ELMO CORRY CHAMBERLAIN
Captain
WlLLARD LUNT
College basketball Men
ELMO (TwiCK) CORRY,
the dependable center and a worthy suc-cessor
to last year's notable, Ward.
"Twick" is Tight' personified, and can
always be figured in on the...
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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...
This institution was responsible for the substantial growth of Beaver more than any other factor. Most of the prominent buildings erected in Beaver during the '70s and '80s owe their existence to employment at this factory. It also proved a great...
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...
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...
extension was constructed from Juab to Frisco between that time and the summer of 1880. The railroad entered Beaver County, therefore, early in 1880. When the extension was completed, the Utah Central, Utah Southern and Utah Southern Extension...
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...
irrigated. The first families cut the wild hay that grew there and used it for their stock. Later they raised their own hay, and lucerne seed came to be the largest paying crop raised there. So profitable it proved that by 1920, individuals...
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...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; Window Blind Peak
Drilling for oil began in the late 1800s. This photograph shows an oil operation drilling at the bottom of the Window Blind Peak near the San Rafael River. From the geologic structure of the San Rafael Swell, experts believed they would discover...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Oil; Grange, Mar
Mar Grange is a rock hound. He said sometimes rocks just tell you to pick them up. This one had no apparent importance, but he picked it up from the Swell and took it home. When he began to cut it open, it began oozing oil. Many parts of the Swell...
We feel to urge upon all who desire to build up Zioq and have capital in their hands, to appropriate a portion to strengthen the operations of the Iron Company. There is ample room for profitable investment of capital. Iron can be made in Utah, for...
later, a Professor from the Columbia School of Mines, John S. Newberry, visited southem Utah and was amazed at the coal and iron resources in the area. He encouraged the local officials and business leaders to patent and develop the rich store of...
a change of labor would be a rest and profitable to my bodily health, so 1 wrote to President Taylor on the subject and it met his approval and, owing to my poor sight, thought it would be a good plan to take my wife, Ellen, with me and that we...
Mesia went back to Salt Lake in the fall and continued teaching school at the B.Y.U. during the winter of 191 1 and 1912. Henry came up to see her just once that winter. She was living with an aunt and an uncle, and Henry said there were so many...