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Show MAX COWAN AUGUST 18, 1972 does not get too big. HR: You say that when you came here Salt Lake was much smaller. What would you say the city limits were at that time? MC: Oh golly, when you got past Murray, it was gone. HR: And what about east? MC: Well, up here, I remember right up here I bought some cows right here on about--. There was a big orchard up here. I can' t remember the man' s name. He had a big orchard, and he had some dairy cows. He sold me some cows that I hauled down to the packing house. My folks had a packing house here, Block and Guss. They were here a long time ago. They started in about 1910. They were in the packing business out here. They closed up in 1952, I believe it was. RD: Now, you said your folks never lived in Salt Lake. MC: My in-laws, my father-in-law. They were in the cattle business here. They had a packing house called the Block and Guss Packing Company. It was here for many, many years. Then my father-in-law passed away in 1934, and Mr. Block sold out, I think, in 1951. He died here. I think he was ninety-three. He died here a few years ago. They were in the livestock business. Also, they used to feed cattle all around Lehi, up in Layton. And the first packer in Salt Lake was a Jewish man, Charles 12 |
