Hyrum Stevens Homestead

The old homestead built by my Grandfather Hyrum Wallace Stevens in Mount Carmel, Utah is mostly gone now.    Not much left anymore but the old milk house/ grain storage building is still there and very solid, along with many terraced rock walls.  The foundation of the Milk house was a very thick stone wall,Continue reading “Hyrum Stevens Homestead”

Clouds and Old Homesteads

Old houses like discarded skins, with a fierce wind blowing memories around in empty hallways and upstairs bedrooms.  I often wonder, when I see one like this… where did the people go?  Where there once children working hard on the farm and learning to plow or can food?       Please take time to clickContinue reading “Clouds and Old Homesteads”

Dedication Memorial In Honor of Loving Parents

Our Mother, Nina Black, was born Nina Stevens on May 18, 1913 in Mt. Carmel, Utah; and died of a stroke, peacefully  in the  home of her son Boyce on November 7, 2003 in White Salmon, Washington, seven years after her husband, Claude Elias Black (May 8, 2008- Thanksgiving Day 1996).   Nina took herContinue reading “Dedication Memorial In Honor of Loving Parents”