Altamont’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Altamont. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A contest was held to name the school, and the winner was 10th-grade-boy Clarence Snyder. He created the portmanteau of Altamont, combining the names of the nearby villages of Altonah and Mount Emmons.
The community grew gradually and, in May 1953, petitioned to incorporate as a town in 1953.
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Start Altamont’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Altamont’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewIrrigation Canals in the Uinta Ba…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Altamont, decade by decade
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Nothing in Altamont is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Altamont has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Myton Presbyterian Church in Myton, 16.6 miles away.
Altamont and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, U.S. Lake Fork Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.