Descriptive Summary
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
UUS_P0364
Boy
Scouts of America. Troop 5 (Logan, Utah)
Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph album
1915-1925
1
box
1 linear ft.
Photo album with 264 black & white
photographs dating from 1915 to 1925 of the Logan Scout Troop 5 participating in various
activities including camping, hiking, fishing, boating. Most of the images were taken in
Logan Canyon, the Bear River Range, and Bear Lake although also included are trips to
Salt Lake City, the Bingham Mine, and Yellowstone National Park. The photographs were
taken during the time that George R. Hill was the scoutmaster for the troop.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Permission to publish material from the Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph album, 1915-1925. (P0364). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
Donated by Carolyn Hill Allen.
Register completed by Travis Mecham, December 2007 .
Biographical Note
Dr. George R. Hill, Jr. (1884-1971) was born in Ogden, Utah and raised in Springville,
Utah. He received a B.S. degree from BYU in 1907, a B.S.A. from Utah State Agricultural
College in 1908, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1912. He was the director of the
School of Agriculture at Utah State University and would later serve as the General
Superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union from 1949-1966.
Organized numerical by sheet number.
Consists of a photo album with 264 images dating from 1915 to 1925 of the Logan Scout
Troop 5 participating in various activities including camping, hiking, fishing, boating.
Most of the images were taken in Logan Canyon, the Bear River Range, and Bear Lake
although also included are trips to Salt Lake City, the Bingham Mine, and Yellowstone
National Park. The photographs were taken during the time that George R. Hill was the
scoutmaster for the troop.
Sports and Recreation
Hill, George R. (George Richard), 1884-1971.
Hill, George
R. (George Richard), 1884-1971--Photographs.
Boy Scouts
of America. Troop 5 (Logan, Utah)--Photographs.
Boy
Scouts--Utah--Logan--Photographs.
Outdoor
recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History--Photographs.
Outdoor recreation--Bear Lake
(Utah and Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Bears--Yellowstone National
Park--Photographs.
Yellowstone
National Park--History--Photographs.
Container List
1
Photo Album
1915-1925
1:01-1:08
Sheet 1: Pictures of Scout Troop in front of
George R. Hill's house and on a hike
undated
2:01-2:07
Sheet 2: Pictures of Scout Troop in
Yellowstone, traveling to Yellowstone in their "Scout Rambler,"
1920
3:01-3:07
Sheet 3: Yellowstone trip, geysers, camping
1920
4:01-4:07
Sheet 4: Cattle round-up along stream; Scouts riding in horse-drawn wagon,
mountains
undated
5:01-5:08
Sheet 5: Scouts riding in horse-drawn sleigh in
Logan Canyon
undated
6:01-6:06
Sheet 6: Yellowstone trip, a mechanic's shop
called Ellis and Curtis Garage, geysers
1920
7:01-7:06
Sheet 7: Yellowstone trip, a mechanic's shop
called Ellis and Curtis Garage, falls, geysers
1920
8:01-8:06
Sheet 8: Yellowstone trip, a bear, geysers, a
mechanic's shop called Ellis and Curtis Garage
1920
9:01-9:06
Sheet 9: Yellowstone trip, fishing, Idaho
Falls, the truck that Scouts used
1920
Photo 9:01 shows an unidentified person feeding a bear on its hind legs.
10:01-10:04
Sheet 10: Logan Canyon
undated
11:01-11:06
Sheet 11: Scouts boarding train
undated
Photo 11:01 shows the Deseret News bi-plane parked in a field, camping.
12:01-12:06
Sheet 12: Winter hiking in Logan Canyon, sleigh
ride
undated
13:01-13:07
Sheet 13: Scouts in Logan Canyon
undated
14:01-14:06
Sheet 14: Yellowstone trip, fishing, geysers
1920
15:01-15:04
Sheet 15: Probably Logan Canyon. 15:01. Scouts who
retrieved Old Ephraim's Head include Ezra Cardon, Alma Burgoyne, Harold Rosengreen, Lester Dunford,
Fred Hodgson, Henry Daines, Herbert May, and Horace Bunce
1923
16:01-16:07
Sheet 16: Bears and Bison. Photo 16:05 shows an
unidentified woman feeding a bear cub
1920
17:01-17:06
Sheet 17: Yellowstone trip, falls, river
1920.
18:01-18:06
Sheet 18: Yellowstone trip, petrified wood
1920
19:01-19:06
Sheet 19: Yellowstone trip, Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone, geysers, Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful
1920
20:01-20:06
Sheet 20: Yellowstone trip, geysers, bears
1920
21:01-21:06
Sheet 21: Yellowstone trip, geysers, Old
Faithful, falls
1920
22:01-22:06
Sheet 22: Yellowstone trip, Idaho Falls, a
bear, geysers, train station (probably at West Yellowstone)
1920
23:01-23:06
Sheet 23: Yellowstone trip, geysers
1920
24:01-24:08
Sheet 24: Fishing and boating probably at Bear
Lake
undated
25:01-25:05
Sheet 25: Winter photos; photos of Scouts in a
canyon
undated
26:01-26:04
Sheet 26: Logan Canyon scenes
undated
27:01-27:06
Sheet 27: Scouts killing Mormon Crickets;
Scouts hiking in canyon
undated
28:01-28:05
Sheet 28: Scouts in front of Logan Temple;
photo 28:03 shows a group of Scouts practicing first aid on a dog, First
Dam
undated
29:01-29:02
Sheet 29: Winter landscape; group of Scouts at
Cache Centennial Celebration
undated
30:01-30:04
Sheet 30: Individual Scouts, Bingham
Mine
undated
31:01-31:04
Sheet 31: Scouts on a trip to Salt Lake City.
undated
32:01-32:06
Sheet 32: Scouts on trip to Salt Lake City (the
Capital building)
undated
33:01-33:04
Sheet 33: Water diversion, fishing with a net,
visit to Bingham mine
undated
34:01-34:04
Sheet 34: Logan Canyon, Scouts working in a
garden
undated
35:01-35:04
Sheet 35: Scout Leader holding a bat, two
Scouts holding snakes on the end of sticks, leader standing waist deep in snow,
mountains
undated
36:01-36:05
Sheet 36: Bear River Range
undated
37:01-37:05
Sheet 37: Individual Scouts; Logan Canyon
photos
undated
38:01-38:05
Sheet 38: Service project; Scouts making a
pyramid; feeding a calf
undated
39:01-39:04
Sheet 39: Winter photos taken from mountain
top
undated
40:01-40:04
Sheet 40: Killing mice, logging, and
cooking
undated
41:01-41:07
Sheet 41: Swimming at Tony Grove and White Pine
Lakes
undated
42:01-42:06
Sheet 42: Boating and Logan Canyon
undated
43:01-43:08
Sheet 43: Hiking in summer and winter, and
boating at bear lake
undated
44:01-44:05
Sheet 44: First dam, house, canal and unknown
structure probably in Logan Canyon
undated
45:01-45:04
Sheet 45: Logging facilities in
canyon
undated
46:01-46:05
Sheet 46: Scouts at home and camping.
undated
Photo 46:02 shows two clowns
47:01-47:06
Sheet 47: Scouts at Jardine
Juniper
undated
48:01-48:06
(loose photos). Sheet 48: Scouts on a service
project
undated
49:01
Scouts at Jardine Juniper. Inscription on back
says "Old Juniper-Cottonwood Ridge Logan Canyon Age 3000-3500 years old
determined by annual ring count from increment borings by Geo. R. Hill Jr.
Picture taken"
1923