School Calendar for 191 5 & '16
(Continued frOln page 79)
Jan. 18. The B. B. club entertains in chapel.
Jan. 26. Sen1ester exams. begin.
Jan. 28. Close of first sen1ester.
Jan. 31. Celebrate beginning of second sell1ester by dancing froll1
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so far completed as to be suitable for the occasion. The earth floor, spread with a blanket, sufficed for a table and the seats were of oriental style.
The year of 1855 had been a year of calamity, famine and distress. The crops in this part of the...
FIRST IRRIGATION IN BEAVER VALLEY
Early in May, 1856, the water for irrigating the Old Field and town plat was taken from the river at a dam east of where the Allred home had been built. It was then conducted in a good sized ditch to the N E...
of twenty-five cents was ordered paid on wolf scalps. The record was signed Lorin Babbit, Judge; W. G. Nowers, Clerk. The court was held in the open in Judge Babbit's door yard.
All the public lands at this time were unsurveyed by Federal...
Thompson, an engineer, who came originally from New York, told the people at this meeting that he could re-survey the town into blocks 24 rods square with streets 6 rods wide, including the sidewalks, and all could have a corner lot. His plan was...
teer men and teams who responded to the call for aid. Among those who came to Beaver were Edward Tolton, William J. Allred, Hyrum and Roan Fowler, Elijah Hoopes, John and Henry Bryant, Fred Clark, Mr. Donald and others.
LAND GRANTS AND GOVERNMENT...
surveyor, and his assistants, each block having four lots 12 by 12 rods. Parties selecting lots applied to the Probate Court of Beaver County, which, considered their rightful claims and awarded to the owner the lot and block he was entitled to,,...
Quorum. The President selected for this organization was John Hughes, while Charles Wesley Wendall was selected for clerk.
JOHN R. MURDOCK CALLED TO BEAVER
Owing to factional differences, lack of unity, and the inability of the local authorities to...
1910-11 --D. 1. Frazer, mayor; Aubrey F. Tolton, Joseph F. Gillies, S'. L Tanner, Oliver Ashworth and Ebenezer Gillies; councilmen; Elizabeth Fotheringham, re-corder... Sidewalks paved in Districts Nos. 2 and 3. Fran-chisegranted to Harry. S....
machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon,...
the Beaver river to reach the mill. One ford was at Horseshoe Bend, two miles south of town near the present Bill Baker ranch, and the other was east of Yellow Banks, about two miles north of town. Freighters, traveling laboriously with their heavy...
Mrs. Johnson says they brought the grain and other things that they raised. They smoked and cured the pork they brought and the freighters would buy up butter from the different stores there and mix it altogether and print it with a round mold....
irrigated. The first families cut the wild hay that grew there and used it for their stock. Later they raised their own hay, and lucerne seed came to be the largest paying crop raised there. So profitable it proved that by 1920, individuals...
and Mrs. Squires. They were married January 9, 1895, at Wah Wah. Owen Grover never owned the springs, his daughter, Mrs. Irene Green says. Mrs. Green says that her uncle, Joseph DeMeulle, owned a small place east of the main farm at Wah Wah and he...
Sat. June 18, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear we went from the top of the trail to Rock Canyon before noon and after a hard afternoons travel and lots of whipping we got the stock to the Co op farm Via. of the Bulloch trail. Sunday 19: Ther. warm....
Fri. Aug. 19, 1898: Ther. hot Wea. forenoon clear shower in evening We finished cutting Larsons wheat all but a small patch that was too green. Sammy, Jim, Dan & I started down home Via. of Clear Creek. We got to the forks where the sinks comes in...
Wed. Aug. 10, 1904: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clouds. George Cole killed a Desert Mustang near the Eight Mile Ridge. A heavy shower to the east brought large floods down all the washes. 48) Thursday 11: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Ptly. cldy Sprinkle. Camped at...
Mon. April 27, 1903: Ther. Warm., cooler., Wea. West wind, clouds. Went back to the wagon via, Yellow-Jacket-Bench. George Esplin passed by going to his herd this evening. 65) Tuesday 28: + Ther. Cool Windy, Wea. Partly cloudy Joseph is going home...