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The Bicknell Theater

09 Saturday Apr 2022

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11 East Main Street in Bicknell, Utah

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The D.U.P. Marker inside says:

Wayne Theatre

This building of sawed logs, cement, and stucco was constructed by James and Mable Ellett in 1947 and operated as the Ellett Theatre.

On March 19, 1956, the Elletts deeded 30 percent interest of the building to Edwin (Ted) and Alberta Oldroyd. Together their families operated the theater until TV came into Wayne County. Until 1971, John and Maida Giles and Stanley and Hilma Brinkerhoff also worked in the business.

The Brinkerhoff family purchased the business in October 1971 and renamed it Wayne Theatre. With the help of others, they operated it until September 1994. James and Nanette Anderson purchased the business, changed the old projection machines to a one-reel operation, and improved the building. Later they obtained a grant from the Utah Historical Society and remodeled the building which is being successfully operated as a movie theater.

W for Wayne High School

27 Sunday Mar 2022

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Another in the series of hillside letters, see others on this page.
This one is a letter W for Wayne High School in Bicknell, Utah

Aquarius Inn

22 Tuesday Mar 2022

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Aquarius Inn
292 West Main Street in Bicknell, Utah

Bicknell, Utah

22 Tuesday Mar 2022

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Bicknell is a small town along State Route 24, in Wayne County, Utah with a population of about 300 people.  Bicknell was originally called Thurber for A.K. Thurber but in 1914 Thomas W. Bicknell, a wealthy eastern author, historian, and Education Commissioner for Rhode Island, offered a thousand-volume library to any Utah town that would rename itself after him.*

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Hanksville Veteran Memorial

08 Saturday Jan 2022

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In honor and memory of the boys of our ward who served in World War II

  • Romie Ortego
  • Reo V. Hunt
  • Charles W. Noyes
  • Martin L. Robison
  • Kay L. Hunt
  • Laurence A. Ekker
  • Thurzel Allen
  • Ivel K. Sheffield
  • Bruce Ekker
  • Hyrum W. Noyes
  • Morris W. Lance
  • Ralph A. Porter
  • Gordan K. Johnson
  • William R. Porter

Monument erected by Hanksville M.I.A.

Located at approximately 40 West Main Street in Hanksville, Utah

John C. Fremont Park

06 Thursday Jan 2022

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John C. Fremont Park is in Fremont, Utah

Several historic markers are located here:

  • First Sawmill
  • First Public Building
  • Fremont Park
  • Fremont Rock Church House

Hollow Mountain

13 Monday Dec 2021

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Hollow Mountain is a pretty cool place to stop in Hanksville, Utah – it is a store that is carved out of a cliff.

Wolverton Mill

12 Sunday Dec 2021

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Wolverton Mill

Originally commenced in 1921, the Wolverton Mill was an attempt to realize dreams of an elusive Spanish gold mine hidden in the tops of the Henry Mountains. Edwin Thatcher Wolverton, the mill’s architect, builder, and operator, believed he could find the legendary mine where others had failed. Waiting for the right opportunity, Wolverton was not able to start construction on the mill until he was 60 years old. With the help of his two sons, Wolverton’s dream project became a reality in spite of an old Indian medicine man’s curse:

To whomever reopens these workings will come great calamity. His blood will turn to water, and even in his youth he will be an old man. His squaws and papooses will die, the earth will bring forth for him only poison week instead of corn.

We don’t know if Wolverton ever found his lost mine, but once in a while he would come to town with a little gold. Weather his dreams were realized or not, his mill stands as a unique monument to mining, perseverance, and genius.

Many people, including members of the Wolverton family, worked to complete this reconstruction. A detailed brochure explaining the mill and its operation is available at no charge. We hope your visit will be both informative and enjoyable.

Located at 360 South 100 West in Hanksville, Utah

Hanksville Cemetery

08 Wednesday Dec 2021

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The cemetery in Hanksville, Utah.

Fremont Rock Church House

04 Saturday Dec 2021

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Fremont Rock Church House

Work on this rock building began in 1902. The black rock was quarried in the basin behind the big ledges above Fremont.

The building was constructed to the square in 1904 by rock masons, George F. F. Albrecht and his sons, John, Henry, and Charlie. Frank Morrell mixed all the mortar of burned lime and sand.

The LDS Church wanted the structure built higher, so Bishop Heitt Maxfield, William Charles Jenson, and Albert Shiner added four more feet of rock. John Hector and Frank Brown were the carpenters, and George Morrell and Charles Ellett hauled the hardwood flooring in wagons from Salt Lake. Benches were constructed by Jerry Jackson. The building was dedicated in 1907.

This building served the people of Fremont for church meetings, plays, dances, weddings, funerals, elections, and other civic gatherings for over half of the nineteenth Century.

On April 1, 1974, the LDS Church sold the building to Camp Geyser of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for $500.

This historic marker is located in John C. Fremont Park in Fremont, Utah

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