Charleston’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Charleston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1858, trapper Aaron Daniels moved to a place on the Provo River just north of where Charleston is today.
The first farmers put in crops at Charleston in 1859, and the first houses were built by George Noakes and William Manning late that year near Noakes springs. Manning and George Noakes were the only residents until 1863 when a few others moved in. In 1866, there were about a dozen families, and after that, the population began to grow even faster.
Noakes was the first Presiding elder in Charleston. Until 1877, the branch was part of the Heber Ward. The Charleston Ward was formed in July 1877, with Nymphus C. Murdock as bishop. The ward had 397 members in 1930, with 467 people living within the ward boundaries.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Charleston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Charleston’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewD&RGW RR Provo Canyon Branch, 1956: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Charleston, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as D&RGW RR Provo Canyon Branch (1956) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.