GEORGIA PARCELLS
General Chairman
ELLEN WHITE
Assistant Chairman
Ex-Officio eMembers
LESLIE PUGH
FAE DECKER
HE theme of decoration carried out in this year's
Promenade at the B. A. C. was a Dutch Windmill
scene using college colors, blue and white,...
Beaver tribe. Some of the tribe were in good standing with Beaver Adz and his father who had some influence. (Adz means bow and arrow.)
Beaver Adz was a good-looking Indian, when young, and often worked for the "Whites," before he was injured at...
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
MINERSVILLE-ITS FOUNDING AND HISTORY
Imagine, if you 'can, coming -down* the canyon and viewing this valley prior to its settlement. The river fol-lowed much the same course as it does today, with a few scattered cottonwood trees to...
Due to shortage of water in the early days, there was little hay raised by the Minersville settlers. To supple-ment the small supply, the ranchers, farmers and stock-men would make regular trips to the Yellow Banks, 20 miles north of Minersville,...
the Beaver river to reach the mill. One ford was at Horseshoe Bend, two miles south of town near the present Bill Baker ranch, and the other was east of Yellow Banks, about two miles north of town. Freighters, traveling laboriously with their heavy...
BINGHAM ran the rooming house later operated by Mrs. Hardy. FORGIE Jimmy, a rancher and cattleman, and Johnny, who built the Forgie apartment house. BRADFIELD Thomas, roundhouse foreman. GUILES Peter, ran a livery stable and feed yard on the...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE IRRIGATION AND WELLS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MILFORD VALLEY THE "RISE AND FALL" OF REED In early days there were beautiful ranches along down the river in Milford Valley. There was a ranch at Yellow Bank owned by James...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...
Thurs. Mar. 24, 1898: Ther. very cold Wea. beautiful We left camp 6-40 reached Short Creek 8-12 reached south side of sand 8-34. 22n crossing stopped for noon 10-35 started 11-45 arrived at the Cane beds tank 1-50 pulled freight 2-54 to the house...
Sat. Mar. 26, 1898: Wea. snowing Sammy had started home from here yesterday and went to yellow jacket he came back here and staid with us at John Winder’s place at Carmel. the team would not face the storm. Sunday 27: Ther. cold, Wea. clear. ...
Sat. Oct. 22, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. cloudy we stopped for breakfast at the bridge, nooned at Yellow Jacket, where I watered 2 of the horses by waiting about an hour. we got to the sand wells about 7 pm. Sunday 23: Ther. warm Wea. clouds we...
XCash Account. XApril. 2. Full fifteen weeks and better, I’ve been in love with thee So stay at home sweet William Be kind and marry me So stay at home sweet Wm And from me do not go To leave me here behind you, In sorrow grief and...
Sat. Jan. 28, 1899: Ther. noon 52º., 58 3-30 pm. Wea. white clouds going E am. clear pm. Johny & I went up to the ford and got a yellow heiffer. I took a photo of Uncl A. G. & family & M.S. Ruesch and family. Sunday 29: Ther. 9 am. 42º., Wea....
Thurs. Mar. 29, 1900: Ther. warm., Wea. cloudy pm. I herded the sheared sheep again, they brought in another herd this evening. Friday 30: N.M. 1-30 pm. Ther. warm., Wea. thin clouds pm Went and got a load of water from Yellow Jacket. Sacked...
Wed. April 4, 1900: Ther. cold., Wea. blustery, snow pm. herded sheep sacked wool etc. am. went to yellow Jacket for water pm. I took Carling Spencer’s herd this evening to herd they just finished shearing it Thursday 5: Ther. cold., Wea....
Sat. Jan. 17, 1903: Ther. Cold., Warmer., Wea. Clouds. camped on the edge of the Cedar-Ridge just north of the St. George road, and south of the road that leads from Pipe to Rockville. 8) Sunday 18: Ther. Cold Wea. Thin Clouds, There is quite a...
Mon. Jan. 19, 1903: Ther. Cold., west wind. Wea. Cloudy, No feed today. We crossed the flat south of Yellow Stone and camped west of the Wild Band Pockets near the head of the valley. 10) Tuesday 20: Ther. Warmer., cold west wind. Wea. Thin...
Sat. April 25, 1903: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clds. Joseph helped me again today, John J. will go home. Moved the wagon about three or four hundred yds. east to the first white knoll. 65) Sunday 26: Ther. T Cooler., Wea. south wind, Clds Went back...
Mon. April 22, 1912: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Clear I worked in Pine Creek, got a small stream of water in the ditch. The other boys worked on the washout. John, Squire and I went in the head of Oakcreek to water our colts, too late, we didn’t get...
Mon. Dec. 30, 1912: Ther. Cold Wea. Few Thin clouds Tryed to plow the garden above Dan’s it is too badly frozen Tuesday 31: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Clear Shelled a little yellow corn. Settled tithing ($28.62 paid this year) brot a load of manure...