John D. Lee (center), with his attorney William W. Bishop and (left to right) Judge Jacob S. Boreman, attorney Enos D. Hoge, attorney Wells Spicer, and an unidentified man. Caption taken from "The Mountain Meadows Massacre" by Juanita Brooks.
A. J. Wilson, J. Harris, C. Willden, Joseph Armstrong, D. D. Reese, J. Tattersall, H. Tattersall, Thomas Richards, D. C. Adams, W. Holgate and W. Hall.
The Adamsville townsite was surveyed in 1867, and named Adamsville after its founder, David...
Adamsville boasted a store owned and operated by John F. Jones. It was fairly well stocked. He accepted butter and eggs in trade for merchandise. Since Adamsville was close to Beaver, many families made weekly trips to the stores there for a more...
little whim could not be satisfied, they manifested a joy in living and when they prayed they felt God's watchful care.
From the earliest days of Pioneer life, the people provided amusement for themselves. The dance played the most conspicuous...
ing dailies, tri-weeklies and weeklies vied simultaneously with one another for patronage, while other Utah towns of much greater population permitted a lone newspaper
to starve.
THE BEAVER ENTERPRISE was the name of the
first newspaper, the first...
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED
The Territorial Legislature of 1855 had passed law placing the schools under the direct control of the county court. This court was to appoint "three competent men to determine the qualifications of teacher, an all...
Early Relief Society Group -- Front row (left to right): Fanny Harris, Orissa Robinson, __ Lang, Betsy Briggs, Sarah M. Dell, Cedaressa C. Shepherd, Mary A.White, Harriet E. Fotheringham, Frances L. Jones, Jane Bickley, Mary A. Tolton (child),...
Photos of Jane Bickley, First President, East Ward Relief Society; Albert Goodwin, Pioneer Builder, and wife; William Moyes and wife, Mary Eastcott Moyes; Philo T. Farnsworth, First Bishop of Beaver
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION
In March, following the arrival of the pioneers, George A. Smith, one of the Authorities of the Latter-Day Saint Church and provisional leader of the Southern Colonies, en route from Parowan to Salt Lake City to attend...
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...
building, which was used for Tithing and Quorum purposes.
With Murdock came also William Fotheringham, a man of considerable note, who had filled two missions, one to far-off India, the other to South Africa. The two missions covered a period of...
nary, 1877, and the General Conference of the Church held at that place in April following, the reorganization of the various stakes and wards began. Accordingly, at the Stake Quarterly Conference held in Beaver, July 25-26, a time of spiritual...
S. Taylor Farnsworth was set apart as president of the stake, August 13, 1933, with Clark G. Murdock as first and William E. White as second counselor. J. Albert Muir was selected as clerk.
Until the re-organization of the stake, February 16, 1947,...
March 12, 1869, Beaver Stake was organized and Beaver was divided into two wards. John Ashworth was made bishop of the Second (now West) Ward, with Andrew Patterson and Philip Baker as counselors. In June, 1877, John X. Smith became bishop, with...
August 15, 1937, C. Edwin Paice was made bishop, with William Milo Baker and Wallace D. Yardley as counselors. John F. Joseph served as clerk.
From August 25, 1945, to August 18, 1946, Hyrum Steffen served as bishop, with Leonard W. Paice and...
EAST WARD BISHOPS
Louis W. Harris, the first bishop of East Ward after the town was divided into two wards, was ordained January 22, 1905, and served until 1908, when his first counselor, George A. Parkinson, became bishop.
George A. Parkinson...
Chapter Ten
Communication in Pioneer Days
Beaver's Early Mail Service
Beaver's first mail service was the freight wagon train. The drivers would deliver mail to the Bishop, who in turn would distribute it in Church. Then an office was maintained in...
this group; cooked and sold many hot dinners. The canning project was continued, which required many long hours of their time and labor. Board released in 1942. Zelma Muir, president; Pauline Firmage and Lydia Smith, counselors ; Jennie Tanner,...
violin. There were other musical instruments put in the choir later. In 1865, a new church was commenced and as it came near completion Bishop John R. Murdock saw the need of a larger choir, but there was no leader. He went to Salt Lake City, and...
poses. After other, and more modern, facilities for school were procured, this building was rented to the Beaver Creamery, where butter and cheese were manufactured. Then, finally, it was turned over to the Beaver High School and the old historic...