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Objects and emblems
The emblem, the papers and the handmade things that tell Vineyard's story as well as any photograph.
1989
The original emblem of the Town of Vineyard: a shaded globe beneath the words The Town of, with Vineyard in flowing script. It marked town letters, signs and celebrations through the farm town years, before Vineyard grew into a city.
May 1989
Issued by Utah's lieutenant governor after the Utah County Commission approved the petition of 148 residents. It made Vineyard the newest town in Utah, 2,805 acres with the steel mill as its biggest property owner.
2000
The Vineyard town flag flying beside the United States and Utah flags near the town hall and park, with Mount Timpanogos behind.
1999
Sewn by residents for the hundredth anniversary of the Vineyard Ward, organized in 1899. Each block shows a landmark of the old community.
1920s
A share certificate in the company that held the Geneva resort, the lakeside hotel, pools and dance hall that gave Geneva Steel its name.
1940s
Issued by the Office of Price Administration during World War II. Nothing scarce, from sugar to shoes, could be bought without its stamps.
1940s
A sheet of numbered World War II ration stamps, saved by a Vineyard family.
1890
The Union Dairy Company, Vineyard's first milk receiving station, where farmers brought ten gallon cans to meet the train.
Every Sunday
A date from our past and one story worth reading.