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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.
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.)
Google Maps view from almost the same camera position...
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