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Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Parents who can do so are especially invited to come and live with their children at the school and partake of the same privilege of free rent offered to students. Children not of high school age may be provided for in the Beaver county school and...
According to John A. Skinner's story, Beaver Adz came running down the public road to town to get "whites" to go up and stop the fight. Skinner said Beaver Adz was an old coward and did not want any fighting. This was before he lost his eyesight....
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...
York Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
Before the summer had passed, contracts had been let to a number of men for the construction of four company barracks, a guard house, commissary, hospital and...
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...
is to be found the old town of Frisco, noted for the Horn Silver Mine. Also, it passes through the big valley known as Pine, near the Indian Peak Indian Reservation, and on into Nevada with a direct line to the famous Lehman's Cave near Baker,...
and its executive officers are ready to proceed. If you establish a post at Beaver, or near there, it ought to be done by the last of April or the first week in May. At that season it will be the best time to move troops, supplies, etc. By that...
WOMEN WHO HAVE PLAYED IMPORTANT PARTS AS DOCTORS IN MINERSVILLE Mary Blackburn was the first white woman to come to Minersville. She delivered the first white child, a girl, Rosena Roberts Rollins, to Mrs. George Roberts. She also delivered...
as he did, he managed to get hold of an old sawed-off shotgun. Quickly he turned the gun on the robber and ordered him to dance. The robber then danced until he could no longer dance, and the freighter took his horse, tied it to his wagon and drove...
As a young man, Mr. Walter James drove a butcher wagon, delivering meat to the townspeople and to the Horn Silver and Carbonate Mines boarding houses. The two mines employed about 1,000 men. Each mine had its own smelter for refining ores....
CHAPTER TWENTY STAGE COACH AND FREIGHTING DAYS MILFORD AND THE STAGE COACH Milford was on the old stage route. The route from Salt Lake followed the Mormon Trail to Kanosh, then turned west at Kanosh and on to Antelope Springs, which in the...
from Levan, Tene Christiansen, daughter of Ras Christiansen. Mrs. James knew the family of Christiansens very well. A brother of Tene's was said to be a companion bandit of McCarty's. His bandit name was Mat Warner. McCarty, Mrs. James says, was...
and the newest of all engines, the diesels. William Nichols Jr., local brakeman, is a nephew of Mr. Blanpied. Frank Kuchenmeister, John Low, William Sterling, Sam Reveal, Al Milsap, all have helped to build up part of the tradition that accompanies...
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...
Sun. May 1, 1898: Ther. cold wind. Wea. snowing a cold May Day Sam & I went up to Robs after noon, John & Mary Winder was there till about 6 pm, when they went back to Hacks Ranch. We staid over night. Monday 2: Ther. cold, Wea. snow all over...
Sun. June 12, 1898: Ther. noon 80º. Wea. partly cloudy clouded up and sprinkled this afternoon with frequent thunder. I made my way down to meeting this afternoon. Monday 13: Ther. 8 am. 70º, Wea. clear weather about the same as yesterday. We...
Fri. June 24, 1898: Ther. 9-15 am 76º, Wea. clear & bright the weather was most to warm to be pleasant working. I planted 3 rows of melons below the garden and finished plowing the sand bottom piece after breaking two plows up pretty bad. ...
Wed. July 6, 1898: Ther. 2 pm. 88º,, Wea. floating clouds We cut most all of our wheat just left a small strip because it was to green, also cut some of John Hepworth’s wheat. Thursday 7: Ther. 1-20 pm. 88º., shade, Wea. clouds John Hepworth...