Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Next morning we were up bright and early to greet the sun of Founders' Day. We marched to the bridge to met the townspeople, listened to a delightful program, then we dragged even the grand stand upon the field for contest. It now came November,...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Don't be a scrub! Be Somebody! Do Something! -- The world may owe you a living; but you will have to go around and collect the bill yourself. -- Time and tide wait for no man -- neither does any real man wait for time and tide. -- The kind of...
tooth a string was tied to the tooth, the other end was fastened to a door knob. The child closed his eyes and the operator slammed the door shut, and out came the tooth.
It was a fine thing for the pioneers when a man arrived who could do this job...
had as his assistant, Charles T. Stoney, who had been attending the Brigham Young Academy. This school immediately became very popular, so that night session were held for the benefit of adults who could not go in the daytime. A class in teacher...
and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the...
Atkin, Howard; Bohn, Ray G.; Atkin, James Albert; *Bohn, Warren Hutchings; Atkin,Joe W.; Bolton, Arthur James; Atkin, John LaVar; Bowler, Clark Wilson; Baker, Gordon Reed; Boyter, Raylin; Baker, Wendell Milo; Boyter, J. Verley; Bakes,...
The first molasses mill was built in the street west of the school house, and was operated by Albert L. Stod-dard. Molasses took the place of sugar in those days.
FIRST SCHOOL
The first school was held in "Grandma Corbridge's" house, located where...
The first brass band was organized under the super-vision of Mr. B. J. Shinderling, and later kept going under the leadership of George Jameson. The men in the band were Ed Rollins, Jewel Rollins, Pete Dotson, Wayne Blackburn, George Jameson, Sy...
of Cedar City. His route was through Minersville Can-yon. He left Milford at 9 a. m., arriving at Johnson's Fork at 5 p.m. He was employed by Gilmore & Salisbury, mail contractors for the western part of Beaver County. Later Mr. Root moved to...
On the corner'where Dr. Busch's office is, was a large storage cellar which belonged to A. G. Campbell. Behind the cellar, where the McCulley house stands, was a saloon, and a blacksmith shop. Earlier, Mat Cullen had a store on the corner. Angus...
Kennedy and Mr. Clinger were in charge of that work, and sublet contracts to individuals for different stage routes. Mr. Hollis worked in five different blacksmith shops in Milford. He took over the one which stood on the drug store corner, when...
First Brass Band -- Seated, Wayne Blackburn, George Jameson, William Burns, Bill Dotson, Cy Bdradfield; Second Row: Tine Bingham, Foss Rollins, George Bradshaw, Ezra Walker, B. J. Shinderling (leader), Lawrence Dotson, Ed Rollins, Petee Dotson; In...
One of the first basketball teams -- First Row: LeNoy Eyre, Victor Roberts, Goldie Marshall, CLaud Myers. Seated in front with ball: Geo. Davis. Back Row: Edgar Larson (coach), Alfred Morris, Clarence Corbridge, Stanley McKnight. State...
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...
upon their own claims. Hence there are a lot of rudely-worked prospects, with very little development. During that time 40 men were working and prospecting in the two districts.
A two-stack smelter was built in Shauntie in the sum-mer of 1873. The...
at the present time. During the time of World War II he mined it principally for tungsten and operated a mill to extract the tungsten.
The Moscow Mine, a zinc producer owned by a stock company, is being operated by Ted Stevens and partner, under...
Ebenezer Tanner Jr. bought the place from his father, and in turn sold it to Mrs. Jessie Robinson, who continued to use it as a hotel. It was later used as an apartment house, until it was razed in 1946. Mrs. Tanner, widely known as "Ma" Tanner in...
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
ing a sizeable business. In 1927 or '28, furniture was added to the stock. Since 1915, the Jefferson Mercantile Co. has been under the management of George Jefferson, principal owner of the company. During his management he has expanded the...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...