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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Margaret Heaps and her husband, Dave Heaps, want to add a littl
Daily Herald, 25 June 1999
Article Summary:
Dave and Margaret Heaps formed the Water Gardens Development Corporation, which is building a miniature golf course next to the Westates Water Gardens Cinema 6 in Pleasant Grove. The $1.5 million miniature golf course will open on July 1 and employs "a desert to jungle theme with lots of water in between". The new business will be wheel-chair accessible and will offer snacks, non-violent video games, and drinks in addition to miniature golf.
