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Show l lah, Wednesday, THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Page A8 January 24, 1996 t: it n asr: ATI- J. i ..i v By BETH R. OLSEN Special to The Daily Herald If Hotel Heiselt in Provo - Canyon existed today, it could ' probably be refurbished into the " profitable business it was at the Z beginning of this century. Back then it offered all the desirable E qualities of a quick getaway retreat a cool canyon atmosphere on " the banks of the Provo River sur- rounded by mountain scenery, two - large fish ponds, delicious fresh food, rooms for the night, plus public transportation to the front door and much more. In early 1903, Hyrum and e Pleasant Heiselt, Grove residents, purchased a large, square, native-roc- k building from. Enos Carter. It was about one mile, up Provo Canyon on the north side of the river. The Gothic-- . evival-style house with 16 dormer windows projecting from its Mansard roof appears to have had many rooms on the second 2 floor. The building, unusually "2 large for an ordinary house, contained a spacious dining-rooon the ground level. " At the time of the Heiselts' pur- chase, L.L. Nunn was building his Olmstead Power Plant. The dam was located above the Heiselt property, and the flume ran two miles to the mouth of the canyon homes very early Monday mornings, room with the Heiselts during the week and return home late Saturday evenings. They worked days, six days a week conflume structing the that ran along the mountainside where the metal pipe that replaced it still runs today. They also helped construct the buildings at Olmstead. After the construction project was completed, the Heiselts converted their business into a canyon 10-ho- ur Celebrates the - - Mag-dale- Logo Used By Pemwaon of the Utah Sue hood OntenM Commsaon na long-tim- two-stor- y, -R- JJ5f resort. The house was located almost against the mountainside up from the river. Hyrum built two large trout ponds and planted expansive lawns, sloping toward the river. He also built an octagon-shape- d fountain on the east side of the building. With his ponds well stocked with trout, his coop filled with chickens, cows in the barn and plenty of room to house and feed customers, he launched into the hotelrestaurant business. Hotel Heiselt catered to fash- where the main power plant was built. Heiselts' newly acquired property, consisting of 40 acres, was ideally located in the center of the length of Nunn's project. Workers found that making a daily round trip to the construction site from Utah County and more distant locations was impractical, so many boarded and roomed with the Heiselts. Joe Fage and Harry Wadley of Pleasant Grove were typical of the workers who would leave their SSfcu. Hotel Heiselt in Provo Canyon is bustling with activity during the U.P.A. Trout Banquet on Aug. 11, 1908. The hotel boasted breathtaking scenery, two had served excursion groups ever since a collection of picnickers had made a trial trip halfway up the canyon in the summer of 1898. n Hyrum took an land grant to add to his canyon property. This gave him room to plant fruit trees and grow a large garden to provide vegetables for guests, grain for flour and alfalfa to ionably dressed, professional groups. People came from Salt Lake City by train to Provo and then boarded a D&RG excursion train that took them within a few yards, of Hotel Heiselt. The train eighth-sectio- large fish ponds and delicious fresh food. The hotef was sold and later razed in 1921. me origin or trie ''U lama hntal hnilHinn io ctill in ft'isniltA. a, feed his cows and horses. excelcalled Lena, was an lent cook, and with the help of their daughters, Vera and Ruby, and sometimes hired women, the Heiselts set tables with delicious meals that brought return crowds. The Utah Pharmacy Association, pictured in 1908 on an adverMag-dalen- tising postcard, returned again and again. Max Jones, the Heiselts' grandson, remembers the last time the association came, about 1919, when Lucy Gates sang to entertain Hotel Heiselt specialized in trout dinners. Hyrum caught the fish fresh from his ponds just before the women cooked and served them. And Lena baked mouth-waterin- pies. g Several prolific springs that flowed from the south slope of Mount Timpanogos provided water for drinking, fresh, cooling an underground cellar where food was stored, irrigating crops and feeding the trout ponds. Also, Hyrum built an early electric generator, enabling the business to be almost entirely Across the river, Hyrum established a combination store, cafe and saloon to cater to travelers using the Provo Canyon Road. Lena's pies became a favorite there too. Through the years, she baked thousands of pies that Hyrum sold by the slice or the whole pie to travelers stopping for coffee, a last drink, a forgotten item or just a visice-co- ld it. Over the years, the Heiselts () .9 9 0,. Authorized Retailer MOTOROLA " MO Hour Weight Retractabl. Antenna 27 Kemcr, Number, 'Battery & Signal Strenghth Indicator Speed Dial Include! Battery & Charger & ff . ff 5. S At ,, '' IICllBll ' PilfillSf PslflS 1 AIIIJ OUSlf UiilBi 1 .Slght lilJliP Uthhira Ion Battery Providtt ntarty 90 r.in. Ti Tan and 22 2 Lme Hour Standby. 'Easy To Um Sbuttie Mtnu SyoteRi. Aiphamworic K.play. 99 Number Speed DiaL Mncludo. lithium Ion Battery & Charo. mm j Rip D..iSn L' Battery length indicator 24 Hour Standby ,2.2 Hour Talk Timo .One Year Warranty .Super Speed Dialina ,fiw. CaH Timer. Miniaturized Ceil Phone Fits til Your Pocket! , M&XW SKU.202305 Iili?ftf!li!Ilf lllil U l dullll X MOTOROLA ) PWcJ Photo courtesy of Beth R. OisSn the group. ss -- 'jfif Ss. J f V WtW IMW JHLl Isony: were quite successful with their resortAhotel and wayside tavern. When time for retirement came in 1921, the Heiselts sold the house and 40 acres to Provo City, which wanted the rights to the watershed. The huse and all buildings on the property were razed soon after. In 1934, Provo officials decided the city had reached its growth limit. .Foreseeing no need to keep the Water, they sold the property and water rights to Orem City, which is now using the much-neede- d water ' and proposes to build a park on the old Heiselt property. The Heiselts purchased a house in downtown 'Provo, and Hyrum went farther up the canyon to build a cabin on other property he owned. There he operated a service station that became known as "Wicks" after Hyrum sold H in the v early 1930s to Willis Earl (Wick) Bartlett. Books such as Kate Carter's Treasures of Pioneer History and Merle S. Foote's History of Pleasant View Ward tell par jo the stories of the canyon famiJie&i r The origin of such a large,build- ing as the CarterHeiselt house in the canyon at such an early period has not been completely resolved. Enos Carter and his mediunj-s- a family were known to havevqcq-piethe rock house years before he sold it to the Heiselts, and some think he may have built. 1 J The architectural style,)f;ffe7 house and even the Carter owners-shimay date back muchr earlier than 1888. Enos Carter could h'aw-- 1 built it. The question remains, he build such a large hoiise? A family remembrance 'places' one of Enos Carter's father' plur- al wives at this same location quife' ' early. In the late 1930s when Enos's cousin "Mink" Carter waV advanced in age, he related .'an' , interesting story of a time in hi .. life when he was a much younger , ,. man: r.. Uncle Dominicus had several' i wives. One, Aunt Libby .with !ai t small family of children, livedon- " the north side of Provo River' about a mile or so up the canyon,' in an old rock house. It was spring- -' 1 time, high water was raging in the-river. Every bridge and crossin'g had been washed away. Aunt.'Liib- -' j by and her children had been wiK-- (' , out bread for weeks, with very Sitie of anything else to eat. Th$ wh1-wou- ; ; - ! ! -, was no way of getting to her, aS no way of communication exc,et ;; by yelling across the stream., . , ;, i "Mink" told his uncle he knewia. way to get food to his Aunt LibSy i and the children. Everyone doub-- i i ed "Mink." To prove it, he tooKSi " young span of yoked oxen, lashd a sack of flour to the top of the' ' yoke, and swam them across trie flooded Provo River without gej- ting the flour wet. He knew le j could do it for he had been 'switch ming the oxen around in the rivr ,' while training them. J," , died before Libby Carter Engs ,' secured the property. This story: j confirms that Libby's early ro0c house was built on this property.i The large house may have been i built by Dominicus Carter fonseVii i eral of his plural wives and their"! families. But the story is cbmpfij cated by the fact that there wasJ another similar, but much smalleiy' rock house built west of the Heiselt house. "Pony" Steele and his Wife,' ! "Mrs. Butterfly," and their dau'gh-- f J ter, "Queenie," lived in that jiousc, However, that is another story! y , Beth R. Olsen is a local historic an residing in Pleasant Grov.i? M "J". J .1 ii TESTED BY LOCAL COMPANY spijv; at Earpiece Serve SendEnd Key 24 Hour Standby 9 Number Pop-u- p Include. itatteryS Charger, On. Year Warranty Tima ' S- AfWTJ X Mfe KtJ -J A 'ft ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH ATAT PJH. 0 Closed Sunday e B.C. .rio. Th. tt.rrw W,ll.y cannot b. rld l..b!. T 77.1-vnn- tof lh,. .d,.l,m.nt ... n .uctl .rrom Th. O.omoiron.l o. 5G7-220- .lKt ,n -- th.. Mv.n,Mm.nt ,,.7, ... good only , ki-kk- th. d.1.. 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