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Ute riders crossing a river

Courtesy photo

A pioneer wagon train

Courtesy photo

Center Street at Mill Road, Vineyard, June 2016

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Vineyard Connector bridge over the rail line, 2015

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vineyard station, August 2022

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A FrontRunner train passes the future Vineyard station site, 2016

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

North along the tracks from the future station, 2015

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Snow on the future station site, 2016

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FrontRunner tracks under Geneva Road, 2016

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vineyard Elementary School, 2016

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Looking south from the Vineyard station site, 2015

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The old Geneva land where the new downtown now rises, 2015

An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grading for the mill, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Brick kilns near the new mill, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

A truck carrying concrete mixers at the new mill, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Building on the mill site, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Servicing a floodlight for night work at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

The water intake tunnel, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Masonry for a battery of coke ovens, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Digging for the open hearth furnaces by floodlight, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

The open-hearth stacks as they were built, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Driving piles for the mill's foundations, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Steel and concrete go into place at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Steel mill under construction, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Two workmen at the mill under construction, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

The cement plant that built the mill, Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

A stack going up at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Furnaces rising at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

The stacks going up at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Geneva under construction below Mount Timpanogos, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Digging the foundations at Geneva, 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Tapping a heat of iron at Ironton, near Provo, 1942 (a still from the era, not the film)

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress

Open-hearth furnaces and stacks under construction at Geneva, November 1942

Andreas Feininger, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons

Utah valley farms, 1940

Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1940

Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1940

Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress

The UVU letters on campus, 2018

Ben P L, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

"Father Escalante Discovers Utah Lake, 1776", mural in the Utah State Capitol dome, 1934

Beneathtimp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Geneva at sunrise under U.S. Steel, 1972

Bruce McAllister, National Archives (DOCUMERICA)

The Megaplex at Geneva, with Larry H. Miller's name on the sign

Buglord, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fishing at the outlet of Utah Lake, about 1890

BYU Special Collections

Utah Lake State Park, near Provo, 2022

Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Utah Lake and the Wasatch Range, 2022

Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Gammon Park

City of Vineyard

Penny Springs Park

City of Vineyard

The lakeshore at Sunset Beach Park

City of Vineyard

Utah Lake off Vineyard Beach

City of Vineyard

Vineyard Grove Park

City of Vineyard

Sunset on the Vineyard lakeshore

City of Vineyard

A Provo farm's produce on display, 1909

Ellis Johnson; LDS Church Archives

Farmers load beet pulp for livestock feed at the Springville sugar factory

George Edward Anderson; BYU Special Collections

Great Salt Lake City in 1850, drawn for Howard Stansbury's survey

Howard Stansbury survey, Library of Congress

Utah City, downtown Vineyard

Jacob Wood

Vineyard homes under Mount Timpanogos

Jacob Wood

Neighborhoods and the lakeshore trail beside Utah Lake

Jacob Wood

The Vineyard lakeshore trail at sunset

Jacob Wood

The ladle roundabout by the Megaplex

Jacob Wood

The Megaplex at Geneva from above

Jacob Wood

An elk skin tent of the Uinta Utes, 1874

John K. Hillers, Library of Congress

A Ute girl on horseback, 1874, by John K. Hillers

John K. Hillers, Library of Congress

The home of Ta-vah-puts, a chief of the Uinta Utes, 1874

John K. Hillers, Library of Congress

"Ute warrior", photographed by John K. Hillers, 1874

John K. Hillers, Wikimedia Commons

Fort Utah on the Provo River, 1850

Library of Congress

Farms across Utah Valley: looking across Provo to Utah Lake, about 1909

Library of Congress

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco's map from the expedition, 1778, with Laguna de los Timpanogos

Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons

Lake Side Power Plant on part of the former Geneva Steel site, 2008

Mscalora, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Vineyard Town Office, 2009

Ntsimp, public domain

Liberty ships like this were built from steel plate, including Geneva's.

Office of War Information, National Archives

A sugar beet harvest in Utah County, about 1900

Photo by George Edward Anderson; BYU Special Collections

A U.S. Steel sign left by the Geneva land, 2010

Rockclaw1030, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Threshing barley, Utah, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Dairy cows on a Utah valley farm, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

A Utah farm family, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

A Utah farm boy at work, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

A dryland farm in the mountains, Cache County, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Haystacks on a farm in Cornish, Utah, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Utah valley farms, 1940

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Spring pasture below the Uinta Mountains, Heber, 1941

Russell Lee, Library of Congress

Fort Utah, the first settlement in Provo, 1849, as painted by Samuel Hans Jepperson

Samuel Hans Jepperson, BYU Library, via Wikimedia Commons

Spanish Fork Indian Farm, early 1860s

Special Collections, University of Utah

The Robert E. Peary on launching day, Richmond, California, 1942

U.S. Maritime Commission, Library of Congress

Launching day of the Liberty ship Robert E. Peary, Richmond, California, November 12, 1942

U.S. Maritime Commission, Library of Congress

Geneva Road, 2018

US 89, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

The Geneva site from above, 2021

USDA NAIP

Vineyard and Provo from above, 2021

USDA NAIP

Geneva Works under Mount Timpanogos, 1940s

Utah State Historical Society

The Pleasant Grove Canning Company, 1919. In 1924 it took tomatoes from Vineyard farms.

Utah State Historical Society

Trains carried visitors to Utah Lake resorts like Geneva, just north of Vineyard.

Utah State Historical Society

UVU's main campus, 2004

uvuphotos, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

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