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Moving Manmade Mountains
Peter Dietrich Friesen, pictured at top with Tom Rowley, was the engineer behind the move of the 3.3 million pound Oneida Stake Academy...

Necia Seamons
Apr 26, 20102 min read
Reasons for Restoration
“ Former United States president Ronald Reagan has been quoted as saying, “I do not want to go back to the past; I want to go back to the...

Necia Seamons
Apr 20, 20101 min read


Restoration Plans
In its next century of service, each room of the Oneida Stake Academy tell a story to visitors and patrons. The main floor will house an...

Necia Seamons
Apr 20, 20101 min read


Harold B. Lee born 111 years ago in Clifton, Idaho
March 28 was Harold B. Lee’s birthday. At the following link, his grandson, Brent Goates reminisces about this great man:...

Necia Seamons
Mar 29, 20101 min read
Bybee helps build academy
According to an obituary in the Davis County Clipper on Nov. 22, 1940, for Byron Elias Bybee, 82, we learn that he was one of the...

Necia Seamons
Mar 25, 20101 min read


Cool history
The academy has come a long way since this picture early in 2004. The building had been moved to this location December of 2003, by...

Necia Seamons
Mar 9, 20101 min read


Founders Day, 1920
This copy of The Oneida , the OSA student newspaper, was published on Dec. 5, 1920. It main article discusses Founders Day, featuring...

Necia Seamons
Mar 8, 20102 min read


Academy Rock
Pictured are ax heads discovered in the quarry where the stone for the Oneida Stake Academy was cut from the Cub River mountainside 120...

Necia Seamons
Feb 24, 20102 min read


1907 OSA Diploma
This diploma was earned by Ollie Foss in 1907. To see the entire diploma, click on the image.

Necia Seamons
Feb 23, 20101 min read
Harold B. Lee recalls OSA
“In the fall of 1912, I entered the Oneida Stake Academy at the age of thirteen years. Mother had not yet permitted me to wear long...

Necia Seamons
Feb 19, 20101 min read


OSA Basketball Players
Parker Carver and his friend Lon Miller played ball for the Oneida Stake Academy.

Necia Seamons
Feb 15, 20101 min read



Necia Seamons
Feb 11, 20100 min read


How to Donate
As the Hampton Family has invited Don’s family and friends to donate to the restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy in lieu of flowers,...

Necia Seamons
Feb 1, 20101 min read


In Memoriam of Don Hampton
The members of the Oneida Stake Academy Foundation mourn the loss of one of their founding members: Don Hampton, 78, died Jan. 28, 2010. ...

Necia Seamons
Feb 1, 20101 min read


Well Known Alumni
Harold B. Lee was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 to 1973. He was born on 28 March 1899 to...

Necia Seamons
Jan 26, 20103 min read


Happy Birthday OSA
Construction on the Oneida Stake Academy began 120 years ago this week! Pictured is David Mitchel ringing the bell in the academy's tower.

Necia Seamons
Jan 25, 20101 min read
Charles J. Engar is Honored
The following appeared in the Aug. 25, 1910 edition of the Richfield Reaper : The two Rexburg, Ida. papers speak highly of one of Sevier...

Necia Seamons
Jan 19, 20101 min read


25 men getting lumber to build OSA
The article above appeared in the Ogden Standard Examiner on Jan. 23, 1890. It discusses the efforts being made to build the academy,...

Necia Seamons
Jan 19, 20101 min read


OSA Class June 1898
This picture also appears in the Hometown Album, published by Newell Hart. See his diagram below for the identification of the people in...

Necia Seamons
Jan 10, 20101 min read


1909 Graduates
The first group of graduates as Four Year Normal Students from the Oneida Stake Academy in 1909. (Front, left) Allabell Weaver (Hull),...

Necia Seamons
Nov 24, 20091 min read
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