Section of frame at top of Zion Cable. This cable is a half mile long and is used to convey lumber down the perpendicular precipice to the valley below. William Louis Crawford is shown at the controls
Thurs. Jan. 11, 1912: Ther. Warm Wea. clear Caught a coyote this morning. After looking after all my traps, I went down to the grove and helped chop cottonwoods till dinner time Friday 12: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Light C. Worked on the Zion Road from...
Tues. Feb. 6, 1912: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Light clds. Hauled about 750 ft. of lumber from the Cable. Wednesday 7: Ther. Cool Wea. Light clds Went up the Pine Creek ditch got the water on the upper side of my field. Toned a few pictures this after...
Thurs. Feb. 8, 1912: Ther. Warm Wea. Thin clds. Twelve teams were loaded with lumber at the Cable today, three for Petty and nine from Crawford’s pile. I brought down about 760 feet of lumber. Friday 9: Ther. Pleasant. Wea. Thin clouds,...
Thurs. Feb. 22, 1912: Ther. Cold Wea. T. Clds Cleaned 15 rods of the Flanigan ditch in four hours hard work. Had trouble as usual with the Pine Creek ditch am making poor headway watering lucern. Friday 23: Ther. Cold Wea. Snowing. John and I went...
Sat. Feb. 24, 1912: Ther. Cold Windy Wea. Ptly. Cldy. Choring around, grinding some corn for meal I have a lame hand got it hurt yesterday while at the Cable, can’t do much with it. Sunday 25: Ther. Cold & windy Wea. Ptly. cldy. At Home-
Mon. Oct. 26, 1914: Ther. Fine Wea. Clear Working around gathering what I can of the crops. Tuesday 27: Ther. Pleasant Wea. clear Went to the cable and got a load of potatoes. got back a long time after dark.
Mon. Dec. 21, 1914: Ther. Cold, Wea. Clear Will Gifford and I went to Cable to take the lumber and pile it at the bottom, got there about 8 pm. Dave Lemmon and Dan Crawford went to top Tuesday 22: Ther. Cold Wea. Clouded up. We took over 10,000...
Pictures to be sent to Mr. Wesley E King Boston Bldg. Salt Lake City. 1. Pipe Springs. 2 Top of Long Valley Divide 3 Steamboat Mts. Winter 4 Big Spring Gorge 5 Oakcreek. from Dutch Can. 6 “ from East of “ “ 7 North Mt. from Parker H. ...
Sun. August 9, 1908: Rain We got home tonight Brother Farnes died today Mon. 10: Warm Rain I am not well today, went to town Pm. Tues. 11: Cooler, Sprinkle Jim and I came up to the Mill to work for Chas. Petty. 815 feet Wed. 12: Pleasant, Shower...
Sun. August 16, 1908: Resting and reading. Mon. 17: Threatening. Jim and I are making lath and sawing staves with the circular saw. Tues. 18: Cloudy I am hauling lumber. two loads today. [see cash account Aug 16] Wed. 19: Warm Threatening Hauled...
Sun. August 23, 1908: Warm Clear Jimmy Jennings and wife and I came up to the mill Mon. 24: Warm Ptly. Cldy Jim and I are in the timber on top of the hill near Cable [see cash account Aug 23] Tues. 25: Warm., Clds Running the mill again. Wed....
Sun. August 30, 1908: I took some photos today Mon. 31: Thin clds. offbearing Tues. September 1: clouds Hauled a load of timber. Dan and I are out in the timber chopping Wed. 2: Sprinkle. Chas. and I cut a few slabs and lath Thurs. 3: Chas. and...
Cash Account. Aug.-Sept.: Received. Paid. R.J. Jolley melon .25 2 Stereo views .25 [Thurs. Aug. 3] Brigham Dalton got his hand caught on the chain while loading the Cable the load slipped and the hook went thru his hand. I caught the brake...