"Cedar City, Utah is located in the heart of scenic Southern Utah on U.S. Hwy. 91. It lies at the base of the great Wasatch Mountains. Gateway to Utah's National Parks and Monuments. Population 6,172, Elevation 5,840."
Oliver and John R. Jensen felling a saw log 30-32" diameter up in the Summit Mountains early in the spring. At lower end of Maple Canyon, north east of where road comes up at Top of the Cedars.
A Junior's Lament
Where? Oh, where, is that old class?
They're gone, they're gone, alas, alas!
Once m,ore they waken in my breast
The thoughts of school, of thoughts the best.
Once more I hear and see and trace
That happy bunch, also each face,
As...
Spirit of the Pioneers
'T^HE policy of the Branch Agri-cultural
College to serve here in
Southern Utah in an educational,
cultural and instructive way has
been carried out this year. The stu-dents
and faculty members have
gone into Cedar City and...
Library 'Building
The Grand Old B. A, C.
There's a dear old place in the mountains high
Where the sunlight always shines,
Where the breezes blow and the pure white snow,
The mountain air refines,
That place is hallowed by a school,
That's where we...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
I. From the grand old mountains, Capped with purest snow -- From the burning deserts, Where the sagebrush grow Comes a mighty volume Ringing thru the air Of some hundred voices Free from every...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
I. Our school is an emblem of glory, Its standard floats high on the breeze; Let our deed e'er be worth of story That shall live where the whole world sees. Chorus -- Then shout and sing, let our...
BEAVER COUNTY
LOCATION OF BEAVER COUNTY
Situated on the west side of the Tushar range of the Wasatch Mountains, Beaver County is rich in natural resources and its history is a monument to the courage of its founders. Fertile, cultivated fields of...
frost about October 5th. The Milford Valley is colder in the north portion but varies but little from the dates as to frost at Minersville.
The climate or weather conditions in the county are temperate, not being subject to either extreme heat or...
MINERAL RESOURCES
The early discovery of precious and valuable mineral and the development of the prospects, placed the count; as one of the most important mining centers of the west It has been said that the whole county was a vast laboratory,...
It was a cold and unpleasant place and had been rejected by others who had gone to more favorable locations south of here. My previous years had been associated with pioneer life in Iron County in the interest of building and Military duties. In...
fence in the center of block 29, just east of where the telephone office now stands. The bullet cut the emigrant's leather belt, yet he stopped long enough to pick up his pistol. A few minutes later, William Anderson saw Sissix elevate his gun and...
CHAPTER FOUR -
FOUNDING OF TOWNS, RANCHES AND FORTS
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September, 1873, witnessed the construction of a Military Barracks at Beaver. A post had been established in May when 250 United States Troops arrived in the Territory. Though...
York Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
Before the summer had passed, contracts had been let to a number of men for the construction of four company barracks, a guard house, commissary, hospital and...
Boyter, John Merchant, Charles Merchant, Orrin Puffer, Ephriam O. Puffer, Hannah Gale, Henry C. Gale, Lafayette Shepherd were also among the early settlers.
Charles Merchant (1842-1904) and John Merchant (1850-1927) came from Australia with their...
which is now owned by Harry Green. The second school-house was built east of the county road above Albert Green's present home, in the year 1897. Sadie Hutchings, Winnifred Smith and Della Jones were teachers. A third schoolhouse was built in 1900....