he labored the greater part of his life. The walls of this little room were usually adorned with guns of every make and size of the day, and there were rows and rows of brass keys strung on wire.
Mr. Ash was a special friend of the Indians, who...
morning. All the guests had escaped from the burning building and Mr. Forgie, clad only in his night robe, had reached the front porch when the cry of "Save David", his nine-year-old son, reached his ears. Little David had already escaped and was...
CHAPTER THIRTY SCHOOLS AND BUILDINGS MILFORD SCHOOLS The first school in Milford was held in the Williams and Laety Hotel, with Miss Clara Laety as teacher. The Evans Garage at one time was used as a school house. Mr. Palmer's store building...
Sat. May 9, 1914: Ther. Warm Wea. Thin Clds. Plowed and planted a little more corn, after listing enough to make up about an acre. I am afraid the listing process leaves the ground too dry for corn to come Sunday 10: Ther. Warm Wea. Clds Went to...
Plate VI, Actors and Actresses of Orangeville. Figures 1-6 in A Study of Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925, a history by Elmo Geary, 1953. Fig. 1 Alma G. Jewkes, architect for the Orangeville Social Hall; actor; stock holder in Orangeville...
Emery County (Utah) Archives; Huntington (Utah); Drama; Geary, Elmo; Johnson, Milas E. ; Avery, Arvilla; Wakefield, John F.; Green,William, Sr.; Johnson, Hannah; Wilcox, Chris
Plate X Early Huntington Players in the book, Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925. Fig. 1 Arvilla Avery; Fig.2 Milas E. Johnson; Fig.3 John F. Wakefield; Fig. 4 William Green, Sr.; Fig.5 Chris Wilcox; Fig.6 Hannah Johnson.
Emery County (Utah) Archives; Theater; Drama; Huntington (Utah); Geary, Elmo; Plays
Plate XI A Treasurer's Report by Peter E. Johnson from the book Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925 by Elmo Geary, 1953. Fig 1. Financial Report of Huntington Dramatic Society. Many names from Huntington (Utah) are listed with number of tickets.
Geary, Elmo. Plate XIII, Early Dramatic Association Members. Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah, 1953. Fig. 1 Emma Higgs Wakefield and J. Fleming Wakefield, Jr.; Fig. 2 Ernest J. Grange; Fig.3 Estelle...
Geary, Elmo. Plate XIV, Early Players. Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah, 1953. Fig. 1 J.F. Wakefield, Jr. in costume; Fig.2 Lewis W. Johnson; Fig.3 J.F. Wakefield,Jr.,and M.E. Wakefield; Fig.4 Amos...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Joe; McDonald, Mary Etta
Joe Swasey was the youngest of the Swasey brothers who became legends linked to the San Rafael Swell. Joe married Mary Etta McDonald in 1887. He continued to run a horse trading business into his later years. He and his brothers wrangled the wild...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Joe; Swasey, Mary Etta McDonald
Joe Swasey was the youngest brother of the Swasey boys. He married Mary Etta McDonald in 1887. The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking the wild ones and selling...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey, Joseph and Mary Etta
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #13, Wedding picture of Joe and Mary Etta, 1887
Wakefield, Adeline Leonard; Rowley, Samuel; Rowley, Ann Taylor; Rowley, Samuel James; Rowley, Alice Louisa; Rowley, Hannah Eliza; Rowley, Sarah Jane; Rowley, George Walter; Rowley, Maggie Elizabeth; Rowley, Ida May;
Samuel Rowley and Ann Taylor Rowley with children: Mary Ann, Samuel James, Hannah Eliza, Sarah Jane, Alice Louisa, George Walter, Maggie Elizabeth, Ida May. Photo taken in 1886 or 1887.
Rowley, Hannah Eliza; Rowley, Alice Louise; Rowley, Sarah Jane
Three of Samuel and Ann Taylor Rowley's daughters: L-R Hannah Eliza, Alice Louise, Sarah Jane. Photo about 1887. This portrait was taken by G.E. Anderson and contracted by Milas E. Johnson, Hannah's husband. so it was probably taken after their...
the fourth, Sarah Ann Lunt. married J a n . 16, 1878. to whom eight boys were born. Owing to the anti-polygamy persecutions, he left Cedar City in 1887, together with his wife Sarah Ann and four s o n s , traveling by team through Southern Utah,...
JOHN M . HIGBEE Mayor 1867-1871 Documentation and Research March 30. 1867.. .List of elections from Utah State Archives TE-0. Election took place Feb. 11, 1867. as follows: Mayor: Aldermen: John M . Higbee Francis Webster John Chatterley
From J. M...
of the property for t h e City Hall. On motion of Councilman Simpkins t h a t t h e City Hall be built on t h e southwest corner of Liberty P a r k . Carried. On motion of Councilman Schoppman t h a t t h e Recorder be i n s t r u c t e d t o post...
JOSEPH T . WILKINSON Biography 1847 - 1919 Joseph T . Wilkinson was born in Manchester. England March 26, 1847. His f a t h e r , Charles Wilkinson, a n d mother, Sarah Hughes Wilkinson, together with t h e t h r e e childrenJoseph Thomas, Sara J a...
THOMAS J . JONES Biography 1858 - 1931 Thomas Jedediah Jones, the fourth son of Thomas and Sage Treharne Jones, was born June 5 , 1858, in Cedar City, Utah. Quite early in life he took to the carpentry t r a d e , which he followed quite...