Aerials of Honeyville

I presented a fun way to play with Google Earth overlays a couple months ago, so today I am going to post some of those full aerials for download.  The big overhead shots are from the USGS and are dated by publication date not by photo date - but they are close.

1938 - Click to download full resolution

1946 - Click to download full resolution

1948 - Obtained from the Honeyville Centennial DVD

1953 - Click to download full resolution

Regrettably they are not to Google Earth standards; if only you could zoom way in there and flip to street view.
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So unphotographed

In searching for old photos of Honeyville I have become convinced it is one of the least photographed towns of old Utah.  Anybody been to Terrace, Utah lately?  Well they have more photos than Honeyville.  Collinston (no disrespect Collinston) has more recorded history and photos than Honeyville.  The Compton Studio collection, housed in the USU digital archives, is a great place to look for historic photographs of Box Elder county.

COMPTON COLLECTION

Anyone curious to see the wealth of visual information on Honeyville contained in that massive collection?

Here it is.

Jensen Mill (site of Honeyville Grain)

 Yep - that is it.

If you have old photos please start sharing them, there really are not that many out there.

Honeyville church, school, store, coal dump, shed

The first church in Honeyville was what is now known as the "Tolman and Sons" building.  It served as the first church and was dedicated by Lorenzo Snow on January 5, 1879.  It served as the church until a new one was built more in the center of town.  It only served as a school for a short time as other places seem to have been used soon after.  BH Tolman bought it and remodeled it into a store in 1911.  This was not his first store, he had been operating west of the tracks in a store purchased from Benham Hunsaker.  Sometime before that he had operated with his sons as traveling merchants, and before that ran the town store, which was really part of the LDS church run co-op, out of his house.  Around 1940 (not sure of the exact date) after a new store by Mr. Johnson was built along the highway he used the old Tolman store as a coal dump.

This was likely between 1911 and 1914

This was likely between 1911 and 1914

Not sure of the time frame on this but it does appear to be more of a storage yard at this point

During its use as a coal dump

2013 - nothing inside but some lines in the plaster give a hint about its previous use

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From the Honeyville centenial DVD, compiled by Paul Orme

From the Honeyville DVD compiled by Paul Orme:

BH Tolman, third and final home -

BH Tolman's third house just east of current store as seen looking east

Front of the same BH Tolman house

Same house as seen from 2015 Google Street View

Hyrum, Parley, Ralph Hunsaker house, now owned by the Blanchards

Original house before future additions

After addition

6980 N looking east from 2750 W

The old church  can be seen (located in current church's parking lot) with the stagecoach stop below, also a Hunsaker home

Same view ca.1940 with post office across the street north of the old Tolman Store

Same view courtesy of 2015 Google Street View

6900 N looking west from approcimately top of cemetary

This is before the highway came through and main street was along what is now 2750 west

Approximately same view from Google Street View

Miscellaneous

Early Farming

Old school - south of current post office

Benham Hunsaker store - south of railroad tracks on the west side

Blacksmith shop

Crystal Hot Springs

Crystal Hot Springs

Crystal Hot Springs

Crystal Hot Springs

Crystal Hot Springs

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