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Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah

C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911.  The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies.  It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.”  At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall.  In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.

 
 
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Chapparal Drive-In Theatre Photos

Topigraphical map showing the location of a drive-in theater in Ephraim

A topographical map from 1966 shows the location of a drive-in movie theater on the outskirts of Ephraim.
Chapparal Drive-In Theatre, Ephraim, Utah
Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1 July 1966

A 1997 aerial photo showing a drive-in theater in Ephraim

An aerial photo of the drive-in site in 1997.  The theater's sign, a ticket booth, a brick wall, and the projection building are visible.
Chapparal Drive-In Theatre, Ephraim, Utah
Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, 12 September 1997

Sign of a drive-in theater in Ephraim, Utah

The sign of the drive-in has three lines of copy and is now used for the KLGL and KMTI radio stations.
Chapparal Drive-In Theatre, Ephraim, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 25 June 2005

A brick wall with mountains in the distance

This short brick wall was apparently located between the theater's ticket booth and the last row of parking.
Chapparal Drive-In Theatre, Ephraim, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 25 June 2005