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You know how some people just love to tinker and putter around? Well, that's Loren Jensen through and through. Loren's dad was a timber man and Loren grew up in the mountains in the summer helping his dad get logs out of the forest to keep the family saw mill supplied during the winter months. When his dad died and the saw mill was shut down, Loren turned it into this most historic little store. Loren and his wife, Phyllis, must really love this stuff or they would never have gone to all this effort. I think you'll enjoy having a look around.
A look inside the front door.
This is what you see when you walk through the front
door. I thought I was walking into a Wild West movie.

Looking from back towards the front door. This shop is more than a museum, it's also a little store selling health foods and supplements plus a hundred other little sundry items.
Looking from the center of the store towards the front door.

A few other things you'll see inside the store...
Wood burning cook stove and one of the first electric refrigerators. Old cast iron heater.
Manual adding machine just like the one my grandpa used. Manual Cash Register

Outside
A work in progress, Loren is constantly adding to and fixing up the little fort behind the store. It's still got some distance to go before he's happy with it but it's already well worth seeing. What's with the old truck? That's how Loren gets around.The Fort.

The outhouse is right in the center.

Honestly, I don't know what it is with me and outhouses. They are just really fun, that is, as long as I don't have to use them. I've seen fancy outhouses outfitted with electricity and heat but I've never seen anything this swank. I can only guess multimillionaires of 150 years ago must have used something like this. It's just the most elaborate thing you can imagine. It even has it's own skylight. See the next three pictures for a peek at what it looks like on the inside.
Outhouse - back and side wall Outhouse - back window flap
Screened back window vent flap.
Outhouse - Urinal and toilet seat.
All the accommodations necessary to get the job done in style.


Two pioneer houses.

These are two very old pioneer homes that date back over a hundred years. The wood stove to the right sits in the center of the larger home. It's hard to believe people actually used to live in something as small and bare as this. But in reality, to the early pioneers, this would have been a mansion compared to some of the tents and dug-outs they started out in. In some parts of South America or Africa, a little shack like this would still be considered very nice place.
Old cook stove.

Heber City is located up a mountain pass from Provo, Utah. If you happen to be driving through Heber City, you can find this little store with it's attached fort on the highway leaving Heber to the southeast. It's about a mile outside of town on the north side of the road. Feel free to pop in for a visit. They get a lot of enjoyment from showing their little place.


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