J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Photograph Archives
J. Willard Marriott Library
Special Collections
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
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http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/multimedia-archives/
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Seamount family
Seamount family digital photograph collection
1914-1972
40 Items
The Seamount family photograph collection consists of family photographs taken during the period 1914 through 1972. The originals were loaned to the library through the efforts of Steve Gerber and Paul Phillips, historical researchers, who arranged the loan with Billie Seamount Rich. They were scanned by Multimedia Archives staff and returned to the donor. The images depict Seamount family members such as the parents of the Seamount brothers; Bill and Dan Seamount; their wives Jean and Florence; Billie Seamount, daughter of Bill and Jean; and other family members; live on the Rock Creek Ranch in Desolation Canyon of the Green River, in eastern Utah; the family's other ranch at Willow Bend, near the town of Green River, Utah; other ranches in the area; and some images of Green River (including the Midland Hotel, which was owned by Belle Waddell, Jean McIntyre Seamount's sister) and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Collection materials are in
English.
Four brothers, Bill, Dan, Alf, and Ed Seamount were born in Utah soon after their parents immigrated to the United States from Sweden in the last years of the 19th century. They settled at the mouth of Rock Creek, an isolated clearing in Desolation Canyon of the Green River in eastern Utah. There they built a substantial ranch with rock buildings, pastures, irrigation ditches, and other improvements. Bill Seamount, who is featured in the majority of the photographs, married Jean McIntyre of Price, Utah, in 1914, and they settled at the ranch. However, by 1920 the brothers were forced to sell the ranch and moved first to the town of Green River, Utah, where they owned the Willow Bend Ranch north of town, and later to Salt Lake City, Utah. Although in the middle of an undeveloped wilderness, and no longer actively worked, the ranch is still in private hands and still retains its character. It is a frequent stop for the many river runners who float Desolation Canyon.
The photographs in this collection consist of family photographs taken during the period 1914 through 1972. The originals were loaned to the library through the efforts of Steve Gerber and Paul Phillips, historical researchers, who arranged the loan with Billie Seamount Rich. They were scanned by Multimedia Archives staff and returned to the donor. The images depict Seamount family members such as the parents of the Seamount brothers; Bill and Dan Seamount; their wives Jean and Florence; Billie Seamount, daughter of Bill and Jean; and other family members; live on the Rock Creek Ranch in Desolation Canyon of the Green River, in eastern Utah; the family's other ranch at Willow Bend, near the town of Green River, Utah; other ranches in the area; and some images of Green River (including the Midland Hotel, which was owned by Belle Waddell, Jean McIntyre Seamount's sister) and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Processed by Roy Webb in 2003.
This collection forms part of the Utah River Running Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive
Ranching--Utah--Photographs
Scandinavian Americans
Ranching
Photographs
Digital photographs
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Parents of Seamount brothers
- 1: John E. B. Seamount (father)
- 2-3: Bendikta Seamount (mother)
- 4: Bendikta Seamount, 1939
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Bill Seamount
circa 1900- 1914
- 1: Bill Seamount on horse
- 2: Bill Seamount (white shirt, center) in front of cabin at Rock Creek Ranch. Others unknown.
- 3: Bill Seamount climbing cliffs above Rock Creek Ranch.
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Bill and Jean McIntyre Seamount
1920s
- 1: Jean McIntyre Seamount (far left on horse); Bill Seamount (to her right, on horse), at neighbor's ranch, May 23, 1920. Others unidentified.
- 2: Bill Seamount in Green River, Utah, ca. 1920
- 3: Family dinner at Willow Creek Ranch, ca. 1920. Bill Seamount seated at left; Jean McIntyre Seamount partially hidden behind him. Bendikta Seamount with back to camera. Others unidentified.
- 4: Left-Right: Bob Gills; Jean McIntyre Seamount; LaRita Waddell (sister of Jean). Willow Creek Ranch, ca. 1920.
- 5: Left-Right: Jean McIntyre Seamount; LaRita Waddell (sister of Jean). Willow Creek Ranch, ca. 1920
- 6: Left-Right: Edith Wimmer; Gladys Wimmer; Mary Wimmer; Billie Seamount (in white, seated); Wallace Gurwitz (standing behind Billie); Jean McIntyre Seamount; Margaret Gurwitz; LaRita Waddell. Willow Creek Ranch, ca. 1920.
- 7: Left-Right: [unidentified]; Billie Seamount; Bill Seamount; Belle Waddell (standing behind children); Edith Wimmer; Mary Wimmer; Wallace Gurwitz; Margaret Gurwitz (standing behind child). Willow Creek Ranch, ca. 1920.
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Bill Seamount
1960s-1970s
- 1-5: Bill Seamount at Wilcox Ranch, circa 1960s
- 6-7: Bill Seamount with Florence (Flossie) Seamount, widow of Dan Seamount, at apartment in Salt Lake City, 1972.
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Other family members
- 1: Dan Seamount?
- 2: Belle Waddell, sister of Jean McIntyre Seamount
- 3: Billie Seamount with unidentified man
- 4: J.M. (Ted) McIntyre, brother of Jean McIntyre Seamount
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Rock Creek Ranch; miscellaneous scenery
- 1: Rock Creek Ranch, upstream view
- 2: "Cutting Alfalfa-Seamount's Ranch"
- 3: Rock Creek Ranch
- 4-5: On pack trail to Rock Creek Ranch
- 6-11: Scenery near Rock Creek Ranch
- 12: Willow Bend Ranch, Gunnison Butte in background
- 13-14: Florence Creek (McPherson) Ranch
- 15: Midland Hotel, Green River, Utah (owned by Belle Waddell, Jean McIntyre Seamount's sister)