Farmer Pete is the bane of vampires and the hero of chefs. Ask an old-time farmer in Ogden Valley how he decided what crop to grow. Chances are he’s not going to say that the beauty of alfalfa captured him in a moment of deep spiritual recognition. But that’s how farmer Pete Rasmussen tuned in to the living organism Allium sativum, or garlic. “I had a connection to the plant … [Read more...]
Trappist Monastery Eden, Utah
At first, one hears the silence.The distinguishing attribute of the monastery in Huntsville, Utah is the surrounding quiet. But unless blessed by a miraculous turn of events, Our Lady of the Holy Trinity Abbey and the soothing rhythm of the monks’ sacred chanting will soon become very silent. Founded in 1947 by the Roman Catholic Trappist order, this 1,800 acres of … [Read more...]
Ogden Art House Cinema
Nestled quaintly on Ogden’s historic 25th Street, there sits the Art House Cinema 502. It is Ogden’s premier art cinema, showing first-run films that include hard to find foreign movies, documentaries, local shorts and far-from-center features at weekend late-night screenings. This cinema may have only 28 seats, and the “502” refers to its square footage, but it shows movies … [Read more...]
Bluff Utah Outlaws & Misfits
When you think "small towns in Utah" you might imagine rednecks, truck stops and OHVs. Bluff, Utah defies all the stereotypes in the crowd of intellectual drop-outs they have attracted. By the 1930s, Bluff had become a town that was used up and discarded. From the time when it was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1880, Bluff was hostile Indian territory and was intended to … [Read more...]
Helper, Utah: Artist’s Paradise
Carbon County has always been an area that never gave much credence to the laws of the land or the norms of the day. Its newest residents honor this heritage. Most urban dwellers are all too familiar with the bittersweet impact artists have had in rehabilitating downtown areas all over the United States. The story usually goes like this: buildings become boarded up and … [Read more...]
Utah’s Last Mountain Man
Robert Barney is Utah’s last mountain man, and he sat down to share stories and meat with Utah Stories. “Somebody asked me a while ago, ‘Why do you go by Barney?’ I told him ‘Well, I’m just about as rare as a big purple dinosaur.’ I’m the last of my kind.” Robert Barney has been a resident of Koosharem, Utah since he settled here in 1953 to start his family. Barney had a … [Read more...]
Koosharem, Utah: Home of the “Best Hardware Store in America”
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door My unplanned visit to Koosharem was to witness for myself if this small town’s hardware store was, indeed, as amazing as it had been reported to me three hours prior by barber Zane Hatch from Salinas, Utah. DeLange says that residents of Koosharem and everyone in the Green Valley refer to his store as “the Tri-City Mall.” “We’ve … [Read more...]
Mom’s Cafe: Salina, Utah
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door Mom’s is featured in the book Eat your way across the U.S.A as one of the best places to eat in America and has more recently been featured in National Geographic Explorer Magazine. They haven’t let the fame take advantage of their customers. Their entrees are still very reasonably priced from $7-$9. Service with a smile from a … [Read more...]
Mills, Utah: “A nice quiet place to live”
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door On first inspection, the exit off the freeway to Mills looks like a giant factory rather than a town. I pulled off and entered the main factory office and the ladies working there told me that the town of Mills is actually a few miles down the small road behind the giant plant that renders cow parts into lard, grease and bone meal. “I … [Read more...]
Nephi Wrecking Yard
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door My intention for stopping in Nephi wasn’t originally to write a story, but to relieve my dogs who had been in the car for an hour without a break. They were running around the frontage road when we saw the yard full of vehicles in various stages of decay. I saw a man looking at me like I might be intruding. “Is this wrecking yard … [Read more...]
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