Preface "Monuments to Courage" is a history of Beaver County from the time of the arrival of the first settlers on February 6, 1856, to the Centennial year of the state of Utah, 1947. The collection of the material and its publication was a...
CHAPTER 19-GHOST MINING CAMPS OF BEAVER COUNTY 263 CHAPTER 20-STAGE COACH AND FREIGHTING 279 CHAPTER 21-THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY 288 CHAPTER 22-WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY AND SNAKE VALLEY 298 CHAPTER 23-MERCHANDISING IN MILFORD 311...
shoo Coyote's two big hounds before they could get into his camp to bury him there with his guns, etc.
Sissix, "the renegade Ute," was banished from the Ute Tribe for murder. He then went to live with the Pavants of Corn Creek, in Millard County....
This additional spread of water over greater acreage caused more bottom land to sub-irrigate and added much to our rich meadow acreage. And, in turn, most of the water springs up in our lower fields and communities and is reclaimed through natural...
Whornham, Presley M. Woolsey, Karl P.
Wiliden, Irl T. Woolsey, Mark A.
Wiliden, James E. Yardley, Daniel H.
Willden, Joseph T. *Yardley, James Gilbert Wiliden, Ray
National Guard History Beaver City's National Guard unit came into being in the...
Guard Called to Active Duty As war clouds hung over Europe, our own government deemed it advisable to call all National Guard units into active service. In March, 1941, Beaver's unit was inducted into the regular U. S. Army, and began preparations...
so light all the chickens left their roosts. This appearance lasted nearly all night. Sat., Nov. 5, 1859 Rode to Beaver. Bishop Farnsworth requested me to become one of his counselors and take charge of Minersville. I advised him to defer making...
holes. The duration of burning is from three to seven days, and of cooling from three to six days. Charring, which includes packing of wood in the kiln and drawing the coal, is usually done by contract and costs from 2 3/4c to 3 1/2c per bushel....
CHAPTER NINETEEN GHOST MINING CAMPS OF BEAVER COUNTY FRISCO AND THE HORN SILVER MINE The town of Frisco, built near the mine, was known as the wildest camp in Utah. At one time it boasted a population of 6,000, made up of many different...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD The first railroad station at Milford was built in the year 1880. The new station, the present depot, was built in 1923. The station now named "Reed", where the...
MILFORD LUMBER COMPANY About the year 1901, the Grace brothers, Isaac and Charles, who owned a lumber business at Nephi, established a lumber yard and office at Milford. It was known as the Milford Lumber Company and was located where the Old...
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...
Davis, Diane McCulley, Tannis Trofeld Buckley, Irene Rainey, Ruth Zabriskie, Mrs. J. A. Perkins, Georgia Stonehocker, Iretta Albrecht, Mrs. Vernon, Norma Grimshaw, Mrs. Jack Lester, and LaDawne Muncey Frazier. MUSICAL HISTORY About 1897, T. J....
FIRST BEAVER COUNTY CHAPTER On August 24, 1931, the first Beaver County Company of Daughters of Pioneers was organized with the follow-ing executives : Isabel B. Gillies, president ; Edith C. Wool-sey and Rosella M. Eyre, vice-presidents ; Alice...
cy K. Nowers Burt, first white girl born in Beaver; south-west camp, "The Anderson," named in honor of William R. Anderson, one of Beaver's early pioneers. DAUGHTERS ERECT HOME ON PUBLIC SQUARE The home of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Beaver...
Sun. April 22, 1900: east qr. 7-33 am Ther. Cold., Wea. stormy 5 inches of snow am 2 pm thawing noon 7 in snow snowed most forenoon. Chriss & I herded our herds around near by camp. Monday 23: Ther. Cold., Wea. Stormy stormed most all afternoon....
Mon. Oct. 22, 1900: Ther. Warm., Wea. pm. thin Clouds. I took my herd to water and back today. Johny came out to take my place. Henry Esplin brought some supplies for the camps. Tuesday 23: Ther. Warm., Wea. ptly Cloudy I went to Orderville and...
Thurs. June 6, 1901: + Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Partly Cloudy, Charlesworth came here for breakfast this morning, then went back to Bancroft. I did’nt let the sheep go on the mountain today but herded on the lower hills. 26) Friday 7: + Ther....