building. Much of the lumber used in building up Pioche, Frisco and Newhouse was furnished by local mills, operated by local men, and delivered by team to the mines at prices ranging from $70 to $100 per thousand feet.
The only local sawmill in...
he labored the greater part of his life. The walls of this little room were usually adorned with guns of every make and size of the day, and there were rows and rows of brass keys strung on wire.
Mr. Ash was a special friend of the Indians, who...
district there are several large ledges of pyrite and copyrite ore. Some work was done upon them, and a small amount of a very high grade silver ore was mined several years ago. The principal claims are the COMET, CACTUS and COPPER CHIEF. CACTUS...
BEAVER CARBONATE MINE Located 1 3/4 miles northwest of Frisco. Elevation 6,750 feet. Property consists of a group of 11 claims and fractions. The principal developments have been in the Carbonate and Rattler claims. Discovered in 1878. Sold in...
S. N. Slaughter went to Salt Lake to make his home, selling to John P. James and H. B. Sackett. After their retirement, James L. Griffiths purchased this store. After several years, this store was razed by fire.
About 1917 the Caldo mill was built...
Lafayette Hanchett in his book, "The Old Sheriff and Other True Tales," says of Samuel Newhouse, "He was a most colorful character, a very gentle man of a winsome and kindly nature. Very persuasive in his arguments and prone to hasty judgments, and...
At this time the railroad was under construction. Victor and Selma Johnson made a trip to Salt Lake City and on their return trip they rode the first train into New-house. Selma says the railroad platform was not completed and it was quite a step...
to Milford, where they are still living. Unlike Frisco, the one saloon was located a mile from town. The `red light" district was also out of the city limits. A fine dance hall and an opera house were built, and believe it or not, the very fine...
The last Company manager was a Mr. Evans. In 1911, the store was known as the American Trading Company and was operated by Ed Street, Steve Fotheringham and J. F. Tolton. The Utah Leasing Co. took over the mine and worked the dumps after the mine...
Newhouse has gone and the wind still blows over the desert waste. Yet in the hearts of the people who once lived there a warm spot remains for the "Old Town that once was." THE STORY OF THE CAVE MINE John Bradshaw was born in England and came to...
Photos of S. N. Slaughter and wife Annie E. Huey Slaughter, early-day Frisco settlers; The Locust Tree, only tree in Frisco; The Newhouse mill and smelter.
In 1903, the 500 miles, approximately, of railroad owned or under construction by the Oregon Short Line south of Salt Lake City, which included the line through Milford to Frisco, which had been extended on to Newhouse, were consolidated with the...
In the late 90's they used to place from 6,000 to 10,000 wethers in one herd and trail them from Oregon, through Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska, during spring and summer months, and mostly fatten them on the way to market. In the spring of 1905, N....
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
team. I knew a fellow by the name of George Smith who did a lot of freighting. I also knew Mrs. Squires and her son-in-law, Aaron Grover of Wah Wah Springs. We watered the sheep there in the fall and spring when going by till Mr. Newhouse piped...
WAH WAH SPRINGS Wah Wah Springs was settled in July, 1870, by Edwin S. Squires and Lydia Abbott Squires. They were on their way to California to locate. They had a herd of cattle and when they got to Nevada they were asked to pay a tax on the...
MILFORD LUMBER COMPANY About the year 1901, the Grace brothers, Isaac and Charles, who owned a lumber business at Nephi, established a lumber yard and office at Milford. It was known as the Milford Lumber Company and was located where the Old...
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX PROFESSIONAL AND MUSICAL HISTORY OF MILFORD EARLY-DAY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE OF MILFORD Mary Ann Bigler Tanner acted as a midwife f or years in the early days of Milford. She had the remarkable record of never losing a...
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...
Vegetation on these arid ranges is composed chiefly of low shrubs and grasses belonging to what is known as the salt-desert shrub plant association. Most of these ranges are used by sheep and cattle during the winter when other ranges are covered...