The LaVell Sorenson Johnson Photograph Collection, 1934-1980

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 11
Creator: Johnson, LaVell Sorenson, 1906-1987.
Title:LaVell Sorenson Johnson Photograph Collection, 1934-1980
Quantity:0.5 lin. ft. (1 box)
Abstract: Photos document articles about water in the social and economic development of Millard County towns.

Topics:
Water Resources.

Places:
Smithfield (Utah).
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Background

Background Note

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Scope and Content

Photos document articles about water in the social and economic development of Millard County towns.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

LaVell Sorenson Johnson Photograph Collection, 1934-1980, Utah State Historical Society.

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The LaVell Sorenson Johnson Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX89-A1090).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 11.

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Container list

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Millard County (Utah) photographs

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Delta Sugar Factory (Delta, Utah)
1. Mess hall and infirmary (Delta Sugar Factory)
2. Sampson, Peter on top of the beet dump (Delta Sugar Factory)
3-5. Demolition of sugar plant (Delta Sugar Factory)
6. Dunsmore Hotel (Delta, Utah)
7. Milton Moody Land Office (Delta, Utah), 1910
8. Beet fields
9. Roberts, Frank, beet field
10. Sugar Beet crew
11. Roberts, Franks, barracks for Mexican laborers [2 copies]

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Delta Sugar Factory (Delta, Utah)
1. Beet dump (Sugarville, Utah), 1919-1920
2. Workman, Jack on load of beets [2 copies]
3. Office building--Utah-Idaho Sugar Company (Delta, Utah) [3 copies]
4. Panorama (Delta Sugar Factory)
5. Railroad (Delta Sugar Factory) [2 copies]
6. Construction (Delta Sugar Factory)
7-8. Beet dumps (Delta Sugar Factory)
9. Delta Theatre (Delta, Utah)

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Delta, Utah
1. Woodrow Hall and Jolly Stitchers (Delta, Utah)
2-3. Construction (Delta Sugar Factory)
4. Marsomi Hall (Delta, Utah)
5. Main street showing Marsomi Hall (Delta, Utah)
6. Woodmen of the World meeting at Marsomi Hall (Delta, Utah)
7. Aerial view (Delta, Utah), 1941
8. Mercer, Joseph D., Sr., druggist (Delta, Utah)
9. Main Street (Delta, Utah), 1924 [2 copies]
10. Clark Street (Delta, Utah), 1914
11. Delta Merc, Jenkins Meat Market, Marsomi Hall (Delta, Utah)
12. A.B. Ward's Livery and Feed Store (Delta, Utah)
13. Cooper Hotel (Delta, Utah)
14. Millard County Chronicle (Delta, Utah) [2 copies]
15. Union Pacific train on tracks (Delta Station)

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Delta, Utah
1. Hub Mercantile (Delta, Utah), 1921
2. S. W. Eccles General Merchandise Store located on Main Street (Delta, Utah), 1910
3. Bank Hotel (Delta, Utah), 1912 [2 copies]
4. Robert J. Law Store (Delta, Utah)
5. Church/school building (Delta, Utah), 1910 [2 copies]
6. Cottrell home (Delta, Utah)
7. Ward Hotel (Delta, Utah)
8. Ward Hotel after fire (Delta, Utah), 1922
9-10. Clark or Main Street after fire (Delta, Utah), 1922
11. Steele, John on horse (Delta, Utah), 4 July 1910
12. Steele, John/Fred Cottrell home located on 4th West/3rd South (Delta, Utah) [2 copies]

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Pioneers (Delta, Utah), 1906-1930
1. Pioneers (Delta, Utah) [3 copies]
2. Old folks outing (Oak Creek Canyon), 1897
3. Outing sponsored by Sutherland L.D.S. Ward honoring old folks of the Delta North Tract, 1919
4-5. Sampson, Pete, tearing down and shipping sugar factory, 1927
6. Elementary teachers (Delta, Utah), 1917
7. McCullough, Nell of the Millard County Telegraph and Telephone Co. (Delta, Utah)
8. Moody, Mrs. Don (Vonda Black)--telephone operator (Delta, Utah)
9. Offices of New Utah Telephone Company--Fourth West/First North (Delta, Utah)
10. Olsen, Lafe (Oak City, Utah)
11. McCullough, Postmaster Henry J. and wife Helen Mar McCullough
12-13. Watson, Nell and Sarah McCullough in front of cabin with trunk for mail
14. Steele, John family (at Clearfield, Utah), 1910
15. Sampson, Pete
16. Spillway picture group, 1919-1920
17. Orchestra--Marsomi Hall (Delta, Utah), 1920's
18. Beckwith, Frank A., at cashier's window (Delta State Bank)
19. Beckwith, Frank A., at home

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Jolly Stitchers
1. Picnic (Spillway Grove), August 1923 [2 copies]
2. Group photograph
3. Club meeting at Heinlein-Davis farm, 1920 [2 copies]
4. North Tract group
5. Husbands' party--Valentine's Day, 14 February 1963
6-7. Golden anniversary party--Woodrow Hall

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Burtner Dam (Millard County, Utah)
1. Camp, 1909-1910
2. Remains of Burtner Dam--looking west toward US Highway 50 & 6, 1969
3. North edge, 1969
4. View west, 1969
5. Break (Sevier River) in 1909-1910, 1969
6. Fishing (Burtner Dam Spillway), 1909
7. Riding, Kennare (Burtner Dam), 1910
8-10. Maxfield, Hiette E. doing time log for Burtner Dam work, August 1909
11. Time log book of Hiette E. Maxfield
12. Construction (Sevier Bridge Reservoir), 23 November 1913

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Sevier Bridge Reservoir Dam, 1916 [renamed Yuba Dam in 1987]
1. Construction crew with horse-drawn freight wagons
2. Spillway area with rushing water
3. Construction (Sevier Bridge Reservoir) [2 copies]
4. South end (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
5. Construction camp (Sevier Bridge Reservoir) [2 copies]
6. Construction site (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
7. Construction (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
8. Construction framework (Sevier Bridge Reservoir) [2 copies]
9. Construction group (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
10. Rocks over bridge (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
11. Horses working (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
12. Washing earth and gravel with large hoses (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
13. Panoramic view (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
14. Black, Supervisor Will Reuben and construction crew (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)

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Sevier Bridge Reservoir Dam, 1916 [renamed Yuba Dam in 1987]
1. Construction (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
2. Camp (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
3. Whirlpool hole (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
4-5. Construction crew (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
6. Governor's party (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
7. Overview (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
8. Construction crew (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
9. Spillway area (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
10. Sevier Bridge Reservoir
11. Framework (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
12. Spillway construction (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
13. Sevier River cement bridge that replaced wooden Union Pacific Railroad bridge (Millard County, Utah)

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Ditches and canals
1. Parshall Flume (Sutherland concrete ditch)
2. Equipment drag line to lay drainage tile
3. Steel check on big concrete ditch
4. Water tower (Delta Land, Sevier River, Melville Irrigation, Deseret Irrigation)
5. Bridge (Old Highway 91)
6. Outlet tunnel (Yuba Dam)
7. Scour hole caused by high water velocity
8. Lower outlet gate (Yuba Dam)
9. Aerial view (D.M.A.D. Reservoir), 1959
10. Spillway (D.M.A.D. Reservoir)
11. Construction (D.M.A.D. Reservoir)
12. Construction (D.M.A.D. Reservoir)

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Sevier River Bridge Reservoir [color photographs]
1. Full reservoir (Sevier Bridge Reservoir), 1970
2. Irrigation water coming through gates and a Parshall flume, 1970
3-4. Plastic lined and unlined canal, 1970
5. Henrie, Mary Lyman and M. Cutler Henrie
6. Spillway (Yuba Dam), 1970
7. Highway bridge (Yuba Dam spillway), 1970
8. Cement piers (Sevier Bridge Reservoir spillway), 1970
9. Cutler, Henris at reservoir
10. Water flowing over spillway (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)
11. Concrete supports of spillway gates (Sevier Bridge Reservoir)

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McCornick, Utah ("Desert Wins Again")
1. Clark, Carrie Nielson
2. School house under construction (McCornick, Utah), 1919
3. Johnson, Evan in his cornfield
4. Johnson, Evan and Jean, on Easter outing
5. Johnson, Evan and Jean, children on Easter outing
6. Johnson, Evan and Jean home, 1923
7. Johnson, Tiny Blanche
8. Abandoned railroad section house (Harding)
9. Old railroad section house--remodeled
10-11. Clark, L. Nielsen in Great Wash
12. Clark, L. Nielsen, brother Larry, and niece Shirley Jean Clark
13. Palmer, Clayton and Denise Clark
14. Clark, Lawrence family in cut alfalfa field
15. Clark, Lawrence family camp at Indian Peaks
16. Freckleton, W.P.
17. Griffiths, Rex and son Don Keith
18. Griffiths, Margaret Nielsen and grandsons
19. Heyborn, Bob and dog
20. Canal breakage (Great Wash), May 1919
21. Residents at end of town's existence (McCornick, Utah)
22. Canal breakage (Great Wash), May 1919
23. Traveling in wagon, 1920
24. Canal breakage (Great Wash), May 1919
25. Griffiths, Margaret seven granddaughters
26. Nielsen, Arvold driving horses on hay binder
27. Clark, Lawrence children eating cantaloupes
28. Clark, Lawrence children homestead
29. Children on horse (McCornick, Utah), 1920
30. Clark brothers
31. Young adults (McCornick, Utah)
32. Griffiths, Rex and Ora Freckleton
33. Clark, Larry, ca. 20 months old
34. Freckleton, Ellis with sheep and Rex Griffiths with saxophone
35. Hales, Madge B. at McCornick School

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West Millard, Utah
1. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (Highway 6-50)
2-3. Post office (Delta, Utah), 1971
4. Steele, Ruth with postmaster Vodak
5. Bunker, William Edward and Emma Iverson Bunker [second wife]
6. Bunker, Ed and Mrs.(Ethel Eardley), son, Ree with Mr. and Mrs. Doug (Agnes) Lisonbee
7. Bunker, William Edward, sons and daughters
8. Bunker family freight wagon--hauled ore from Apex to Shem
9. Unveiling (Gunnison Monument), May 1927
10. Riding, Emily, holding Bob
11. Riding, Glenna, Gerald and Lionel
12. Riding, Gerald, on horse
13. Cook, Glenda and Jerome, wedding, 1 May 1919
14. Riding, Emily Glenda and Jerome Cook
15. Cook, Emily Glenda and Jerome, 1959
16. Riding, William Hale family at new home (Delta, Utah), 1914
17. ?, Blanche and Wendell with Howard Stephens
18. ?, Blanche and Wendell

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North Tract (Millard County, Utah)
1. Tracy, Jerome house--first house built in the area [2 copies]
2. Baseball team
3. Hauling hay
4. Heine, Frank C. and Amelia
5. Cochrane, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M., June 1921
6. Cochrane, Charles, feeding poultry, November 1924
7. Cochrane, Charles with pigs, December 1918
8. Cochrane Ranch (Sugarville, Utah), September 1919
9. Cochrane, Charles and Knead Endorse with horses and mules, December 1918
10. Cochrane, Charles M., 4 July 1920
11. Cochrane home (Sugarville, Utah), 1937
12. Unidentified group on outing
13. Cochrane, Anna and her brother, Knead Endorse

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Lakeshore, Utah
1. Farm equipment
2. Foundation of dance floor with Laval Johnson (Lakeshore, Utah)
3. Railroad tracks (Oasis, Utah)
4-5. Opening night (Lakeshore Resort), 1 June 1926

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Sunflower School (Sugarville, Utah)
1. Barbed, Henrietta Watkins and Laval Johnson [2 copies]
2. Watts, Grace [left] and Henrietta Barbed [right], 1958
3. Barbed home--day of fire, 2 September 1961
4. Shields, Jim and C.A. McCain
5. L.D.S. church and residents (Sugarville, Utah), 1914
6-7. Delta North Tract (Sugarville, Utah), 1919-1920
8. L.D.S. Relief Society Officers (Sutherland, Utah)
9. Riding, William Hale
10. Sunflower School, 1921-22
11. Anion, Harry property (Sugarville, Utah) April 1921

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Golden Spike (Union Pacific Railroad)
1. Railroad passenger car--built in 1869
2. Locomotive #945 built in 1870 and old train assembled for an exhibition by Union Pacific Railroad
3. Passenger car #556, January 1909
4. Wood coach #616 built in 1899
5. Pullman car
6. Riding, Robert H. at Golden Spike Celebration
7. Union Pacific Locomotive #119 [replica]
8. Central Pacific Railroad Locomotive Jupiter [replica]

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People
1. Rasmussen, Arvilla (Salina, Utah)
2. Unidentified group
3. Starwort, Cleveland and Iva Starwort Mitchell
4. Abbott, Lawrence and Josephine Bennett
5. Walker, Roger and Emma
6. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold, Golden Wedding, 1959
7-8. Maxfield, Clyde and Cora Day
9. Mercer, Joseph Dustin, Sr., 1952
10. Mercer, Dr. Aeschylean, 25 July 1926
11. Cole, W.C.
12. Black, Francis (Frank)
13. Lang, William and Ida Morris Bunker at golden wedding
14. Harris, Edwin D. and Cora Forster Harris
15. Turner, Reuben and Cora Sanford Turner
16. Lose, Isaac and Ropey Young
17. Unidentified couple [negative only]
18. Robins, Keith R., teacher
19. Riding, Ann and William Hale
20. Riding, Glenda
21. Riding, Gerald
22. Unidentified group in front of residence
23. Both, Louise Parker
24. Riding, Inez and Madge H. McCallister
25. Ekker, Marjorie and Richard
26. Day, Killpack, Bird, Starley--charter members of the Delta Lions' Club
27. Carter, Kate at D.U.P. Convention/meeting
28. Western, Mr. and Mrs. Alma
29. Shields, Romulus A. and Jacosa (Cosie) Theobald Shields at golden wedding celebration

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Miscellaneous photographs
1. Statehouse (Fillmore, Utah)
2-3. Telegraph and telephone, June 1971
4. Blackburn, Vincent and Nathan Roundy marker-- both were buried at sea during World War II
5. Brush Beryllium Plant (Northeast of Delta, Utah)
6. Brush Beryllium Company mine (Juab County, Utah)
7. Hunters' bounty [color photograph]
8. Stinson, Bob, rock retreat of Bob Stinson, "The Hermit of Margum Pass"