BEAVER CITY INCORPORATED IN 1867
An act to incorporate Beaver City in Beaver County was passed and approved by the Governor and Legisla-ture of the Territory of Utah, January 10, 1867. Also enacted that all that portion of country situated within...
WORLD WAR II Joseph Clyde Murdock, Alma Wayne Barton,* Norman Gerald Murdock, James Byron Blackner*, Elmer Murdock, West Barton, Ferrell Morris Scott, Ralph J. Walbeck,* Ralph Clifford Fordham, Morris Blackner, Joseph King Morris, ...
January 5, 1908, Mary J. Blackner was chosen president, with Mary E. Morris and Winnifred Miller as counselors; Julia Griffith, secretary; Mary A. Reese, treasurer. Caring for the sick and needy, the gathering and storing of wheat, went steadily...
CHAPTER FOURTEEN POLITICAL HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY THE SECOND JUDICIAL COURT The Second Judicial Court for the Territory was established in Beaver under the following procedure: On November 8, 1869, by proclamation of Charles Durkee, Governor...
Guard Called to Active Duty As war clouds hung over Europe, our own government deemed it advisable to call all National Guard units into active service. In March, 1941, Beaver's unit was inducted into the regular U. S. Army, and began preparations...
SMITH, MILTON GEORGE-Died in a German Prison camp as result of wounds received in combat prior to being taken prisoner. He died January 19, 1945. Son of Thomas and Alice Bradshaw Smith.
THOMPSON, DouoLAs-Killed in a weapons carrier ac-cident on...
HISTORY OF BEAVER POST NO. 32,
OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
On December 2, 1924, the first meeting was called of all ex-service men for the purpose of organizing a Beav-er Post of the American Legion. Twenty men subscribed for membership at the meeting,...
HISTORY OF MINERSVILLE RELIEF SOCIETY
The Relief Society of the Minersville Ward was organized April 15, 1869, with Malinda Lewis as president and Harriet Bradshaw as secretary. The society was
called Female Relief Society of Minersville.
Tarlton...
THIRTEEN BEAVER SOLDIERS GIVE LIVES
But some did not return. They were left on foreign soil where they had paid the supreme sacrifice. Their names follow
BAKES, RUSSELL V. (Air Corps)-Killed August 24, 1944, when his plane went down in the...
east part of Pine Valley west of Milford. They established a ranch on the Pine Grove water and later invested in a few cows, which increased to 2,500 head. They then sold their cattle. Later, the Pine Grove Ranch was taken over by the Ryan-Ream...
January 1, 1890, Rebecca Eyre was sustained as pres-ident, with Lydia McKnight as first and Mary E. Light-ner as second counselors, and Mary Carter, secretary, with Ida Hamblin as assistant secretary. While these sisters were on the board, the...
selors, and Hattie Myers, secretary. Soon after this Mrs. Eyre resigned and Mrs. M. D. Fisher was chosen to fill the vacancy. They were released March 6, 1917, and Lillie Roberts was appointed as president, with Rachel Marshall and Martha Walker as...
The Harrington-Hickory, owned by the Majestic Mining Company, is on the east side of the Star range, about 5 miles from Milford. A. D. Moffett was general manager of the Majestic Mining Company for some time. BEAVER LAKE DISTRICT The Beaver Lake...
morning. All the guests had escaped from the burning building and Mr. Forgie, clad only in his night robe, had reached the front porch when the cry of "Save David", his nine-year-old son, reached his ears. Little David had already escaped and was...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD The first railroad station at Milford was built in the year 1880. The new station, the present depot, was built in 1923. The station now named "Reed", where the...
was named first watermaster, in 1906. The first sewer system was installed in 1914. The following have served as presidents of the Milford Town Board: William Armstrong, Ed Bardsley, William Armstrong (second term), Chesley Barton, Mr. Mish, Angus...
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...
Chaper twenty-nine OTHER CHURCHES, LODGES AND ORGANIZATIONS THE METHODIST CHURCH The first Sunday School Union meeting was organized July 7, 1905, and was first held in a home. There were nine children and five adults present. They carried on...
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT THE L. D. S. CHURCH IN MILFORD The first services for the Latter-day Saints to be held in Milford were in the Ebenezer Tanner Sr. home on Main Street. Later, services were conducted in the old Palmer building, the school...
tion of superintendent : Ebenezer Tanner Jr., Jacob T. Tanner, Harry H. Pitchforth, David Tanner, Harry Bird, Heber Taylor, Edward H. Bird, William A. Miller, Wil-liam Graft, George C. Goodwin, Rudolph Nielsen, Charles Beard, Harvey A. Dean. On...