#ThrowbackThursday: Upgrading Santaquin Arena

#ThrowbackThursday #tbt: From the photo archives at The Payson Chronicle: Seen with today's eyes, this image is a depiction of past efforts that lead to years of enjoyment among citizens in a community.

The black and white picture, though unmarked with a date, was likely published in the local newspaper in the early to mid-1980s.  A caption handwritten in ink on the backside reads: Santaquin City Councilman Marilyn Clayson and Santaquin Riding Club President Farrel Craig show plans for upgrading the Santaquin Arena.  Newly purchased holding pens and bucking chutes have been put in place by the club.  Lights and landscaping (lawn on the surrounding slope) are to come.  Craig is looking forward to a full scale rodeo in Santaquin next year, but a little buckaroo rodeo this Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. will break in the new chutes.

The Santaquin Rodeo Arena will experience a “full scale rodeo” next weekend, August 4 and 5, as it has in the years that have passed since its upgrading, during the annual Orchard Days Celebration.

The arena is located at 175 South 400 West, just south of the baseball diamonds at Santaquin Elementary School. The rodeo starts at 6 PM each night.