Christmas 1968

The first Christmas in our new home, we flooded the patio one cold night. The following morning we had a private skating rink. The tennis courts in Kansas City, Missouri were flooded in this way to make ice rinks and safer skating--fear of drowning was eliminated.

Mt. Rainier Before Sunrise

For so many years, this was how I saw Mt. Rainier from my kitchen windows. I watched the position of the sunrise in relation to the mountain—whether it rose on the south shoulder, the summit, or the north shoulder.

1983 Champions

1983 Champions all…not necessarily golf champs, but champions in our family.

Pumpkin Sale

About 1968, GOD'S HALF ACRE on Grandpa's berry farm, was designated as an area for the children to raise pumpkins as a church building fund project. They worked very hard all summer in caring for this effort. Finally, they sold their harvest from the back of Grandpa’s pickup. They netted $30.00 and were pleased with their accomplishment.

Granddad Hyrum and the Union Pacific

Granddad Hyrum was a railroad worker from 1901 until he retired in 1948. For many years he was an engineer on the old steam locomotives.

Granddad Hyrum is on the far right

In 1946, he took on the diesel engine, "the streamliner run," from Pocatello to Montpelier. He was still the engineer on this run when he retired at 68 years of age.

As a tribute to the age of railroading in Idaho, Granddad's steam engine is displayed in Ross Park in Pocatello, Idaho. Here, his older sons, Lowell and Oral, returned to Pocatello and visited the park.

Bicycle Built for Two

This was the united goal for James Oral Crane and Maudean Amelia Short after their marriage on May 26,1926 in the Salt Lake City Temple. Both were born in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho--J.O. on 28 April 1905 and Maudean on 13 June 1905. They were raised in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho and attended both grade school and high school together. They both graduated from Pocatello High in 1924.