Orson Pratt Huish

Composer of the Payson High Song

Orson Pratt Huish

(September 5, 1851 – December 4, 1932)

Orson Huish was a noted Payson musician and songwriter, in addition to several other vocations. He wrote over 300 songs during his lifetime. Among them, he wrote the music and lyrics to the PHS Song he named "The Silver and the Green." In the photos on this page, note his amazing mustache!

For more information about his life and times, the interested reader is directed to read his Wikipedia article by clicking HERE. Orson was inducted in to the Payson High School Hall of Fame. You can read his Hall of Fame profile here.