People: Waston, George, 1880s-1950s

File — Box: 7, Folder: 16

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Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: George Watson with his "Jitney" used to transport tourists up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the 1920s.
Photograph number 2: George Watson, Alf Engen, Ted Keller, Ken Maughan, and Felix Koziol at Watson's cabin, circa April 1938
Photograph number 3: Dedication of the new ski shelter at Alta named after George H. Watson.
Photograph number 4: George Watson, self appointed mayor of "Romantic Alta"
Photograph number 5: George Waston at Alta, Utah, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 6: George Watson, 1883-1952, miner, prospector, and self appointed mayor of "Romantic Alta"
Photograph number 7: Felix Koziol, Roger Langley, George Watson
Photograph number 8: Felix Koziol and Mayor George Watson
Photograph number 9: Alta's honorary mayor, George Watson, with his famous hat. George Watson in front of the Snow Pine Shelter, circa 1946.
Photograph number 10: Mayor George Watson with his hat on
Photograph number 11: George Watson fixing a meal in his Alta cabin
Photograph number 12: George Watson outside the door to his Alta cabin
Photograph number 13: George Watson with his collection of liquor bottles
Photograph number 14: George Watson
Photograph number 15: George Watson waving
Photograph number 16: George Watson with Deseret News Ski School students in front of the Peruvian Lodge.
Photograph number 17-18: George Watson at the entrance to his Alta cabin
Photograph number 19: George Watson with his wall of posters that helped act as insulation in his cabin
Photograph number 20: George Watson, Sharlene Brewer, Felix Koziol, and Jack Reddish in Mayor Watson's cabin
Photograph number 21: George Watson asleep in his cabin
Photograph number 22: George Watson and another unidentified man in Watson's cabin
Photograph number 23-24: George Watson
Photograph number 25: Walter Hoppe, Julian Thomas, Sverre Engen and Alf Engen carrying Mayor George Watson's body out of the mountains. Watson was found in his cabin after passing away on March 31, 1952.
Photograph number 26: In memorial to Mayor George Watson, crossed skis and poles in silhouette from a sunset.
Photograph number 27: Article written in the 1953 edition of the American Ski Annual and Ski Journal about George Watson.

Dates

1880s-1950s

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