- rope making July 12 (6-8pm)
- DUP quilting bee July 13 (10-noon)
- story day at the museum July 13 (2 pm)
- story day at the museum July 19 (2 pm)
- DUP history search night July 21 (6-7:30)
- July 25th celebration (10-2)
- quilting bee July 27 (10-noon)
- story day at museum July 27 (2 pm)
- Rag Roller Ringlets Aug 9 (2-4, 6-8 pm)
Weber County DUP Museum 2104 Lincoln Avenue Museum is open June 4 - Aug 29, 2026; Thurs - Sat; Hours: 12 noon - 5:00 p.m. Group tours can be scheduled May 4 through September 18 for day or evening. Visits are by apointment and are available Monday through Saturday. To schedule a tour, call Marti Clayson at 801-458-8990.
Monday, June 27, 2016
DUP Museum Events (July & Aug 2016)
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Making Pioneer Bread
We had a fun event planned for the community today: making bread and
butter like the pioneers. We had two sections open 2 o'clock to 4
o'clock then the next section was from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock.
We had a great turn out. There were lots of kids of all ages along with their parents that came to the bread making event. The groups were first told the instructions of what they would be doing and how they would be making the bread.
Since it is the twenty-first century, and the activity was located outside, we
wanted as little mess as possible and not that much clean up. Therefor
instead of mixing everything in a bowl everything went into a zip-lock
plastic bag.
We divided the kids into groups that had three people in them. Each group was given a plastic bag and told to spray the inside with Pam. After that they added about half of the flour, the salt, yeast, sugar, and hot water. The bag was then sealed tightly and the children took turns mixing the content up. After the content was all mixed together. The mixture was suppose to rest for ten minutes. This gave the families an opportunity to look around the museum and the cabin.
Once the ten minutes were up the kids added the oil and the rest of the flour. Mixing it all together was a real work out. The dough was then taken out of the bag divided into three balls and placed into their own individual pans, so that the children could take them home and bake them.
The next section was the butter making: pouring heavy cream into a glass jar. We had the kids and their parents shake the jar until the sloshing sound stopped. They added a small amount of salt, then started to shake again. Many arms got tired in this process. After a while a sloshing sound could be heard once more. The kids were instructed to open up their jar and pour out the liquid that was inside. What remained was the butter.
It was a great day full of fun and laughter from family and community members. It was an enjoyable day at the museum. Daughters of Utah Pioneers love to invite and get the community involved in the museum. This is just one of the fun ways that the museum does that.
We had a great turn out. There were lots of kids of all ages along with their parents that came to the bread making event. The groups were first told the instructions of what they would be doing and how they would be making the bread.
(Getting instructions)
First Group to start. Good Luck!!!
(Everyone diving in.)
We divided the kids into groups that had three people in them. Each group was given a plastic bag and told to spray the inside with Pam. After that they added about half of the flour, the salt, yeast, sugar, and hot water. The bag was then sealed tightly and the children took turns mixing the content up. After the content was all mixed together. The mixture was suppose to rest for ten minutes. This gave the families an opportunity to look around the museum and the cabin.
Once the ten minutes were up the kids added the oil and the rest of the flour. Mixing it all together was a real work out. The dough was then taken out of the bag divided into three balls and placed into their own individual pans, so that the children could take them home and bake them.
The next section was the butter making: pouring heavy cream into a glass jar. We had the kids and their parents shake the jar until the sloshing sound stopped. They added a small amount of salt, then started to shake again. Many arms got tired in this process. After a while a sloshing sound could be heard once more. The kids were instructed to open up their jar and pour out the liquid that was inside. What remained was the butter.
It was a great day full of fun and laughter from family and community members. It was an enjoyable day at the museum. Daughters of Utah Pioneers love to invite and get the community involved in the museum. This is just one of the fun ways that the museum does that.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Quilting, bread making part of summer at DUP Museum
By RACHEL J. TROTTER
Standard-Examiner correspondent
Shirley Lee, of Pleasant View, Toots Brundage and Brenda Rector, both of Washington Terrace, handstitch a quilt at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in Ogden on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. They have a combined 180 years of quilting experience.
OGDEN — Ever wanted to try your hand at quilting, bread making, storytelling, rope making or hair curling?
The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum has you covered this summer. The museum is offering a variety of different classes to teach some of the skills from past eras that many people don’t know anymore. Plus, the museum has a treasure trove of items to look at and even research including more than 3,000 photographs related to the Ogden area.
Jean Branch, publicity chairwoman, said the museum wanted to provide programs the whole family would enjoy plus extra activities to acquaint the community with the facility — like the first-ever Queen Crowning on June 25.
A weekly quilting bee is already underway from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at the Ogden museum, 2104 Lincoln Ave.
“It’s surprising how many people don’t know how to quilt, but want to learn,” said Sue Bybee, president of the museum.
Although the class has been going on for a month, newcomers can come any week and start beginning lessons with those who know the tricks of the trade. The quilt is left up during the week so museum docents can work on it when they aren’t busy, or visitors can drop in and work on it too.
PREVIEW
• WHAT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
• WHEN: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday
• WHERE: 2104 Lincoln Ave., Ogden
• ADMISSION: Free
The quilting bees will run all summer but they aren’t the only thing on the agenda. In June, bread-making classes will start and pioneer stories will be told bi-weekly in the afternoons under a shade tree outside.
“We have worked really hard to come up with some things that people would like to do. We would love to teach young girls how to quilt or to do any of these things,” Bybee said.
As for the Queen Crowning, that event on June 25 is the naming of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers royalty for Ogden Pioneer Days. The queen and her attendants are announced in advance of Pioneer Days festivities throughout July.
Bybee said many people aren’t aware of all the history and pictures that are housed in the museum’s basement. The museum will hold some special “history search nights” to show folks how easy it is to search for family histories relating to the Ogden area and to find photos of ancestors.
“We have over 6,000 family histories of different people who came over the plains, with 3,000 old photos,” Bybee said.
The docents are experts on the historical items in the museum, which provide a glimpse into pioneer life and early Ogden history. On display is a top hat Brigham Young wore as well as other artifacts believed to be his like an old cane. Other interesting pioneer artifacts include an actual biscuit that came across the plains with a young girl who was saving it to feed those in need.
Also featured are a set of handmade clothes a young mother made for her children who died on the journey west and a handmade doll one young girl cherished during her pioneer trek. Visitors can also see furniture, quilts, intricate blessing dresses, an old organ that still plays music and a pioneer handcart.
The museum docents have stories to tell about almost every item on display.
Right now, the museum’s event schedule is only set through June, but Bybee said activities for July and August will be added to the website in the future. The June programs include:
• Quilting bees — 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays through June 29
• Story Day — June 8, 21, 22. Pioneer stories will be told outside at 2 p.m. Adult supervision is required.
• Bread making — June 14. Learn hands-on bread making at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees will learn about different types of bread and make and take home a loaf of yeast bread ready to rise and bake in their oven. Bring a half pint of cream to make butter to go with the bread.
• DUP History Search Night — 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 16. Learn how to search family histories and find photos of ancestors. Call Sue Bybee at 801-391-1447 to register for this class.
• Queen Crowning — 5:30 p.m. June 25. Queen crowning with attendants named. Box dinners will be sold.
Standard-Examiner correspondent
Shirley Lee, of Pleasant View, Toots Brundage and Brenda Rector, both of Washington Terrace, handstitch a quilt at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in Ogden on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. They have a combined 180 years of quilting experience.
OGDEN — Ever wanted to try your hand at quilting, bread making, storytelling, rope making or hair curling?
The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum has you covered this summer. The museum is offering a variety of different classes to teach some of the skills from past eras that many people don’t know anymore. Plus, the museum has a treasure trove of items to look at and even research including more than 3,000 photographs related to the Ogden area.
Jean Branch, publicity chairwoman, said the museum wanted to provide programs the whole family would enjoy plus extra activities to acquaint the community with the facility — like the first-ever Queen Crowning on June 25.
A weekly quilting bee is already underway from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at the Ogden museum, 2104 Lincoln Ave.
“It’s surprising how many people don’t know how to quilt, but want to learn,” said Sue Bybee, president of the museum.
Although the class has been going on for a month, newcomers can come any week and start beginning lessons with those who know the tricks of the trade. The quilt is left up during the week so museum docents can work on it when they aren’t busy, or visitors can drop in and work on it too.
PREVIEW
• WHAT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum
• WHEN: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday
• WHERE: 2104 Lincoln Ave., Ogden
• ADMISSION: Free
The quilting bees will run all summer but they aren’t the only thing on the agenda. In June, bread-making classes will start and pioneer stories will be told bi-weekly in the afternoons under a shade tree outside.
“We have worked really hard to come up with some things that people would like to do. We would love to teach young girls how to quilt or to do any of these things,” Bybee said.
As for the Queen Crowning, that event on June 25 is the naming of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers royalty for Ogden Pioneer Days. The queen and her attendants are announced in advance of Pioneer Days festivities throughout July.
Bybee said many people aren’t aware of all the history and pictures that are housed in the museum’s basement. The museum will hold some special “history search nights” to show folks how easy it is to search for family histories relating to the Ogden area and to find photos of ancestors.
“We have over 6,000 family histories of different people who came over the plains, with 3,000 old photos,” Bybee said.
The docents are experts on the historical items in the museum, which provide a glimpse into pioneer life and early Ogden history. On display is a top hat Brigham Young wore as well as other artifacts believed to be his like an old cane. Other interesting pioneer artifacts include an actual biscuit that came across the plains with a young girl who was saving it to feed those in need.
Also featured are a set of handmade clothes a young mother made for her children who died on the journey west and a handmade doll one young girl cherished during her pioneer trek. Visitors can also see furniture, quilts, intricate blessing dresses, an old organ that still plays music and a pioneer handcart.
The museum docents have stories to tell about almost every item on display.
Right now, the museum’s event schedule is only set through June, but Bybee said activities for July and August will be added to the website in the future. The June programs include:
• Quilting bees — 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays through June 29
• Story Day — June 8, 21, 22. Pioneer stories will be told outside at 2 p.m. Adult supervision is required.
• Bread making — June 14. Learn hands-on bread making at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees will learn about different types of bread and make and take home a loaf of yeast bread ready to rise and bake in their oven. Bring a half pint of cream to make butter to go with the bread.
• DUP History Search Night — 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 16. Learn how to search family histories and find photos of ancestors. Call Sue Bybee at 801-391-1447 to register for this class.
• Queen Crowning — 5:30 p.m. June 25. Queen crowning with attendants named. Box dinners will be sold.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Sewing Like Pioneers
After working at the Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum for the last
two weeks, I've become accustomed to the pace at which the museum
works. It truly is a valuable experience to work at a museum. This
museum in particular is an incredible place to work at. Everyone that
works is a volunteer - even the president. The team is a dedicated, fun,
loving group of individuals that spends their time creating an
opportunity for families and the community members to learn about their county's history. They welcome everyone that wants to learn about the
pioneers and create wonderful memories.
We had an exciting visitor come to the museum today. A reporter from the local news paper stopped by to feature us in the local news paper this coming Saturday.
The museum has a quilt that they set up in the basement. It is open for any visitor to sew on. The only ketch is that it is sewn just like the pioneers would have sewn it, by hand with a needle and thimble.
I was fun to sit down for a while in a circle working on this quilt. The reporter was there taking photos of us and asking question about the quilt and the museum. It is really entertaining to sit in a circle with the ladies at the museum that day. We had a lot of laughs and I learned so much.
One of the things that were told was the tradition of how to quilt. In the time of the pioneers when the Indians would sew a quilt they would on purpose flip a square and sew it upside down. This was a tradition in the culture that the pioneers picked up. The upside down this was a symbol that nothing was perfect except God. It was exciting to learn about the adopted tradition.
I also spent some time on the computer learning about the research program that we have on it. There is a section of the museum that is dedicated to the finding and research of ancestral pioneers. Anyone that has an ancestor that came across the plains is welcome to come in and look up information on there family. We have stories, documents and pictures that they can look and and order if they want a copy.
I looked through the program and made myself familiar with the system and how to use it so that I can help the visitors easily access their family information.
We had an exciting visitor come to the museum today. A reporter from the local news paper stopped by to feature us in the local news paper this coming Saturday.
The museum has a quilt that they set up in the basement. It is open for any visitor to sew on. The only ketch is that it is sewn just like the pioneers would have sewn it, by hand with a needle and thimble.
I was fun to sit down for a while in a circle working on this quilt. The reporter was there taking photos of us and asking question about the quilt and the museum. It is really entertaining to sit in a circle with the ladies at the museum that day. We had a lot of laughs and I learned so much.
One of the things that were told was the tradition of how to quilt. In the time of the pioneers when the Indians would sew a quilt they would on purpose flip a square and sew it upside down. This was a tradition in the culture that the pioneers picked up. The upside down this was a symbol that nothing was perfect except God. It was exciting to learn about the adopted tradition.
I also spent some time on the computer learning about the research program that we have on it. There is a section of the museum that is dedicated to the finding and research of ancestral pioneers. Anyone that has an ancestor that came across the plains is welcome to come in and look up information on there family. We have stories, documents and pictures that they can look and and order if they want a copy.
I looked through the program and made myself familiar with the system and how to use it so that I can help the visitors easily access their family information.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Tours & Meetings
James Brown later bought the cabin and the land that Miles owned for $1,950.00 in gold. The Brown family lived in it for a few years, then sold it to Amos P. and Minerva Leontine Jones Stone. The Stone family lived in the cabin eventually turning it into a black smith shop. In 1926, a Daughter from the Stone family, donated the cabin to Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers for preservation. (Want to learn more? Call and make an appointment for a tour or just walk in.)
After my tour, we split the group into two and gave them a tour of the inside of the museum. I decided to tag along and learn more about the artifacts that we have in our museum.
(Middle School taking a tour of the Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum. )
(Some Students taking an interest in the musical instruments that the museum holds. )
(Meeting at Daughters of Utah Pioneer museum. )
Tomorrow, I can start in on the next step of the project. That is to give all the books that do not have a number a number. I can then document the name of the book with the number it was assigned to, and plug in the location of where to find it. After that is done, I will organize all the books onto shelves, so that guests can easily find and enjoy the many treasures the museum has to offer.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
ISDUP Convention 2015
Pony Express Riders: They Rode with the Wind and God.
Key Note Speaker: Elaine Brewster with "Express Mail"
luncheon: slow roasted Chicken Breast with a chipotle-plum sauce
served with roasted corn mashed potatoes and vegetables
house salad, rolls and butter
key lime pie
lemonade
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