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ST. GEORGE — Utah in the 1950s was vastly different from the one enjoyed by more than 3.4 million residents today.
The state's population stood at 680,000 and roughly half of the households had access to a television. In small towns, riding a horse to school was still a thing.
On July 21, 1953, in The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints' Manti temple, a World War II veteran married the woman he met after graduating college.
On the same date, 70 years later, St. George residents Robert and Claire Nuttall met with St. George News to tell their story of perseverance.
