Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Photos of Grant Tolton, "Graduate '17, Class President '17, Secretary Aggie Club, '16, Class Debating Manager '16, "My mind to me an empire is."; Zoe Robinson, Graduate '17, Student Body President '17, Class Vice President '17, Class Secretary and...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
George Christensen, Clifton Williams, Otto Baker, Melbourne Heslington, Oral Stoney, Lois Stoney, Reuben Joseph, Allan Blackner, Gertrude Yardley, Walter Joseph, Annabell Hales, George Boyter, William Heslington, Dell Kessler, Alfred Horton,...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
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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...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GENERAL CHURCH BOARD OF EDUCATION. Heber J. Grant, Chairman. Joseph F. Smith, Charles W. Penrose, David O. McKay, Willard Young, Stephen L. Richards, Rudger Clawson, Richard R. Lyman, Orson F. Whitney, Arthur Winter, Secy.-Treas. COMMISSION OF...
PIONEER HONOR ROLL Smith, Adam Woodhouse, John Tolton, Edward Woodhouse, Charles Jr Tolton, Edward H. Williams, George Tolton, J. Frank Williams, Nephi Tanner, Rollin R. Wiley, Robert Tanner, Sidney Walker, Mathew Tanner, Allen B. Waters,...
teer men and teams who responded to the call for aid. Among those who came to Beaver were Edward Tolton, William J. Allred, Hyrum and Roan Fowler, Elijah Hoopes, John and Henry Bryant, Fred Clark, Mr. Donald and others.
LAND GRANTS AND GOVERNMENT...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
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...
PIONEER DRAMATIC TALENT OF BEAVER
Rol Tanner
J. Frank Tolton
Robert, Charles and Gus Stoney
Dan Martin
Al Fennemore
Lyman Shepherd
Rienhard Maeser
Mrs. S. C. Maeser
Sarah Ann Stoney
Elizabeth Fotheringham
Sadie and Renth Huntington
May...
tunes was "General Hancock's Grand March," which had been arranged by Lorenzo Schofield, one of the band members.
The instruments, with the exception of about three which were privately owned, had been bought by, public subscriptions, costing over...
Photos of Beaver's First Band, Back Row, left to right: Robert Stoney, William Robinson, Lorenzo Schofield, Samuel Fennemore, Enoch E. Cowdell, Charles C. Harris. Front Row: John Robinson, George Hales, Thomas Schofield, William G. Bickley, F. O....
Silver Reef Mine, Mr. Field decided to move his office to Milford, but on account of no support he moved back to Beaver.
On February 19, 1881, the SOUTHERN UTONIAN came into existence, published by Frank R. Clayton and Company. The Utonian told of...
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...
west. A stairway leading to the upper room went up through the Institute. There were two flights of steps, one on the north and one on the south side of the room. These met and formed a landing about half-way up, then a broader set of steps...
Space will not permit the naming of all those who have been instructors of the youth of Beaver, however, among those who taught until about 1890, we mention the names of Charles J. Thomas, Solomon Wixom, J. F. Tolton, Andrew S. Anderson, Robert...
and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the...
1923 to 1929; George Marshall Jr., 1923 to 1935; C. A. Bailey, 1925 to 1929; E. N. Thompson, 1926 to 1931; D. J. Williams, 1926 to 1931; Henry Bowman Jr., 1929 to 1933; John C. Tolton, 1931 to 1935; Parley B. Fisher, 1931 to present; Joseph C....
THE SCHOOLS OF BEAVER
SCHOOL HOUSE BUILT FIRST YEAR
In writing this history of the early schools of Beaver, we have interviewed the few remaining pupils of those days; have had access to a few old letters and diaries, and some short articles...