Emery County (Utah); Doctors; Huntington (Utah); Hill, Thomas Clark
Emery History Book says, "In 1908, Doctor Thomas Clark Hill came here seeking a permanent home and practice. He first lived at the Brasher Hotel. In 1911 he married Effie Armstrong, a Castle Dale school teacher. In 1912 he established a drug and...
Emery County (Utah); Hill, Thomas Clark; Huntington (Utah); Doctors
Emery County History says, "In 1908, Doctor Thomas Clark Hill came here seeking a permanent home and practice. He first lived at the Brasher Hotel. In 1911 he married Effie Armstrong, a Castle Dale school teacher. in 1912 he established a drug and...
Emery County (Utah); Richards, Drew; Sheep Ranching; Shepherd
Drew Richards herding sheep as a boy at Colton, Utah. His mother captioned this as "Little Shepherd of the Hills." The book called, "Shepherd of the Hills" by Harold Bell Wright was a best seller in the early 1900s.
Emery County (Utah); Huntington (Utah); Hill, Ettie Armstrong; Richards, Addie Wakefield; Hill, Thomas Clark
Addie Richards says this is "The Old Grove" when it was young. The trees were much larger when she played there. She was born in 1912. There was a fountain located in the middle of this photograph. it was located on Main and Center Street.
Branch Normal School--Cedar City (Utah)--Faculty; Fletcher, S. Forest
S. Forest Fletcher from Chicago was Coach of Athletics from 1912-13. He was a graduate of Notre Dame and won 4 world records at the Olympic contest in Sweden in May 1912. Hurdling was his main interest. Would have come back to BAC but his contract...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; USGS; Lupton, C.T.
In 1912 a USGS photographer, C.T. Lupton, took this photo of one of the flattops and a drilling rig on the San Rafael Swell. Oil Drilling began on the San Rafael Swell in the late 1800s. Geological conditions on the Swell looked promising for oil,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Temple Mountain; Mining
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #21, Temple Mountain. "The Swasey boys prospected for minerals. From the Head of Sinbad they went out to Temple Mountain and mined...
Emery County (Utah); USGS; Circus; Elephants; Camels
USGS Photographer C. T. Lupton took this photograph in 1912 of elephants and camels moving through Emery County with a man on a horse. The photograph is entitled "Circus going from Emery to Salina." Circus historians say that is too far for these...
Branch Agricultural College--Cedar City (Utah)--Track and field; Branch Agricultural College--Cedar City (Utah)--Students
Branch Normal School track and field team, (1912?). Photo includes (left to right): Coach, Harold Wilkinson, Stephen R. Wilkinson, Ceasar Myers, Ivan Webster, JC Hafen, (?) Webster, (John Wesley?) Barton. Front row: Ronnie Dalley, Frank Dalton,...
USGS photographer C. T. Lupton took this photograph in 1912 of the stage coach which traveled from the town of Price (Utah) to the town of Emery (Utah). Usually the driver could leave Price in the morning and arrive in Emery in the evening if the...
Adeline Leonard at the age of four years old. She met her best friend Morrell Wakefield at this age. They lived across the fence from each other. Adeline says "We never had trouble getting over the fence."
Morrell Wakefield and Adeline Leonard became best friends when they were four years old, the age of Morrell in this photograph. they lived just across the fence from each other. They remained friends in all of their lives and continured to live...