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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Ritter Drive to Stay One Way Eastbound
Ogden Standard Examiner, 5 March 2010
Article Summary:
The Riverdale city council chose to delay making Ritter Drive a one-way westbound road until a traffic engineer could be consulted. The council also asked for information any impact changes would have on the proposed car dealership on the Cinedome property.
