. Hale Present status: offices

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he delightful Victorian home built by Benjamin Durell, an early real estate magnate and banker, dates back to the early 1870s. Although the families of Charles W. Lyman, manager of Mountain Bell Telephone Company, and a Lord Medhurst, English mining engineer, lived in the home following Durell, the home has been identified since 1885 with the Dooly family.

John E. Dooly was born June 8, 1 8 4 1 , the son of Richard W. and Catherine Lonergan Dooly. The Doolys farmed a section of land in Lake County, Illinois, near Benton.

In John's twenty-first year he made plans to go to San Francisco. He was a handsome young man, seemingly self-assured, when he arrived in the city in 1863. But San Francisco was in a frenzy of speculation. The Comstock Lode was still pouring its wealth into the great financial center. Fortunes were made in stocks and bonds almost daily and were lost just as easily. John worked at various odd jobs until he obtained a position with Wells Fargo Company, working in their Sacramento office. He was sent from there to what is now Truckee, California. Then in 1 8 7 3 he was transferred to Ogden, Utah, as an agent. Several years later he was appointed cashier of the company, representing their financial interests in Utah.

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he was still working for Wells Fargo he established the first bank in Ogden under the name of J. E. Dooly & Company. He was one of the organizers of the Utah National Bank of Ogden and served as its president for the remainder of his life. He was also identified with the Syndicate Investment Company and had real estate interests.

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Lake City. The plan was to include an imposing hotel adjoining the business building on the south. However, the hotel was never constructed. The Dooly Building, designed by the famous Chicago architect Louis H. Sullivan, was demolished in 1964. It had housed offices for many prominent business firms and was the first home of the Alta Club.

Dooly became interested in Antelope Island as a stock range. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball had kept horses and sheep on the island and had also introduced antelope. Although conditions were not suitable for the antelope, the name remained.

Dooly's Island Improvement Company bought the small farms homesteaded by Mormon settlers.

Archilecturul master drawing of the Dooly Building and the proposed Ontario H o l d , which was never built. The Dooly Building wus located on the southwest corner of Second South und West Temple.

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The property owned by the Deseret Livestock Association (Young and Kimball) and some shoreline property owned by Southern Pacific Railroad Company was purchased. In 1 8 9 3 the company ran a fine herd of buffalo on the island, also experimenting with a few elk. The ranch remained a family business until recent years.

In 1876, while still living in Ogden, John Dooly married the lovely Eleanor M. Taylor. The Doolys were together for eighteen years, during which time Eleanor had five children: Eleanor, Margaret, Ethel, John E., and Ruth. They moved into the home on East Brigham Street in Salt Lake City in 1 8 8 5 . There were still no mansions that far east on the street, and the home stood out among the scattered pioneer adobes.

The basic style of the attractive dwelling was Victorian, but elements of Greek architecture resulted in a rather pleasing eclectic blend. The rooms on the main floor were spacious and designed to create a feeling of openness. As one entered the home into a central hallway the rooms on the right (the west side) included the library, the large dining room, and beyond that the kitchen and utility areas. On the east were two parlors that were kept open and functioned as one large room. To the rear of the parlors in the southeast corner of the house was the schoolroom, completely outfitted with desks, blackboards,

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and a fireplace. The younger children attended public school, but the older children were tutored in the family schoolroom.

The woodwork in the home was outstanding, as were the eight-foot arched doorways. Newel lamps depicted a Roman woman on one post and a gladiator on the other, each holding a torch equipped with gas lighting. These were later changed to electric lamps. The home contained fourteen fireplaces.

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The square tower, too small to function as a room, served as a vantage point from which one could see over the city, then comprised of only a few buildings more than two stories high. From the tower Dooly, who was president of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, could check the schools for signs of fire, a possibility that gave him great concern. The tower was not a neglected area of the home. Beautiful walnut stair railings led up to it, and the walnut shutters and trim were kept in excellent condition.

The carriage house and stables lay to the east of the home at the rear. Dooly was a lover of horses, his beautifully matched teams being one of his greatest joys. He loved to drive his family up and down Brigham Street, and on Sundays theyjoined the promenade around Liberty Park.

It became necessary in 1894 for John Dooly to take Eleanor to California because of her health.

While on the Central Pacific Railroad near Carlin, Nevada, on May 23, Eleanor died. Two and a half years later Dooly married May V. Cavanaugh, a prominent schoolteacher. Two children, Mary and Richard, were born to them.

In public life Dooly was an actively interested and conspicuous participant. In addition to his school board duties, he served as a regent of the university, chairman of the territorial Board of Equalization,

chairman of the Board of Public Works of Salt Lake City, and chairman of the Republican State Committee. He was one of the first four Gentiles chosen to membership in the Salt Lake City Council in the late 1880s. At the time of the Scofield mine disaster in 1900 in which 199 men and boys were killed, Dooly took an active part in extending aid to the widows and orphans as well as to the injured miners.

He was a charter member of both the Alta and Commercial clubs.

Death came to John E. Dooly on October 25, 1911, at seventy years of age. He had been ill for a number of months. The Rev. W. H. Corcoran of the Cathedral of the Madeleine conducted the last rites, it JOHN E. DOOLY 506 East South Temple Built in early 1 8 7 0 s Architect: unknown Original owner: Benjamin Durell Demolished 1946

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ohn Courtney Lynch was born January 2 1 , 1863, in Ivesdale, Illinois. Like many other men of the Brigham Street scene, he spent his childhood on the family farm. At Terre Haute, Indiana, where he was attending Commercial College, he met his future wife, Jennie Byrne.

John's interest in the West and its opportunities was roused to action when he was nineteen years of age. Denver was his first stop. Then he heard of the iron mines of southern Utah and headed in that direction. He remained for short periods of time in both Cedar City and St. George, then left to seek a vocation in another locality.

Salt Lake City was a bustling metropolis of the 1880s when Lynch arrived. He found work with the Mountain Ice Company, one of the earliest manufacturers of ice in the area. By 1 8 8 9 he was settled and had a steady income. It was time for him to think seriously of the girl he had left in Terre Haute. Returning to his old college town where Jennie lived, he proposed, was accepted, and married the young lady in January of 1890.

In Salt Lake City the Lynches grew in prominence.

John eventually acquired controlling interest in the Salt Lake Ice Company, the successor to the original firm, serving as secretary and manager until 1928.

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and was director of the old National Bank of the Republic for twenty-two years. The Lynches were active members of the Catholic church, and for nine years John was on the building committee of the new cathedral being constructed on the corner of "B" Street and South Temple. H e donated generously to the cause 223

with both time and money. His fraternal affiliations included the Alta, Country, and Elks clubs, and the Knights of Columbus.

Die Lynches, who were the first occupants of the home on East Brigham Street, purchased it from William Hatfield. Two years later Lynch extended the house to the west by enlarging the central room. The woodwork of this large and handsome room was Philippine mahogany. The beams of the ceiling were placed to form an unusual pattern. The woodwork in the entrance hall, the stairway and the dining room was pine, grained by a painting process. The Lynch residence was large and had a wonderfully liveable quality, ideal for the couple's five children. There were Robert, Joseph Courtney, John, Mary, and Dorothy, and, of course, a few extra neighbor children.

Every neighborhood had a place where the gang gathered. The Lynch's backyard was one of those places. It was a lovely yard, surrounded by a latticework fence, with grapes on the fence across the back.

And there were lots of roses, as well as apple and cherry trees. Once there were chicken coops, and there was a big barn made of brick like the house.

The apples when picked were kept in large barrels.

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apples and made them into apple butter. She and Mrs. Lynch also bottled fruit and made jams and jellies.

Court and John had a clubhouse in the barn. This solid old structure was a fun place to play. The barn contained a fancy carriage, Monarch, the horse, with a stall of his own, and a hayloft overhead. The laundry was there, too, with a pot-bellied stove to heat the water. The air smelled warm and soapy in the barn when clothes were being washed.

Later, the family had to make room in the barn for the Pierce Arrow. Lynch learned to manipulate the gears all right, but when he tried to back out of the narrow driveway, he rammed the classic auto into the wall that bordered the drive. He quit then and there and never drove again.

Those who knew Lynch spoke of him as a "fine man," a "wonderful person," and a "colorful individual." The children spoke of him as a disciplinarian, but a compassionate one. He taught them many things, one of which was the value of money â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how to keep an account of their expenses and to go without if they overspent their allowances. He took the boys fishing and enjoyed die time he spent with them in the out-of-doors.

John C. Lynch died September 2, 1939. Die family continued to live in the home until Mrs. Lvnch's death in 1 9 6 2 . *

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he tooting sounds of a steam calliope heralded the approach of the strangest cavalcade ever to parade on Salt Lake City's Main Street.

Escorted by a squad of mounted policemen and flanked by his lieutenants, Patrick J. Moran proudly led his unique pageant of huge street rollers, lumbering wagons, smoking tar and asphalt frirnaces, dirt scrapers, concrete mixers, men, horses, and mules through the business district to the City and County Building square. Pat had a fortune invested in his equipment and plant, located at the mouth of the City Creek Canyon, and he employed an army of men. It was not Pat himself who had fostered the parade idea.

One of his men, justly impressed with the expensive equipment, furthered the plans that resulted in Moran Day. Held one day a year, beginning in 1912 and continuing for five years, it ranked second only to the popular Utah holiday ofJuly 24. Moran Day took place at Lagoon resort fifteen miles north of Salt Lake City on the Bamberger Railroad. There Pat furnished wagonloads of watermelon to the crowds.

P J. Moran, Contractor, Inc., carried on one of the most extensive contracting businesses in the Intermountain country. Steam-heating plants, ventilating systems, water works, street and highway paving, and construction of sidewalks and curbing were among the varied projects of the company.

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Utah's public schools and many leading business buildings and residences were served by Moran heating systems; nearly all of Salt Lake City's sidewalks and curbing, and part of Ogden's, were contracted by Moran; the Big Cottonwood conduit, called by some the greatest work of its kind on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, and the mammoth pipeline in Weber Canyon, said to be the largest in the world at the time, were accomplishments of the Moran company; the paving business grew to such size that it was separately incorporated under the name of Moran Paving Company. Moran's extensive use of cement prompted him to purchase the Portland Cement Company.

Although Moran was born in England, he was a true Irishman, for wherever he flew the American flag the banner of Ireland also rippled its colors. Born in Yorkshire, England, January 23, 1864, he was the son of Laurence and Bridget Durkin Moran, Laurence from County Mayo and Bridget from County Sligo.

Laurence Moran died when his son was six years old, and at fourteen the boy crossed the Atlantic to arrive in Baltimore. Patrick then made his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he apprenticed as a steamfitter. From there he went on to Chicago where he worked as a journeyman until 1887. Soon thereafter he arrived in Salt Lake City, setting up his own steam-heating and 228

ventilating business.

In 1891 Pat Moran married Dolly Shoebridge, a native of Salt Lake City, whose father was a metallurgist in the Tintic Mining District. Six children were born to them: Curtis, Edward, Patrick, Jr., Elizabeth, Margaret, and William Laurence. Pat and Dolly had just returned from Europe when they purchased the two-year-old home of Edwin Mulford, proprietor of the White House Hotel. Die home on East Brigham Street was a two-story red brick structure that met their needs very well. In 1908 a brown shingle cottage was constructed just east of the home for Dolly's mother; however, Mrs. Shoebridge died before the house was completed. The Cottage, as it came to be called, changed the family life of the Morans.

As the three older boys and their friend David Keith, Jr., went off to Salisbury School in Connecticut, the Morans moved into the Cottage, a much smaller home than the Big House, as the brick home on the corner was called. White-ruffled tie-back curtains hung at the wide-silled windows, and the style of the fireplaces gave the home a countrylike quality. Perhaps Dolly, then in the early stages of a long illness, could not take the stairs in the Big House, or perhaps she felt more comfortable in the Cottage; but, whatever the reason, it was there she wished to remain. Moran

insisted that the Big House be kept in good condition. The home, though vacant, stood as though it were being lived in. It was cleaned regularly, the lawns and shrubs neatly maintained. When the boys were home from school it was used as a dormitory, and sometimes parties were held there. The German housekeeper took care of the home and the family as

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Dolly Moran traveled to various parts of the world hoping to find relief for her illness.

McCoy's Livery Stable, located at the rear of the Cullen Hotel (between Main and West Temple and Second and Third South streets) ran a carriage service. Since, in the early years, the Morans did not have the ground for a stable, they kept a horse and buggy at McCoy's to be sent up when needed. Later, additional property was purchased south of the Big House on Eleventh East after P . J . had acquired his first automobile, a Pierce Arrow, considered at that time to be the ultimate in automotive luxury. He built a garage, English in style, which also included a heating plant for the Big House, the Cottage, and the garage. But trouble was brewing. Fred C. Richmond, who lived next door, east of the Cottage, complained that the heating plant chimney was inadequate. Finally, when the Morans were out of town, Richmond had a huge industrial chimney installed on the attractive English garage and had the bill sent to Moran.

Whether Pat was amused or annoyed is not known, but to avoid further problems he paid the bill and left the chimney in place.

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automobiles, mostly Packards, and even indulged in one of the novel electrics, but he left the driving to his chauffeur.

As early as 1891 Moran was elected to the territorial council, in 1892 to the city council, and in

1893 to the territorial legislature as a senator, taking an active part in the struggle for statehood. During World War I he served as a recruiting officer, was appointed by Gov. Simon Bamberger to the Council of Defense, and later directed a federal employment

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program locally. Whatever the need, P. J. responded as a conscientious worker, and he was called upon to raise funds for every conceivable cause.

One fund-raising project that left him holding the proverbial bag turned out to be the most enjoyable of all and the longest remembered. It occurred in 1916, the year the elephant came to town. The Salt L a k e Telegram had been writing articles about the importance of adding an elephant to the city zoo, then located in Liberty Park. Sells Floto Circus was coming to town, and they would sell the city an elephant for 83,500. Pat Moran was asked to raise the funds. He believed the children should contribute, since the elephant would then belong to them; so hundreds of schoolchildren each paid one dime. Other contributions were solicited and circus day arrived, but the treasury still lacked 8 1 , 0 0 0 . Pat bargained, and in the end paid the remaining money out of his own pocket, the final purchase price being 8 3 , 2 5 0 . The circus moved on, the city had an elephant, and the famous Princess Alice had a new home. To add to her comfort through the winter months, Pat even installed steam heat in her cage. On the annual Wasatch School pet day Pat Moran arranged for Princess Alice to be brought to the show. Dutch Schider, the trainer who came with her, led her north from the zoo up Sixth East and along Brigham Street to the school,

followers gathering along the way resembling a Pied Piper procession. Princess Alice was later moved from Liberty Park with other zoo animals to the new location at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, and for many years she continued to be the greatest single attraction at Hogle Zoo until her death at eighty-two.

In the meantime, Moran's financial fortunes began to decline. Beginning in 1 9 1 4 there was a mild depression due to the war in Europe. Building activity all but ceased, material costs skyrocketed, and financial backing was difficult to obtain. When the United States entered the war, labor became more expensive.

The equipment that had excited people was no longer on parade and stood idle, great lumbering objects with no men to make them perform.

Added to Moran's troubles was his wife's illness.

During Dolly's last three months she was seriously ill and finally breathed her last in September 1917 at age forty-four.

In 1 9 2 3 Pat Moran retired from the contracting business, selling his equipment to the city. The home he had dreamed of building further east on Brigham Street was not to be realized. But his name remained familiar to all those who trod the grand boulevard, for it appears yet on many of the sidewalks. Patrick J. Moran, contractor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Irishman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had set his name in the concrete walks of the city he helped to beautify.

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Big House were installed before the property was sold to individual buyers. Original quarry tile, framed in hammered metal, was used for each of the fireplaces, the stone being of a different color and texture in each case. These interesting fireplaces, the wide window sills, and the diamond-shaped lights in the windows give the home the feeling of an English cottage.* PATRICKJ. MORAN 1106 East South Temple Built 1901 Architect: John A. Headlund Original owner: Edwin Mulford Present status: apartments The Cottage in 1974 under the ownership of the Harold Dalglieshes.

The Moran home was eventually divided into apartments. The Cottage, now painted green, was purchased by the Harold Dalglieshes in 1934. They made a few changes, the most significant being the trimming back of the wide eaves, the finishing of the second story, and the removing of a partition between the parlor and entrance hall to add length to the living area. Separate heating plants for the Cottage and the 232

1108 East South Temple Built 1907 Owners: PatrickJ. Moran, Harold Dalgliesh

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EDWARD S. FERRY Edward Stewart Ferry, member of a Salt Lake law firm, lived in the home at 474 East South Temple from 1904 to 1911. His father, Edward N. Ferry, had had considerable success in Park City mining ventures, and his brother Mont (William Montague), a one-time mayor of Salt Lake City, occupied a home across the street between "D" and " E" streets.

Edward's life ended on July 11, 1913, when he was forty years of age. Newspaper reports stated that he had "fired a bullet into his own brain" but did not speculate on the reason. The pallbearers at his funeral, which was held at 737 East South Temple, underscored the fact that he had influential friends.

Among them were Daniel C. Jackling, Frank Judge, and Ernest Bamberger. Former Gov. Heber M. Wells was also among the notables attending.

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JAMES GLENDINNING Of the men discussed in this work, Daniel H. Wells, William Jennings, James Sharp (home remodeled by Enos Wall), and Ezra Thompson all served as mayors of Salt Lake City. To this list is added the name ofJames Glendinning, the tenth mayor, who was elected for a two-year term in 1896.

Glendinning is recorded as living at 6 1 7 East South Temple in 1 8 8 7 when he was vice-president of George M. Scott & Co. He ended his residency on Brigham Street in 1 9 0 1 , and since that time the home has changed ownership many times, none of the owners living in it for any length of time. In 1966 Dr. Marcus Burton purchased the home, making alterations for a dental clinic. Then, in 1 9 7 5 the state purchased the residence to house the Division of Fine Arts.

Although the original architecture and floor plan were Victorian, alterations over the years have added an Italian influence seen in window arches, lintels, balustrades, and the crown. The Institute of Fine Arts has carried out an adaptive restoration of the home, preserving the facade, restoring or adapting the interior, and using most of the latter additions to the rear of the structure.

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EDWARD ROSENBAUM Edward Rosenbaum, banker and businessman, moved into a small home on the corner of Brigham Street at Ninth East. The Rosenbaums had been in Salt Lake City for two years when they hired the firm of Ware and Treganza to redesign and enlarge the house.

Rosenbaum and his wife, Harriet Friendly, whom he married in Corvallis, Oregon, participated in business, social, and civic activities. Mrs. Rosenbaum served as director of an orphanage and as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah. On the committee for the building of the new Union Building on the lower circle of the campus, she worked tirelessly for the four years leading up to its opening in November 1931. The University's Rosenbaum library collection was named for its benefactors.

In 1927 the home was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Frank Moormeister. Disaster struck soon after. First came the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929. A few months later the heinous murder of Dorothy Dexter Moormeister on February 2 1 , 1930, kept local newsmen and police working at a fever pitch.

The slayer had driven the victim in her own car to a desolate location southwest of Salt Lake City, re236

moved the thirty-two-year-old woman to the road, and run the car repeatedly over her. To this day the case remains one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the history of the state.

MRS. FRANCES WALKER (THE TOWN CLUB) The Town Club at 1 0 8 1 East South Temple was originally the home of Mrs. Frances Walker. In 1909 when Samuel Newhouse wanted the property on which to build the Newhouse Hotel, he purchased the land extending from Fourth to Fifth souths on the west side of Main Street. This transaction necessitated the removal of four lovely homes built and occupied by the Walker brothers. Frances, the widow of Samuel S. Walker, then built a new home on South Temple, residing there until 1915.

Other prominent families occupied the home during the next few years until it was purchased as a clubhouse for the elite ladies' group, the Town Club.

Many of the club members are descendants of the original wealthy Brigham Street home owners. The club built an east wing addition, but most of the house remains unchanged.

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ANDREW L. HOPPAUGH Andrew Hoppaugh, a leading Utah attorney for forty-seven years, was noted for his intellectual and oratorical powers and his effectiveness in any courtroom. Identified chiefly with mining and corporation litigation, he gained national recognition for his handling of Mammoth Mining Company v. Grand Central Mining Company, a series of suits heard in state and federal courts for over a quarter-century.

Hoppaugh was born on July 26, 1865, in Sparta, New Jersey, where he received his early education.

He acquired his law degree at Columbia University in New York, and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1886.

Believing the new West to be the land of opportunity, Hoppaugh turned in that direction. Although he tried several places at the onset of his career, he eventually found the location and the field for which he had been searching. He was admitted to the Utah Bar Association in 1895 and two years later formed his first partnership with Ira Krebs (Krebs and Hoppaugh). By 1911 he was a partner in the firm of Dey, Hoppaugh, Mark, and Johnson.

Grace Wells became Hoppaugh's wife in Salt Lake City in December 1898. She had been born in 238

Fairfield, Iowa. The couple had two daughters, Katherine and Madeline, and resided at 1176 East South Temple. The family became socially prominent.

Hoppaugh was a member of the University, Commercial, Alta, and Country clubs and was an active Mason.

WILLIAM W. ARMSTRONG William Wright Armstrong, another man who became integrated into the Salt Lake City business, civic, and social life, was born in Darlington, Wisconsin, September 18, 1 8 6 5 . His family moved to Kansas where he received his education. The mother died when William was very young.

Two years after receiving his law degree at the University of Wisconsin, Armstrong married Eva Lees of Irving, Kansas. They were to have one son whom they named Sherman.

The Armstrongs moved west in 1890, settling at Nephi, Utah. Records do not state why William did not follow the legal profession or why he chose to settle in Nephi where opportunities were limited. In any event, he became a cashier in the First National Bank of Nephi and soon spread his interests into other communities. He was affiliated with Salt Lake Hardware Company, Salt Lake & Ogden Gas Company, and the First National Bank of Park City.

Moving his residence to Salt Lake in 1 9 0 3 , Armstrong added still another interest to his growing career â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the National Copper Bank and Bankers Trust Company and several other banks in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Armstrong was a member of the University, Commercial, Country, and Alta clubs and the Masonic lodge. His interest in civic and political activities led to his election to the state senate in 1917 and his appointment to positions connected with mobilization for World War I. During those crucial years he served as the director of the State Food and Fuel Administration, chairman of the state executive committee of the Victory Loan Drive, and member of the State Council of Defense.

The spacious and imposing Armstrong home located at 1177 East South Temple was built in 1912, the family residing there until 1933.

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LOUIS L. TERRY The original home at 1229 East South Temple was built by Louis L. Terry, secretary and general manager of Brown, Terry, and Woodruff, which operated the Troy Laundry in Salt Lake City.

Paul F. Keyser purchased the home in 1920, and during his five-year occupancy he ordered a sizeable alteration.

A handsome red brick wall borders part of the property, with wrought-iron gates guarding the entrance. The red brick of the home matches that used for the wall. With its white wood trim and green shutters the distinctive and imposing home resembles a Colonial Georgian manor.

Notable features of the interior include the red tile floor of the entry, which leads into a central hall, the elevator, polished cherry woodwork, beamed ceilings in the dining room, brocade wall coverings, fireplaces, and light fixtures.

The home remains an architectural gem.

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WALTER C. LYNE It was a proud day when Walter Cogswell Lyne watched his home on the corner of "R" Street and South Temple take shape. In 1897 it was one of the grandest homes on the thoroughfare, a true mark of his success.

Walter's father, Thomas Lyne, was an accomplished actor noted for his Shakespearian roles.

Thomas began his career in Philadelphia, his hometown, and went on to play the larger eastern cities, sharing the stage with some of the all-time greats.

Later, he joined the Mormons in Nauvoo where he was known as "Joseph's actor." He formed his own company, tutored such aspirants as Brigham Young and Hiram B. Clawson, thrilled Nauvoo with his brilliant performances, played to audiences on the riverboats, and then disappeared.

Twenty years later, when the Salt Lake Theatre was being prepared for its opening performance, Clawson, hearing that Thomas Lyne was in Denver, paid a visit to his old coach, whereupon Lyne brought his family to Salt Lake. Lyne tutored, wrote and recited poetry, and continued as a drama coach. During this time Thomas and his wife took an interest in spiritualism and became active mediums conducting

seances before their sudden departure from Utah.

Whatever the circumstances that surrounded their leaving, the Lynes, in effect, abandoned their twelveyear-old son. The young lad worked as an errand boy for a drugstore.

Walter eventually became a wool broker, married Alice Coons, and reared a family. He served as a deacon in the Presbyterian church and donated to the construction of the new church on Brigham Street.

His social contacts were few, his recreational activities limited to an occasional duck hunt.

As for the home of Walter and Alice Lyne, it was a well-built red brick structure reinforced with steel beams. The red foundation stones and matching retaining wall were quarried in Emigration Canyon.

Touches of Queen Anne and Classical Revival are evident in the late Victorian architecture. Profuse light oak in the stairway and the paneled walls of several areas was an outstanding feature. The stairs rose from the roomy entrance hall, and the newel supported a graceful statuette. The rooms throughout the house were spacious, including the unique bathroom with its four-legged tub located in the center of the room. The commode had a square lid and a high water closet typical of the era. The large study, located in the center of the third floor, afforded Walter Lyne a quiet hideaway.

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Walter died in 1935, his wife having preceded him in death. His daughter, Alice Lyne Gurnsey, occupied the house with her familv until it was sold during World War II.

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MICHAEL J. and WILLIAM P. O'MEARA Michael and William O'Meara left their home state of Illinois to take advantage of a real estate boom in Denver, Colorado. From 1 8 7 9 on the demand for housing in that city resulted in a profound growth in the construction of new homes and a revolution in architectural styles, giving Denver the name "the architects' city." In 1893, when business dropped off considerably in Denver, Michael preceded his brother to Salt Lake City.

For steady employment in the Utah city the brothers handled loans for Travelers Insurance Company. The Nevada Alpine Mine and the Silver Peak Valculda Gold Mine, owned by the new company, became major shippers of ore in Tonopah, Nevada. The brothers were also active in real estate in Salt Lake City under the name of O'Meara Company.

Both of the O'Mearas lived in the home at 8 6 6 East South Temple from 1901 to 1909. Then Michael and his wife moved to the Bransford (now the Eagle Gate) Apartments. One year later Michael died, and by 1 9 1 2 , except for the name left on a business building, the O'Mearas and their companies were no longer a part of the Salt Lake City scene.

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HAXTON PLACE Haxton Place runs south from South Temple between Ninth and Tenth East streets. James T. Keith, a Salt Lake dentist, purchased the two-and-a-half acre plot in 1909, dividing it into individual lots. Dr. Keith was also identified with the Keith Apartments at 122 East South Temple.

Haxton was planned by Thomas G. Griffin, an Englishman who designed it as a replica of Haxton Place in London. There is no entrance or exit other than that guarded by four stone pillars. Ornamental ironwork joins the pillars, forming two sets of arches over the walkways. Bronze plaques on each stone structure clearly marked the name of the subdivision until vandals pilfered them.

The imposing structure at the south end, facing north, is actually two separate homes. That is, the units have a seventeen-inch space separating them. A solid facing was designed to add a feeling of massiveness. This structure was the first to be completed, the original tenants being the Griffins, occupying the home on the east, and the Keiths, occupying the home on the west.

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average of only four or five owners to each residence.

Such names as Pearsall, Bamberger, Pomeroy, Schubach, Van Cott, Dugan, Whitney, Burt, and Strange are notable.

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This borne at 524 East South Temple was built during 1909-10 by John E. Dooly for his daughter Elena and her husband, Ernest Bamberger, Robert Harkness, an attorney, built this home at 303 East South Temple in 1894. Architect Frederick A. Hale designed the residence which was demolished ca. 1925.

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Dr. Joseph S. Richards is listed as living in this home at 555 East South Temple as early as 1895.

It has had many tenanls.

Designed by Frederick A. Hale, the John B. Cosgriff home at 548 East South Temple was built in 1901.

James A. Hogle bought the residence In 1919.

It was demolished in 1977.

The Bernard H. Schettler residence at 359 East South Temple was built ca. 1896.

The homes at 943 and 947 East South Temple were built ca. 1906 and 1908 by architect and builder B. O. Mecklenburg who speculated in real estate.

Facades have been altered.

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Dentist George F. StJehl built his h o m e at 966 East South Temple during 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 0 1 . Later, Mayor Richard P . Morris lived h e r e .

The architectural firm of Ware and Treganza designed this h o m e in 1909 for F. M. Cameron at 974 E a s t S o u t h Temple. Heavyweight boxing champion J a c k D e m p s e y later purchased it for h i s mother.

Mining man J a c k s o n C. McChrystal built this home at 1001 East South Temple in 1 9 0 5 . Ware and Treganza were the architects.

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The William H. Bancroft h o m e at 1207 East South Temple has undergone little exterior alteration except the porch. A railroad man, Bancroft maintained the Harriman interests in the West.

The William Edward Fife h o m e on the corner of " I " Street, 6 6 7 East South Temple, was built in 191 7, W. E. Fife Company was a prominent men's clothing store.

Built ca. 1900 this home at 1228 East South Temple is typical of houses in the area, many of which were built for speculation. William A. Moebius lived h e r e .

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Days of the phaeton, the landau, and the victoria are gone, and Brigham Street is no longer a promenade. Voices and laughter of that merry host of yesteryear now are stilled. Structures of a new architectural era fill lots where once stood stately homes. Business offices occupy the gracious drawing rooms, the paneled dining rooms, and the boudoirs of the old mansions.

A few carriage houses, stoops, and a hitching post remain, fragments from a richly ornamented past.

The story of Brigham Street has been told in the fives of its builders.

The opportunity to rise in the undeveloped West was great, and it tested and made these men, most of them young. They had come as strangers, but their fives and the lives of their families became woven into this community they helped to build, leaving their marks and their names on the one-time City of the Saints.

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B.O. Mecklenburg 947 E.S.T. W.G. Filer 9 4 3 E.S.T.

Mrs. Samuel S. Walker (Town Club) 1081 E.S.T. Wasatch School Joseph R . W a l k e r II 30 "R" St. 1059 E.S.T. 1205 E.S.T. 1061 E.S.T. I John C. Lynch William H. Bancroft 1167E.S.T. 1067 E.S.T. I K a r l Scheid 1207 E.S.T. Jackson C. 1127E.S.T. William W. Louis L. Terry McChrystal Walter C. Lyne \ Armstrong 1229 E.S.T. 1001 E.S.T. 1135 E.S.T. 1177 E.S.T.

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PHOTO CREDITS

Most of the illustrations for this book are from the collections of the Utah State Historical Society, except for those obtained through the generosity of the individuals and institutions listed below.

Beth Christensen: 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157A-E; Enid Cosgriff: 50A-B, 5 1 ; Eleanor O. Dahnken, 100, 101, 102; Deseret News: 81A-B, 248; Jasmine Y. Freed: 196; Mrs. Douglas M. Hardy: 55; Paul W. Hodson: 129; Virginia Huidekoper: 242; Peter W. Lang: 9, 39, 40, 44A-B, 45; L. V. McNeely: 70; Ruth McNeely: 234, 246A, 246E; P.J. Moran family: 8 5 , 229, 230; William L. Moran, 226; Alexander M. Morris: 24, 30; Ruth J. Murch: 175; Mrs. Harry Nelson: 176, 178; Howard C. Price, Jr.: 144; Margaret D. Olwell: 216, 217, 219, 2 2 1 ; Belle M. Oswald: 134, 135; Mary H. Quigley: 161, 165, 166, 167, 168; Salt Lake Tribune: 5 3 , 95, 140, 159; State Historical Society of Colorado: 6; Glenn Walker Wallace: 190, 191B, 193A-B; Bartlett Wicks: 199, 202; Louise H. Yates: 130, 131.

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INDEX

Boldface numbers refer to illustrations.

Ajax Mining Co., 48 Aha Club, 11 .Amelia Palace. See Gardo House Anderson, John G., realtor, 130, 131 Anderson Real Estate Co., 130 .Angell, Truman O., architect, 2 3 , 32 Antelope Island, 218-19 Armstrong, Eva Lees, wife of William, 239 Armstrong, William Wright: biographical data on, 239; home of, 239 Assembly Hall, 3 A. Y. Mine, 4 8 Baird, Steven T., architect, 2 1 3 Baldwin, Theodore, husband of Agnes Judge, 104 Bamberger & McMillan, brokers, 138 Bamberger, Elena Dooly, home of, 246 Bamberger, Ernest, home of, 246 Bamberger, Julian E., brokerage of, 138 Bancroft, William H., railroad executive, home of, 247 Baruch, Bernard, and Utah Copper Co., 6 5 Bauer, Benjamin F., businessman, home of, 206 Beaver County, mining activities in, 5 5 , 124 Beehive House, 2 , 1 1 , 24; building and restoration of, 25; data on, 32 Beeman, Newell, home of, 10 Benedict, C. W., Saint Louis decorator, 92 Benson, Ezra T., 22; home of, 2 1 , 23; as LDS apostle, 22 Bingham, mining activities in, 1, 40, 42, 48, 55, 65-67, 124, 134 Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., 134 Blackbird Copper-Gold Co., 124 Blaze, Helen, friend of D. C. Jackling, 67 Blood, HenrvH., 97 Blue Bell Mine, 136 Bodenberg and Kahn, grocery distributors, 181 Bonnemort, Edward, rancher-husband of Elizabeth, 154, 155, 158 Bonnemort, Elizabeth, 1 5 2 , 1 5 6 , 1 5 7 ; biographical data on, 152; homes of, 7, 151, 154, 155, 158; marriages and family of,

153-55; as rancher-businesswoman, 154, 158; social activities of, 154-55, 158 Boston Building, 60 Boston Consolidated Mining Co., 48, 6 6 Bozeman, John, Montana mining man, 40 Bransford Apartments, 6, 119 Brickyard Mining Co., 143 Brigham Street: as name for South Temple, 1; development of, 1-12 Brown, Arthur, U.S. senator, home of, 6 Browne, Gen. and Mrs. James A., parents of Mary Ellen Hagenbarth, 167 Brown, T. Roy, home of, 8 8 Bruback, Theodore, home of, 5, 206 Burton, Marcus, dentist, 235 Burton, Sir Richard, guest at Devereaux, 16 Camp Floyd Mining District, 69, 141 Carbon Fuel Co., 136 Cardiff Mining and Milling Co., 106 Cathedral of the Madeleine, 6, 7, 78, 96, 103, 223 Catholic church, 50, 52 Cavanaugh, Sarah E., 225 Centennial Eureka Mine, 136 Chambers, R. C , Ontario Mine superintendent, 111 Chase National Bank, New York, 68 Chino Copper Co., 71 Christy Mining Co., 4 1 Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: distribution of property by, 1; and Gardo House, 112, 119, 120; Mexican colonies of, 166-67 Clawson, Hiram B., 35; acting of, 2 4 1 ; biographical data on, 35; home of, 1 , 3 3 , 3 5 Cobb, Henry Ives, architect, 62 Cohn, Alexander, 183; home of, 180, 184, 185; as merchant, 182-84 Cohn and Munter Store, 182 Cohn Brothers, dry goods store, 182 Cohn, Carrie Lippman, wife of Louis, 182 Cohn, Jennie Lippman, wife of Alexander, 182 255

Cohn, Louis, 183; home of, 180, 184, 185; as merchant, 182-84 Colfax, Schuyler, guest of Kahns, 182 Colladay, S. R., dean of Saint Mark's Cathedral, 158 Columbia Steel Co., 136 Columbus Rexall Mine, 210 Commercial Club, 60 Commercial National Bank, 78, 215 Commercial (Regent) Street, Salt Lake City red-light district, 67 Congregation B'nai Israel, 182, 183 Conklin, Jeremiah C , real estate manager, 146, 147 Consolidated Mercur-Golden Gate Co., 143 Continental Bank and Trust Co., 50 Cooper, Wallace N. II, and Downey home restoration, 213 Corcoran, W. H., Catholic priest, 221 Corinne, as a boom town, 184 Cosgriff, James E., 50; business interests of, 50; death of, 51; home of, 47, 49, 51, 52; marriage and family of, 50; papal honor for, 51 Cosgriff, James E., Memorial School, 50 Cosgriff, John B., home of, 246 Cosgriff, Mildred Dobson, 50; death of, 51; marriage of, to James E., 50; papal honor for, 51 Council House, 3 Cowan, Abigail, aunt of D. C. Jackling, 64 Cowan, J. T., uncle of D. C. Jackling, 64 Cumming, Alfred, territorial governor, 16, 18 Cumming, Mrs. Alfred, and Devereaux, 16, 18 Dalgliesh, Harold, home of, 232 Daly, Eliza Margaret Benson, wife ofJohn J., 77, 78 Daly, John J., 76, 77, 101, 102; biographical data on, 76-77, 78; business and mining interests of, 77-78; home of, 6, 75, 77-78, 78; marriage and family of, 77 Daly-Judge Co., 77 Dalv Mining Co., 77, 101 Daly-West Mining Co., 77, 138, 162 Dart, D. C , architect, 104, 169, 171 Deep Creek Mining District, 210 Deep Creek Railroad, 134, 136 256

DeLamar, Joseph R., mining man, 65, 125, 134, 143 Delitch, Radovan Nedelkov, third husband of Silver Queen, 119 Dempsey, Jack, home of mother of, 247 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Lark Branch, 136 Dern, Elizabeth, wife ofjohn, 141 Dern, George, 142, 144; birth and education of, 141, 142; business and political interests of, 142-44; death of, 144, 145, 146, 146; home of, 140, 146, 147 Dem, John, 141; biographical data on, 141, 146; business and political interests of, 141-42; home of, 140, 146, 147 Dern, Lottie Brown, wife of George, 142, 146, 147,147 Deseret Livestock Assn., 219 Deseret Mandolin Orchestra, 118 Deseret News, first home of, 2 Devereaux House, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18-19, 20, 20 Dewey, Edward F., Mr. and Mrs., home of, 207 Dey, Hoppaugh, Mark, and Johnson, legal firm, 238 Dinwoodey, Anna Hill (plural wife), 177, 178,178 Dinwoodey, Elizabeth Miles (mother), 176 Dinwoodey, Ellen Gore (wife), 176, 178 Dinwoodey, Henry, 176, as cabinetmaker, 176; church and civic activities of, 177; home of, 175, 178, 179; marriages and families of, 177-78 Dinwoodey, James (father), 176 Dinwoodey, Sarah Kinnersley (plural wife), 177 Dixie Mine, 41 Dodds, Pardon, Indian agent, 209 Dooly Building, 217-18, 218 Dooly, Catherine Lonergan (mother), 217 Dooly, Eleanor (daughter), 219 Dooly, EleanorM. favlor(first wife), 219, 219, 220 Dooly, Ethel (daughter), 219 Dooly, J. E., & Co., Ogden bank, 217 Dooly, John E., 217, 221, 246; biographical data on, 217, 221; business aclivities of, 217-19; civic and political activities of, 220-21; home of, 6, 216. 219-20, 220, 221 Dooly.JohnE. (son), 219 Doolv, Margaret (daughter), 219 Dooly, Mary (daughter), 220

Doolv, May V. Cavanaugh (second wife), 220 Dooly, Richard W. (father), 217 Doolv, Richard (son), 220 Dooly, Ruth (daughter), 219 Downey, George Faber (son), 2 1 4 Downey, George M., 215; business activities of, 215; home of, 212, 213, 214, 2 1 5 ; military career of, 214-15; restoration of home of, 213-14 Downey, Lizzie Faber (wife), 2 1 4 Dunlop, Man' Matilda Tvrrell, mother of Elizabeth Bonnemort, 152, 153 ' Dunlop, Robbie, brother of Elizabeth Bonnemort, 152 Dunlop, Robert, father of Elizabeth Bonnemort, 152, 153 Durell, Benjamin, businessman, home of, 217, 221 Eagle Emporium, 17 Eagle Gate, 1 Eagle Gate Apartments, 6, 119 Eagle Mine, 136 Edward MI, and Ida Newhouse, 59-60 Elks Club, site of, 19, 25 Emery, Albion B., husband of Silver Queen, 8 3 , 111, 120 Emery, Grace Louise, daughter of Silver Queen, 119 Emery-Holmes Apartments, 119 Emma Mine, 188 Empey, Nelson, home of, 4 , 29, 3 1 , 32 Engalitcheff, Nicholas, Russian prince, fourth husband of Silver Queen, 119 Evans, Alice A. Vincent (wife), 210 Evans, Charles (son), 210 Evans, Morris R., 209; and baseball, 209; business interests of, 209-10; home of, 208, 210, 211 Exchange Place, 6 0 Farnsworth, Philo T., home of, 5, 6, 19 Federal Heights, 7 , 6 0 Ferguson, Corey (daughter), 153 Ferguson, Daisy (daughter), 153 Ferguson, James Corey, rancher, first husband of Elizabeth

Bonnemort, 153-54, 158 Ferguson, Lillie (daughter), 153 Ferguson, Tillie (daughter), 153 Ferry, Edward N. (father), Park City mining man, 2 3 4 Ferry, Edward Stewart: biographical data on, 234; home of, 2 3 4 Ferry, Mrs. William Montague (sister-in-law), vocalist, 118 Ferry, William Montague (brother), Salt Lake City mayor, 234 Fife, William Edward, merchant, home of, 247 First National Bank of Nephi, 239 First National Bank of Park City, 78, 239 Flagstaff Mine, 124 Flanders, Gratia, home of, 10 Folsom, William H., architect, 32, 120 Fort Harriman Land & Livestock Co., 210 Franklin, Catherine Wall, wife of Peder, 125 Franklin, Peder A. H., 124; biographical data on, 124, 125; home of, 123, 125, 126, 128; mining career of, 124-25 Freed, Charles (father), shop of, 4 Freed, Daniel (son), 197 Freed, David (son), 197 Freed Finance, 195 Freed Furniture Co., 195 Freed, Jasmine Young (wife), 195-97, 196 Freed, Lester, 195; businesses of, 62, 195; home of, 194, 196, 197; marriage and family of, 196-97 Freed, Peter (son), 197 Freed, Robert (son), 197 Frisco, mining activity in, 1, 124, 125 Gardo House, 11, 32; building of, 31-32; as Holmes residence, 4, 6, 110, 1 1 2 , 1 1 3 , 1 1 4 - 1 5 , 1 1 4 , 1 1 5 , 1 1 6 , 1 2 0 ; naming of, 32 Garfield Mill, 6 6 Gentsch, Frederick C., home of, 107, 109 Glendinning, James, Salt Lake City mayor, home of, 235; biographical data on, 235 Golden Gate Gold Mining Co., 143 Golden Gate Mine, 134 Goodfellow, Irving, architect, 197 Goodwin, C. C., judge, home of, 6 257

Grand Hotel, 78 Granite Mountain Mining Co., 48 Grant, Robert D., mining man, home of, 199, 202 Grant, Ulysses S., guest at Devereaux House, 18 Griffin, Thomas G., designer of Haxton Place, 244 Guggenheims, and Utah Copper Co., 65 Gurnsey, Alice Lyne, daughter of W. C. and Alice Lyne, 242 Hagenbarth, Catherine Aloysia (daughter), 167 Hagenbarth, David Vincent (son), 167 Hagenbarth, Francis Joseph, 165,169; biographical data on, 161, 165, 167, 171; business and civic activities of, 165-67; homes of, 164,168,168-69; 1 6 9 , 1 7 0 , 1 7 1 Hagenbarth, Francis Joseph III (son), 167 Hagenbarth, Frank (father), 161 Hagenbarth, Marv Catherine (daughter), 167 Hagenbarth, Mary Ellen Browne (May) (wife), 166, 167, 169, 171 Hale, Frederick A., architect, 78, 88, 136, 202, 214, 215, 246 Hansen, Phil L., attorney, home of, 199, 202 Harkness, Robert, attorney, home of, 246 Harney, Elizabeth, mother of Mary Judge, 100 Hamey,John, father of Mary Judge, 100 Harvey, Clyde, and Downey home restoration, 213 Hatfield, William, home of, 225 Haxton Place, 244, 244, 245 Hiawatha Mine, 42 Highland Boy Mine, 42, 48, 55 Hillside Land & Cattle Co., 210 Headlund, John A., architect, 232 Hodson, Coralee Smith, wife ofJohn, 130, 131, 131 Hodson, John Thomas, 130; biographical data on, 130, 131; business activities of, 130-31; home of, 129, 130, 131 Hogle, James A., home of, 246 HogleZoo, 231 Holman, George P., home of, 5, 6 Holmes, Edwin F., 112, business and civic activities of, 6, 117, 119; death of, 119; home and art gallery of, 4, 6, 11, 30, 32, 112, 114,' 116, 120; marriage of, to Silver Queen, 112 Holmes, Susanna Bransford Emery (Silver Queen), 111, 117; 258

biographical data on, 111, 112, 119; business activities pf, 111, 119; home of, 110, 112,113, 114-15, 1 1 4 , 1 1 5 , 1 1 6 , 118, 120; as socialite, 116-18, 119 Holy Cross Hospital, 7 Hoppaugh, Andrew L.: attorney, biographical data on, 238, home of, 238 Hoppaugh, Grace Wells (wife), 238 Hoppaugh, Katherine (daughter), 238 Hoppaugh, Madeline (daughter), 238 Horn Silver smelter, 124 Hotel Utah, 70 Hotel Utah Operating Co., 69 Howard, Edward O , home of, 10 Huddart, Peter T., florist, 116 Idaho Gold Mining and Milling Co., 106 Independent Building, 78 Intennountain Ice Co., 162 Island Improvement Co., 218-19 Ivins, Anthony W., Mexican cattle interests of, 166-67 Jackling, Daniel (father), 64 Jackling, Daniel Cowan, 64, 66, 68; biographical data on, 64-65, 69, 71-72; business and civic interests of, 68-69; and Enos Wall, 44, 65-66, 67; home of, 63, 69, 73; Mercur activities of, 134, 143; social life of, 67; statue of, 68-69; and Utah Copper, 65-67 Jackling, Jeane Beatrice Sullivan (wife), 69, 71 Jackling, Lislel Lydia (daughter), 69 Jackling, Lydia Jane Dunn (mother), 64 Jackling, Virginia Jolliff (second wife), 71 Jennings, Frank W., home of. 5 Jennings, Jane Walker, wife of William, 18, 19 Jennings, Priscilla Paul, wife of William, 18, 19; home of, 5,19, 20 Jennings, William, 16; death of, 20; home of, 1, 15, 16, 17, 20; as Salt Lake City mayc ir, 17 Jews: ccmclcrv of, 183; in Corinne, 184; immigration of, to Utah, 181 Jonas, Alberto, South American pianist, 117, 192

Jones Bonanza, 77, 209 Judge, Agnes (daughter), 100, 104 Judge, .Annie (mother), 100 Judge, Elizabeth (daughter), 100 Judge, Frances (daughter), 100, 104 Judge, John (father), 100 Judge, John, 100, 101; biographical data on, 100, 101; home of, 99, 104; mining activites of, 8 3 , 90, 101 Judge, John Francis (son), 100 Judge, Katharine (daughter), 100, 104 Judge, Man' Harney (wife), 102; death of, 102, 104; home of, 102 104; investments of, 101-2; marriage and family of, 100, 102-3; social and philanthropic activities of, 102, 103-4 Judge Memorial High School, 50, 103 Kahn Brothers, wholesale grocers, 182 Kahn, Emanuel, 182; biographical data on, 181-82; home of, 180, 184-85, 1 8 4 , 1 8 5 Kahn, Fanny Cohen, wife of Emanuel, 182 Kahn, Samuel, merchant, 1 8 1 , 182 Kahn, Sara Cohen, wife of Samuel, 181, 182 Kaibab Cattle Co., 167 Kaysville Brick Co., 183 Kearns Building, 9 6 Keams, EdmundJ. (son), 9 1 , 9 7 Kearns, Helen (daughter), 9 1 , 9 7 Kearns, Jennie Judge (wife), 96, 97; home of, 9 1 , 92; marriage and family of, 90, 9 1 ; philanthropies of, 96-97; social activities of, 9 3 ; travels of, 9 1 , 92 Kearns, Thomas, 90, 97; biographical data on, 90, 97; and David Keith, 82-83, 86, 90, 97; home of, 7, 11, 89, 9 1 , 9 1 , 92-94, 92, 9 3 , 9 4 , 9 5 , 9 7 , 9 8 ; and mining, 90, 1 0 1 ; philanthropies of, 96; and politics, 90; and Salt Lake Tribune, 96; and Silver Queen, 111 Keams, Thomas F. (son), 9 1 , 97 Keith Building, 8 3 Keith, Charles, son of David, 8 3 Keith, David, 8, 82, 85; biographical data on, 82; business and chic activities of, 8 3 ; home of, 6, 8, 79, 80-81, 80, 8 1 , 87, 88;

marriage and family of, 83-86; and mining, 82-83, 90, 101; and Thomas Kearns, 82-83, 86, 90, 96, 97 Keith, David, Jr., son of David, 8, 8 3 , 85, 193, 228 Keith, Etta, daughter of David, 8 3 Keith, James T., dentist, 244 Keith, John, father of David, 82 Keith, Lillie, daughter of David, 8 3 Keith, Margaret, daughter of David, 8 3 , 86; bizarre life of, 84-86 Keith, Margaret Ness, mother of David, 82 Keith, Mary Ferguson, wife of David, 8, 83-84, 84, 85, 86 Keith-O'Brien Co., 8 3 Keyser, Paul F., home of, 240 Kimball, Heber C , and Antelope Island, 218 Kinner Mine, 4 1 Kletting, Richard K. A., architect, 4 3 , 44, 46, 178 Krebs and Hoppaugh, legal firm, 238 Krebs, Ira, attorney, 238 Lagoon Amusement Park, 147, 227 Land Development Co., 210 Larkin Mortuary, 170, 171 Lark Lead Mine, 136 Last Chance Mine (Little Cottonwood), 42 Last Chance Mine (Silver Reef), 41 LDS Business College, 4 6 Lee, J. Bracken, governor, 9 7 Lion House, 2, 11, 24, 28, 32; as communal dwelling, 27; description of, 29, 31 Lipton, Sir Thomas, and Thomas Kearns, 9 6 Little Cottonwood Canyon, mining activities in, 42, 124, 188, 210 Little Hotel, 8 3 Lovey, Alan Lister, caricatures by, 4 8 , 1 0 8 Lyman, Charles W., businessman, home of, 217 Lynch, Dorothy (daughter), 224 Lynch, Jennie Byrne (wife), 223, 224 Lynch, John (son), 2 2 4 Lvnch, John Courtney, 223; biographical data on, 223, 224; ' business and chic activities of, 223-24; home of, 222, 224, 225; marriage and family of, 223, 2 2 4 259

Lynch, Joseph Courtney (son), 224 Lynch, Marv (daughter), 224 Lynch, Robert (son), 224 Lyne, Alice Coons (wife). 240 Lyne, Thomas (father), actor, 241 Lvne, Walter Cogswell, wool broker, biographical data on, 241-42, " home of, 242 " McChrystal, Jackson C , mining man, home of, 247 McClelland, John J., organist, 192 McComick, William S., cattle interests of, 166 McCoy's Livery Senice, 229 McKenzie, D. Banks, opera house promoter, 189 McMillan, Emma Corn, wife of Henry, 138 McMillan, Henry G., biographical data on, 138; home of, 137, 138 MacNeill, Charles M., business associate of D. C. Jackling, 65, 66 MacVichie, Belle (daughter), 134 MacVichie, Belle Corning (first wife), 135 MacVichie, Duncan, 133,135; biographical data on, 133, 136; home of, 132, 134, 136; mining and railroad activities of, 134, 136 MacVichie, Helen (daughter), 134 MacVichie, Margaret McGregor (mother), 133 MacVichie, Pearl Davenport (second wife), 133, 134, 134 MacVichie, Peter (father), 133 Martin, Edward, artisan, 16 Maw, Herbert B., governor, 97 Mayflower Mine, 83, 90, 101 Mecklenburg, B. O., architect and builder, homes of, 246 Medhurst, Lord, English mining engineer, 217 Merchant's Bank of Salt Lake City, 195 Mercur, mining activities in, 4 2 , 6 5 , 125, 134, 141, 142-43 Mercur Mining and Milling Co., 141, 142 Mexican Colonization and Agricultural Co., 167 Miner, James A., justice, 6 Mining, effect of, on Salt Lake City, 1-2 Minnie Mine, 48 Moebius, William A , home of, 247 260

Mojave Land and Cattle Co., 166-67 Monheim, Henry, architect, 184, 185 Moore, Frank Winder, architect, 206, 207, 210, 211 Moormeister, Dorothy Dexter, murder victim, 236 Moormeister, Frank, physician, 236 Moran, Bridget Durkin (mother), 228 Moran, Curtis (son), 85, 228 Moran Day, holiday at Lagoon, 227 Moran, Dolly Shoebridge (wife), 228, 229. 229, 231 Moran, Edward (son), 85, 228 Moran, Elizabeth (daughter), 228 Moran, Lawrence (father), 228 Moran, Margaret (daughter), 228 Moran, Patrick J., 107, 227, 229; biographical data on, 228; contracting business of, 227-28, 231; homes of, 226, 228-29, 231, 232, 232; and neighbor F. C. Richmond, 125: political and chic activities of, 230 Moran, Patrick J., Jr. (son), 85, 228 Moran, P. J., Contractor, Inc., 2 2 / Moran, William Laurence (son), 228 Morcton, Fred A., insurance agent, 138 Morris, Richard P., Salt Lake Citv mavor, home of, 247 Mountain Ice Co., 223 Moxum Hotel, 78 Mulford, Edwin, hotel keeper, 228. 232 National Bank of the Republic. 223 National Copper Bank, 239 Navlor, David, 225 Ness Building, 83 Neuhausen, Carl M , architect, 9 1 . 98. 162, 163 Nevada Alpine Mine, 243 Nevada Consolidated Copper Co., 71 Nevada Hills Mining Co., 130 Newhouse Building, 60 Newhouse Hotel, 60, 237 Newhouse, Ida Slinglcy, wife of Samuel, 55; death of, 62; in Leadville, Colo., 54; marriage of, 55; as socialite, 54, 59-60 Newhouse, Samuel, 54, 58, 59, biographical data on, 54-55, 56, 62;

career of, 5 5 , 60, 66; home of, 5, 53, 56-57, 56, 6 1 , 62; and Newhouse Hotel, 237; and Thomas Weir, 48, 55 Niagara Mines, 124 Niles, Harry D., home of, 5 Nixon, William, merchant, 187, 188 Northland and Nevada Mine, 106 Ohio Copper Co., 48 O'Meara Co., 2 4 3 O'Meara-Lynch Co., 2 4 3 O'Meara, Michael J., businessman, home of, 2 4 3 , 243 O'Meara, William P., businessman, home of, 243, 243 Ontario Mine, 77, 82, 90, 111 Ophir, mining activities in, 42 Panic of 1907, effects of, 7, 67 Park, Bovd, jeweler, 6 2 Park City, mining activities in, 1 , 7 7 , 8 2 - 8 3 , 9 0 , 1 0 1 , 106, 1 1 1 , 2 0 9 Paul, William, architect, 19, 20 Pioneer Mining and Milling Co., 188 Pioneer Roller Mills, 8 3 Pollock, James A., home of, 5, 19 Popperton, site of Federal Heights, 7, 60 Portland Cement Co., 228 Presbyterian church, site of, 6 Price, Howard C., commander at Fort Douglas, 144 Princess Alice, elephant, 230, 2 3 1 Queen of Peace House, convent, 225 Raines, L. F., industrialist, 136 Ramsay, Ralph, woodcan'er, 16 Ransohoff, Nicholas S., merchant, 181 Ransohoff, N . S . , & Co., 181 Ray Consolidated Copper, 71 Rice, Windsor, and Silver King Mine, 8 3 Richards, Joseph S., physician, home of, 246 Richmond, F. C , Co., 125

Richmond, Frederick C , 125; family of, 125, 126; home of, 123, 126-28, 126, 127; mining, business, and chic interests of, 125-26; and P.J. Moran, 229 Richmond, Frederick C , Jr. (son), 126 Richmond, Laura Gladys (daughter), 126 Richmond, Laura Osborne (wife), 125, 126, 128 Richmond, Marguerite (daughter), 126 Ridges, Joseph,'architect, 32, 120 Rio Vista Oil Co., 213 Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co., 215 Rogers, J. W., home of, 10 Roosevelt, Franklin D., and George Dern, 144, 147 Roosevelt, Theodore, and Thomas Kearns, 94-95 Rosenbaum, Edward, banker, 236; home of, 236 Rosenbaum, Harriet Friendly, wife of Edward, 236 Russell, Lillian, actress friend of Samuel Newhouse, 56 Saint Ambrose Parish, 50 Saint Ann's Orphanage, 96-97 Salmon River Mining & Smelting Co., 160, 165 Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad, 143 Salt Lake & Ogden Gas Co., 239 Salt Lake Charity Organization, 189 Salt Lake Hardware, 206, 239 Salt Lake Ice Co., 2 2 3 Salt Lake Railway Co., 177 Salt Lake Stock Exchange, 60 Salt Lake Tabernacle, 3 Salt Lake Temple, 3 Salt Lake Theatre, 241 Salt Lake Tribune, purchase of, by Kearns and Keith, 8 3 , 96 Savage, Charles R., studio of, 3 Scanlan, Lawrence, Catholic bishop, 103, 104 Scheid, Blanche L. Kimball, wife of Karl, 206 Scheid, Karl A., 206; home of, 205, 206, 207; as insurance executive, 206; as singer, 118, 206 Schettler, Bernard H., home of, 246 Schider, Dutch, elephant trainer, 231 261

Scofield Mine disaster, 221 Scott, George M., & Co., 235 Sharp, James D., home of, 6, 4 3 , 44 Shaughnessy, , friend of Enos Wall, 42 Sheridan, Philip, general, guest at Devereaux, 18 Sherman, William A., home of, purchased by D. C. Jackling, 69, 72 Sherman, William Tecumseh, general, guest at Devereaux, 18 Sherrill, Culver, business manager of Silver Queen, 119 Shoebridge, Mrs., mother of Dolly Moran, 228 Silver King Coalition Mines Co., 83, 90, 101, 106, 111 Silver Peak Valculda Gold Mine, 243 Silver Queen. See Holmes, Susanna Bransford Emery Silver Reef, rriining activities in, 1, 41 Sinclair, William J., Chicago decorator, 112 Smith, Joseph, mining promoter, 141 Snow, Lorenzo: home of, 33, 34, 35; as LDS apostle, 34, 34 Sons of Utah Pioneers Museum, 147 Spry, William, governor, inaugural ball of, 158 Staines, William C , 16; home of, 15, 16, 20; as horticulturist, 16, 17; as territorial librarian, 3 Stephens, Evan, organist, 192 Stiehl, George F., dentist, home of, 247 Stingley, Mrs., mother of Ida Newhouse, 54 Sullivan, Louis H., Chicago architect, 218 Sunshine Mine, 69 Syndicate Investment Co. ,217 Teasdel, S. P., lot of, site of First Presbyterian Church, 6 Terracor, land development company, 88 Terry, Louis L., home of, 240 Thomas, Arthur L., home of, 5 , 1 9 Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn O., home of, 210 Thompson, Clyde (son), 88, 107 Thompson, Emily Pugsley (wife), 88, 107, 107 Thompson, Ezra, 106,107,108; biographical data on, 88, 106, 107; homes of, 6, 86, 88,105, 107, 109; and politics, 106, 107; and sports, 106, 108 Thompson, Ezra, Building, 108 Thompson, Ezra, Jr. (son), 107 262

Thompson, Lynn (son), 107, 109 Thompson Mining Co., 106 Thompson, Norinne (daughter), 88, 107 Tintic Mining District, 125, 136 Toponce, Alexander, freighter, 40 Town Club, 10, 237 Troubetzkoy, Pierre, portrait by, 55 Troy Laundry, 240 Uinta Basin, mineral discoveries in, 209 United States Mining Co., 124 University Club, 58 University of Utah, 7, 236 Utah and Eastern Railroad, 138 Utah Consolidated Gold Mines, 48 Utah Copper Co., 44, 48, 65-67 Utah Fire Clay, 68 Utah Implement Co., 210 Utah Michigan Mining Co., 130 Utah National Bank of Ogden, 217 Utah Power and Light Co., 68 Utah Savings Bank, 78 Utah State Capitol Commission, 68 Utah State Historical Society, 98 Veit, Katrina. See Wood, Catherine Murphy Walker, Angelina Hague (second wife), 190. 190, 193 Walker Bank, 48, 189 Walker Brothers, mercantile business, 188, 189, 201 Walker, David (brother), 187, 187, 188 Walker, Elizabeth Carson (first wife), 190 Walker, Frances (sister-in-law), home of, 10, 237 Walker, Frances Glenn (daughter), 190, 191 Walker Grand Opera House, 189 Walker Hotel, 189 Walker, John H. (son), 190 Walker, Joseph Richardson (nephew), 199; biographical data on, 199; home of, 198, 199-202, 200

Walker, Joseph Robinson (brother), 187; biographical data on, 187, 189; business activities of, 188; son of, 199 Walker, Matthew (father), 187 Walker, Matthew H., 1 8 7 , 1 8 9 , 193; biographical data on, 187, 193; business, chic, and social activities of, 188-89, 192; homes of, 186, 1 9 0 - 9 2 , 1 9 1 , 1 9 2 , 1 9 3 , 1 9 3 Walker, Mercy Long (mother), 187, 188 Walker Mining Co., 199 Walker, Samuel S. (brother), 187, 187, 188, 237 Wall, Alice (daughter), 4 2 Wall, Enos A., 9, 4 0 ; Bingham interests of, 40; career of, 40-44; chic and social activities of, 4 5 ; death of, 4 6 ; home of, 6, 7, 39, 4 3 , 4 4 - 4 5 , 4 4 , 4 5 , 46; humor of, 45-46; and D. C. Jackling, 65-66, 67; marriage and family of, 42; and politics, 4 2 Wall, Frances (daughter), 4 2 Wall, Mary Frances Mayso (wife), 9, 42, 4 6 WaH, Mary Olga (daughter), 9, 4 2 Wall, Olive (daughter), 4 2 Wall, Peggy (daughter), 9, 42 Wall, Selma (daughter), 4 2 Ward, William, architect, 32 Ware and Treganza, architectural firm, 193, 236, 2 4 7 Ware, Walter E., architect, 52, 72 Wasatch School, 2 3 0 Weir, Clara Pond Treadway, wife of Thomas, 4 8 Weir Salt Co., 4 8 Weir, Thomas, 4 8 , 4 9 ; business career of, 4 8 , 189; home of, 6, 4 7 , 49, 52, Weggeland, Dan, artist, 17 Wells, Daniel H.: biographical data on, 22-23; home of, 1, 2, 2 1 , 23 WellsFargoCo.,217 Wells, HeberM., governor, 2 3 White House, residence of Mary Ann Angell Young, 2, 4 , 25, 26, 32 Whitmore Oxygen Co., 108 Wicks, Bartlett, son-in-law ofJoseph Richardson Walker, 202 Wicks, Margaret Walker, daughter ofJoseph Richardson Walker, 202 Wing, Sam, Silver Reef merchant, 4 1 Woodbury Corporation Realtors, 147 Woodbury, Thomas, home of, 168

Wood, Cassandra (daughter), 161 Wood, Catherine Murphy (wife), 161; biographical data on, 160-61, 163; home of, 162 Wood Grocery & Produce Co., 162 Wood-Hagenbarth Cattle Co., 166 Wood, HughC. (stepson), 161, 165, 166 Wood, James David, 160, 162; biographical data on, 160, 161, 163, 166; business activities of, 161-63, 165, 166; home of, 6, 7 , 1 5 9 , 162, 163, 168 Wood, Jeptha (father), 160 Wood Live Stock Co., 161-62, 165-66 Wood, Marcia Cassandra Fowler (mother), 160 Wood River Gold and Silver Mining Co., 42 Woodside Mine, 82 World War I, economic effects of, 7, 9, 60, 231 Wright, Mr. and Mrs. C. E., home of, 128 Yampa Mine, 42 Yankee Consolidated, 125 Young, Alice (daughter), 2 7 Young, Amelia Folsom (wife), 3 1 , 32 Young, Ann Eliza Webb (wife), 29, 31 Young, Brigham, 25, 27, 31; business, social, and political activities of, 16, 19, 184, 218, 2 4 1 ; homes of, 1, 2, 4, 2 3 , 24, 25-32, 26, 28, 29, 30; and Gardo House, 114, 120; schoolhouse of, 5, 6 Young, Brigham, Jr. (son), 2 7 Young, John W. (son), 27, 27 Young, Joseph A. (son), 16, 20, 27 Young, LeGrande (nephew), father ofJasmine Freed, 195 Young, Luna (son), 2 7 Young, Mary Ann (daughter), 2 7 Young, Mary Ann Angell (wife), 25, 27 Young Men's Literary Assn., 182 ZCMI, 17, 184

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