According to John A. Skinner's story, Beaver Adz came running down the public road to town to get "whites" to go up and stop the fight. Skinner said Beaver Adz was an old coward and did not want any fighting. This was before he lost his eyesight....
rose and bringing prosperity and contentment to the homes.
Present homes are modernized. Electric light plumbing fixtures, and telephone service have been stalled.
PINE CREEK
In the late '60s and early '70s, George William Isaac Riddle, David Levi,...
WATER DEVELOPMENT IN BEAVER AND VICINITY
When the first pioneers came to this valley, it is said that one could step across the Beaver River in almost any locality. But through years of effort and planning, the water resources have developed to an...
The Legion has done justice far and beyond the call of duty to our most sacred of all patriotic holidays.
In the fall of 1926, the Beaver Post of the American Legion, with city and county officials promoted and sponsored the Beaver County Fair and...
Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy...
CHAPTER NINETEEN GHOST MINING CAMPS OF BEAVER COUNTY FRISCO AND THE HORN SILVER MINE The town of Frisco, built near the mine, was known as the wildest camp in Utah. At one time it boasted a population of 6,000, made up of many different...
cook and waitress, with Ed Walker and brother of Salt Lake, dishwashers. We were persuaded to hire a Jap cook, who was immaculately clean, and a good cook, but one morning we were awakened early to find him gone. We, with our young daughter Erma,...
land farming was, in this section where it had been tried, a failure. Most of this land later was sold for taxes and bought by sheep and cattle interests. In 1913, the Delta Land and Water Company constructed the Rocky Ford Dam, which is at the...
and Mrs. Squires. They were married January 9, 1895, at Wah Wah. Owen Grover never owned the springs, his daughter, Mrs. Irene Green says. Mrs. Green says that her uncle, Joseph DeMeulle, owned a small place east of the main farm at Wah Wah and he...
Sat. April 9, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear We went to the Little Meadows again. Father & I dug ditch while Dan plowed in some more wheat. Uncle Criss got here with his family today Sunday 10: Ther. warm Wea. clouds east running several of the...
Sun. Oct. 2, 1898: Ther. frosty., Wea. thin clouds I spent most of the day in the house. Father left here for Manti in the after noon. the day was very raw. Monday 3: Ther. cool & pleasant., Wea. clouds hovering around the mountains, I helped...
Tues. Oct. 4, 1898: Ther. pleasant., Wea. clouds going east. We continued digging potatoes. dug about the same as yesterday Wednesday 5: Ther warm., Wea. clear. we dug nearly 60 bu. of potatoes today. Father got back from Ephriam this morning he...
Thurs. Oct. 6, 1898: Ther. warmº., Wea. clear We rode around after some of Dan’s cattle this forenoon. and dug about 25 bu. of potatoes after noon. there was a swamp on fire near manti which made the air some what smoky Friday 7: Ther....
Sat. Oct. 8, 1898: Ther. warmº., Wea. clouds. We finished digging the potatoes dug some where near 50 bu. to day there was about 225 or 250 bushells on the patch. Sunday 9: Ther. cool Wea. threatening I hitched up and went up to Wm. Funk’s...
Thurs. Oct. 20, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear we unloaded our rock salt at Jim Thaxtons and put both teams on the other wagon and took the wire up to the ranch. we dug about half of the potatoes this afternoon. Friday 21: Ther. warm Wea. clear ...
Thurs. May 4, 1899: Ther. very warm Wea. thin clouds we left camp at the creek above Rock Canyon about 8 am. nooned at the Co-op got to the L. Meadow just before dark. Friday 5: Ther. cooler. Wea. thin clouds. Jake & I went to the Danish ranch and...
Sat. Dec. 15, 1900: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Clear, We came down to the foot of the Lang dug way on the Black Ridge. The night was cold and windy, Sunday 16: Ther. Cool., Wea. Thin clouds We got to a small flat about one and one half miles below...
SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even...
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SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even kept...