Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Clementine Wrenfield (but you can call her Clemmie) is a self-appointed keeper of curious stories, dusty diaries, and questionable facts. Born under a clothesline and raised on her grandmother’s tall tales, Clemmie believes every fence post has a story—and she’s on a mission to find it. When she’s not digging through old trunks or sipping sassafras tea, she enjoys hosting dramatic reenactments of historical events using only sock puppets and her neighbor’s goats.
She’s never met a mystery she didn’t want to solve or a pie she didn’t want to critique.
Well now, settle down and let ol’ Clemmie tell you about the early days of our fair Lehi. It’s a story worth hearin’, about how folks came together and laid the foundations for the town we know today. It all started back in August of 1850, when a few hardy souls like Canute Peterson, David…
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Well now, gather ’round, you young’uns, and let ol’ Clemmie tell you a thing or two about them iron horses that used to chug and clang right through our own Cedar Valley. It’s a story that’s tied up with progress and gettin’ folks and goods where they needed to be, just like a good sturdy…
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Well now, pull up a stump and let ol’ Clemmie tell you about how Eagle Mountain got its first few leaders. It’s a story with a bit of spark and a good deal of get-up-and-go, just like the folks who decided to build a whole new town out in Cedar Valley. You know, it weren’t…
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Well now, gather ’round, you folks in Cedar Valley! Ol’ Clemmie’s got a tale for ya, not one of them really old-timey ones that goes back to wagons and such in Lehi, but one about how a brand new city sprung up right here in our own neck of the woods. You know, Cedar Valley’s…
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Well now, settle down and let ol’ Clemmie tell you about the second time the good folks of Lehi went to the ballot box to choose their leaders. It weren’t quite as novel as that first time, but it was still a mighty important day for our little town. Now, you recall how we finally…
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Well now, pull up a stump and let ol’ Clemmie tell ya ’bout the first time folks could cross the Jordan River near Lehi without gettin’ their britches wet. It was quite the undertaking, and had a good bit o’ the spirit of enterprise in it, just like most things in a growin’ town. You…
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Well now, gather ’round, you young’uns, and let ol’ Clemmie spin you a yarn about the very first time Lehi folks went to the ballot box to pick their own leader. It was a sight to behold, and a mighty important step for our little town. Now, as you know, Lehi became a real city…
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Alright there, gather ’round, you curious cats, and let ol’ Clemmie spin you a yarn about a place that went from a bustling boomtown to a whisper in the wind faster than a tumbleweed in a tornado. I’m talkin’ about Fairfield, nestled right here in our neck of the woods. Now, you might mosey through…
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By Clementine “Clemmie” Wrenfield Unofficial Historian, Front Porch Philosopher & Occasional Pie Judge Pull up a chair, kick off those dusty boots, and settle in for a story or two from the pages of our past. Now, this particular tale, known locally as the “Tintic War,” didn’t involve armies marching across continents, but it stirred…
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Alright there, pull up a stool by the fire, and let ol’ Clemmie spin you a yarn about what winter used to be like in our very own Cedar Valley. It weren’t always easy livin’, especially when the snow started to fly. Now, back in the early days, when folks first settled here in Lehi…
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