UUS_p0201.xml Guide to the The Grouse Creek photograph collection1906-1961 Grouse Creek photograph collection1906-1961 Finding aid created by USU Special Collections and Archives. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0201 The Grouse Creek photograph collection 1906-1961 1 box, 13 A-Boards 0.5 linear ft. Three views of the Grouse Creek reservoir site in Box Elder County, Utah, and two views of the Pine Creek reservoir site in Beaver County, Utah, 1961. These images show the area before the dams and reservoirs were built and were removed from a report, The Grouse Creek Water Plan. Also included are thirteen images from the Historical A-board photographs showing mostly area agricultural scenes; sheep-shearing, wheat harvesting, horse-powered threshing, etc. in the Grouse Creek area, taken around 1906-1918. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

Open to public research.

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Permission to publish material from the The Grouse Creek photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

The A-board photographs listed below have been digitized and are available for viewing along with other materials from the Grouse Creek Cultural Survey. The prints are located in a document box that contains collections P0181-P0203.

The Grouse Creek photograph collection, 1906-1961. (P0201). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Gift of Zina Reynolds.

Organized numerical by photo number.

The Grouse Creek photograph collection consists of three views of the Grouse Creek reservoir site in Box Elder County, Utah, and two views of the Pine Creek reservoir site in Beaver County, Utah, 1961. These images show the area before the dams and reservoirs were built and were removed from a report, The Grouse Creek Water Plan. Also included are thirteen images from the Historical A-board photographs mostly of agricultural scenes in the Grouse Creek area. The prints are located in a shared document box that contains collections P0181 through P0203.

 Agriculture Agriculture--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs. Agriculture--Utah--Grouse Creek--Photographs. Sheep-shearing--Utah--Grouse Creek--Photographs. Threshing--Utah--Grouse Creek--Photographs. Wheat--Harvesting--Utah--Grouse Creek--Photographs. Grouse Creek (Utah)--Photographs. Box Elder County (Utah)--Photographs. Container List Numerical order undated 1 1:01 Grouse Creek (Upper) Dam Reservoir Site. Standing on left abutment of dam and looking upstream Spring, 1961 1 1:02 Grouse Creek (Upper) Dam Site. Standing on right abutment and looking toward left abutment Spring, 1961 1 1:03 Pine Creek (Upper) Dam Reservoir Site. Standing on left abutment and looking upstream Spring, 1961 1 1:04 Existing Pine Creek (Lower) Dam Reservoir and Dam. Standing above reservoir and looking downstream Spring, 1961 1 1:05 Grouse Creek (Lower) Dam Reservoir and Dam Site. Dam Site in background looking downstream Spring, 1961 Historical A-board Photographs undated A-1287 Threshing scene with threshing crew and equipment 1911 A-1424 Wheat harvesting shows a view of header elevating cut stalks of dry-farm wheat into header wagon. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1425 Two men shearing sheep. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1426 Wheat harvesting. An empty header box following a header through dry-land wheat field. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1427 Party investigating sagebrush land offered by Blue Creek Land Company to dry-farmers 1908 A-1428 Party investigating sagebrush land offered by Blue Creek Land Company to dry-farmers 1908 A-1429 Two men beside stake fence around sheep-shearing pen. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1431 White top buggy drawn by two teams in road at Grouse Creek farmstead. Row of Lombardy Poplars and picket fence in background 1918 A-1432 Wheat harvesting, header and header box operating in dry- land wheat field. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1433 Wheat harvesting, header and header box operating in dry- land wheat field. Mud wagon at far right. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1434 Wheat harvesting, headers and two header boxes cutting dry-land wheat. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1435 Sheep shearing pen and man standing on wool-stacking platform. Photograph by David A. Burgoyne 1918 A-1556 Threshing scene with threshing crew, wagons, and horse-powered thresher in the yard of A.T. Richins 1915