Historically the Poulsen-Hall Home

Built in the Early 1870s

90 South 100 East; Manti, Utah

5 blocks from the Manti Temple

Rate for Poulsen-Hall Home:

Accomodates 6 to 8 people

$199 plus tax per night
Two night minimal stay

Check-in: 3 PM / Check-out: 11 AM

4 bedrooms (2 on main level)

Parlor and Full Kitchen

One full bath
DVD/VHS player with media selection on both levels

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Wood-burning stove

Washer and dryer

Firepit and covered picnic area in backyard

Porch with patio furniture

A wide variety of dutch ovens available

Parlor and Kitchen

Main level bedrooms

Queen-size bed, main level

Upstairs bedrooms

Full-size bed

Pioneer Cabin

(For more photos see www.pioneerheritagecabin.blogspot.com)
Accommodates 3 people

Rate: $99 + tax
Pageant Rate: $119 + tax; June 15-25

Check-in: 3 PM /Checkout: 11 AM

Main Level

• Kitchenette
• Dining and family area
• Wood-burning stove
•  DVD/VHS player with media selection

Loft

• Queen-size and twin bed, antique desk w/chair, rocker
• Bathroom with antique clawfoot tub

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Firepit and covered picnic table

Volcano Stove available upon request

Dutch ovens of various sizes available

Cabin Loft

History of cabin

Sharon Vetterli gives a wave of good cheer.

Manti Duo Save Fayette Cabin

Colleen Hess (left) and Sharon Vetterli took apart this cabin which was originally located on the Olsen homestead (490 S Main where the garage now stands) in Fayette located five miles west of Gunnison. The owner was going to have the cabin demolished. According to a Deseret News article, the two women used crowbars, sledge-hammers, a nail puller, and lots of rope. After lowering heavy logs to the ground with rope, they loaded four or five of them at a time on a trailer and headed for Manti. Sharon's husband, Gary, added a back room and loft. Gary and Sharon also did most of the rehabilitation of the stone home; they owned the property from 1993 to 2003.

From Denmark to Manti (history still in progress...)

Life in Denmark

In 1868, 627 Scandinavian emigrants boarded steamers, crossed the North Sea, landed in Hull, England and continued their journey by railroad to Liverpool. Joined by 149 saints from the British Isles, they boarded Emerald Isle on the 19th of June, setting sail the next day.

A Packet Ship

The Emerald Isle was a clipper packet built in 1853 by Trufant & Drummond at Bath, Maine. It carried at total of 1280 Mormons in three voyages across the Atlantic. The first passage began in 1855 at Liverpool with 350 Saints on board. Four years later it sailed out of Liverpool with fifty-four Saints. In 1868 it was the last sailing vessel to bring LDS emigrants to the US. Among the 876 Saints in the company were Neils C Poulsen, Christina Christensen Lund, and some of her family members.

The Voyage to America

Hans Jensen Hals of Manti presided over the company of saints aboard the Emerald Isle. His counselors were John Faferburg of Fort Ephraim and James Smith of Provo. It was an 8-week voyage from Liverpool to New York harbor. Although passengers set sail in good spirits, Church Emigration records record that no other emigrating company was treated so poorly by sailors, and the water was unhealthy. One passenger, Hans Jorgenson, wrote in his journal that he could never think of the deadly Emerald Isle but with the greatest disgust and hatred. There were 38 deaths.

August 11 arrived at Castle Garden, New York.

Following the Mormon Trail

A People of Faith

Niels Christian Poulsen(1843-1888)

Niels Poulsen worked out of his home as a tailor, making suits, clothing, and cloaks for many area residents, hence the nickname "Taylor" Poulsen. He made clothing for the Manti Temple workers. While on his last mission to Denmark, and imprisoned for teaching the gospel, he had a dream telling him of his first wife's death. He not only lost his wife but two sons and a baby daughter. After being released from prison he wasn't able to make it back to the states for six months. In February 1888, three months before the dedication of the Manti Temple, while cutting out a suit, Niels suffered a stroke. He died a week later on February 24, 1888 and was buried in the Manti City Cemetery alongside his deceased wife Christina and children, Ernest, Marion, Peter, and Emmeline.

Christina Christensen Lund Poulsen, 1st Wife

(1847-1880)
Married: 30 March 1869

Christina came to America with a number of her family members, the Peter Miller Lund family and most likely her parents and two siblings. She had seven children (5 boys and 2 daughers); three lived to maturity. While her husband was on a mission two sons were lost, probably due to a diptheria outbreak in 1979. She died after giving birth to a daughter, Emmeline, who only lived a few hours, and both were buried in the same coffin, the child being placed in her mother's arms. Thereafter the children were cared for by their maternal grandparents and their mother's cousin, Christena Lund, who had recently married Frederick Jensen, until Niels could make it back from Denmark.

Jensene Anderson Poulsen, 2nd wife

(1861-1950)
Married: 5 May 1881

Jensene, called "Aunt Jennie" by her stepchildren, came to America from Denmark in 1880. Dagmar described her as a very good and beautiful woman who created a happy home again. Jennie helped Niels in the tailoring business and eventually became a successful midwife and nurse. Four years after Niels' death she remarried to Swen Ole Nielson who owned a mercantile business in Fairview. After his death she moved to Salt Lake City to live with her son, Leonard, and his family. She died May 4, 1950.

Niels C Poulsen--Three times a missionary

c. 1879 Missionary photo
L to R: Niels C Poulsen, the other two gentlemen are unidentified
(for more information see https://rsc.byu.edu/pt-pt/node/2319 under
 "Niels Christian Poulsen Larsen")

Niels accomplished a lot in his 45 year lifespan, including no less than three missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The nightmarish voyage on the Emerald Isle to get to America's Zion did not discourage him from returning to his homeland on his third and last mission.

The Children of Niels and Christina Poulsen

Carl and Chris Poulsen

Dagmar Poulsen, named after the Queen of Denmark

Carl Poulsen

L to R: Carl, Dagmar, and Chris Poulsen

The Children of Niels and Jensene Poulsen

L to R: Leonard, Blanche, Ernest, Dagmar (daughter from Niels' first marriage)

L to R: Leonard, Blanche, Ernest

Blanche Poulsen
(1887-1955)

Ernest Poulsen (right) with wife Lillie and children Mack and Dorothy

William Terry and Dagmar Poulsen HallMarried 14 June 1899

Children of William Terry and Dagmar Hall

Burton T Hall
(1901-1970)

Carlyle W Hall
(1905-1907)
-no photo available-

Sherman J Hall
(1908-1926)

Blanche Hall
(1911-1967)

Linore Hall
(1917-2002)
Linore lovingly preserved a Book of Remembrance
from which most of these photos and memories were obtained

Wilma Hall
(1921-1927)

c. 1911
Dagmar Poulsen Hall with children,
L to R: Burton, Blanche, and Sherman

William Terry and Dagmar Hall on their
50th Wedding Anniversary

Dagmar's Famous Sugar Cookies

In December of 2007 my home was in the annual Christmas Parade of Homes in Manti. Several people who visited reminisced about coming to the Hall home after school for Dagmar's unforgettable sugar cookies made with bacon grease. Here is the recipe, courtesy of Glade and Keith Hall, two of her grandsons.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup solid bacon grease
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
3 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 375°. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together bacon fat and sugar. Beat in the egg, vanilla and orange peel. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to l-inch thickness. Cut into 3-inch diameter rounds, or various shapes, using cookie cutters. Transfer cut cookies to greased cookie sheets. Gather and reroll dough scraps; cut additional cookies. Sprinkle cookies with additional sugar, unless they will be frosted later. Bake until edges start to turn golden brown, about 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool completely. Makes about 2 dozen 3-inch cookies.

Manti Cemetery

Excerpts from To Them of The Last Wagon

by President J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961)

So to these humble but great souls, our fathers and mothers, the tools of the Lord, who have, for this great people, hewed the stones and laid the foundations of God’s kingdom, solid as the granite mountains from which they carved the rocks for their temple, to these humble souls, great in faith, great in work, great in righteous living, great in fashioning our priceless heritage, I humbly render my love, my respect, my reverent homage. God keep their memories ever fresh among us, their children, to help us meet our duties even as they met theirs, that God’s work may grow and prosper till the restored gospel of Jesus Christ rules all nations and all peoples, till peace, Christ’s peace, shall fill the whole earth, till righteousness shall cover the earth even as the waters cover the mighty deep. Let us here and now dedicate all that we have and all that we are to this divine work. May God help us so to do.

Sources

Books:
Song of a Century, Manti Centennial Committee, photo of Hans Jensen

The Clarion, 1935, published by the Students of Manti High School, Vol XXIII, p.10, photo of Linore Hall
The Clarion, 1928, published by the Students of Manti High School, Vol XX, p.31, photo of Blanche Hall

Scanned copy of Linore Lowry's Book of Remembrance, courtesy of Glen Lowry, son
Interview with Glen Lowry, 2009
Interview with Keith Hall, 2009