The Cedar Valley Civic Improvement Association has compiled some history and recipes about the small town of Cedar Fort, Utah. This book is available for purchase for $18.00 + shipping. The book contains recipes from current and previous residents of Cedar Fort as well as some interesting history stories. The book is titled “100 Years, Beneath These Western Skies!” It celebrates the Cedar Fort Roadion 1923-2023.
The following is an excerpt from the book “100 Years, Beneath These Western Skies!” published by the Cedar Fort Civic Improvement Association. You can purchase your own copy and help support the Association by following this link: https://checkout.square.site/buy/PVOZGCDL56DL6FJNZV2W73LV
Town-wide water Fight July 23rd
This water fight of epic proportions dates back to the early 1940s. What started as a group of boys filling up buckets from nearby ditches to drench unsuspecting girls having a lumber party the night of July 23rd, continued the following year with the girls drenching the boys. After that, it became a tradition and has evolved to include water guns, balloons, hoses, and other creative water dispensing devices. people in trucks, side by side, and also law enforcement have gotten involved in the fun. The rule of thumb is, do not come to Cedar Fort on the 23rd unless you plan on getting wet.
Story from Vicki Draper
My mom Joan Berry was born in 1932. When she was a teenager, the teenage girls slept outside at one of their houses on the 23rd of July. The boys in town found them and threw buckets of water on them. The next year the girls found where the boys were sleeping and threw water on them. One year the girls slept in the big Hacking’s bar on top of the haystack thinking the boys would never find them there. But they did. As Mama was trying to get away from the boys, one of her brand-new shoes fell down between the bales of hay. She had to wait until all the hay was gone to get her shoe. By then her shoe was too small to wear. her mother was so mad at her because they didn’t have money to buy her shoes for school.
A Summer Desert from the book to go along with your summer activities!
Apple Sauce Cake (1915)
Recipe was found on a piece of paper in a china cabinet in Cedar Fort, Utah.
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Butter
- 2 cups Apple Sauce
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Allspice
- 1 tsp Cloves
- 2 tbsp Baking Soda
- 4 cups Flour
- 2 cups Raisins
- 2 cups Nut Meats
- 3 Eggs
Beak slow for 40 minutes
This recipe was found in a china cabinet from Grandmother, Gussie Ransom written to Aunt Lille Schroeder. Gussie died in 1921. The letter was written sometime between 1915-1920. This is what was written.
“Dear Lillie, I no you will like this cake and will have good luck with it for I do and I no you will two and they are just dandy.
Ira he shor likes them so you no they must be good if he eats cake. For he is no Cake Hand at all. Man this makes a big one so if you didn’t want such a big one us half. Hope you like it. Do you no any new dishes if you do semd me some receats. I would like to learn something new.
Gussie”
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