Newel Daines and the Horse Barn

On January 28, 2011 I had the pleasure of interviewing Newel Daines, a gentleman of 87, whom many may remember for his longevity in the community both as a doctor of medicine and as Mayor of Logan from 1982-1990. Though the interview was not lengthy it provided some great memories from his childhood about the Horse barn in the 1930's. Here are the main excerpts from his interview, sorry about the lack of picture, we had such a great time together that I forgot in the end to take the picture, it should be coming soon, we can use a picture of the old barn if desired to match his description until then.

- Jason Neil -

Breeding Cows at the Barn:

My first contact with the barn was about the age of 8 or 9 and we were living on 317 E 3^rd North and we had a cow and I would take up the cow up to the corral just adjacent to the barn where I would have her bred by a bull that was a part of the university. And that is when I first came into contact with the barn...adjacent to the horse barn they had corrals. They had cattle and we had a jersey cow and so we’d take her up there to have her bred there by the college bull. I would be about 8 years old, so that would be probably about 1932.

I remember it was a big oval top barn that had a Jackson fork that came out of one end that they would haul hay into the loft of the barn. And it was a beautiful building at that time.

School trips to the horse barn:

I was a student at the Whittier school which is on the corner of 3^rd North and 5^th East or 4^th East and since it was the school we would go up there on trips to examine the barn and see what was going on at that time...we would walk up there and look at the barn and see what was going on in the barn. And see the horses that were in that barn. It was an interesting thing for a 9 or a ten year old to do.

Mother riding barn horse at old stadium:

My mother rode horses in the horse shows that were held in the old stadium. She rode horses that belonged to my uncle, Uncle Laveer. Some of those outstanding horses were owned and operated by the University at that same time.

Description of the Barn:

It had an attic and everything else was on the ground floor. There were stables in there for the horses to be separated.

Impressions about the Barn over time:

The University had kept the barn as a kind of historic building. I enjoyed that because I had seen it when it was containing animals...It is a good example of the buildings that have endured for a long period of time. Certainly they have been transitionalised from a functioning barn and now that it will ultimately be a museum, it seems appropriate.