Living history: Jewish immigrants prospered in Magna, aka Ragtown

This is the story of a general store owned by a Russian Jewish immigrant and how it helped build this town of Magna.  - - Donna Poisl

By Eileen Hallet Stone | The Salt Lake Tribune

Lately I’ve been thinking about stories, the kind told by people I’ve known over time — especially when a new year is about to begin, offering both hope and equity in the retelling. Such as those lived by the Matz siblings: Bere­nice, Ruth and Sidney.

"Magna used to be called Ragtown by old-timers maybe because the town was built up from the tailings from the mines," Sidney Matz said in interviews archived at University of Utah’s Marriott Library shortly before dementia robbed him of recollection.
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