Site of the Old Provo High School

August 20, 1912, the Board of Education agreed “that a high school should be established in Provo City” the so-called high school began with “one year” then “two years” and then more until it became a four-year school. At the close of the school year of 1920-21, Provo graduated students from the public high school for the first time in the city’s history. A high school yearbook of 1918 lists the names of eight students who were in the eleventh year. The ten-year period, following the close of World War I, was a time when the High School grew rapidly.

In the spring of 1924 there were 65 graduating students, and at the close of the school year of 1924-25, one hundred sixteen pupils graduated. By 1956 more than 1,000 students attended school at Provo High School. The last graduating class of 1956 had 336 students. More than thirty-five class groups emerged into life from this edifice.

Lynn K. Powell

Born August 13, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Captain Lynn K. Powell was a son of Kester T. and Ellen Niff Powell. He married Mary Maxine McFadden on March 18, 1966 in Mesa, Arizona. They had no children.

Capt. Powell graduated from high school in 1956 as a member of the last class of the old Provo High School, formerly located on this site. He was an honor student and valedictorian. He was also active in the Deca Club, United Nations Club, Math and Science Club, and the Legislative Council.

While Attending Provo High School, Capt. Powell was elected Governor of the Utah-Idaho District Key Club. Capt. Powell was an Elder of the LDS Church and he served for two and a half years in the Swiss-Austrian LDS Mission. He also attended Brigham Young University and while there was vice president of Circle K International. He graduated with honors from BYU and the AFROTC in 1964.

Capt. Powell received his pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, graduating February 5, 1966. He completed his advance trailing at Nellis Air Force Base.

U. S. Air Force Captain and pilot Lynn Kester Powell, at the age of 29, was killed in action on August 21, 1967 while on a mission over Hanoi, Vietnam.

This stone is dedicated to the memory of Capt. Powell by his classmates of Provo High School Class of 1956. His is remembered by his classmates as an American Hero. Lynn paid the supreme sacrifice which allowed all of us in the “Class of 56” to remain free and raise our children and grandchildren in a free land. He will always be remembered as a kind, gentle classmate. May he never be forgotten. Lynn, we all love you.

Lee’s Ferry

John D. Lee settled here in Dec. 1871 and established ferry service thirteen months later. After her husband’s death, Warren M. Johnson ran the oar-driven ferry for Emma Lee, 1875 to 1879, when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased her interest. Johnson served until 1895. He was followed by James S. Emett who sold to the Grand Canyon Cattle Company in 1909. Coconino County operated the ferry from 1910 to 1928.

This is Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #350, located at Lee’s Ferry, Arizona.

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Hughes House

The Misses Mollie and Josie Hughes hired the architectural firm of Gibbs and Parker, Kansas City, Mo., to design this ornate Queen Anne style residence. Erected in 1887, it was one of a group of mansions on Main Street owned by the Bryant-Hughes families.

801 South Main Street in Independence, Missouri

First Presbyterian Church

The congregation dates from 1826. The church neither divided nor closed in the Civil War. Designed in 1888 by Nier, Hogg and Byram of Kansas City, Mo. Harry S. Truman first met Bess Wallace here in Sunday School in 1892.

514 West Lexington Avenue in Independence, Missouri

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Historic St. Mary’s church was begun in 1860 and completed during the Civil War. It was dedicated in 1864. This area was established as a French and Indian mission in 1823 and a parish in 1845 by Father Bernard Donnelly.

611 North Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri