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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History of East Millard County
Millard County Progress, 3 April 1936, page 6
[A history of Holden from 1931 to 1936.]
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The Businesses of the Town are:
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Confectionary owned by Vorda McKee.
Anona Theatre where picture shows are given once a week by Mr. Hinckley. It is owned by Vorda McKee.
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The people are engaged principally in farming and beef raising. The population is about five hundred and fifty.
