Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
George Christensen, Clifton Williams, Otto Baker, Melbourne Heslington, Oral Stoney, Lois Stoney, Reuben Joseph, Allan Blackner, Gertrude Yardley, Walter Joseph, Annabell Hales, George Boyter, William Heslington, Dell Kessler, Alfred Horton,...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
The First National Bank of Beaver, is number one in Beaver on the Roll of Honor. A place where the Roll of Honor is like a man's character - it is something money cannot buy, but is won by merit and worth alone. The First National Bank has...
PIONEER HONOR ROLL Coombs, Mark A. Fennemore, George H. Coombs, John Henderson, John Clayton, Frank Hawkins, Williams Davis, John M. Huntsman, James W. Davey, George Howd, Simeon Jr. Dean, John Fennemore, Samuel Dean, William Fernley, Edward Dean,...
Photos of Marcus L. Shepherd, Church and Civic Leader; Edward W. Thompson, Early Surveyor, and wife, Julia Fish Thompson; Wilson Gates Nowers, Original Pioneer, and wife, Sarah Anderson Nowers; and William Fotheringham
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....
PIONEER DRAMATIC TALENT OF BEAVER
Rol Tanner
J. Frank Tolton
Robert, Charles and Gus Stoney
Dan Martin
Al Fennemore
Lyman Shepherd
Rienhard Maeser
Mrs. S. C. Maeser
Sarah Ann Stoney
Elizabeth Fotheringham
Sadie and Renth Huntington
May...
A FAVORITE DANCE BAND
One of Beaver's favorite Dance Bands was under the direction of John Grimshaw. Much of their playing was done in the Opera House, when the "Two-step" was the popular dance and the town supported a dance every Friday night....
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Song by the Beaver Choir.
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Music by the Beaver Martial Band. Speech by Col. Douglas of Fort Cameron.
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Music by the Fort Cameron Martial Band.
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Song by Robert Stoney.
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Music by the Beaver Brass Band.
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Song...
Gun Committee, Joseph Bettensen, Robert Thimbleby and William Moyes Jr.
Finance Committee, Josiah Rogerson, William Ashworth, David McDonough, James Fennemore and Charles F. Shipp.
Floor Managers, William Ashworth, Albert Minnerly and Josiah...
operated by water power. It continued to run successfully until the erection of the Woolen Mills a few years later. Mr. Curfew was the grandfather of Clyde L. Messinger of Beaver.
Tannery
In 1869, Samuel N. Slaughter, having emigrated from Cape...
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...
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:...
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),...
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...
HISTORY OF BEAVER STAKE
Beaver Stake is the eighth oldest in the west. It was established March 12, 1866, with John R. Murdock as president; William Fotheringham as first and Daniel Tyler as second counselors. This organization existed until July...
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,...
June 6th, 1876, Ruth Tyler went in as president of the society, with Eliza Hawkins and Ann Levi as counselors; Mary E. Shepherd Ashworth, secretary and treasurer. Donations, from three pounds of flour, one-half dozen eggs, to $20 in cash, were...
was made president of the Beaver Ward, with Mary A. Tolton and Lizzie Lillywhite as counselors; Louisa Jones, secretary; Betsy Goodwin, treasurer. These officers carried on until the ward was again divided in 1905. The ward work was carried on...
Stoney did not assume the title of professor. He was, however, an energetic worker as a leader in choir and church work, and raised the standard of the choir equal with any in Southern Utah. He was also the leader of Beaver's, first Brass Band....