others say it was east. C. T. Stoney was postmaster, 1894-99. He was called on an L. D. S. mission and Robert Stoney filled the vacancy. Ernest Hodges served from 1899 to 1904, in the same location. Other postmasters serving in this building were:...
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...
a little hard-tack candy, for immediate call to arms. When called they served ten days or two weeks, and were then relieved by a group from another settlement. Fort Sanford was approximately 40 miles from Beaver. There was no means of...
den, Mrs. Nona Decker, Mrs. Hannah Smith, Mrs. Tanis Strofeld, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. Florence Barnes, Mrs. Margaret Murdock, Mrs. Dora Smithson, and Mrs. Cora Jones. Of these past presidents, two were honored by being elected presidents of the...
Company A initiating a fly boy into the 45th. Communication Sergeant Arnold Mach pins a Thunderbird patch on a man from the Air Corps who holds a souvenir he was lucky to find. Some men, as an exchange, went on bombing missions. (See "World War II...
Council to negotiate in t h e i n t e r e s t of t h e County, claiming a part interest in t h e slaughterhouse corral being used a s the stray p e n , for which t h e County furnished some material eight or nine years ago. Referred t o...
Board of Directors of said institution, setting forth t h e unusually high price for licenses in merchandising in Cedar City and asking t h e Council to reduce t h e same on a p a r with neighboring cities doing similar business. Also, they called...
May 2 7 , 1880.. .On motion of Councilman P e r r y , ti. H. Wood was appointed Watermaster. June 5 , 1880 ...Recorder reported that George H. Wood declined the position of Watermaster. On motion Councilman Pryor. George P e r r y S r . was...
Excerpts from Cedar City Minute Book.. ,1891-1896 Jan. 6 , 1894.. .The Mayor, J. T. Wilkinson, stated that the first business was the appointment of two councilmen in place of . D . Higbee and John Elliker, who had failed to qualify. On motion of...
the Recorder, and showed the following statistics: Number of births reported: Number of deaths reported: Heart Disease Measles Unknown 8
4 2 1
1
( 5 males and 3 females)
Number of cases of measles reported: Number of cases of scarlet Fever:...
Oct. 12. 1 8 0 4 . . .Written petition of Joseph Bryant, asking for the privilege of running a pool table and lunch stand to be located on the cross street near the Hunter Barber Shop, was presented. Action deferred. Oct. 2 1 , 1 9 0 4 . . .Special...
committee (of two). Lehi W . Jones a n d John S . Woodbury, was appointed t o d r a f t a proposal to t h e Legislature of just what Cedar City would give if t h e school was located h e r e . John S . Woodbury was elected t o two terms in t h e...
July 2 1 , 1 9 1 3 . . .Tax levy of 22 mills was adopted. Committee appointed to investigate Barnhurst s p r i n g near Five Lakes, reported that the water r u n s from the Spring into the Creek in Right Hand Canyon across what is known as Coke...
and Erastus Macfarlane for a license to r u n a Pool Hall within the City. Referred to Committee. Feb. 9 , 1914. . . Communication of Commercial Club of Cedar City was referred to Committee on Streets and Sidewalks to see that large cottonwood...
March 7 . 1 9 1 4 . . .Mayor suggested that the City Park be plowed and reseeded with orchard grass. No action. April 2. 1914.. .On motion Councilman Thorley, the item of South and West Field, owing the City $38.28 for several years, was stricken...
that time. The following account was taken from the minutes of the meetings: The first session was held at 11:OO a.m. and present of the Twelve were Elders Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards. The Presidency of the Stake was J. C. L. Smith, John...
communication other than pony express, and the ride entailed a round trip of 560 miles which the messenger accomplished in six days. This, however, took too much valuable time, as the wicked and unjustiiiat~le deed had been committed before...
camps was the product of many small farms and dairies combined. Few families had enough surplus to justify a trip on their own. In 1870. Iron Ciounty had 264 farms, most of them composed of less than 10 acres. Consequently, shipping to the mines...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
brother's college exoenses. Everett worked in the summer as an electrician for the telephone company; and after he graduated in pharmacy, he continued working to help his dad with expenses for John and Maxine...