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Front of the building. - , Utah
Grant Smith, 24 June 2005
Graff Mercantile

4 North Main Street
Hurricane, Utah

(1914 - ?)

Charles Petty, a local store manager, brought movies to Huricanne in 1914 using a gas-powered projector. The generator " created a loud 'putt, putt' sound heard all over Hurricane; residents flocked to the theater in response."[1]

1. "Silent Films Intrigued and Occasionally Offended Utahns", by W. Paul Reeve, History Blazer, August 1995