Yellowstone 1922

Excerpt from Jennie L. Hullinger's History:

"Many things could be told of our courtship days together, but one of them that I would like to mention was a trip we took to Yellowstone Park in company with Mary and Chas (Charles)* Hatch. Leaving July 12th 1922 in a 1918 open Buick with two children Dallas and Buffie and a friend of Mary and Chas (Charles), Elizabeth Jones we started out. Chas (Charles) and Crystal (Lewis) and two children Lenor and Howard and, (my sister)** Birda and (her daughter) Virginia who was also a baby they had a Model T Ford, were also along."

Model T Ford
Jennie's sister Birda (Merkley), pictured to the left of the Model T, holding her baby Virginia .
(Photograph is most likely miss-dated. It was probably taken 1922).

"Cars then didn't travel at the speed they do now and we stopped at every place there was a sign for swimming so we were about six days reaching the Park. At Jenny's Lake, Harold and I did some boat riding while the other members tended tired babies and got supper. We camped out most of the time but at Mammoth Hot Springs we took cabins which was quite a relief so we could clean up. while in the Park we swam, danced and hiked having a wonderful time together."

"Then on the way home Harold left us at Logan a little early in order to be back at Provo for the second quarter of summer school."

Jennie Lewis - pictured center with a swim cap, and head tilted back.

Although this picture is captioned "about 1918," the number of children and adults in the photograph lend to the possibility that it may have been miss-dated and was actually taken during one of their stops for swimming in 1922.

If anyone has any more information regarding this picture and the individuals photographed. Please let us know.

*Chas was written shorthand for "Charles"
**Parentheses were added for clarification and not part of the original excerpt.