Homestead

This Jacob Hamblin homestead was built in the mid 1800's. Jacob was one of the first pioneers to settle in the St. George, Utah area and he and his wife raised several children in this house. The homestead overlooked what was later called the Santa Clara River. This area was populated by many people of Scandinavian descent. All images taken with my D2H, 17-55mm lens and in some cases an SB800 flash with GF diffuser.

Wagon and Home:

NIKON D2H    ---    18mm    f/8.0    1/320s    ISO 200

Main bedroom:

NIKON D2H    ---    17mm    f/4.0    1/30s    ISO 200

Bed Frame:

NIKON D2H    ---    34mm    f/4.0    1/30s    ISO 200

Weaving:

NIKON D2H    ---    44mm    f/8.0    1/60s    ISO 200

Carding Wool:

NIKON D2H    ---    44mm    f/8.0    1/8s    ISO 200

Child's Spinning Wheel:

NIKON D2H    ---    23mm    f/8.0    1/8s    ISO 200

Mantle Clock:

NIKON D2H    ---    30mm    f/2.8    1/6s    ISO 200

Children's Bedroom (note slanted roof line, an adult would have a hard time getting to the bed):

NIKON D2H    ---    30mm    f/8.0    1/3s    ISO 200

View From Front Porch:

NIKON D2H    ---    45mm    f/8.0    1/250s    ISO 200

Old Wheel:

NIKON D2H    ---    48mm    f/8.0    1/80s    ISO 200

 

Thanks Brian, I have lived her for 11 years and just now got around to photographing the intererior of that house.

Well, Jacob was a community leader and church leader so he had a little better house than I am sure some others had in this area. Thanks for your comments Dave.

Thanks Todd, it is nice to hear from you. I hope things are going well for you and your family in Idaho. At least you have made it throgh another winter.

 

Thanks Dave and fortunately I got to share this shoot with a fellow Cafe member Brian (sypher) and it was fun.

Can you imagine living in St. George without air conditioning? Just about the whole summer is near 100 and sometimes as high as 116 degrees F. Thanks for you nice comments.

The indians kept it interesting and Jacob also built a fort very near to his house. Thank you for your comments.

Thanks Paul, they are not up to today's standards but not bad for the era.

Hi Brad, thank you for your nice comments, I really appreciate it.

 

Thanks a lot Brian, your help on many of the pictures made the difference. I am glad you got in touch with me during your trip here to St. George as I had been meaning to do the Hamblin house for some time. That is cool about your wife being in the direct descendent line from Jacob Hamblin.

Terri I appreciate your comments. It would always be a pleasure to welcome you to St. George and to spend some time showing you around. I too liked the liked the baskets of yarn and raw wool. I certainly am glad that we don't have to work quite as hard as they did in that era but most of all I am happy to have airconditioning. :smile: