The following are photos of Asher and his immediate family as a youth working hard in one way or another on the Merkley Homestead in Vernal, Utah.
Photos are from the personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak.
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"Merkley homestead, early 1900s.
Ezra or Asher as a small boy on team horses." |
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| "Nelson Jr, 1918 or so, old buggy shed in background, Vernal, UT" |
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"Nelson Merkley Jr with wheelbarrow
granddaughter Virginia inside" |
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| "Possibly Asher driving team" |
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| "Asher and mother Keturah" |
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| "Asher and sister Mary in buggy, 1918" |
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"Margaret Merkley and mother Keturah
painting the buggy" |
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| "Asher and trout caught in front yard canal, 1918" |
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| "Nelson Merkley Jr. farm- Asher and/or Ezra on horse" |
The next few photos exhibit the pride and joy felt in owning their first tractor on the property:
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"Mary Elizabeth Merkley on tractor, Vernal, UT
Nelson Merkley homestead corn crib & smoke house in background" |
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| "Asher on first tractor, 1918" |
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| "Asher on first tractor" |
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| "First tractor on homestead- possibly Ellen Murray/Merkley" |
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"Possibly Mary Merkley on first tractor-
grainary of Nelson Jr. homestead in background" |
