A Journey to the Past
On the other side of Soldiers Summit, 10 miles past Price on Highway 6, a left turn at the Wellington Miller Chevron station and 24 miles more will take you to a unique experience. Nine Mile Canyon Ranch, which has three beautifully restored pioneer cabins to rent. These are not your KOA type rental cabins. […]
Fiesta Days loom with some cancellations due to Coronavirus
With the current COVID-19 conditions, the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Executive Committee has evaluated all of its events and determined which ones can be held this year and which will have to be canceled. Scheduled Events Events to be held include: Baby Contest, July 15; Car Show, July 11; DUP Baby Quilt Sales, July 21; […]
Copies Plus celebrates 36 years of business in Springville
Voted number one printer in Utah Valley in the Daily Herald’s best of Utah Valley for eight years in a row, they have become a positive fixture in the community. Mike and Sharon Ewing started Copies Plus Printing in June of 1984. Mike, who already worked in the printing industry, decided his commute to work […]
Finally Accepting that I Might be a Hoarder
By Casey Wood “Okay, why are we keeping this empty box?” asked my wife as we were packing our things. We had just bought our first home, and this was our first time packing up all our belongings together. When we married, I had been done with school and living on my own in an […]
The Squeegee Boys
They have been friends since high school and are now partners in a growing business providing a service for a task few people want to do for themselves. They wash windows. Brothers Brycen and Jordan Woods and Jordan Humphreys opened The Squeegee Boys window cleaning service in July of 2018 and with a strong work […]
A little taste of heaven in Nephi
As I have said many times before, the part of this job that I love is meeting interesting people in interesting places. This proved true when we were returning from a trip to Nine Mile Canyon and decided to find the Whitmore Mansion in Nephi. When we reached I-15, instead of turning right to go […]
Organization fulfills dreams of chair-bound hunters
The Chairbound Sportsman Organization of Springville has been arranging hunting and fishing events for the physically handicapped for 10 years and I have covered almost every event they have had since 2017. On May 23 a turkey hunt took place on a private ranch, the Big Mountain Hunting Ranch in Elberta, for two young people. […]
History of successful rancher is classic pioneer story
In studying the pioneer history of Nine Mile Canyon Shadrach (sometimes spelled Shedrach or Shedrack), commonly known as “Shed” Lunt is credited with being the first to establish a ranch in the canyon. He and his older brother wintered cattle in the Price area in the winter of 1876/1877 and in the summer pushed the […]