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. .II_ _ _ _ _ ~--. . . Lehi Bathing Resort/Murdock Resort ~ ehi, Utah County _ 111111~II~r~~11I111~ir~lflillllll 3 9222 00575 9167 MAY Z 0 \lIII'l t l ,\11 "~ESS ·\S\()("/,\ TlO\ (lip"i,,!: S''nice Ph,,"~ · (ROI) n~1I6 7 11 I. F. III "REE PRESS (£~v~~!~Rspawned several resorts ~.'!~!~!T~~~~r.~~.~~~!~.~:t~~~~e~~ ~ J ~~a~:'~:~n~:!il;:~~~! t:{\ L e hi Yes te ry ea rs oC been'popularrecnation.lait.aince the ..,.1I..t d.YI or Utah V.II ..y ..ttJement. D.. pite ite murky w.· ter, the rwult of bottom lilt e'lily whtppacl up by I'Uty wind., the .hallow lake'. ciON proximity to • tw.toCpopul.tloncent&n f'rom Lahl to P.yeon h .. .p.wned numerou. r.on. dati", (rom the 1880'1. Seekln, r.lief (ro", ecorching he.t and peniat.nt 01.., Lahi eiti· ••na - not w.nting to make the moreRrenUOWl trek up Americ.n Fork C.nyon - oft.l!n lO\JIht .um· mil' campin, alt. 01\ the north .~ oC Utah lAk., wh ..re cool breN.. frequ.ntlypravail. Thenn. white aandon th_ beacha. ia .lIu· YiaJ depoIlttrom Dry Creek, which ( , - , .. - _ . • _ .. ... - • • J - ....... . . ,. . ... - empti.. into thel.ke n ... rby. Ol!Org.. P. Murdock, who in 1890 ownl!d. II!Ction of l.k...ide prop· erty (or puturing hi •• nim.II, rec· ognized thecommerci.1 pot.nti.1 of hi' be.ch and ne.rby grovlofbl.ck willow.. In 1891 the 23·ye.r·old III!g.n improv.. m.. nt. to the .r.... Th .. fint ord .. r ofbu.inea. wee r .. moving the c.ttle. N .. lt • dancing p.vilion, which could III! .huttl!red during .tormy w... th .. r, wu built. Thr... .rt.ai.n w.. lllwe""ev.. ntu.llYlunk for culinary w.t.r. And fin.lly. pier with b.thhou ...... lt.ndincov..r thel.k. wu con.tructed. Rec.lling the hiltory of th .. ~· 10rt, M.y M. Lott rem .. mlll!rl!d th.. grend opening on S.turd.y M.y 30, 189 l(Decor.tion or M.. mori.1 D.y): -rite open in, d.y c.ml .nd. gr.nd opening it wal. People ceme in an kinde ofv..hicles .nd on foot . M.ny from oth ..r dti ... w..re willing to help m.k .. it • ,uoeHlful r ..sort." Though nrtu.lly .. v..ryon .. c.1I1!d th .. pl'OI'Murdock RHort" ill origi. n.1 n.m .. wu the ·Lahi B.thing Reaort·(uc.nbe ....ninth .. introductory .dv..rtiaem .. nt in th .. M.y 29,1891'lAhi B.nn..r"). Two w.... k. l.tI!r Murdock .dvertiRd in the Jun .. 12,1891·Lahi B.nn..r":"LEHI I.k .. last .. v.. ning on the It..mer 'Flor..nCl!.Dr. Calvin S..bright, popular lAhi phyaiei.n, arnngl!d th .. out· ing, which c:on.i.tI!d o("lingin, and mUlic by the .trin, band" .board Ihip, th ..n d.n~ing in th .. Murdock pavilion until .n..r midnight. The 'lAhi B.nn.. r" chrontcl... num ..rou.-old Folk'louting.:Sun· day ..,hool p.rtiH, "Grand Balli: 'p<>rting(>venh. picnics .• nd f.mily g.th .. rin" at th .. popular reeort. Two fun·fill.. d daYI from th .. "G.y Nm .. ti ...• d.. pict the v.ried .ctin· ti .... t Murdock'i . On the .(temoon ofS.pt. 6, 1894, th .. H.rmony Gl.. Club .nd fri .. nd. pl.yl!d b....ball .nd boated until 6:00 p.m. After • cI.'Th! ;:::~ ~~:31~;4"!B.nner"': ) porwd th.t acorN of·.,hol.", .nd tI!.chen· from the lAhi Sund.y Sehoolh.dmet •• rlyatthaMeetin, Hou .. the pranou. Mond.y .nd loaded into wacon •• nd b\Jlli- for the ride to Murdock'i . Swimmt"l, boatridin .. pirnicki"l, Iwinlin" .nd baMbaIl oocupied moat of the d.y. LaM.Silver Band.nivecll.ter .nd "m.de th ...n.moon mOr9 .. n· joy.ble with th .. ir .weel Itr.ina of mu.ic." In .ddition to the !'MOrt'. n.tu· r.1 faeiliti .....dequ.t. wuhroom. .nd outhou .... were provided. An .dvantapoverSaraqaR.ort.juat twomilHeouthw_t. wuMurdodt'. nCl!lI .. nt dlinki~ w~ter. Howev~) 8ee '[!8TERYEARS OD P.... . - lIu " "I:'.t'''vlll nl .lI,uln.retUm~to MUalc" followed by • d.nce. it. norm.1 level thro\JIh incre.aed BaMb.lI, hor...hoe pitching, precipit.tion. rootr.CH, .nd football.ttr.ctl!d the ThOl .. of us who witnesRd the Intere.t of m.ny younpr r ... ort· rl!COrd wet y... r. of 1981-84 find it roe"', The Aug. I, 1895 'lAhi B.n· difficult to III!Ii..v.. th.t the M.rch n.r" reporWd • footb.n game be- 21 , 1935 "Lt!hi Sun· r.n .n .rticle tWMn the lAhl Footb.lI Club .nd entitt .. d, "Wh.t Will a Dry Lake the Lehi Crick ..t Club. M... n to Ut.h County?" Though th .. : ' Th. gNdp m.tch .nd the $5 I.k ..·• w.tI!ra in 1952 lubmerged puna wu won by the Footb.1I Club th .. Hnlmste.d Bo.t C.mp until 23 6 to O. Th .. rough .nd tumbl .. g.m .., July, th .. 51t.. r ..m.inl!d rompletl!ly without protl!ctive equipm .. nt, re- und.. rw.tI!rdunngth .. 1!1tll·84 high .ultl!d in Mver.1 injuri" to lAh! . WAt ... Y.. Rr• . Th .. whit .. . Rnd. ofth .. boys. old Murdock lII!ach wh ir h w.. r ... d· Murdock'.continuedtolll!p<>pu, vertiaed in th .. Jun .. 12, t891 "lA-hi I.r d... pit. the compl!tition from B.nn .. r" •• ·th.. fin ... t on th .. fa· ne.rbyS.r.t.oKa Reaort, which had mou. Ut.h Lak .." .re "lCain high auperior .wimmin" lodging, .nd .nd dry, though littl!rf'd with f.r too •• ting f.ciliti.... mu~h human d"hri • . Wh .. n Gl!Orp Murdock'. h .. alth Th... ncient bl,,~k willows, which (.i1..d In 1897 he c1011!d the resort, hav .. stnod II n...rth shor..... ntin .. l. moved to town .nd dil!d in 1899. f... rmnr .. thsn .cpntury. wer .. virtu· , Some of th .. building....r .. movl!d .llydf'stmyed by the high wat .. rsof .Iaewh.. ra .nd the r ..m.inder w .. re the 1980's. In • few Yf'ar. pf'rhap. , tom down. The.r... ".inr..tumed even th ... kel .. tal rema in. nf those to puture land and h.yfield.; the tr..... will III! gone, .nd Hk ... n unat· gT"Oveofbl.ck willow. rem.inl!d the tl!ndl!d grav .. in • f... rljOtten ct'm' I .Ingl. reminder ohha funlpot th.t .. lI!ry, 00 m.rk ..r will de.ignate the h.donc&ui.ted there. In 1926 the lill! of the once f.mou. Murdock) LehiCityCouncilblief1ycon.id.. r..d ~ / _ -="::t:.:.::;b:.:,Ii:,:8::,:h,::in::,!R!!...:":...:..rl!<T:::.:.:.f':.at::.:i::,on:.!..Jpr:":.:r,::kc..::"t=------ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~~:~. ;:~~~a.~~'~~k;;;;;~;"!~ :.~ ~::;:::J.0~11:.~::t';;dp-:;~~; froqu .. nt intl!rv.ls. Round trip 25 r..ntl. All kindl of lumm .. r drinkl .nd oth .. r r .. fr... hm .. ntl can III! ob· teinl!d on the groundl .t r .. gular pric... Fine row bo.t. for r .. nt. Grand ban .. v..ry S.turd.y Night. Geo. W. Murdock, Prop." In the 1890'1 Am .. ricen. walk .. d f.r more frequ .. ntly th.n th ..y do today. Murdock Rt!eort w.,. p.ltry two·mile atroll .... uth oflAhi'1 M.in Str.... t .t Fifth W... t . But not.1I r ......rt prs w.lk .. d. Some peddll!d bicycl ... or ·wh.... I,· '1 they werecalll!d th .. n, whil .. oth· er. rod .. hor.... or w..r .. conv.. yl!d in wagon., c.rte, or buggi ... Elcur· aion triPI ... re r..gul.rly .chl!dull!d to the reeort. The Aug. 14, 1891 ~ :' I _ i entartalner BIll Coaby: "Your :u n_ d_ enouch; now,. a 11'0 to work.''! 'ti.in, Ap i. _klnc \0 mobiliu ad apn~" \0 make k.y people • forruchin,.l1 Am.nun. with .. encouracina Tllpon.ibl. beX'trirw that "_rything i. lOrN; fault. that nobody hal peraonal bihty for' anything that ,u tumed Amen~an ..... lnlt .......... uon neecllretaa~hJngthat while I. are frMlodegood or 0.0 to bad, . . the b . w.';.IIY. to take tlM nc.. ,Oft ' ........ ~....-_"~,. __.•"',"'J.".:" I _ ••• ooUW h ... ov.c \0 II'8t out aMrun! He really looked forward \0 \h. WHIt· endlt when "Boy"(who hereallybeJoni-d \0) would come home and play wuh him. Thl. ia when \h. REAL FUN wu. In fact it WAI a Friday when it happened he had been waitinc all w..k for thill day. n,. day "Soy" would com. home and take him IOm.wh.,... fun. H. deC1c1ec1 \0 take a hulutroll \0 - hi. mend down thf'ltrMt. I I'M" hi. family .hould hay. kept him in the dOC run, but he had been fMline 10 depr"f'..d all w.. k for IOITI. reuon. "Boy" took him to the vet to_ what ... wrona WIth him. Th. v.t ~hecked hlm __ nd a aaid h. wu fine but h. jUit _med a IiUledepree...d(maybedop hlYea premo- - ••• itil<lmClftth'el ~. Yesteryears ( 1 Continued from front pace 80111. ".portingll'8nta" d..ired more than a cold drink of watar \0 wh.t larly vulnerabl. to nuduating wa tar I.vel •. In the early 1930's, t h" th.ir .hi.tI•. C. A. Hoai.r, lAhi driftt period in Utah his\ory, t h" ...Ioon k..per, bllIlt a IP'OIf .hop at lak., wi\h only twelve thou.an •• 'th.,...,rt prior \oth. 1895 Decora· acre-f..t of watar, aeemed \0 bo. di.aol»arinl(. tion Day openinl(. Th. water WAI y.t too eold for Th. Holmltaad Boat Camp wa., _immi!lgandbo.ting,but\h.I&r11'8 mil•• from what Iittl. watar re crowd wu not diaappointed by the mamed in the .hrunken lak.. )~ day'••venta. "Proleaaor H.rri." ~r 4, 1934 "Lahi Free PrMa" floated .kyward in. bot .ir belloon articl. quotad deputy .tate pm and then thrilled apecta\ora by p.ra· wardenJOMph J. M.d_n ••••ym .chutinctnlmth.p....ng.rbuk.c.. the ....r . lak. d.pth wu on l Th••xc:itinauhibition .nclecl in Mven to fourteen in~h.., and .un near di.uter when the prof_ humed cvp w.re burrowinc in~ wu blown in\o. feneepoet on land· the muddy I.k. bottom to surviv• .. ina. DuatiJ\ahim_lfoft',th••lichtly A MaY'Ch 28, 1935 "Lehi Sun .haken dared.vil reueured the ' article reported the droUCht wu ec;: crowd that he wu uninjured and Mriou.thateom.c:itlzen.h.diniti·. the entertainm.nt lOOn continued. .tad. "SlY. Ut.h Lak." ~mpaicn.. Th••veninc f.re conli.ted of. con· But \he lak.qu~kly pl"OVed It needec!J oert by S.lt Lak. City'. "T.mple ol no h.lp from man u it returned to, Mulic" followed by a d.n~. ita norm.ll.y.1 throuch in~.aec!i 8aeeb.11. hOrMehoe pi~hin" precipitation. footr&eel, and football.ttracted the ThOM of u. who witn..aed th~ intal'Ht of many younpr reeort· rerord w.t y••rs of 1981·84 find it pra. Th. Aug. I. 1895 "Lahi Ban· difficult to believe th.t the March n.r" reported • football pm. be- 21, 1935 "lAhl Sun" ran an artld. tween the Lahi Footb.1I Club and entitled, "What Will • Dry Lak. the Lahi Crick.t Club. MMn \0 Utah County?"Thoueh the Th. m.~h .nd the 16 lake'. w.ten In 1952 .ubm.rgwd pUI"M WAI won by the Football Club the Holm.taad Boat C.mp until 23 6 to O. Th. rouah and tumbl. game, , July, \he 'Ita r.malned eompl.tely without protac\i... 8qllipm.nt,,... un~a_dun"ithe1981-84high .ulted in _veral i~un.. \0 Lahi watar y ••n. The white .. nd. ofth. boy.. Did Mllrdock be~h which w.re .d· Murclock'. continued \0 be popll' v..-tieed In \he Jun. 12. 1891 "Lahi lar d..pite the competitinn from Bann.r" AI "the fin..t on the fa· nearbySar.tops--t,whichhad moua Utah Lak." ... again high .uperior IWimminc, lodiina, and and dry, thOUih littered with far too eating feciliti... much human debri •. . Wh.n Gaorp Murdoc:k'. health Thean~l.ntbla~k willowt. whi~h failed in 1897 he cloeecl the reeort, h.ve.tood u north thore ..ntinel. moyed \0 \own and dIed In 1899. for more than aeentury, were VIrtU' Som. of the buildinp w.r. moved .lly d..troyed by the high w.ter. of .IMwh.re and the remainder w_ the 1980'•. In • few yea" perhaps tom down. Th. are. . .am returned even the .k.letal remain. of thON to puture land and hayti. lela; \h. t..- WIll be rona, and lik. an unat· rroYeofbl~kwillow.remalnedthe tended iTav. in • f~tten cern· .ingl. remlnd.r o(th. (un~t \hat ec«y, no mark.,. WIll dHil".ta the h.d on~ .xi.ted theft. In 1926 the 'Ita of the once famou. Murdock LahiCityCounc:ilbne(\yrontld.red a...o. ..tabli.hmg • recreation pm at "old Murd""k Reaort: but thia WAI n.y.r don • . Ourina the 1930'. Claren~. Holm.taad I•• M<I the Murdock property from Jobn Southwick. lin avidoutdoonrnan, Holluteed rented rowboata and other par to nehe'nn.n from the 'Ita of the old Murdock pi.r. Holm.te.i Boat Camp with rowboat factlitiea, pic:nic taIHea, and reat room,. thouch en,;o,oed by hundreda ol.portamen, Boy Soouta, and o&hen untH the I.te 1I6O'.,M¥erl'MChed\b-popu· larityaltheMurdocil R.ort- wInch did not h.y. to compete with the .UtGmobile for the publi~'. illtareat. AI .Iway.. th. .horelineolUtah Lak. . . .t the mercy ol the .1. menta. Th. bMch.. are JMtrticu. PU. l 1 n...nenff, anImal control and Hun... S«lety peopl. w_ na and did wh.t th.y could do. but .nimal. don' h ..e \h.aam. richta U human., and th.t ~y" will ne.er have \0 pay for \hI' tarrible injUitice - not hke he wou Id ifhi. vidim had been human . lind perhape hi. n.rt vimm will be. 'ft'ho know. what would cIn.. th.t '"Boy" todo.urh a thlng?W•• h.ondrup?Wa.h. .howlna off \0 frwnd.? Jak. wu an euy tarpt. Why would anyone .nuff out another "..rth·brather'." hfe? Why wnuld • parent live a youn, boy aaun for. toy? Wu thi. '"Boy" ancry about lOmethlng 10 hi. own Iif. and took it out on Jake? W.. he ..ally mad .t u.1 H.rouldn't ha.e been m.d .tJak.! Jak. n.-v.-p tilli 1It"",h'n". thllt' mulA ...... l1v ",111"_