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The King Sisters were an American big band -era vocal group, appearing as a trio or quartet. Six sisters were in the group at one time or another: Alyce, Donna, Luise, Marilyn, Maxine, and Yvonne King.

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48-687: Born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah , the King sisters were part of the Driggs family of entertainers. They were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Their father was William King Driggs. Their first professional job was with a Salt Lake City radio station, from which they graduated to a station in Oakland, California. In the early 1930s sisters Luise, Maxine, and Alyce formed

96-605: A bus rapid transit system, as part of their city bus routes. Provo also serves as the southernmost terminus of the FrontRunner , Utah's intrastate commuter rail service. The Provo FrontRunner station is located on South University Avenue, directly southwest of Amtrak's Provo Station—which is Utah's third westbound stop, after Green River and Helper, for the California Zephyr Amtrak route. In addition to Provo, The FrontRunner currently has three stops in

144-422: A graduate or professional degree . Due to respondents reporting multiple ethnicities, percentages may add up to greater than 100%. The government is a three-member elected county commission elected at-large. Other elected officials include the county sheriff , the county clerk , county recorder, county assessor, county surveyor, county treasurer, and the county attorney . The current county attorney

192-468: A population density of 329.0 people per square mile (127.0/km ). Among non- Hispanic or Latino people, the racial makeup was 518,460 (78.6%) White , 4,110 (0.6%) African American , 2,533 (0.4%) Native American , 10,111 (1.5%) Asian , 6,541 (1.0%) Pacific Islander , 2,421 (0.4%) from other races , and 26,692 (4.0%) from two or more races . 88,531 (13.4%) people were Hispanic or Latino. There were 330,884 (50.18%) males and 328,515 (49.82%) females, and

240-560: A rodeo held in conjunction with this festival brings competitors and spectators from throughout the West. The festival includes parades, a carnival , pageants and other activities. The festival is usually held the third week of June, a period chosen in 1922, which would generally correspond with the end of the strawberry harvest for the area. In November 2008, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in

288-893: A 1969 revival. A second generation of the King Family, the Four King Cousins , carries on the musical tradition. More prominently, Luise's grandsons Win and William Butler are also musicians as part of the rock band Arcade Fire . Alyce King Clarke died on August 23, 1996, from respiratory problems, aged 81. Luise King Rey died on August 4, 1997, aged 83, from cancer, in the year of her 60th wedding anniversary to Alvino Rey. Donna King Conkling died on June 16, 2007, aged 88, in Plano, Texas . Maxine King Thomas died on May 13, 2009, aged 97 in Corona, California . Yvonne "Vonnie" King Burch died on December 13, 2009, aged 89, after suffering

336-640: A fall at her home in Santa Barbara, California . Marilyn King died on August 7, 2013, aged 82, from cancer, also in California ; she was the last surviving sister. Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers Alvino Rey See latter 1960s recordings supporting The King Family Show Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove , originally named Battle Creek , is a city in Utah County , Utah , United States, known as "Utah's City of Trees". It

384-540: A full slate of county officials was published, and recordkeeping began. The first courthouse was built in central Provo in 1866–67. It was soon outgrown and was replaced by a second courthouse (1872–73). By the 1920s, this building was also cramped, and the decision was made to erect a combined city-county building, which was completed in 1926. The county's boundaries were adjusted in 1852, 1854, 1856, 1862, 1880, and 1884. It has retained its present boundary since 1884. Utah County terrain ranges from stiff mountain ranges in

432-519: A plaque describing this battle is located at Kiwanis Park, at the mouth of Battle Creek Canyon. During the Walker Indian War in the 1850s, citizens built a fort with walls two or three feet thick and six feet tall that occupied an area the size of sixteen city blocks. The settlers in the area at the time built homes inside the fort. While the fort no longer stands, memorial cornerstones were erected by local historians. The northeast monument

480-451: A single person living alone and 12,334 (6.7%) were two or more people living together. 88,011 (47.7%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 124,353 (67.4%) of households were owner-occupied while 60,205 (32.6%) were renter-occupied . The median income for a Utah County household was $ 77,057 and the median family income was $ 83,938, with a per-capita income of $ 27,365. The median income for males that were full-time employees

528-531: A small band of Ute Indians , wherein all the male Utes were massacred when Brigham Young believed the natives had stolen some of his horses (which were found before the attack on the Utes occurred). The settlers later decided they needed a more uplifting name and began calling their town Pleasant Grove after a grove of cottonwood trees located between Battle Creek and Grove Creek, near the current-day intersection of Locust Avenue and Battle Creek Drive. A monument with

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576-619: A sub-label of RCA Victor and the same label as Miller, and also had their first hit with a vocal version of Miller's hit, " In the Mood ". In 1937, Luise married Horace Heidt's guitarist, Alvino Rey . Rey left the Heidt orchestra to form his own band, and the King Sisters became Rey's resident vocalists. Most vintage-movie fans know the group as The Four King Sisters: Yvonne, Luise, Alyce, and Donna. The foursome made their first appearance in

624-535: A vocal trio along the lines of their idols, the Boswell Sisters , and traveled to San Francisco to audition for radio station KGO (to replace the Boswell Sisters themselves, who were leaving the station). After this, Maxine retired to home life in Oakland and sisters Donna and Yvonne were added to the roster. In 1935, the King Sisters accepted a job with bandleader Horace Heidt . Their employment

672-413: Is Jeff Gray. In 2020, Utah County voters rejected Proposition 9, which would have changed the county's government to a five-member elected county council with an elected county mayor. The first sheriff of the county was John T. Willis, who was succeeded by William Madison Wall . Alexander Williams served during John Cradlebaugh 's court in 1859. He was succeeded by Eli Whipple, who resigned in 1861 and

720-420: Is an accredited K-12 private school serving the area. Utah County, Utah Utah County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah . The county seat and largest city is Provo , which is the state's fourth-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County . As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 665,665. Utah County is one of two counties forming

768-531: Is home to the summer festival known as Strawberry Days. The first annual “Strawberry Day” (initially a single-day event) was held on June 21, 1922, with 10,000-15,000 people in attendance. The festival was organized by the Wasatch Club, a forerunner of today’s Chamber of Commerce . This first celebration included strawberries and cream and a parade ; both remain staples of modern-day Strawberry Days. The festival’s name originated when strawberry farming

816-482: Is land and 141 square miles (370 km ) (6.6%) is water. Utah Valley lies at the center of the county, lined by the mountains of the Wasatch Range on the east. Utah Lake occupies a large part of the valley. The elevation ranges from 4,487 feet (1,368 m) above sea level at the lake to 11,928 feet (3,636 m) at the peak of Mount Nebo . Source: Source: Source: The 2000 census

864-980: Is part of the Provo – Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 37,726 at the 2020 Census. On July 19, 1850, William H. Adams, John Mercer and Philo T. Farnsworth, Mormon pioneers sent by Brigham Young , arrived at the area now known as Pleasant Grove and staked out farms in what is now the southwest corner of the city. A small community was established September 13, 1850, consisting of George S. Clark and his wife, Susannah Dalley Clark, Richard and Ann Elizabeth Sheffer Clark, John Greenleaf Holman and Nancy Clark Holman, Lewis Harvey and his wife Lucinda Clark Harvey, Johnathan Harvey and Sarah Herbert Harvey, Charles Price and wife and child, Widow Harriet Marler and children, John Wilson, Ezekiel Holman, and possibly one or two others, relatives of those mentioned. Of note, William Fletcher and Anne Hawley Reynolds in 1852 brought Ellis Reynolds Shipp to live, which Shipp became

912-451: Is the creek of the same name and 50 feet (15 m) tall Battle Creek Falls . Pleasant Grove's climate features cold winters and hot, dry summers. Under the Köppen climate classification , Pleasant Grove has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csa ). As of the census of 2010, there were 33,509 people, 6,109 households, and 5,388 families residing in the city. The population density

960-416: The 1939 musical Second Fiddle (1939) and went on to be featured in a number of 1940s Hollywood films, both feature-length and short-subject musicals, as well as three-minute Soundies musicals filmed for coin-operated film jukeboxes. During World War II , they appeared regularly on Kay Kyser 's radio series. In late 1953, Alyce, Yvonne, and Marilyn joined Gene Autry's Melody Ranch on CBS Radio as

1008-662: The 1994 television series The Stand , adapted from the Stephen King novel, were filmed in Pleasant Grove. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (23.7 km ), all land. Sloping off the Mt. Timpanogos bench, Pleasant Grove is represented by a large, white hillside letter "G" just above the city. A small distance south on Battle Creek Canyon

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1056-620: The Gene Autry Blue Jeans, replacing the Pinafores (Eunice, Beulah, and Ione Kettle), and continued there along with Alvino Rey until the program's end in early May 1956. In 1965, the King Sisters began hosting their own ABC TV series, The King Family Show , which featured family members including Alyce's husband, actor Robert Clarke , and her sons Ric de Azevedo, pianist-arranger Lex de Azevedo , and Cam Clarke , as well as other talent. The show ran from 1965 to 1966, with

1104-580: The Provo– Orem metropolitan statistical area , and is part of the larger Salt Lake City –Provo–Orem, UT Combined Statistical Area . In 2020, the center of population of Utah was in Utah County, in the city of Saratoga Springs . Utah County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, ranking among the top ten counties in numerical growth. Correspondingly, Provo–Orem is among

1152-682: The Supreme Court which overturned the Court of Appeals decision, citing the permanence of monuments as opposed to forms of constitutionally-protected free speech as well as the fact that governments take ownership of monuments on their properties and thus must "take some care in accepting donated monuments." Public schools in Pleasant Grove are part of the Alpine School District . Charter schools include John Hancock Charter School and Lincoln Academy. Liahona Preparatory Academy

1200-418: The age of 18 living with them, 77.0% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.8% were non-families. 9.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.83 and the average family size was 4.11. In the city, the population was spread out, with 41.0% under

1248-461: The age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 13.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 52,036, and the median income for a family was $ 54,182. Males had a median income of $ 42,042 versus $ 23,296 for females. The per capita income for

1296-514: The case of Pleasant Grove City v. Summum . The case regarded whether Pleasant Grove, which allowed the display of a privately-donated Ten Commandments on public property, must also allow the religion of Summum to display a monument to its "Seven Aphorisms" alongside. Pleasant Grove had declined the Summum offer in 2003. The city lost in the Tenth Circuit . However, the city appealed to

1344-681: The city of Spanish Fork. Portions of Highway 89 have become prominent local roads known collectively as 'State Street'. Highway 189 is known as 'University Avenue' in the city of Provo, and runs through Provo Canyon into Heber in neighboring Wasatch County . Utah County has seen significant growth in public transportation over the past 15 years, owing in part to the county's large student population of more than 70,000 commuting to-and-from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo and Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem. The two cities jointly operate UVX ,

1392-504: The city was $ 15,268. About 5.4% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over. The city's government consists of a mayor and a city council. As of January 2018, the city's mayor is Guy L. Fugal. The city council is made up of five members: Dianna Anderson, Eric Jensen, Todd N. Williams, Cyd LeMone and Brent Bullock. Council members serve staggered terms that end in either 2020 or 2022. Pleasant Grove

1440-548: The civic affairs of Utah Valley , which by the 1850s was bustling with newly arrived settlers. The county name is derived from the valley name, which is derived from the Spanish name ( Yuta ) for the Ute Indians . The State of Deseret dissolved soon after (April 5, 1851), but the counties it had set in place continued. There is little record of any official activity conducted by the fledgling county until April 18, 1852, when

1488-464: The county did not have sufficient food . Much of Utah's transportation infrastructure was built to support automobiles. Prior to the 1950s, Utah County relied on the U.S. Highway System for local transportation. When I-15 was built in 1956 (parallel to Highway 89 ), it became the dominant transportation vein in the state. The I-15 CORE project added multiple lanes on I-15 through most of Utah County. This expanded 24 miles (39 km) of freeway and

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1536-429: The county voted for John McCain by a 58.9% margin over Barack Obama , compared to McCain winning by 28.1% statewide. Eight other Utah counties voted more strongly in favor of McCain. In the 2012 election , Mitt Romney received 88.32% of the vote. In 2016 , it gave a slim majority of the vote to Donald Trump , and nearly 30% of the vote to independent candidate Evan McMullin , who outperformed Hillary Clinton in

1584-599: The county, as well as all 14 state representatives, are Republicans. Utah County saw high rates of opioid and other prescription drug addiction from the mid-2000s onwards, foreshadowing the national opioid crisis . The 2008 documentary Happy Valley examined the problem. Giving USA , which reports on charitable giving in the US, named Utah County as one of the three most generous counties in philanthropic donations, alongside San Juan County, Utah and Madison County, Idaho . In 2019, one in eight people and one in six children in

1632-470: The county. This was McMullin's largest share of the vote in any county in Utah and his second best nationwide after Madison County, Idaho . In 2020 , Democratic candidate Joe Biden received over 75,000 votes, easily a record for the party - no Democratic candidate had previously received more than 30,000 votes in the county - but it amounted to barely a quarter of the county vote as Trump received two-thirds of

1680-547: The east (the Wasatch Range ), dropping steeply to a large lake-filled valley. Most of the comparatively level ground is dedicated to agriculture or developed uses, while most of the steep terrain is covered with arid-climate forestation. The county generally slopes to the west and north, with its highest point (the northern peak of the twin-peaked Mt. Nebo in the southern part of the county), at 11,928 ft (3,636 m) ASL. The county has an area of 2,144 square miles (5,550 km ), of which 2,003 square miles (5,190 km )

1728-461: The legendary MD, Obstetrician, and Pediatrician, through the young women's midwife training program of Dr. Richards and Eliza Snow, beginning her training in young women's MIA in Pleasant Grove. Pleasant Grove was officially incorporated as a town January 18, 1855, by which time the settlement had grown to 623 people. The original name of the city was Battle Creek. It was named for a massacre which took place there in 1849 between Mormon settlers and

1776-408: The most Republican state in the United States". It has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate nine times since statehood, but has not done so since 1964. In the 1992 presidential election , George H. W. Bush received the most votes and Bill Clinton was third in votes received. In the 2004 presidential election , 85.99% voted for George W. Bush . In the 2008 U.S. presidential election ,

1824-555: The population distribution by age was 216,133 (32.8%) under the age of 18, 389,673 (59.1%) from 18 to 64, and 53,593 (8.1%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 25.9 years. There were 184,558 households in Utah County with an average size of 3.57 of which 148,476 (80.4%) were families and 36,082 (19.6%) were non-families. Among all families, 124,424 (67.4%) were married couples , 8,394 (4.5%) were male householders with no spouse, and 15,658 (8.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 23,748 (12.9%) were

1872-476: The top eight metropolitan areas by percentage growth in the country. Utah County is one of seven counties in the United States to have the same name as its state. The other six counties are Arkansas County , Hawaii County , Idaho County , Iowa County , Oklahoma County and New York County (commonly known as Manhattan). The legislature of the State of Deseret created a county on January 31, 1850, to govern

1920-533: The total. Until 2013 , Utah County was represented entirely by one congressional district. Currently, the county is split between two congressional districts. Most of the county's population is in the 3rd District , represented by Republican John Curtis , former Provo Mayor. Much of the county's area however, including Utah Lake, resides in the 4th District currently represented by Republican Burgess Owens . The county's Republican bent runs right through state and local politics. All five state senators representing

1968-435: Was $ 60,356 and for females $ 37,391. 10.0% of the population and 6.9% of families were below the poverty line . In terms of education attainment, out of the 310,161 people in Utah County 25 years or older, 14,999 (4.8%) had not completed high school , 51,916 (16.7%) had a high school diploma or equivalency, 115,689 (37.3%) had some college or associate degree , 88,312 (28.5%) had a bachelor's degree , and 39,245 (12.7%) had

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2016-467: Was 2,691.5 per square mile (1,039.1/km ). There were 6,334 housing units at an average density of 726.4 per square mile (280.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.15% White , 0.29% African American , 0.38% Native American , 0.54% Asian , 0.39% Pacific Islander , 1.75% from other races, and 1.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.56% of the population. There were 6,109 households, out of which 58.0% had children under

2064-460: Was a major economic activity in the city. (Approximately 250 acres of strawberries were being grown in the area when the first festival was held in 1922). The festival retains the traditional name, even though large-scale commercial growing of the fruit no longer occurs in the city. The festival is Utah’s second oldest community harvest festival, younger only than Brigham City's Peach Days–a festival Strawberry Days’ founders hoped to rival. Today,

2112-666: Was completed in 2012. Other construction projects by UDOT have been done on I-15 since then, including the Technology Corridor project and the Point of the Mountain project. However, the highway system retains its significance in Utah County due to the mountainous terrain. Highway 6 is the closest major road connecting Colorado to the Wasatch Front, running through Spanish Fork Canyon before converging with I-15 in

2160-497: Was erected near the intersection of 100 North and 300 East streets. The northwest monument was erected four blocks west of that point at 100 West Street and the southeast monument erected four blocks south at 300 South Street. The southwest monument would have been located near 300 South 100 West, the area is now occupied by a large parking lot and retail store. This city was one of the filming locations for Universal 's 1995 film Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain . Portions of

2208-558: Was on-again, off-again, with the sisters leaving the band in November 1935 to return to their home state, only to be rehired by Heidt the next year. In the following years, the sisters sang separately and together with the bands of Artie Shaw 's Old Gold program and Charlie Barnet and Al Pearce series. They turned down a request to be the vocal group for the Glenn Miller Orchestra . They recorded for Bluebird Records ,

2256-554: Was replaced by Russell Kelly. In 2020, Sheriff Mike Smith publicly stated he would not enforce COVID-19 face mask mandates . The Utah County Fire Department provides emergency response to all unincorporated areas within Utah County and works with all the incorporated cities within the county plus all Utah state and federal lands. The department is primarily a wildland fires response and urban interspace service with some structure fire and HAZMAT abatement capability. Utah County has been referred to as "the most Republican county in

2304-503: Was the first to allow residents to select multiple race categories. Prior to 2000, the census used the category 'Other Race' as a catch-all identifier. For county-level census data in 1950 and 1900, Utah counted all non-White and non-Black residents using this category. 'Other races' formed 1.4% of Utah County's population in 1990, 0.43% in 1950, and 0.07% in 1900. According to the 2020 United States census and 2020 American Community Survey , there were 659,399 people in Utah County with

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