1926 Cache County Annual Report of Agricultural Extension Work;
subject: Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County;
description: Annual report of extension service, 1926. Agricultural Agent, Cache County, State of Utah. From December 1st, 1925 to December 1st, 1926. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on irrigation, weed control, community improvement projects, livestock, grazing, insect control, and seed certification programs.;
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11;
publisher: Utah State University. Cooperative Extension Service; United States. Office of Cooperative Extension Work;
date: 1926
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection;
format: application/pdf
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: Cache County (Utah);
coverage: 1920-1929; 20th century;

1932 Cache County Annual Report of Home Demonstration Extension Work;
subject: Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Roskelley, Favel--Pictorial works; Daines, Delva--Pictorial works; Cache County 4-H Club;
description: Annual report of extension services, 1932. District extension agent, part time, Cache County, State of Utah. From November 30, 1931 to November 30, 1932. Annual reports narrate the Home Economic extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on projects regarding food preparation, home management, clothing, beautification, Girl's Clubs, livestock, home reading, and local community projects.;
description: Photograph Collection P0138 inventory: http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv31335 ;
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11 and Utah State University County Extension Agent Report Photograph Collection P0138 Box 1, Folder 38;
publisher: Utah State University. Cooperative Extension Service; United States. Office of Cooperative Extension Work;
date: 1932
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11; Utah State University County Extension Agent Report Photograph Collection P0138
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection
format: application/pdf
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: Cache County (Utah);
coverage: 1930-1939; 20th century;

Local Farm Bureau in Weber County, Utah;
subject: Agricultural extension work--Utah--Riverdale; Home economics extension work--Utah--Riverdale; Boy's Club (Riverdale, Ut.); Girl's Club (Riverdale, Ut.); Jacobs, M.K., Mrs.--Pictorial works
description: A local farm bureau in Weber County, Utah, details the organization and accomplishments of the the Riverdale Farm Bureau from its creation in 1913 to 1918.;
description: Photograph Collection P0138 inventory: http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv31335 ;
source: Utah State University, Merill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11; Utah State University County Extension Agent Report Photograph Collection P0138;
date: 1918
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11; Utah State University County Extension Agent Report Photograph Collection P0138;
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection;
format: application/pdf
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: Weber County (Utah);
coverage: 1910-1919; 20th century;

1932 State Extension Programs Costs;
subject: Agricultural extension work--Publications; Finance--Statistics
description: Collection of reports from various extension offices around the country detailing the costs of extension work in their areas. Reports include information on salaries, costs of programs, appropriation of tax dollars (both within the extension departments and overall expenditures of federal, state, and local governments), minutes of meetings, and reports of taxes collected by county and possible newspaper coverage of extension activities.;
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11;
publisher: Utah State University. Cooperative Extension Service; United States. Office of Cooperative Extension Work;
date: 1932
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection
format: application/pdf
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: Weber County (Utah);
coverage: 1930-1939; 20th century;

1926 Cache County Annual Report of Home Demonstration Extension Work;
subject: Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County;
description: Annual report of extension service, 1926. District Home Demonstration Agent, Cache County, State of Utah. From February 1st, 1926 to November 30th, 1926. Annual reports narrate the Home Economic extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on projects regarding food preparation, home management, clothing, beautification, Girl's Clubs, livestock, home reading, and local community projects.;
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11;
publisher: Utah State University. Cooperative Extension Service; United States. Office of Cooperative Extension Work;
date: 1926
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: University Extension Service Reports, University Archvies, 19.1/1:47 Boxes 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection;
format: application/pdf
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: Cache County (Utah);
coverage: 1920-1929; 20th century;

In a Sunlit Land: The autobiography of John A. Widtsoe;
subject: Widstoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952--Biography;
description: Excerpt of John A. Widstoe conducting Farmers Institutes.;
source: John A. Widtsoe, In a Sunlit Land: The autobiography of John A. Widtsoe (SLC: Desert News Press, 1952), 78-79. Utah State University, Special Collections and Archives, 289.392 W634; VAULT BOOK 351;
publisher: Published by : The Deseret News Press;
date: 1952
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection;
format: image/jpeg;
language: eng;
type: Text;
coverage: 1950-1959; 20th century;

Lowry Nelson, Experiment Station Director;
subject: Utah State Agricultural College--History--Pictorial works; Utah State University--History--Pictorial works; Nelson, Lowry, 1893- -- Portraits;
description: Portrait of Lowry Nelson, Experiment Station Director, 1936-1937.;
description: http://library.usu.edu/specol/photoarchive/usuboards.html
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, USU Historical Photo-board Collection, photo no. USU-A1727;
date: 1936; 1937
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries USU Archives curator, phone (435) 797-0894.;
rights: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library;
relation: USU Historical Photo-board Collection;
relation: Extension, Enterprise, and Education: the Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah Digital Collection;
relation: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv76126
format: image/jpeg;
language: eng;
type: Image;StillImage;
coverage: Utah;
coverage: 1930-1939; 20th century;

Mae La Camp, Thailand
subject: Mae La Camp, Thailand
description: A photograph of Mae La refugee camp, Thailand. The photograph shows a number of thatched bamboo huts on a hillside, thick with foliage.
date: 22 March 2007

Kaung Lay interview, May 16, 2015
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 65
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
date: 2015-05-16
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
relation: An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67615
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
format: oral histories (document genres);
format: audio/mp3;
format: 59624476 Bytes
type: Sound;
coverage: 2010-2019; 21st century;

Kaung Lay interview transcript, May 16, 2015
description: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project: Kaw Lay Page 1 CACHE VALLEY REFUGEE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT TRANSCRIPTION COVER SHEET Interviewee(s): Kaw Lay Present: David Giles, Cami Dilg, Deanna Allred, Kaw Lay, Har Be Bar, Khin Mar Cho (Kaw Lay’s wife) Place of Interview: Kaw Lay’s home, Logan, Utah Date of Interview: May 16, 2015 Language(s): Burmese Translation: Interviewer: David Giles Interpreter: Har Be Bar Recordist: Deanna Allred Photographer: Cami Dilg Recording Equipment: Tascam DR-100mk11 linear PCM recorder; Senal ENG-18RL broadcast-quality omnidirectional dynamic microphone Transcription Equipment: Express Scribe with PowerPlayer foot pedal. Transcribed by: Susan Gross, May 25, 2015 Transcript Proofed by: Brief Description of Contents: Mr. Kaw Lay discusses being born in Burma, and then the conditions during the war. He talks about his wife and children escaping to a refugee camp in Thailand, with him following later (after having earned more money to support the trip). He talks about the journey to the United States, and what it took to adjust and get settled in Logan, Utah. He and his wife talk about the struggles they’ve had, as well as daily life for their family in the United States. Reference: DG = David Giles DGI = David Giles’ words interpreted by translator KL = Kaw Lay KLI = Kaw Lay’s words interpreted by translator DA = Deanna Allred DAI = Deanna Allred’s words interpreted by translator CD = Cami Dilg CDI = Cami Dilg’s words interpreted by translator KC = Khin Mar Cho KC = Khin Mar Cho’s words interpreted by translator Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project: Kaw Lay Page 2 NOTE: [You will have to modify this as appropriate—whether using CommGap or in-person interpreter.] The interview was conducted with CommGap Interpretive Services; the interpreter joined the interview via a cell phone. False starts, pauses, or transitions in dialogue such as “uh” and starts and stops in conversations are not included in transcript. All additions and added inf…
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 64
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
date: 2015-05-16
contributor: Gross, Susan;
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
relation: An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67614
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
format: transcripts;
format: application/pdf;
format: 182922 Bytes
type: Text;
coverage: 2010-2019; 21st century;

Sa Jan interview, May 16, 2015
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 67
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
date: 2015-05-16
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
relation: An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67617
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
format: oral histories (document genres);
format: audio/mp3;
format: 59624475 Bytes
type: Sound;
coverage: 2010-2019; 21st century;

Sa Jan interview transcript, May 16, 2015
description: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 66
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
date: 2015-05-16
contributor: Gross, Susan;
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663;
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
relation: An inventory for this collection can be found at : http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67616
relation: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project Digital Collection
format: transcripts;
format: application/pdf;
format: 189532 Bytes
type: Text;
coverage: 2010-2019; 21st century;

Map of Burma
subject: Map of Burma
description: A map showing the location and shape of Burma.
date: 21 July 2009

Map of Eritrea
subject: map, Eritrea
description: Map of Eritrea
date: 2015/05/28
contributor: Wikimedia Commons
rights: Public Domain

Voices Collage
subject: Cache Valley Refugee Project Interviewees
description: A collage of the Burmese Muslim participants in the 2015 CVRP.
date: 28 May 2015

Shwedagon Pagoda
subject: lithograph, burma, pagoda
description: 1825 lithograph of Shwedagon Pagoda
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma#/media/File:Shwedagon_pagoda.jpg
date: 2015/05/28
rights: Public Domain

Tun Lay Trials and Difficulties
subject: Refugees, families, Immigration & culture, social justice
description: Tun Lay talks about his journey from Burma to Logan, Utah. He describes his time spent in refugee camps and the differences between his life then and his life now.
date: 2015

Eh Htoo Hopes and Dreams
subject: Karen; Refugees; Karen Refugees; Thailand; Refugee Camps; Burma; Burmese Military; Porter; United States Immigration
description: A clip from Interview with Eh Htoo about his life as a refugee in Thailand, serving as a porter in the Burmese military, leaving home, and immigrating to the United States.
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

Pyo Nwe Life in U.S
subject: Karen; Refugee Camps
description: Clip from Pyo Nwe interview, May 18, 2015. She explains the difficulties that she and her family faced (and still face) after coming to the United States.

Berhane Debesai Abraha "What are you most proud of?"

Seltene Gebreselasie Gebretinsa speaks about his family still in Eritrea.
description: A selection of audio from the full audio interview of Seltene Gebreselasie Gebretinsa

Ka Sin clip 2
subject: Burmese Muslim refugee; Family; Immigrant, Tradition, Cache Valley, Utah; Logan, Utah;
description: A clip from an interview with Ka Sin, Burmese Muslim Refugee. 17 May 2015
publisher: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, FOLK COLL 61
date: 17 May 2015

Isaac and Mary Sorensen
description: Isaac and Mary Sorensen at their home.
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988.

Ahrens home (built by Mr. Kimball)
description: Ahrens home (built by Mr. Kimball)
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988.
date: 1869-1922

Jacob Sorensen family
description: Jacob Sorensen family
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988. XVI.
date: 1869-1922

Christian Sorensen family
description: Christian Sorensen family
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988.
date: 1869-1922

Isaac Sorensen Family
description: Isaac Sorensen family Back:Joseph Sorensen, Henry Sorensen, Bertha Sorensen Buist, William Sorensen, Melena Sorensen, A.N. Sorensen Front: Mary Eva Sorensen Gardner, Mary Jacobsen, Eulalia Sorensen Welch, Olive Sorensen Hughes sitting, Isaac Sorensen, Ina Sorensen Bird, Hanna Sorensen Whitney.
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988. XVI.
date: 1869-1922

Mendon Women
description: Mendon Women. Top: Bertha Sorensen Buist, Jane Richards Hughes, Rachel Cooley, Mercy Baker, Amanda Sweeten, Agnes Richards Front:Mary Richards Sorensen, Charlotte Barrett Baker Richards, Ann Westover, Ethal Sorensen Walker, Mary Hancock.
source: Sorensen, Isaac. History of Mendon: A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement. Logan, UT: Cache County Historical Preservation Commission and Utah State Historical Society,1988.
date: 1869-1922

Accounts of St. Anne's stories from student fieldwork collection assignments
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Undergraduate assignments from introductory folklore classes where students are assigned the task of collecting stories about St. Anne's Retreat.
description: Legend "St. Anni s Retreat" Natalie Hamson Logan, Utah April, 1984 Natalie is twenty-one years old. She has lived in the Cache Valley all her life. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was Natalie Boehme before marrying Dale Hamson in 1979. She's been married four years and has a daughter that is two years old. Dale and Natalie were at our home watching television when Natalie first told my husband and me this story. Natalie said that she had been a sophombre at Sky View High School when she first heard it. After I heard the story I was really interested in the retreat, but not totally convinced the story was true. Since that time I have heard many other Cache Valley residents say that St. Anne's was haunted. Most of the people that could tell me anything about St. Anne's had lived in the Cache Valley many years or all their lives. St. Anne's is a Catholic Retreat that is located up Logan Canyon. The story that Natalie told me was that a male friend of hers and a bunch of other guys went up to St. Anne's one night to see if it really was haunted. They took with them loaded shotguns, rifles, and pistols. They were exploring around the place and saw some dogs. The dogs were Doberman Pinchers and when they saw the group of men,they be­, an barking at them. ~he dogs started chasing the men ready to attact~ The men started firing at the dogs with their guns, but the dogs wouldn't drop. The dogs· chased the men back to their truck. The men jumped in and left St. Anne's Retreat. Natalie told me that she knew other people who refuse to go to Sto Anne's because of the stories they have heard about it. Shei;aY's ·there"are other's'tories of visitors seeing St. Anne walking along a cliff with a lantern for a light, then just vanishing. Natalie also told me that she would like to visit St. Anne's some time, but not at night. She said that last summer there was some kind of a Catholic childrens overnight meeting at the retreat, and that you wou…
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, FOLK COLL 8a Fd10
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
publisher: Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663.
relation: USU student folklore genre collection of supernatural nonreligious legends, 1960-2011 FOLK COLL 8a
relation: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv63192
relation: St. Anne's Retreat
format: legends (folk tales);
format: application/pdf;
format: 12190210 Bytes
language: eng
type: Text;
coverage: Logan Canyon (Utah); Cache County (Utah); United States;
coverage: 1960-1969; 1970-1979; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 20th century; 2000-2001; 2000-2009; 2010-2019; 21st century;

Tales of the Supernatural
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Fife Folklore Conference (FFC) paper covering ghost stories and legend-tripping tales from St. Anne's Retreat, Logan Canyon.
description: TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL Bekka Hanson Utah State University Fife Folklore Archives Logan, Utah History 489!English 524 Instructor: Toelken Summer 1991 (/ List of Informants Stefanis 8jerregaard - Stefanis is a 20 year old Liberal Arts major from Roy, Utah. She Is a member of the Kappa Delta sorority. and Is a fairly religious Catholic. She throws excellent barbecues. Shaun Federico - Shaun is 19 years old and was born and bred in Cache Valley. He is a Theater Arts major and tends to be dramatic. He also had a twin brother named Shane. He's just recently married to Susan Federico. Shaun works with me at the Center for Persons with Disabilities in the AssistivB Technology Department. Susan Federico - Susan is 35 and originally from Delta. Utah. She has lived in Logan for several years, however. She also works with me in the Assislive Technology Department at the CPO. Jennifer Harding · (All names have been changed to protect the innocent.) Jennifer is a pseudonym for a girl who wishes to remain anonymous. She Is 23 and from Corrine, Utah. She will graduate in the fall with a sociology degree, but should have gone into fashion design. She is also a member of the Kappa Delta sorority. Bakka Hanson - I am a 23 year old university graduate who has lived in Logan for five years. I grew up in Salt Lake City and Magna, Utah. My interests include performance, research, writing, and working with people. (This is what it says on my resume.) Julie Johnson· Julie is my roommate and a very good friend of mine. She is 22, and hails from Drem, Utah. She is quite religious in the LOS faith. She is very musically talented, and is getting her degree in Music Therapy. She is the middle child in a family of seven. She has more ghost stories than anyone I've ever heard in my life. Irving Berlin Jones· Irving is a pseudonym for someone who wishes to remain anonymous, and after you read ·Shelly's Ghost- I think you'll understand why. This person is 21, the oldest of seven children, and com…
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, FOLK COLL 8,
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
publisher: Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663.
relation: Utah State University Fife Folklore Conference student fieldwork collection, 1977-1995 FOLK COLL 8 FFC, 037-91-05
relation: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70388
relation: St. Anne's Retreat
format: legends (folk tales);
format: application/pdf;
format: 8590751 Bytes
language: eng
type: Text;
coverage: Logan Canyon (Utah); Cache County (Utah); United States;
coverage: 1970-1979; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 20th century;

St. Anne's Retreat contemporary legends
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Several legend verisons of St. Anne's Retreat from student fieldwork collection assignments.
description: Legend "Saint Anne's Retreat" Informant data: Marsha Jenkins Pine Glen Cove, Logan Canyon June of 1978 Retold October of 1983 Marsha Jenkins is from Newton, Utah. She was born and raised there and was affiliated with the M.I.A. program in the Newton ward for several years for the L.D.S. Church. She was a camp leader and accompanied the girls to a Young Womens camp held at Pine Glen Cove about 9 miles up Logan Canyon. We'd all gather around the fire place in the big lodge before going to our cabins to tell and listen to stories. This was the one that really got to us! Pine Glen Cove was previously known as "St. Anne's Retreat" because each summer a gr oup of Nun s from the Catholic Chur ch would visit the retreat for relaxation and meditation. Until the tragedy. The radio's and television sets blared with the news that an escaped convict was wandering through Logan Canyon. He had one hook arm add was armed with a dangerous weapon. People were warned to stay clear of the canyon and to stay inside where they were sa~ e. The nuns, however didn't have any contact with the outside world. That very evening one of the sisters was missing. The other sisters looked around as much as they could but decided she was just meditating or that she had gone back to her cabin early. The next morning she still hadn't returned. They looked most of the day but found nothing. That evening as some of the Nuns were praying, they heard a horrible scream. They ran directly outside to see what the trouble was and there was the missing Sister ... Bloody and floating in the swimming pool. After that episode they sold the retreat. never :Eo.und. The escaped ~onvict was Andrea Benson Newton, Utah History 124 Fall 1983 L ).' t / f /::?, I , I ( Seol)j Sa/at /J/J/Js lfe6r~t" ~o« tVa //a c ~ A q9Cl/7 I (/6.- 1/~3 ..::::z:: C/O/.) /6 /"eCl/& ,5'hoV<./ /??uch a~ ScoCi" ' /k Go/cI /he ~ ,,6e 8/"'-c"c.u- C/r:' //7 A?JCtn I d-- ~f'//c a /06' of 6/"/:n<9 eo/??p/~ up /n -c/;e CO/lSC/7 cuhen he~..j ---Sf oV/…
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, FOLK COLL 8a
publisher: Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
publisher: Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library.
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, phone (435) 797-2663.
relation: USU student folklore genre collection of supernatural nonreligious legends, 1960-2011 FOLK COLL 8a
relation: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv63192
relation: St. Anne's Retreat
format: legends (folk tales);
format: application/pdf;
format: 12356050 Bytes
language: eng
type: Text;
coverage: Logan Canyon (Utah); Cache County (Utah); United States;
coverage: 1960-1969; 1970-1979; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 20th century; 2000-2001; 2000-2009; 2010-2019; 21st century;

Collection of St. Anne's legends
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Folklore fieldwork collection assignments featuring St. Anne's Retreat in Logan Canyon.
description: Supernatural Legend "The Nunnery" Informant Data: Cory Ballard Nibley, Utah April, 1988 Cory Ballard was another classmate and graduate of Mountain Crest High in 1987. He likes fast cars, working for his Dad and outdoor games. He likes to have a good time and be wild sometimes. He is very active in the LOS church with his family and plans to serve a mission. Contextual Data: Cory lives in my ward so I went over to his house when I saw him sitting outside catching some rays. I asked him to relate the story once again as he did one year ago that day after it happened. It was the first time he had talked about it since then. He said he would never do that ever again. Text: We did go inside the gate, but not very far. We both were toOchi7hken to go any farther, then something started chasing us .. ' out the gate. We were running to the car screaming, "start the car" and it wouldn't start at all then really weird it started right up when I jumped behind the driver's wheel. As we . were driving away we all felt a bump on the back of the car. The next morning my Dad came in and asked me where I had been that night because there was a long black mark on the back of the car on the drivers side and it wouldn't come off. I told him what we had been doing and swore to him I would never do that again. The whole thing was like a nightmare come true. Sherry Anderson Nibley, Utah 84321 USU Folklore Spring 1988 ( Logan Canyon Witch Infonnant: James Milligun Logan, Utah Oct. 22, 1997 James Milligun is from Logan Utah. He has resided there his whole life. He is twenty two, working and thinking about going back to colleage. He is from a L.D.S. family and currently getting reinvolved in that church. He is of Gennan disent. He loves the outdoors, rock climbing, hiking, fishing, snow boarding, and camping. Context: I gathered this information while talking about bizarre things, family secrets, scary stories, mysterious happenings, and stupid jokes, with a group of my guy friends. He was t…
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, FOLK COLL 8a
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relation: USU student folklore genre collection of supernatural nonreligious legends, 1960-2011 FOLK COLL 8a
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The Nunnery: St. Anne's Retreat
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Collection of legends from undergraduate fieldwork featuring stories about St. Anne's Retreat.
description: The Nunnery: St. Anne's Retreat Anne Christensen History 5700 Professor Gabbert Utah State University Spring 2010 • The Nunnery Anne Christensen HIST 5700 5/6/2010 Folk Narrative is so much a part of life that on an almost daily basis people retell stories, of one shape or form, to each other. We tell stories to relay life's most difficult and most wonderful of times. If we're late for work, the reason is often related as a story, retelling the events as they unfolded to provide an adequate and vivid excuse for our tardiness. As Bruce Jackson says in The Story is True, "We organize the events of our lives in the form of narrative ... Every story we tell, specifically or by implication, includes a theory about what happened and what matters" (Jackson, 8). Legends are a part of this wide storytelling tradition. In Cache Valley, Utah the story of St. Anne's Retreat is one of the most commonly retold • Legends. By examining the different "Rules of Legend," the content, style, structure, and function of several versions of St. Anne's Retreat we can come to a greater understanding of whey the legend's popularity continues. The story of The Nunnery, or St. Anne's Retreat, as I heard it when I was in high school, was that the Catholic Church owned a lodge in Logan Canyon and whenever a nun got pregnant she was sent there to have an abortion. When the babies were born, they were all drowned in a well that was located in the middle of the lodge area and if you go there today you'll hear the sound of babies cries coming from the well. This is just one of the many versions of liThe Nunnery," but it contains some of the elements that almost all of the collected versions contain; the Nuns, the death of a baby, and the presence of some sort of spirit that remains • 1 • today. It is these three elements that seem to compose of the majority of the content for this Legend, but each legend to varying degrees. The localization of "The Nunnery" plays a huge part in its retelling of the …
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relation: St. Anne's Retreat
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coverage: 1970-1979; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 20th century; 2000-2001; 2000-2009; 2010-2019; 21st century;

There's been a Scandal, Here are the Facts: St. Anne's Retreat Legends
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Folklore student fieldwork project containing several verisons of the St. Anne's Retreat legend.
description: There's been a Scandal, Here are the Facts: St. Anne's Retreat Legends Russell Jones English/History 5700 Professor Gabbert Utah State University Spring 2010 , . RJ 1 • There's Been a Scandal, Here Are The Facts "Why do history books divide time up according to wars instead of the periods of peace? Because it's interesting, and because, on some level, people like seeing big things fall apart." Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5 I first heard of the nunnery in fifth or sixth grade myself. I didn't even know the name of it until I began this project. It was always just "the nunnery up in Logan Canyon." I'd been told it several times and the story was ,~lways pretty close to the same. Some nuns had gotten pregnant up there and drowned their babies in a pool to cover it up. On a certain night - whether it was a full moon, or a night without a moon, that part always changed - you could go up there and you'd see the pool filled with water and dead babies floating in it. I never gave it much thought, honestly. People rarely do when it comes to local legends. • The nunnery, St. Ann's retreat, has been a part oflocallegend for a long time. One of the sources I interviewed stated that people had been going up there on legend trips since before he'd been patrolling the area as a police officer. His estimate was forty years. Recently, razor wire was set up around the place and security guards were hired to keep trespassers out. This didn't stop trespassers, though; at least, not until a security guard caught a group of students and tied them up and threw them in the empty pool to scare them. This case was well documented and became quite a scandal. It brought the nunnery back into the public mind, which seemed to have forgotten about it. Thinking on this event was part of the reason why I chose St. Ann's retreat for my project. The other part of the reason was that I thought it was a common legend that everybody knew and that it would be simple. Naturally, I expected some variation f…
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relation: St. Anne's Retreat
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Living Legends: Cache Valley Legend Tripping
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Several legend verisons of St. Anne's Retreat from student fieldwork collection assignments.
description: Living Legends: Cache Valley Legend Tripping Holly Williams History 5700 Professor Gabbert Utah State University Spring 2010 • Living Legends Holly Williams HIST 5700 Assignment #3 In a culture of gossip and adrenalin, it's no wonder that legend tripping is such a popular activity. Legend tripping, or the act of traveling to the location where the legend supposedly happened, tends to be popular among the young adult age group. I spoke with three men, who had all experienced legends, or supernatural happenings, personally, or who had heard of others experiencing them. All these legends take place in Cache Valley. This paper will discuss why these men traveled to the locations they, or others, did and why they tell the stories to others. The first person I interviewed was John Reynolds. Each story that he told was a first hand account of something that he had experienced. Why would John tell me stories that had happened to him personally? Did they make the stories more scary? Did they make them more real? John, I believe, • wanted to share his experience with others so that they could experience, too, what he had felt at those moments. The first story he told was from when he was in high school. He and some friends decided to watch a scary movie in the old boy's gym at Logan High. They heard some creaking noises from the dark corner, but ignored them. Then there was a loud metallic crash and everyone scattered. They later found out that it was just some boys setting up a dinner for a school dance. Why would John tell this story and then say what the real reason for the noise was? To start off his story, he told of how the gym was supposedly haunted, since it was the floor above an old swimming pool where several students had drowned. Naturally, watching a scary movie in a supposedly haunted location, would give the gym the aura of spookiness. Similarly, in other legend tripping adventures, the participants go to the location only when the conditions are right (i.e. on…
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A Haunted Retreat
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Cache Magazine/Herald Journal newspaper article by Diane Browning (1986) talks about "A Haunted Retreat," otherwise known as St. Anne's Retreat.
description: A Haunted Retreat By Diane Browning Correspondent LOGAN CANYON-Maybe it is a legend. Maybe it isn’t. But some of the locals here in Cache Valley believe that St. Anne’s retreat in Logan Canyon is haunted. The particular details vary, but a general theme repeats among the different versions-the area is frequented by the ghost of a nun. In broad daylight, St. Anne’s retreat looks innocent enough. A carefully maintained set of cabins with their window covered with shutters, St. Anne’s grounds include rock-lined pathways and manicured lawns. It is the kind of place to seek out in order to “get away from it all” and to find some peace in the forested hillside. In addition to the cabins, there is a main lodge on the property and a small swimming pool. Overall, there is nothing particularly ominous about the setting-in broad daylight. But according to legend, St. Anne’s, which had been used in the past as a retreat for nuns, is haunted: One version holds that one of the nuns had been raped and murdered at the retreat at the retreat. Another version holds that a nun had given birth to a child while at St. Anne’s and had drowned the baby in the swimming pool. Regardless of which happened-if either ever actually did-the ghost of a nun was born. According to Nancy Bodily of Logan, local high school students used to travel up to St. Anne’s at night “mainly just to scare each other.” Bodily never saw the ghost. But she said legend has it that a nun comes out of the woods accompanied by two white Doberman pinschers with red eyes. “If you see the nun,” Bodily says, “and if you’re a first-born son, it means you are going to die.” The nun has been said to appear along the road going through Logan Canyon. And the danger of seeing her there is just as great for first-born sons as of seeing her at St. Anne’s, Bodily says. “If you’re coming down the canyon,” Bodily says, “she’ll appear out of nowhere.” The lodge at St. Anne’s also is haunted. According to the legend, a person who tries …
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coverage: 1980-1989; 20th century;

Nightmare in Logan Canyon
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Trespassers ambushed by security guards at St. Anne's Retreat (1997)
description: Nightmare in Logan Canyon [Photo by Mitch Mascaro/Herald Journal. Caption: Cache County Sheriff Sgt. Brian Locke answers questions from parents and youths who gathered at the sheriff’s office Saturday to express concerns about the youth’s treatment at the hands of three men apparently serving as watchmen on posted property in Logan Canyon.] Trespassing teens claim they were terrorized by watchmen By Phil Jensen Staff writer About 30 Cache County teen-agers said they walked into a night of Vietnam-style terror in Logan Canyon Friday night when they were ambushed, shot at, handcuffed, tied together by their necks and threatened with their lives by shotgun-toting private guards. A sergeant with the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, saying he’s never seen anything like this in 11 years on the force, said an investigation is under way. No arrests were made. One teen-age boy, allegedly butted by a shotgun, was treated at Logan Regional Hospital and released. Some girls said they were sexually molested and other teens showed wrist marks left by the plastic, store-bought handcuffs. The Halloween-come-early started about 10 p.m. Friday when several carloads of high school students, driven by curiosity of a “scary place,” arrived at an area formerly called St. Anne’s Retreat midway up Logan Canyon. The teen-agers told authorities they walked over a small bridge and through a green gate topped with barbed wire when someone carrying a shotgun jumped from the bushes, ordered them to hit the ground, then fired a shot over their heads. They said three men appeared armed with shotguns with flashlights on the end of the barrels, searched and handcuffed them, then ordered them into an outside, empty swimming pool. There, they said, they were strapped together by ropes around their necks and told that the ropes were linked to explosives. If they tried to get free, they were told, the ropes would tighten and blow their heads off. They said they also were told that if they tried to run, th…
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St. Anne's watchman a hero just doing his job
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Herald Journal guest commentary about the trespassing incident involving armed guards in 1997
description: St. Anne’s watchman a hero just doing his job Guest commentary Jake Jeppson I am writing this as an answer to the recent articles and reports in the local media concerning my brother, John Jeppsen, who is the lead watchman at St. Anne’s Retreat. I feel it’s necessary to bring out some facts that have not been mentioned, and to say something about circumstances involved. It is my understanding that the shotgun shells which John had were loaded with rock salt. Years ago these were used for raiders of melon patches, hen houses, private outhouses or stray dogs. These to sting severely, not kill. A great to-do was made about the fellow that was knocked unconscious. Nothing is said about him coming up behind John to jump him during the arrests. John was an Airborne Ranger in Europe. Rangers are one of three groups of America’s finest fighting men. John was not, nor is he, a Vietnam vet (with mental and emotional problems), as earlier articles implied. Emotions? Name me as any man anywhere who would not be wound tight while arresting 38 people as big as himself in the darkness or poor light, alone, in Logan Canyon at that time of day? Especially in view of the monetary value of property damage at the site and the later made threats which I know were made. Nothing has been said about the threats made against John; i.e. “We’re coming back to get you.” There are inconsistencies in the young people’s stories. The Herald Journal stories say the trespassers were arrested just inside the gate. An article in the Statesman quotes a young man as saying “just as he jumped down into the empty pool.” Another was that the fellow who was knocked out was struck with a billy club. That man was struck with a bullstroke (military term), from the shotgun butt as he attempted to jump on John’s back. In other words, John did his job (a tough one) and got the attacker before he could get him. The rope and knots are a tool to contain and retain prisoners as taught to the Airborne Rangers. The kno…
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Nobody wins in Nunnery incident
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Utah Statesman article talking about the legend-tripping incident at St. Anne's Retreat involving armed trespassing high school students and armed security guards.
description: Nobody wins in Nunnery incident Three men are arrested. Thirty-eight teen-agers have been dismissed from criminal trespassing charges. But what has Cache Valley learned from the incident at St. Anne’s retreat last weekend? It appears that the citizens stand divided on the issue. While most agree that what the youth did was wrong and should be punished most will admit they too have gone up to St. Anne’s for some pre-Halloween haunts in their day. The other half of the citizens believe the men had every right to use the tactics they did. The three men were taking bold steps to defend the rights of property owners who have been continually invaded by thrill seekers. Some defend the gun-toting men claiming they had no other choice but to detain the youth and protect themselves. Friday evening it was 30 on three. Some ask the question, how were the men supposed to detain the youth and protect themselves from retaliation? However, the Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt disagrees that the men were justified and felony aggravated assault charges have been filed against the three men. He said the threats the men made, the shots that were fired and the abuse the youth incurred while under their restraint were beyond reasonable force. The citizens of Cache Valley must take this incident seriously. This is only the beginning of this controversy. What is acceptable? Can teen-age thrill seekers continue to invade property owners’ privacy to fulfil a family tradition? Can anyone owning land and a gun, use any force possible to defend their land? We must decide for ourselves what adventures we take accountability for.
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Canyon watchmen identified
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Herald Journal article identifies the guards involved in an armed standoff involving 30 trespassing legend-trippers at St. Anne's Retreat.
description: The Herald Journal Canyon watchmen identified By Ryan Robb Oliver Staff writer The Cache County Sheriff’s Office this morning released the names of three watchmen accused of terrorizing a group of teen-agers trespassing at the former St. Anne’s Convent in Logan Canyon on Friday night. John Jeppson, 50, of Pocatello, Idaho, is the head watchman that made the initial trespassing call from Zanavoo Restaurant and Lodge to the Cache County Sheriff’s Office at around 10:30 p.m. Friday. The other two watchmen were identified as Christopher Doerr and Arthur Peasnall, both of Tooele County. When The Herald Journal telephoned John Jeppson this morning, an unidentified woman answered the phone and said she’d leave a message for Jeppson but hung up before the paper’s number could be given. When Peasnall was called and asked to give his side of the story, he repeatedly said, “I have no comment.” Doerrs telephone number could not be located. Chief Deputy Mike Stauffer with the sheriff’s office said the three men are being investigated and it will be up to the Cache County Attorney’s Office if charges are filed. Deputy Troy Liquin, in his report of the incident, stated that when he arrived, he was met by the three watchmen each with flashlights taped to the end of their shotguns. Jeppson also was wearing a holstered pistol strapped to his belt. When he told them to put their weapons in their vehicles, all of them complied except Jeppson, who Liquin said had to be told three times before he put his weapon away. Liquin said he discovered the 30 trespassing youths in the pool on their knees. Twenty of them had a continuous nylon cord wrapped around their necks and if one person moved, they would all choke, he said in the report. Some of the girls were crying and two or three other males were near tears because their hands were tied so tight with plastic cuffs, according to the report. “As I looked at their hands, on the girls particularly, most of them were turning white in color, al…
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Retreat caretaker arrested on six assault charges
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Caretaker arrested on assault charges for his part in armed standoff at St. Anne’s Retreat involving 38 trespassing high school students.
description: Retreat caretaker arrested on six assault charges By Ryan Robb Oliver Staff writer A watchman accused of terrorizing 38 trespassers at the former St. Anne’s Retreat in Logan Canyon was arrested Monday afternoon by a Cache county lieutenant sheriff. John Jeppson, 50, of Pocatello, Idaho, was arrested at his parents’ home in Providence by Lt. Von Williamson, the lead investigator. Warrants for the arrest of two other watchmen suspected of assisting Jeppson have been forwarded to Tooele County. The other men have been identified as Arthur Peasnall and Christopher Doerr, Jeppson’s son-in-law, both of Tooele County. The suspects in the case have each been charged with six counts of aggravated assault, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in jail for each count. Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt said he chose to file six counts because it was a “representative sample” of what happened Oct. 10. He said the number was also agreed upon by a group of parents of the alleged victims he met with last week. Six charges, he said, “was sufficient for every aspect of the trial.” Wyatt said he will also name only six alleged victims to testify for the state during trial. He said he didn’t want to needlessly stack dozens of charges and witness testimonials against the men. The trespassers have accused the three watchmen of tying them together by their necks, handcuffing them and holding them at gunpoint in a swimming pool in two separate episodes Oct. 10. The mostly teen-aged victims said their lives were threatened, shotguns were fired near them, and one female said Jeppson felt her up. “If these gentlemen had handcuffed them and secured them and stopped there, we probably wouldn’t be filing charges,” Wyatt said. “You’re entitled to use a reasonable amount of force to protect property.” But Wyatt said the men acted beyond what the law allows. The sheriff’s office originally cited all 38 trespassers, but the trespassing charges were not filed. Property owners who allow…
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Three men charged with felony assault
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Security guards charged with felony assault for using excessive force to restrain trespassing legend-trippers at St. Anne's Retreat (Utah State University Statesman).
description: 3 men charged with felony assault By Ann Vlnar STAFF WRITER. Three men were charged on six counts of felony aggravated assault because =of the exceissive fore they used to restrain 38 trespassing youth at St. Anne’s retreat last Friday, Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt said. The three men who have been identified as John Lemon Jeppson, Christopher Lynn Doerr and Arthur Benjamin Peasnall. Aggravated assault is a third degree felony, under Utah law, and carries with it a possible sentence of up to five years in prison. “What we charged them with will be sufficient in a trial and more than sufficient for sentencing,” Wyatt said. “They went a few steps too far,” Wyatt said. “Their conduct with respect to these kids after they were bound and secure is what brought the charges.” Charges were filed because the suspects apparently used guns and rope to detain the youth and threatened their lives, ‘Wyatt said. The owners of St. Anne’s retreat has requested to dismiss criminal trespassing charges against the 38 youth who illegally entered their property on Friday. “They expressed to me they are saddened by the treatment the youth received and are sympathetic to what they are going through,” Wyatt said. “The alleged excessive conduct of these men was unfortunate and in no way authorized by the property owners.” Charges would not be filed in response to one girl’s complain that she had been inappropriately touched. “The law is real specific on a sexual-abuse case,” said Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelson. The defendants claim they were “patting down the kids for weapons.” Some of the youth involved are still undergoing counseling because of the incide [incident].
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Canyon scare charges likely
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: The security guards responsible for the ambush of 38 trespassers at St. Anne’s retreat likely to face charges.
description: Canyon scare charges likely By Phil Jensen Staff writer The Cache County Attorney’s Office said today criminal charges most likely will be filed against three men who allegedly ambushed two groups of thrill-seeking teen-agers Friday, tied them up and terrorized them. The charges could range from misdemeanors to felonies and will focus on assault, said Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt. “There is a very high probability that will file criminal charges against these guys,” Wyatt said this morning. “The initial reports are pretty incredible.” Wyatt said the actions of the three at the old St. Anne’s retreat 8 miles up Logan Canyon apparently went far beyond legal limits. Wyatt said his office would likely decide on the charges and issue warrants by the end of the week. The attorney’s office is waiting for sheriff’s deputies t9o finish taking statements from nearly 40 teen-agers, the three men and others. Wyatt said he wants to read all the statements before determining charges. “They’ve only given me the initial reports,” Wyatt said. “I haven’t seen any statements at all. But as soon as they are collected we will make a decision.” Wyatt said St. Anne’s is a local haunted house on private property and what happened when the carloads of youngsters got there is almost unbelievable. “It’s one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen,” Wyatt said. The kids should not have done what they did because they were trespassing but that doesn’t justify the reactions of these guys,” Wyatt said. “Overkill is a good way to describe it.” “The kids told authorities the gate was open or partially open when they walked through and were ambushed by three shotgun-wielding men. In the first incident, before dawn Friday, six boys and two girls were ambushed on the grounds by the men who fired at least one shot over their heads, then marched into a lodge, handcuffed and tied neck to neck by ropes, the teen-agers said. They told sheriff’s deputies who arrived nearly two hours later that the…
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Owner of St. Ann's Retreat Defends Caretaker's Action Against Teens
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Reasonable force is questioned as property owner defends the actions of caretakers.
description: Owner of St. Ann’s Retreat Defends Caretaker’s Action Against Teens By Tom Zoellner and Vince Horiuchi, The Salt Lake Tribune LOGAN-A man hired to watch St. Ann’s Retreat felt he was “in serious fear for his safety” when he allegedly tired up 20 local youths and threatened to kill them, said one of the owners of the property. “He was just trying to sound aggressive,” said Mark Epstein, a San Francisco attorney who has an owners hip share in a mountain lodge and several cabins that became the scene of the real-life nightmare for some pre-Halloween trespassers. The 50-year-old caretaker reportedly fired guns near the heads of the teen-agers he caught sneaking onto the property in Logan Canyon on Friday. One 16-year-old boy said he was whacked in the head and knocked unconscious with a billyclub, and a girl reported being fondled when a guard frisked her for weapons. The head caretaker and his two assistants could now face a variety of criminal charges, said Cache County sheriff’s deputies, who said they will present the case to County Attorney Scott Wyatt by the end of the week. The caretaker made repeated references to his military service in the Vietnam War, and allegedly told the trespassers, “I’ll kill you like I killed the Vietnamese.” He also reportedly bound the frightened teens together neck-to-neck with nylon cord and told them it was “detonating cord” that would blow their heads off if they moved-a trick he said he learned in Southeast Asia. But Epstein said the man has no record of service in Vietnam that he knows of. Epstein said he hired the resident of Pocatello, Idaho, two months ago to do maintenance work and help save the place from vandals. “He’s someone we were put in touch with by a Mormon youth group,” Epstein said in a telephone interview from his San Francisco office. “He called and asked if he could spend some time up there and go fishing and spend the weekends-basically enjoy the land.” When called at home, the caretaker said only “no comment,…
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St. Anne's trio not paid guards
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Article discusses former property co-owner , Mark Epstein, stating that the guards at St. Anne's retreat were not paid guards and their actions were not directed by the owners.
description: St. Anne’s trio not paid guards By Ryan Robb Olivar Staff writer An owner of the former St. Anne’s Convent in Logan Canyon said the [that] the three men accused of terrorizing trespassers on the property were not paid employees. Part-owner and San Francisco attorney Mark Epstein said one of the accused men, John Jeppson, was allowed to use the property in exchange for tending it. The property was purchased more than three years ago from the Catholic Church by Epstein and three other people intending to use it as a get-away spot, he said. Jeppson is one of the men accused by two groups of Cache County teen-agers and young adults who trespassed on the property Friday of binding them with cords around their necks and flexible ties around their wrists while he held them at bay with a shotgun. The two other men allegedly wielding shotguns and threatening the trespassers have been identified as Arthur Peasnall and Christopher Doerr of Tooele County. Epstein said he did not know Peasnall or Doerr, or why they were with Jeppson on Friay. “I don’t know exactly what went on that night,” Epstein said. “But no one is going to tell anybody to chase down a bunch of people and tie them around the neck.” If Jeppson did that, it was not something directed by any of the property owners, he said. Tim Bradfield of Logan, who was taking care of the property before Jeppson replaced him six weeks ago, said he was told by property owners that if a problem occurred to call the sheriff. “They never told me to physically detain people,” Bradfield said. “I think these people were acting of their own accord,” Epstein said one thing that might have been frustrating for Jeppson was the amount of damage caused by vandals. “We’ve incurred in excess of $100,000 in property damage.” Another thing that may have disturbed him was on early Friday morning, he captured eight people banging on the front doors of the main building who told him they’d come back to get him, Epstein said. Several of the people…
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Nightmare in Logan Canyon--Scare still haunting teens
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Legend-tripping teenagers trespassing at St. Anne's retreat in Logan Canyon get a real scare after being ambushed by security guards.
description: Nightmare in Logan Canyon - Scare still haunting teens Youngsters tell of gunshots, death threats and now therapy By Phil Jensen Staff writer If carloads of teen-agers sneaked into legendary St. Anne’s in Logan Canyon last weekend for a good Halloween scare, it worked. They couldn’t have imagined in their wildest dreams that what happened there, in the unsettling October darkness, would be a real nightmare. It is a nightmare, a number of Cache County’s boys and girls say, that still wakes them in the warm security of their homes. When 6 boys and 2 girls were on the floor of the lodge in the old St. Anne’s Retreat at 5 a.m. Friday, their hands cuffed behind them, ropes around their necks and a burly man with a shotgun leaned down and reportedly told his two partners, “I want some blood tonight, boys,” they thought their lives were over. Interviews with the youths who say they were tortured and their parents reveal a gruesome script like Hollywood’s “Friday the 13th.” A 17-year old Logan girl who is a member of her high school drill team was one of the eight youths on the floor. She said she went to St. Anne’s for the same reasons that a generation before her had visited the local haunted house. “I honestly thought it was the end because you don’t say that unless you’re psychotic,” the girl said about the man’s comments. Her friend and drill team companion said she thought for a time that her life could end at sweet 16. “When they took our pictures I got really scared,” she said. She said the only thought that came to her was that the three men with shotguns, knives, pistols and clubs wanted before and after pictures. “Sit up straight or I will slit your throats,” the burly man reportedly said before flashing the shutter. The burly man is believed to be John Jeppson, who one of the owners said was allowed to stay at the retreat in exchange for tending the property. Some of the kids began to cry when the burly man with short, graying hair and wearing jeans and suspende…
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Emotions high on 911 tape
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Herald Journal article talks about the events surrounding trespassers at St. Anne's retreat including the transcript of a conversation between a 911 dispatcher and John Jeppson.
description: Emotions high on 911 tape By Ryan Robb Oliver Staff writer The 911 call John Jeppson made from Zanavoo Restaurant & Lodge around 10:30 p.m. Friday when he reported that a group of kids had trespassed at St. Anne’s Retreat revealed a man on a mission to end vandalism at the site. Jeppson is the lead watchman who handcuffed and wrapped cord around the necks of two groups of teen-agers and young adults early Friday morning and Friday night. The trespassers claimed Jeppson and two other men yelled death threats at them and fired shotgun shells above one person’s head and near the feet of another. The two other men with Jeppson have been identified as Arthur Peasnall and Chris Doerr, Jeppson’s son-in-law, both of Tooele County. On the 911 recording, Jeppson calmly tells a Cache County dispatcher about the trespassers bound in the retreat’s swimming pool. The dispatcher sounds shocked as she gears what Jeppson tells her. Jeppson loses his cool with the dispatcher and raises his voice near the end of the three and a quarter minute all when she incredulously repeats what he says. When Jeppson is put on hold, he talks bitterly with one or more men at Zanavoo Lodge about his frustration with students vandalizing the property he’s tending. He also brings up an incident involving Nick Chournos’ son where he implies that trespassers caused his death. Chournos is a sheep rancher from Tremonton. Tremonton Police Chief Steve Hodges said Chournos’ 52-year-old son, John, committed suicide in 1992, that he would kill himself,” but it was unrelated to trespassers. “This was a family problem,” Hodges said. “He was having a lot of emotional problems at the time.” Hodges noted that John’s wife, who never took the suicide well, has claimed that Tremonton Police shot her husband. “She’s never been able to believe that he would kill himself.” Jeppson also said on the tape that the St. Anne’s Retreat trespassers he detained Friday night had something to do with the earlier group of eight peop…
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Trio charged; kids off hook
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: St. Anne's property caretakers charged while trespassing legend-trippers get off the hook with all charges against the 38 youth dropped.
description: Trio charged; kids off hook By Ryan Robb Oliver Staff writer Charges were filed this morning against the three watchmen accused of terrorizing two groups of trespassers at St. Anne’s Retreat on Oct. 10. By noon, Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt also announced trespassing charges against the 38 juveniles and young adults were dropped. He said the decision to drop the charges came fr om the property owners, who were sympathetic to the what [sic] the trespassers said happened to them Friday at the hands of the watchmen. John Jeppson, Arthur Peasnall and Jeppson’s son-in-law, Christopher Doerr, have each been charged with six counts of aggravated assault. Aggravated assault is a third degree felony, and each count is punishable by up to five years in jail. “the basis for the charges is that the actions alleged far exceeded the authority granted to the gunmen by state law and the property owners,” said Wyatt, who filed this morning’s charges. On Oct. 10, 38 teen-agers and young adults were roped around the neck, handcuffed and forced to kneel in the retreat’s swimming pool when they were captured by the three shotgun wielding men for trespassing on the property. The trespassers claimed the men fired shotguns near them, and that the men threatened to kill them. One teen-ager said he was knocked unconscious and another claimed she was fondled. Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelson said he will be putting together a warrant for the arrest of the three men today. He said he didn’t yet know when or where the men would be arrested, but he said there’s a possibility they may turn themselves in. Commentary ‘…the stuff heroes are made of’ Editor’s note: Jake Jeppson [Jeppsen], older brother of John Jeppson [Jeppsen], the man accused of terrorizing Cache Valley teen-agers in two incidents at the former St. Anne’s retreat in Logan Canyon, has written the following commentary in defense of his brother. Jake Jeppson [Jeppsen] is a Brigham City resident employed at the Utah State Universi…
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Settling that bet on St. Anne's retreat
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Local resident expresses opinion in the Herald Journal.
description: Settling that bet on St. Anne’s retreat To the editor: Once again I read the Herald Journal and find myself disgusted with some of the “prominent members of the local community!” Isn’t it sad that we taxpayers employ a dedicated police force to protect us and even though it may mean the loss of their own lives, they are willing and eager to serve only to have an officer of the court tell the public on the front page that the crime is approved by her because she did it to [too]. Ms. Demler, I am one of those “middle aged” “old -time Cache residents” that you’re laying bets on, and you’re not a winner! Not only did I not violate the property rights of St. Anne’s, but the group of friends I ran with didn’t either. Most of us were to [too] busy working to have the time for such nonsense, not to mention the fact that we were raised such that we didn’t go looking for trouble. I thank God every day for the hard-working, valiant, honest parents that taught me right from wrong! Not only did they teach me to respect others property rights but that we as fellow residents have a responsibility to watch over and protect our neighbor’s property rights. I don’t condone the extent to which the guards allegedly carried out their duties, for which I am sure they are going to pay. However, Deputy Stauffer was correct when he stated that the trespass through posted fences and gates has been underplayed. “Obviously, someone didn’t want them on their property” was made very evident by the property owner. These teen-agers are all old enough to have known before hand that this was wrong, yet they chose to jump into the fire anyway. This time the fire was hot and they got burned. They should receive there [their] proper justice as will the guards. As the old saying goes “kids will be kids.” We can hold no malice towards them as they learn from their mistakes, but they must learn. You, Ms. Demler, are a totally different case! You are supposed to be an educated officer of the court. The fact…
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Trespass forgiveness assailed
subject: Legends;
subject: legend-tripping;
description: Local residents sound off on charges being dropped for trespassing legend-trippers and overwhelmingly expressing that the youth should be held accountable. Not saying that the armed watchmen were justified in how they handled the trespassers, but that dropping charges for trespassers sent a bad message to juveniles who then think they can break the law and get away with it.
description: Trespass forgiveness assailed By Michael R. Weibel Staff writer Most people who responded to a Herald Journal telephone survey Monday night said trespassing charges should have been filed against a group of teen-agers who were caught at St. Anne’s Retreat on Oct. 10. The newspaper’s voice mail system was so overwhelmed by the volume of calls that many people who wanted to respond to the non-scientific poll were cut off and couldn’t leave a message Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt announced Friday that charges would not be filed against 38 youths who were caught trespassing in two separate incidents at the Logan Canyon retreat. On the same day, Wyatt filed assault charges against the retreat’s caretaker, John Jeppson, and two assistants for their alleged actions while detaining the youths. Of the 50 or so comments that did get recorded in The Herald Journal survey, most people said a bad message is being sent to local youths-that they can get away with breaking the law. Micala Jensen of Providence, for example, said, “I was appalled to see that the charges were dropped against the students, the young adults who were there. I think that tells the rest of the kids that they don’t have to respect other people’s property, and it sends a message out to everyone else that you can get off, that those laws are made to be broken.” Cindy Jackman of North Logan said she’s not sure the caretakers’ actions were appropriate or whether they should be prosecuted. But “I do know that the teen-agers trespassed, and that’s against the law. It was posted, it was an obvious thing that they were trespassing with barbed wire and everything there. And the teen-agers have been not charged. I think that’s very wrong. That sends a message that if teen-agers just want to go have fun…it’s OK to break the law.” Gary Denton of Lewiston said, “I think the charges against the teen-agers should not have been dropped. I think they need to be accountable for their actions. … I think teen-agers nowaday…
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