Don's Photos

This monument and restored station house commemorate the Pony Express station at Simpson Springs in Utah.

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At a house like this one, Pony Express riders would wait their turn to carry U.S. mail across the Utah desert.

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Closeup on the plaque at Simpson Springs.

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Ever wonder what a full hot-air balloon looks like on the inside?

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This life-size Nativity scene is part of the telling of the Christmas Story on Temple Square each year.

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This copy of Thorvaldsen's "Christus" stands in the rotunda of the North Visitor's Center on Temple Square.

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The recently renovated Salt Lake Tabernacle is lit and decorated for the holidays.

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This is the pipe organ in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. The detail on the pipe case is amazing.

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The U.S. Capitol Building, from the Senate side. In the foreground is one of the anti-terrorist barricades that have been installed since 9/11.

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The highlight of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2007 National Convention was a panel discussion with Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of The Washington Post on Watergate and its aftermath. Joining them was Ben Bradlee, the Post's editor during that time. Afterwards, they did a book signing where I got this picture, as well as had them autograph my copy of All The President's Men.

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Important rule when on a media stakeout: Have some headgear to avoid sunburn. I forgot that when I went down to Huntington on the Crandall Canyon mine story, but I had a cravat bandage I could use as a doo rag.

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I covered the court hearing for Betty Perry, the Orem woman charged with not watering her lawn. Here, Gloria Allred, Perry's attorney, holds up a pair of old-fashioned manacles to protest how police slapped cuffs on Perry.

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This is one of the newer buildings on the BYU Campus. It features rotating classrooms and a courtyard with an Italian flavor.

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This is an example of bad public relations.

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These cliffs in Emery County, Utah, give Castle Valley its name.

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This statue of Brigham Young was sculpted by Mahonri Young, who created the Seagull Monument on Temple Square and the statues on the This Is The Place Monument in Salt Lake City.

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A statue of Brigham Young stands in front of the Provo library building, which was once the education building at Brigham Young Academy (later to become Brigham Young University).

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This was the Education Building at Brigham Young Academy, the predecessor to Brigham Young University. The building has been restored to its orgiginal appearance and now houses the Provo City Public Library.

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