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- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
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- 2 cents
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Cove Fort, Utah: c.1940
My grandmother, aunt and father. My father comments: "It was taken at Cove Fort, a place our family visited many times while I was growing up. Through the big gate you can see a small building across the street. The woman is my mother, and the two kids have to be me (Douglas) and my sister Barbara. I always wore a hat (fedora) from that early age, although I don't remember any other kids of my age that did. The car in the Cove Fort picture is not one that we ever owned." View full size.
Forgotten for a while
This site was a major resting and refueling stop on old US Hwy 91 for many decades, then in the mid '70s I-15 was built, traffic whizzed on by, and the area fell into complete disuse. Later, when I-70 was built, they connected just a mile or so from Cove Fort, and it now serves as a rest stop again. The LDS Church has refinished it and it serves as a great Museum of the early settling of Utah and the West, including Kitchen, Bedrooms, Telegraph Office, Blacksmith Shop, etc. It's a great place to have a picnic and let the kids run off some energy. (Sadly, there are no fuel pumps or food outlets here anymore.)
Here it is today...
Google Maps view from almost the same camera position...
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