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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show Barn" which was located on Twelfth Street between Porter Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. "The Barn" provided a place for LDS religious meeting and social events in the area until it was replaced with the Seventh Ward Chapel and Recreation Building at Thirteenth and Adams Avenue. He lived within a block and one-half of his sister, Ida Creamer, whose home was at 453 13th Street. A lot separated Charles's home from that of his wife's parents, Isaac Robeson Farley and Madeleine Malan Farley, who lived at 1220 Porter Avenue. The family home at 1208 remained the permanent residence for Charles and Mary for the rest of their lives. CANYON BOMB Their second home, a summer residence, was built at 307 Ogden Canyon by their son Milton. This provided years of pleasant living during the hot summer months. The home was built approximately between 1922-1924. Prior to building this summer home, Charles planned and organized summer camp-outs for his family and encouraged relatives and their families to join them in these adventures. Tents with board floors were used to make the family feel secure. During the daytime while the men were in town at their various jobs, the women and children busied themselves with camp chores, washing, cooking, and preparing other necessities for the day. They enjoyed bathing in the river during the hot summer days. Evenings were enjoyed by the families around the campfire where humorous stories were told and where good-natured kidding and laughter abounded. These summer outings were so enjoyed that it led to the purchase of a lot in the canyon and the summer home eventually being built. It can be said of the children of Charles and Mary that they inherited determination that carried into each of their lives. Each was extremely ambitious. To them, work was important and was to be done to the best of their abilityno matter what the task. HORACE MARRIOTT Mary and Charles first child, Horace Eugene Marriott, was a blue-eyed, towheaded, fair-complexioned boy. He was born January 14, 1895. Eventually he grew to a height of six feet and possessed a fine physique. He was straight and thincharacteristics inherited from his father. Horace was always well-groomed and took pride in his personal appearance. As a child, he was a happy, mischievous boy. He delighted playing innocent tricks and pranks on family members and friendscausing much laughter among all. He carried this fun-loving trait into his adult life. He was a very popular young man while attending Weber Academy where many a young girl vied for his attention. It was at this time that he met an attractive brunette, Myrtle Josephine Lindquist, the daughter of Charles John Aaron Lindquist and Emeline Amelia Kjirstine (Larsen) Ness. Myrtle's father founded the Lindquist Mortuary of Ogden that has continued on to this day. Soon the young couple was married in the Logan LDS Temple on July 9, 1913. Soon after the marriage, Horace worked as a switch-engine fireman in the yard of the OUR&D Company in Ogden for two years. During this time, it was discovered that he had a heart condition which required an end to his work with the railroad company. He worked for his father-in |