WILLIAM H . LEIGH Biography 1877 - 1958 William H . Leigh was one of Cedar City's best known businessmen and civic workers. He founded the Leigh Furniture and Carpet Company in Cedar City, and operated it for 45 years before turning i t over to the...
whom Dalton had escaped before, traveled from Beaver to Parowan to arrest him. The two Marshals hid and, when they saw Dalton, he began to run and they called for him to stop. Without waiting, Thompson shot Dalton in the back, killing him. Apostle...
were buggies and wagons lines up on both side? of the street all up and down the Cedar City mainstreet." Sage Treharne Jones was a wonderful mother. Two of her sons, Lehi and Kumen, became Bishops; two were in the Stake Presidency Jed and Uriah...
Wed. Dec. 6, 1905: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clouds We worked north two and a half miles then east nearly two miles, took dinner with Mr. Nelson a Dunkard Preacher We then went south and back west again staid with Mrs. Bradford, who has several grown sons...
Tues. June 27, 1905: Ther. Sultry Wea. Cloudy. cleared off pm We ate dinner with Mr. J.A. Burt about a quarter south of the school house. Stopped in the shade of a vacant house and took a shave this afternoon. Went another mile west along the Base...
to make a drain ditch for the increasing water as the snow melted. Father was a skillful work'er and, by the time the crowd was ready to return home, the road was in good shape with a rock filled drain and the mud almost dry. Father saw an urgent...
times. The U.S. Army was pressing upon the people uttenng dire threats as to what would take place when it reached the ~ a l l e y s . ~ n Fmstrated i seeking pace, bankrupting themselves to store food and ammunition, and stmggling to reestablish...
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....
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Thirty years of experience has taught us that careful selection in purchasing of goods means a great saving to our patrons. Better goods at lower prices means economy. Excellence of material, insuring long service, is the best of all economical...
therewith. This, together with the opening of the mines in the west end of the county and the location of the soldiers at the Military Post two miles east of Beaver City, with numerous saloons operating, made of it a high-powered community. EARLY...
The family members helped i cooking and sewing the food. Al1 the n girls and wives were involved in this Dart of the service to the hotel guests. There was a great deal of laundry and cleaning that was necessary to keep the rooms ready, so there...
streets and a small alley mnning through the blocks both ways to avoid wrrals being built on the rnain street. There were two smdl houses built on the townsite when we arrived, one owned by George Haws and the other by Alexander F. MacDonald, the...