County Antiques – Wardell’s Barbershop – 426 So.State St. These businesses evoke great personal memories. Ken Newberg was owner/operator of County Antiques, across the street from the the iconic castle-looking Salt Lake City and County Building. The shop was cluttered…
My dad, like many people in 1911, was born at home in his parents apartment, without the assistance of medical professionals. My grandmother Phelps lived in that apartment above their store from the time it was built in 1906 until…
VIETNAM – KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK I watched the PBS Television series on the Vietnam.War. I did not serve – I made no apology then and find no need to apologize now that I anguished for years to not be…
It was just dumb luck that in 1985 I befriended Pat Newman., a septuagenarian woman who had connections in the community. I found her stories fascinating, and let her know, as I would hang on the tales she would tell.…
Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick & The Jefferson Airplane were guests Judge Willis Ritter was a resident I was an interloper. The Hotel Newhouse was an elegant 12-story Salt Lake hotel built in 1912 on the southwest corner of 400…
Bill Harrah, the Nevada casino owner, was known for his extensive automobile collection. Living in Reno he also collected Virginia City, Nevada and surrounding California gold country gambling memorabilia. Like most collectors after a while he purged his own excesses.…
Looking for the Great Sun Buddha SMOKEY THE BEAR will surely appear to put the enemy out with his vajra-shovel – Gary Snyder Ever since the ranger in his broad-brimmed hat said I’ve seen a lot of bears…
Herb Ringer drove a succession of Ford cars and trucks over a period of 60 years; by his own estimate, he covered about a million and a half miles and not once, did he ever run over anybody. Or at…
