Orem’s story is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Orem. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗At one time the area was known as Sharon, a Biblical name for a mostly level strip of land running between mountains and the sea, and the name of the Vermont birth town of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Another former name was Provo Bench, as it was a geographical bench north of Provo.
Unlike many other early Utah communities, Orem's houses were not originally clustered in a town composed of regular city blocks. Instead, Orem's farmers dispersed their homes, building them along the territorial highway (now called State Street) and other major roads so that they could be close to both transportation corridors and to their fields and orchards.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orem’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDenver & Rio Grande Western Railr…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Orem, decade by decade
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LOCBoth fishermen (left) and rafters enjoy the wonders of the …2022
LOCRafters enjoy a ride down the Provo River in Provo Canyon, …2022
CommonsLooking North West2016
CommonsLeaf on Grass2016
CommonsHike on mountain2016
CommonsGhost bicycle in southeast Orem, Utah, Aug 162016
CommonsEnd of Pine Branch2016
CommonsEast at Cascade Mountain on FrontRunner, Jul 162016
CommonsDog in disguise (Unsplash)2016
CommonsCity Lights of2016
CommonsChalk Art ART34002016
DocumentBusiness letter boxes in Orem, Utah, Mar 162016
CommonsWilkerson Farm in2015
CommonsNorth under University Pkwy, Mar 152015
Commons2015-11-03 10 16 13 View from an airplane of the cities of …2015
CommonsThe park before the storm2010
CommonsThe Berkshire2010
CommonsSquaw mountain as seen from Central2010
CommonsNight skyscape in2010
CommonsMount Timpanogos as seen from central2010
CommonsMormon Church parking lot2010
CommonsMormon Church basketball hoop2010
CommonsInteresting field2010
CommonsCool tree2010
CommonsCool shed2010
CommonsCool old shed2010
CommonsCloudy day in2010
CommonsLight pollution It's not pretty2009
CommonsOrem Public Works2008
CommonsLight pollution country versus city2007
CommonsContinental Rust - Flickr - wickenden2006
CommonsOld Timer - Flickr - a4gpa2005
Commons10 newest (2489562465) (2)2005Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Provo River Bridge, Spanning Provo River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (31) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.