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9131 W 2700 S

26 Monday Dec 2022

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9131 West 2700 South in Magna, Utah

Built in 1924.

During World War II, Magna Drug was designated as a depository where people were encouraged to leave toothpaste rolls, shaving cream tubes, and other tin scraps which were useful to the war effort. In the 1970s Barbara Wingate ran a dance studio from this building.

Rainbow Inn

08 Tuesday Nov 2022

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Rainbow Inn

The Rainbow Inn is located at 305 N Mains St, Helper, Utah and was built in 1922. Originally owned by Lena Fodero, the building was used as a hotel, bar, and sporting house. It was known for the bordello on the upper floor. The railroad which serviced the Spring Canyon coal mining towns went directly past the Rainbow Inn. It’s location drew many single male immigrants who were working on the railroad, at the power plants and in the coal mines.

It was purchased by Stephen M. Johnson on May 1, 1980 and used as a bar. On July 23, 1983, The Rainbow Inn became the first official watering hole of the Utah out post, known as Matt Warner, of the Mountain Charlie Chapter of E Clampus Vitus. The Rainbow Inn closed its doors in 1987.

This marker was erected in 2017 by Matt Warner Chapter 1900 E Clampus Vitus.

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Located at 305 N Main Street in Helper, Utah

Scipio Co-operative Mercantile Institution

28 Friday Jan 2022

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Scipio Co-operative Mercantile Institution

This 1 1/2 story vernacular Victorian-style Scipio Co-operative Mercantile Institution Building, constructed and in operation by 1883, is significant as a material of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Cooperative Mercantile system that started in 1868 and was organized in Scipio one year later. The co-op building was sold to a private party, E.M. Brown, in 1922, who continued to run it as a general retail store for several decades. The building retains its historic integrity and has recently been opened again as a retail store and museum.

Located at 110 North State Street in Scipio, Utah