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Show THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 14 Volume VI, Issue VII July 15, 2002 Lyman Skeen - Owner of Great Horses Lyman Skeen owned and loved great horses. He had two large barns full of fine Stallions, besides many work teams that he used in he construction business. He worked in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, on construction building canals, road beds and whatever. He knew horse flesh, and people would bring their horses from all over the country to have him doctor their horses. Lyman made three trips to Europe to buy horses. On one occasion, he bought six head of Shire horses in England and brought them by ship to the United States; and by rail to Ogden. He also brought a little Englishman named Tommy to take care of the horses and train them. When they arrived in Ogden, Lyman took Blaine Skeen, Elmer Skeen, Orson Knight and others to help bring the horses home. Orson Knight tells before they brought them to Plain City, they paraded them down Washington Boulevard. He mentioned that no boy could have been prouder to lead those large horses down Washington. He said the little Englishman walked beside the horses with a whip, and he would crack the whip and the horses would rare up and prance and put on quite a display for the large horses. “Sline” was probably the greatest Shire horse to ever come into the state of Utah, or the West. The little Englishman is holding Sline in the picture at left. The Skeen kids can remember frequently, someone yelling “Sline’s out.” And he would always prance up through the lot. Lyman would send his boys out to catch Sline, but they never could catch him. Lyman would sit back and watch his proud horse run and exercise, and when Lyman felt like he had had enough, he would walk out and up to Sline and lead him to the barn. Wherever Sline had been, he left hoof prints about a foot square through the garden. See historical photo on page 15. Note: This article and photos submitted courtesy of Ben Toone of Eden. “Sline” - Imported three year old Shire colt. Valley Football Sign-ups July 20, 2002 at Snowcrest Jr. High from 10 a.m. to Noon For more information call Vern Hart at 745-6869 or Dave Griffin at 745-6695 This historical photo ran in the April 1, 2002 issue. Chris Petersen of Huntsville gave us the information we requested. Harold “Tiny” Hinckle, son of George Hinckle, is pictured with the large Shire horse. The picture was taken where a barn at Middle Fork used to stand. Quite a few colts were sired from this horse. The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS is interested in collecting and printing historical stories and biographies. Please contact Jeannie Wendell at 745-2879 or Shanna Francis at 745-2688 if you have stories of this nature. You may also mail copies of them to: OGDEN VALLEY NEWS PO BOX 130 EDEN UT 84310 Thank you for your contributions. For all your Excavatingg Needs LANDSCAPE TOP FILL ROCK SOIL DIRT GRAVEL ROAD ESTABLISHED 1981 Visa and Mastercard Accepted Residential Commercial Purchase Refinance Construction Log & Manufactured Homes Land Lots Credit Problems High Debt Ratio A,B,C & D Credit Low Rates Turn Downs Welcome Jumbo Loans 2nd Mortgage Credit Lines Fast Closing BASE SEPTIC TANKS BASEMENTS WATERLINES SNOW REMOVAL Propane Available for Sale 4786 OFFICE LOCATED AT EAST 2600 NORTH EDEN, 745-2309 Office UT 84310 745-6910 Fax |