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Show ? ' ' ' ' . f r-'- . j -. . . -. $ (L to K) Mrs. Minnie Peterson Brown, 92, Coalville, Utah; Mrs. Viola N. Z. Mabey, Ogdcn; George W. Brown, 1620 Maple Drive, Salt Lake City. This mother, her son and daughter, attended school in the Kock House brought to Pioneer Village, Salt Lake City, from Coalville in 1956. Rock School Goes Up At Pioneer Village By Virginia Baker The Rock House being erected at Pioneer Village was inspected Sunday by a woman, her son and daughter, all of whom attended school in the buiding before the turn of the century. The structure was standing inCoalville, Summit County at that time. George W. Brown, 1620 Maple Avenue, Salt Lake City, and his sister, Mrs. Viola N. Z. Mabey, of Ogden, Utah, brought their mother, Mrs. Minnie Petersen Brown, to see the construction. Mrs. Brown was born in 1865, the year the old Rock House was built. Even though she is 92 years of age, Mrs. Brown gets around without with-out a cane, and her twinkling blue eyes give lie to her years. Her memory is still razor-sharp, and she and her two children reminisced remi-nisced about the building which was a familiar landmark in Coal-(Continued Coal-(Continued on Page 10) Rock School (Continued from Page 1) ville until late this past summer. Built to use as a fort, the Rock House was pressed into service as a schoolhouse, and most of the pioneers pio-neers of Summit County learned the 3 r's there. The Rock House was the first public building in the county, and the local folks attended church services in it for many years. When the population of the area increased increas-ed to sufficient size, Summit Stake was organized in the building. Any theatrical entertainment available went on the boards in the Rock House, and a small addition was added to the rear for dressing rooms. When it became necessary to 1 establish a local government, ficers were established in the I House. When Coalville and Surr County officials decided the bi ing must go in the name of gress, the Sons of Utah Pion were asked if the organizat wanted the building. Horace A. Sorensen, Natio Society SUP president, arranf to have an oldtime stone masi Sylvester Seliner, supervise t tearing down of the building, sto by stone preparatory to hauling to Salt Lake and Pioneer Villag Mr. Seliner is now using the san stones to rebuild the structure i the exact shape and size of th original building. The Brown family and othe Summit County pioneers will b invited to the celebration when th building is dedicated in its new location. |