https://vineyardhistory.org/2026-11-13daily1.0https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/timeline/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/calendar/2026-11-13daily0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/watch/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/gallery/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/honor/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/keepsakes/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/listen/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/play/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/vineyardle/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/quiz/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/about/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/sources/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/credits/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/archive/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/privacy/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/terms/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/2026-11-13weekly0.8https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-utah-lake-monster/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-water-babies/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-fish-that-swallowed-four/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-lake-of-gold/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-ancient-petroglyphs/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/the-legend-of-timpanogos/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/lore/footloose-at-the-mill/2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/the-ancient-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/bonneville-provo-shoreline-interval-map-1890-de24feb7-1600.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/the-friars-and-the-valley/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/mouth-of-provo-canyon-simpson-1859-cb05b88d-2400.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/the-pioneers/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/simpson-routes-territory-of-utah-map-1858-b41a70df-2400.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/vines-and-dairies/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-provo-to-utah-lake-1909-6e713c2c-1600.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/geneva-steel-and-the-war/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/geneva-1942-open-hearth-color-3595768b-2400.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/steel-country/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/geneva-1942-open-hearth-night-be6b1907-2400.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/a-town-of-151/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/looking-toward-timpanogos-1997-479f0daf-960.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/eras/a-city-on-the-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/today-lakeshore-aerial-neighborhoods-8f0a9f8d-1600.webp2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-lake-before-memory/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/columbian-mammoth-knight-021dceac-1600.webpColumbian mammoths, the kind that grazed the shores of Lake Bonneville, painted by Charles R. Knight.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/huntington-mammoth-c7fe6872-1600.webpThe Huntington Mammoth, a Columbian mammoth found high in Utah's Wasatch Plateau in 1988, on display at the prehistoric museum in Price.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/deformation-bonneville-shoreline-map-1890-33b6f9c6-1600.webpGilbert's map of Lake Bonneville with contour lines showing how the Bonneville shoreline has been warped upward since the lake dried, highest near the center of the old lake (Plate XLVI).https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/rock-canyon-delta-provo-fault-scarps-1890-2bcd93e4-960.webpSketch of the south half of the Rock Canyon delta at Provo, a Lake Bonneville delta at the mouth of Rock Canyon cut by fault scarps along the foot of the Wasatch, from Gilbert's Lake Bonneville (Fig. 43).2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-birds-of-utah-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/white-pelicans-on-the-water-e12c6a60-1600.webpAmerican white pelicans feeding together at sunset at the Bear River refuge, Utah. Pelicans from the Great Salt Lake colony fish Utah Lake every summer.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/western-grebes-nesting-5dfb28df-1600.webpWestern grebes at a floating nest among the reeds. Grebes have nested on Utah's lakes since the last days of Lake Bonneville.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/american-avocets-8b87d91d-1600.webpAn American avocet with young on the mudflats, a summer sight along Utah Lake's shallow shore.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/white-pelicans-standing-4d14512e-1600.webpAmerican white pelicans in the shallows at the Bear River refuge in northern Utah.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/bald-eagle-flying-bd8d4a9a-1600.webpA bald eagle in flight. Bald eagles winter along Utah Lake and the Provo River every year.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-fish-of-utah-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/june-sucker-usfws-4b50c053-1600.webpThe June sucker, a fish found only in Utah Lake, which spawns up the Provo River beside Vineyard.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/bull-trout-usfws-5092ba73-1600.webpA bull trout. Its bones turn up in the last layers of Lake Bonneville, though it no longer lives anywhere in the basin.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/june-sucker-drawing-1890s-5e818127-960.webpThe June sucker as drawn for David Starr Jordan's survey of the fishes of North America in the late 1800s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/cutthroat-trout-leaping-96ade003-1600.webpA cutthroat trout leaps up a rapid. Utah Lake's own cutthroat, the Bonneville strain, once ran up the Provo River the same way.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/common-carp-usfws-75837a69-1600.webpCommon carp, brought to Utah County in the 1880s, which went on to become the most common fish in Utah Lake.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-wildlife-of-utah-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/muskrat-swimming-b06d152f-1600.webpA muskrat swimming through a marsh. Generations of Vineyard boys trapped muskrats along the lakeshore and sold the pelts.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/beaver-swimming-f2155b87-1600.webpA beaver swimming among the reeds. Father Escalante counted beavers among the lake's creatures in 1776.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/midge-swarm-0bb997e0-1600.webpA swarm of non-biting midges over a wetland. Midges rise from Utah Lake by the billions every spring.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/midge-male-df16a53a-1600.webpA male chironomid midge, the harmless lake fly. Its larvae are among the most common animals on the bottom of Utah Lake.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/culex-tarsalis-mosquito-e1fc5d9a-1600.webpCulex tarsalis, a marsh mosquito of the West that can carry West Nile virus.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-friars-at-the-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-1776-capitol-mural-c1b7ddc6-2400.webp"Father Escalante Discovers Utah Lake, 1776", mural in the Utah State Capitol dome, 1934https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-1778-miera-map-6b8eacaa-1600.webpBernardo de Miera y Pacheco's map from the expedition, 1778, with Laguna de los Timpanogos2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/mieras-map/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-1778-miera-map-6b8eacaa-1600.webpBernardo de Miera y Pacheco's map from the expedition, 1778, with Laguna de los Timpanogoshttps://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/fremont-exploring-expedition-map-1845-ebb59c03-2400.webpMap of John C. Frémont's 1842 to 1844 expeditions, drawn by Charles Preuss. Frémont's 1844 return route passes Utah Lake, shown south of the Great Salt Lake. This copy carries handwritten notes by George Gibbs adding Jedediah Smith's routes.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/after-the-friars/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/uinta-ute-messenger-runner-1874-b4dff215-960.webpA Uinta Ute man titled The Messenger, noted on the back of the card as 'The Runner', photographed by John K. Hillers for the Powell survey. Stereograph card.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/ta-vah-puts-uinta-ute-chief-1874-59c02a97-960.webpTa vah puts, named on the card as chief of the Uinta Utes, photographed by John K. Hillers for the Powell survey of the Colorado River country. Stereograph card.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/shadrach-and-lucinda-holdaway/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/haying-jordan-valley-c1900-bee2a0fd-960.webpA horse drawn wagon piled with hay in a field in the Jordan River valley, Utah, photographed by William Henry Jackson for the Detroit Publishing Company.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/faith-on-the-shore/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-stansbury-salt-lake-city-1850-d1e5d4af-2400.webpGreat Salt Lake City in 1850, drawn for Howard Stansbury's surveyhttps://vineyardhistory.org/photos/book-provo-farm-display-1909-ellis-johnson-6b6abc22-1600.webpA Provo farm's produce on display, 19092026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-pioneers-of-the-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-fort-utah-jepperson-a29626e4-1600.webpFort Utah, the first settlement in Provo, 1849, as painted by Samuel Hans Jepperson2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/life-inside-fort-utah/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/stansbury-great-salt-lake-utah-lake-map-1852-9a85d7fb-2400.webpMap of the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake valleys from Captain Howard Stansbury's 1849 and 1850 survey, drawn by Lieutenant John W. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. Utah Lake, Provo and the Timpanogos River appear at lower right.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/winter-of-1850/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-fort-utah-1850-loc-815e39b2-1600.webpFort Utah on the Provo River, 1850https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-hillers-elk-skin-tent-1874-0873b9b9-2400.webpAn elk skin tent of the Uinta Utes, 18742026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-danes-of-lake-view/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/farms-utah-pitching-hay-1940-7413d4d6-2400.webpUtah valley farms, 19402026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/walker-war-in-utah-valley/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-ute-riders-crossing-river-56287a93-960.webpUte riders crossing a river2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/spanish-fork-indian-farm/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/sai-ar-and-family-uinta-utes-1874-d4343683-960.webpSai ar and his family, Uinta Utes, seated outdoors in a photograph by John K. Hillers for the Powell survey. Stereograph card.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/black-hawk-war-in-utah-valley/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-ute-man-on-horseback-1874-9668b4b2-480.webp"Ute warrior", photographed by John K. Hillers, 18742026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/making-the-lake-bottom/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/el-grande-drain-digger-e487749b-1600.webpThe El Grande machine used to dig farm drains in Vineyard from the 1920s to the 1950s, turning swampy ground into cropland.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-road-construction-1914-be863722-960.webpBuilding the Geneva Road through Vineyard in 1914.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/drilling-grain-horses-1940s-3ab4c4b4-960.webpDrilling grain with a team of horses on a Vineyard farm, around the 1940s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-sugar-beet-harvest-1940-197bdfad-960.webpThe Vineyard Ward sugar beet harvest in 1940, with men, tractors and wagons gathered at the beet pile.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/hauling-beets-1948-fbb2cf78-960.webpHauling sugar beets by horse and wagon in Vineyard, 1948.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/haystack-blake-barn-1920s-ceaab06e-960.webpA haystack at the Blake barn in Vineyard, around the 1920s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/old-threshing-machine-f49be2ac-960.webpAn old threshing machine of the kind Vineyard farmers shared from farm to farm at harvest.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/threshing-grain-1948-fe3567f2-960.webpThreshing grain on a Vineyard farm in 1948, the straw piled high beside the machine.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-carp-fishermen/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/utah-lake-north-toward-geneva-resort-1930s-04864441-960.webpUtah Lake looking north toward the Geneva Resort, around the 1930s.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-ditches-and-the-decree/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/springville-mapleton-siphon-construction-1918-e1bc1c57-960.webpWorkers building the Springville and Mapleton lateral siphon across the Spanish Fork River, Strawberry Valley Project, Utah County.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/chapels-of-the-lake-bottom/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/little-blue-schoolhouse-1890s-aa178d30-960.webpThe Little Blue Schoolhouse, Vineyard's first school, built in 1883, as it looked around the 1890s.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-vineyard-band/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-band-1938-40829867-1600.webpThe Vineyard Band around 1938 under band teacher Earl Beck.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-band-1939-a5c67fd2-960.webpThe Vineyard band marching in 1939.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-pleasure-resorts/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-resort-pools-1920s-ad1b5cdf-1600.webpThe Geneva Resort pools around the 1920s, fed by artesian water.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-geneva-resort/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/book-utah-lake-resort-train-1880s-90s-e478a0f1-1600.webpTrains carried visitors to Utah Lake resorts like Geneva, just north of Vineyard.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-resort-1920s-21fafdc2-1600.webpCrowds at the Geneva Resort in the 1920s, beneath the arches of the resort buildings.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-resort-flume-slide-1920s-d8d93400-960.webpThe Geneva Resort flume slide around the 1920s, which sent riders down a wet chute into the water.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-resort-bear-1920s-700d7e40-960.webpOld Bruin, the Geneva Resort's bear, around the 1920s.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/sugar-beet-country/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/book-sugar-beet-harvest-c1900-ge-anderson-048ea3d3-1600.webpA sugar beet harvest in Utah County, about 19002026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-milk-train/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/loading-the-milk-train-1900s-e33c766d-960.webpLoading the milk train at Vineyard, around the 1900s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/union-dairy-first-milkhouse-1890-1a4f0e63-1600.webpThe Union Dairy Company, the first milkhouse in Vineyard, built in 1890, with milk cans ready for the train.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/cutting-ice-utah-lake-1900s-90347ddc-960.webpCutting ice on Utah Lake, around the 1900s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/hauling-lake-ice-bobsleigh-1900s-40a906f7-960.webpHauling ice from Utah Lake on a bobsleigh, around the 1900s. Ice cut from the lake kept milk cold through summer.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/cherry-hill-milk-truck-1945-507c49b8-960.webpThe Cherry Hill milk truck, which hauled milk from Vineyard dairies, in 1945.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-vineyard-schoolhouse/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-district-school-students-1900s-453ab29b-1600.webpStudents in front of the red brick Vineyard District School, around the 1900s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-school-1912-6aa16f15-1600.webpThe Vineyard School, a two-story building finished in 1912.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/giant-stride-swings-1920s-8936a236-960.webpSchool children playing on the giant stride swings in Vineyard, around the 1920s.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-country-stores/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-red-and-white-store-1925-01a6aad9-960.webpThe Vineyard Red & White Store, built and owned by Hyrum Larsen, around 1925.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/andreasen-store-1910s-fe9f9d62-960.webpThe Andreasen Store, around the 1910s, its storefront signs advertising groceries, dry goods and notions.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/andreasen-store-miniature-golf-1930s-1784866a-960.webpThe Andreasen Store and its miniature golf course, around the 1930s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-hotel-1920s-b5df670c-960.webpThe Geneva Hotel at the Geneva Resort, around the 1920s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/original-bunker-feed-mill-1935-4a79a017-960.webpThe original Bunker feed mill, around 1935.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/bunkers-feed-center-1940s-f41513e9-960.webpBunkers Feed Center around the 1940s, with cars lined up out front.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/bunkers-feed-1950s-c0f4a505-960.webpBunkers Feed around the 1950s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/spalding-turkeys-1940s-4c1ce832-960.webpA flock of turkeys on a Vineyard turkey ranch, around the 1940s.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/morrill-turkey-farm-1956-02c51a17-1600.webpThe Morrill turkey farm in Vineyard in 1956, seen from the air, its long pens running toward the fields.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/a-vineyard-farm-kid-1922/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/stories-cover-farm-family-1940-5eb5449c-2400.webpA Utah farm family, 1940https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/book-pleasant-grove-canning-orem-1919-eb364eea-1600.webpThe Pleasant Grove Canning Company, 1919. In 1924 it took tomatoes from Vineyard farms.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/farms-utah-hay-barn-wasatch-1940-5d11f404-2400.webpUtah valley farms, 19402026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/who-built-geneva/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/geneva-1942-construction-crew-4f24be5b-2400.webpBuilding on the mill site, Geneva, 1942https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/geneva-1942-open-hearth-night-be6b1907-2400.webpDigging for the open hearth furnaces by floodlight, Geneva, 1942https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/story-geneva-1942-trench-c8c50e0f-960.webpDigging the foundations at Geneva, 1942https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/wwii-liberty-bow-richmond-1942-bd7fa157-2400.webpThe Robert E. Peary on launching day, Richmond, California, 19422026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/vineyard-in-the-war/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/book-geneva-works-1940s-ushs-a4504e3f-1600.webpGeneva Works under Mount Timpanogos, 1940shttps://vineyardhistory.org/photos/wwii-liberty-launch-richmond-1942-54d17e4d-1600.webpLaunching day of the Liberty ship Robert E. Peary, Richmond, California, November 12, 1942https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/wwii-josie-owens-welder-1943-a924091e-2400.webpLiberty ships like this were built from steel plate, including Geneva's.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/thirty-days-to-leave/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/farm-looking-north-to-geneva-1940s-66ac5260-1600.webpA Vineyard farm looking north toward the Geneva Steel plant in the 1940s, shocks of grain in the foreground and the mill on the horizon.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-night-footings-floodlights-1942-18e02633-2400.webpFloodlights light the footings for the open hearth furnaces at night, as construction of the Geneva steel plant ran around the clock in 1942.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-steel-from-utah-lake-1960s-3821b99a-1600.webpThe Geneva Steel plant seen looking east from Utah Lake in the 1960s, its stacks reflected in the water below the Wasatch Range.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/vineyard-missionaries/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/farms-utah-farm-winter-1940-8b88fe33-2400.webpUtah valley farms, 19402026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/clearing-the-air-and-water/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/gl-geneva-sunrise-1972-ad956bfc-2400.webpGeneva at sunrise under U.S. Steel, 1972https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-qbop-furnace-1991-a4a87979-960.webpThe Q-BOP furnace at Geneva Steel in 1991, part of the $70 million modernization that replaced the old open hearths.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/lake-utah-lake-seawall-2022-5c222fc6-2400.webpUtah Lake State Park, near Provo, 20222026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/ironton-and-the-sale-of-geneva/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/ironton-pouring-iron-1942-ada21825-2400.webpMolten iron pours from the blast furnace at Columbia Steel Company's Ironton plant near Springville, October 1942.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-steelworkers-of-geneva/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-arc-welder-1942-0ee6f506-2400.webpAn electric arc welder at work during construction of the Geneva steel mill, November 1942.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/geneva-in-the-cold-war/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/geneva-1942-open-hearth-stacks-c9c54c8b-2400.webpThe open-hearth stacks as they were built, Geneva, 19422026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/genevas-second-life/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-steel-1999-b22f2933-1600.webpGeneva Steel in 1999, the year the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-blast-furnace-smoke-stacks-1990s-fde252ff-1600.webpA Geneva Steel blast furnace and smoke stacks in the 1990s, mirrored in a pond on the plant grounds.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-qbop-furnace-1991-a4a87979-960.webpThe Q-BOP furnace at Geneva Steel in 1991, part of the $70 million modernization that replaced the old open hearths.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-steel-1998-2160f147-960.webpGeneva Steel in 1998, the year the mill began its final round of layoffs.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/inside-the-open-hearth/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-steel-aerial-1960s-b45ff5e3-960.webpAn aerial view of Geneva Steel in the 1960s, the mill spread across the old Vineyard farmland between Utah Lake and the snowy Wasatch.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/geneva-molten-steel-slag-pile-1960s-2e54c0c4-960.webpMolten steel pours down the slag pile at Geneva, around the 1960s, lighting up the night.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-lake-over-its-line/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/utah-lake-from-space-shuttle-winter-1996-f1eb1d40-2400.webpUtah Lake and Provo among snow covered mountains, photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis on March 26, 1996.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-miracle-mill/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/story-geneva-1942-stacks-ce77244b-960.webpThe stacks going up at Geneva, 19422026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-gammons/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/gammon-dairy-farm-1983-13b1f759-960.webpThe Gammon dairy farm in 1983.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/rulon-gammon-mayor-portrait-4fd2f8bf-960.webpJ Rulon Gammon, dairyman and Vineyard's first mayor, who led the town from its incorporation in 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/gammon-farm-1927-5016b556-960.webpThe Gammon farm in 1927, its barns and fields running toward Utah Lake.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/sugar-beet-field-1920-b76e31c6-960.webpA Gammon sugar beet field around 1920, rows stretching toward the lake.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/milking-machines-1983-d7486c4d-960.webpJ Rulon Gammon with the milking machines in his dairy barn, 1983.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-petition-of-1989/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-flags-timpanogos-2000-3f77ff2e-1600.webpThe Vineyard town flag, the United States flag and the Utah state flag near the town hall and park, looking toward Mount Timpanogos in 2000.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/town-of-vineyard-logo-9a8f08ee-1600.webpThe original Town of Vineyard emblem, used by the town after its incorporation in 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-incorporation-certificate-1989-a8a4825d-960.webpThe certificate of incorporation for the Town of Vineyard, issued by the Utah Lieutenant Governor in May 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/rulon-gammon-mayor-portrait-4fd2f8bf-960.webpJ Rulon Gammon, dairyman and Vineyard's first mayor, who led the town from its incorporation in 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-first-mayor-and-council-1989-9928eceb-960.webpVineyard's first town government in 1989: Mayor J Rulon Gammon with council members Grace Holdaway, Robert Holdaway, Stan Morris and Morris Clegg.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-winter-the-air-cleared/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/story-geneva-1942-stacks-timpanogos-e07331de-960.webpGeneva under construction below Mount Timpanogos, 19422026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-town-that-paid-cash/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-summer-celebration-parachuters-1998-e6629e42-960.webpParachuters land at the Vineyard Summer Celebration in 1998, a town tradition since 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-town-hall-1998-5ee5e004-960.webpThe Vineyard Town Hall in 1998, a former cabinet shop the young town bought and remodeled.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-park-ribbon-cutting-1992-e658c5a8-960.webpThe Vineyard Town Council at the town park ribbon cutting ceremony in 1992.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-historical-quilt-1999-048e2431-960.webpThe Vineyard historical quilt, made in 1999 for the centennial of the Vineyard Ward, with blocks showing the community's landmarks.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-parade-float-1997-307d6f77-960.webpVineyard's parade float in the Fourth of July Freedom Festival Parade in Provo, 1997.2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/a-town-of-151/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/town-vineyard-town-office-2009-09bba235-2400.webpThe Vineyard Town Office, 2009https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/town-of-vineyard-logo-9a8f08ee-1600.webpThe original Town of Vineyard emblem, used by the town after its incorporation in 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/extra/vineyard-incorporation-certificate-1989-a8a4825d-960.webpThe certificate of incorporation for the Town of Vineyard, issued by the Utah Lieutenant Governor in May 1989.https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/town-utah-hay-stacks-1940-61291359-2400.webpHaystacks on a farm in Cornish, Utah, 1940https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/city-center-street-2016-cd9bf7d4-2400.webpCenter Street at Mill Road, Vineyard, June 20162026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-china-sale/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/gl-1942-cement-plant-a6a2b8ec-2400.webpThe cement plant that built the mill, Geneva, 1942https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/gl-uss-steel-sign-2010-ae2733cb-2400.webpA U.S. Steel sign left by the Geneva land, 2010https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/compare-geneva-site-2021-a5e5f4f6-2400.webpThe Geneva site from above, 20212026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-power-plant-at-the-mill/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/city-lake-side-power-plant-2008-fd18d064-2400.webpLake Side Power Plant on part of the former Geneva Steel site, 20082026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/digging-out-geneva/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/see-geneva-land-2015-f6abf29d-2400.webpThe old Geneva land where the new downtown now rises, 20152026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/from-ruins-to-a-downtown/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/see-utah-city-downtown-90fdee18-960.webpDowntown Vineyardhttps://vineyardhistory.org/photos/city-megaplex-geneva-2019-4f2c5018-960.webpThe Megaplex at Geneva, with Larry H. Miller's name on the signhttps://vineyardhistory.org/photos/city-frontrunner-2022-ef69c6da-2400.webpVineyard station, August 2022https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/today-megaplex-swig-aerial-d278486c-1600.webpThe Megaplex at Geneva from above2026-11-13weekly0.7https://vineyardhistory.org/stories/the-long-walk-to-the-lake/https://vineyardhistory.org/photos/today-lakeshore-trail-sunset-5386bcc3-960.webpThe Vineyard lakeshore trail at sunset2026-11-13weekly0.7