MENZIES CLARK
President
CECIL BAKER
Secretary
TAFT WATTS WALLACE OSBORNE YERTIS WOOD
.MURRAY KESLER WESLEY PRYOR HENRY HALL ARLINGTON SPILSBURY
Chi Theta Iota
>~pHE Chi Theta Iota Fraternity
was chartered in 1927 by King
Hendricks, Louis Palmer,...
strand twine about the size of a mason's chalk line. (The McGuay lasso rope, somewhat popular in the 90's, was made of oose.) The little spinning machine was very simple, being made of two sticks. The handle was about five eighths of an inch in...
expired, they married and established themselves in our midst as private citizens.
In April, 1883, due to the long distance of hauling provisions and supplies, the camp was disbanded and the troops moved to Fort Douglas at Salt Lake.
In October,...
Chapter Ten
Communication in Pioneer Days
Beaver's Early Mail Service
Beaver's first mail service was the freight wagon train. The drivers would deliver mail to the Bishop, who in turn would distribute it in Church. Then an office was maintained in...
ness to children suffering with defective teeth, tonsils and tuberculosis. Board released in 1931. Lottie Farrer, president; Ruth Wittwer and Claudia Morgan, counselors; Alpha Stapley, secretary and treasurer; Martha Paice, assistant. Ministering...
Singing Mothers were organized, and the Church Welfare Work begun. They gave five years of faithful and inspiring service. Board released in 1942. Ellen Joseph, president; Cleaone Robinson and Maude Christiansen, counselors; Mayme Hoopes,...
The boys who went to the state meet in 1926-27 were Clarence Gillins (captain in 1926), Truman Bradfield, Arshel Hollingshead, Clarence Gillins (captain in 1927), Newell Marshall, Othello Smith, Clyde Hollingshead, Elmer Roberts, Hartley Eyre,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Buckhorn Draw; Cold War; MK Tunnels; Magazine Tunnel
The cave or tunnel used to store the explosives used in the MK Tunnel experiments. The top secret project lasted from 1948 to 1952. Not even local employees on the project knew the reasons for their work. The Department of Defence classified these...
John Macfarlane, who had been reproved for volunteering to put Wood out of a public meeting, felt considerably rasped. After the triai he went to Bishop Lunt's, and 1 [Lee] was sent for where 1 reasoned the rest of the night with hun,
TER XXIII
YEARS 0 C. n u-r r n L IT n N 1 A P TT A T u1" 1880 - 1885
hen the great colonizer-financier, Brigham Young died in 1877, many predicted the L.D.S. Church would fall apart. But his successor, John Taylor took over the reins with hardly a...
together. It had not been a desiiable situation to be away from those in Cedar City. When he returned to Pinedaie he got in touch at once with Henry W. to make the necessary preparations to begin the move of those family members in Cedar City who...
father died eig:ht ycars ago, to care for his younger brothers and sister and try to earn a little money here and there to keep the small ten acre farm goill:. Lchi had tried to 11eas helpful as possible, chopping wood for peoplc m d helping out in...
mons in Utah and the law-disdaining wild western inhabitants of Nevada. However, they wcre mutually dependent on each other in a very real and vital way. 'l'rading was a necessity to both. The only available market of the southern Utah settlenients...
reached. In Southern Utah, the telegraph covered some areas that early, but it wasn't until later that this service extended from Southern Utah into Nevada. I t was this area that was covered by the mail contracts handled by one man nanied...
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the trappings and messiness associated with these hobbies. White mice on the loose in the house came very near to ending her toleration for all these projects, but the mice were captured, in a trap fashioned from an erector set, and...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
The Navajos, motivated by anticipated revenues from the mineral estate, saw the opportunity to go to court with the smaller, under-financed Hopi Tribe. Undoubtedly, the Navajos assumed they could take...
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marriage in peace. From this time forward, the Work maintained a congregation in Salt Lake City and one in Short Creek.
As Lorin Woolley grew older, he understood that it would be important to reorganize the high priesthood...
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opposition as outsiders already had strong preconceived notions about polygamy. Most people naturally lumped all polygamous communities together and assumed the atrocities that were happening in Colorado City were ubiquitous...
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or engage in other housework. Because of this, she earned her degree in one year instead of the typical two years. In many ways, each family acts as an autonomous community in itself. The members contribute in their own ways...