Escalante Boy

Wally grew up in Escalante, Utah. The 1940 Census indicates Wally as being age 19, a Laborer in the Civilian Conservation Corps and earning $300 that year. It shows my Grandfather Royal Barney as being age 45, working as a foreman on a road construction crew and earning $720 that year. My mother Carla Dean was age 2.

1940 census showing the Barney family living in Escalante

Escalante Main Street in 1940...and still no paved streets

Pack mules were used to carry mail to Escalante until about 1940

Wally (middle front row) and family living in Escalante, Utah in 1930's

1930 Census showing Barney family members and ages living in Escalante in 1930.
It records that my Grandfather was a Farmer