Post a Comment. Life in a Company Town. Winter Quarters. By Eugene Halverson. Both were Company Towns and each situated high in the mountains. But the scenery in which they were set was breath-taking. Forests of Pine trees, Quaking Aspens, and wild vegetation surrounded both towns.
We had late springs and early fall but the summers were mild, green, and very beautiful. There were all kinds of flowers, bushes and berries and animals of all kinds to see. However, the winters were not so pleasant with their deep snows and cold wind, but we still found many things to do even then. Grandpa James Nielson ended his mining with a serious hand injury.
I guess I cannot complain with a stupid sign, in the old days there was a guard house manned with armed guards night and day. No one went in or out without being checked. Many went out and kept out, even people whose family owned homes there. All food and clothing had to be bought at the Company store. No Exceptions. Add caption. Det, tonight I want you to build a fire and invite your neighbors to watch you burn that new suit.
You can buy one just like it tomorrow at the Wasatch Store. Zehnder said, for many years the buildings stood mute in that mountain valley; windows boarded shut, roof shingles slowly falling away and walls rutting into dust.
No sound of laughter at school. Eventually the buildings collapsed or were torn down by scavengers. I was told the company dynamited the beautiful Store, but now I believe that it was scavengers took the store down and hauled the blocks away.
