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...
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...
In 1945, Wallace Limb and Noel and Acle Gillies erected a cinder block building in the east section of town and installed thousands of dollars worth of new equipment went to manufacture cheese. Most of the high-quality product is shipped to...
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...
Photos of William W. Hutcings, Pioneer Sawmill Man, and wife, Matilda Wiseman Hutchings; Juliette Allred Low; Edwin Swindlehurst, Pioneer Lumberman; WIlliam Burt, Pioneer Builder; John Woodhouse, Drama Club Chairman
This house was made possible by assessments levied on all the families of the Beaver Stake. The greater portion was paid for in labor. The stone for the foundation was hauled with horse and ox teams from the rock quarry, six miles south of town....
Mrs. Johnson says they brought the grain and other things that they raised. They smoked and cured the pork they brought and the freighters would buy up butter from the different stores there and mix it altogether and print it with a round mold....
Branch Normal School--Cedar City (Utah)--History; Bear Valley (Iron County, Utah)
Lower end of Bear Valley and remnants of buildings at Old Settin'. Lower end of Bear Valley between Navajo Mountain and Lightning Hill -- About where Ski Resort is. On East of where you come through the fence at Cedar Breaks Lumber Road. [Old...
Section of frame at top of Zion Cable. This cable is a half mile long and is used to convey lumber down the perpendicular precipice to the valley below. William Louis Crawford is shown at the controls
Panguitch Lake (Garfield County, Utah); Sawmills--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Trees--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Forest rangers--Dixie National Forest (Utah)
Ranger Grant G. Williams (right), Panguitch Lake District, talking to sawmill operator, Eldon Porter, Hatch, Utah. This mill cuts trees on U.S. Forest Service land.
Boulder Town (Garfield County, Utah); Sawmills--Dixie National Forest (Utah)
Water powered sawmill north of Boulder, Utah. It supplied most of lumber for settlement in the valley. One of the photographs gathered for the Forest History Book.