The star on the mountain above Kaysville has been a tradition since about 1950 when it was placed there by the Kaysville Jaycees. Originally it was made with light bulbs which were connected together with extension cords. A generator provided the power. Every night volunteers would travel up the mountain and start the generator. In the 1970's, the star was renovated by a group of volunteers who served on the Civic Committee. In about 2000, a new generator was purchased that held more gasoline. In 2002, following the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Kaysville was fortunate to be able to acquire the lights and power material from SLOC (Salt Lake Olympic Committee) that had been used to light up the Olympic rings on the mountainside above Salt Lake City during the Olympics. The Kaysville star is lit from late November to January 1. Every night volunteers travel up the mountain on ATV's or snowmobiles (when there is snow on the mountain) to light the star at dusk. The star stays lit until gasoline in the generator runs out. We have been told that airplane pilots can see the star from as far away as Tooele and some private airplane pilots use the star to help orient themselves.Monday, December 1, 2008
Star on the Mountain
The star on the mountain above Kaysville has been a tradition since about 1950 when it was placed there by the Kaysville Jaycees. Originally it was made with light bulbs which were connected together with extension cords. A generator provided the power. Every night volunteers would travel up the mountain and start the generator. In the 1970's, the star was renovated by a group of volunteers who served on the Civic Committee. In about 2000, a new generator was purchased that held more gasoline. In 2002, following the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Kaysville was fortunate to be able to acquire the lights and power material from SLOC (Salt Lake Olympic Committee) that had been used to light up the Olympic rings on the mountainside above Salt Lake City during the Olympics. The Kaysville star is lit from late November to January 1. Every night volunteers travel up the mountain on ATV's or snowmobiles (when there is snow on the mountain) to light the star at dusk. The star stays lit until gasoline in the generator runs out. We have been told that airplane pilots can see the star from as far away as Tooele and some private airplane pilots use the star to help orient themselves.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I hope you do a post on the Snow Horse in the spring.
Please give credit where credit is due. A young man with the last name of Crookston did an scout eagle project to raise funds to purchase and install these lights.
Post a Comment