Athletics
ODR i\ l~HLETIC AC1'IVITIES were never
in a 1110re. wholesoll1e c~l1d.itioll than at the
, present tIme. For. thIS hne of work we
have in our school this year a large number
of clean, sturdy young men who have the right metĀtle,
courage~...
FIRST IRRIGATION IN BEAVER VALLEY
Early in May, 1856, the water for irrigating the Old Field and town plat was taken from the river at a dam east of where the Allred home had been built. It was then conducted in a good sized ditch to the N E...
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...
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,...
CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and...
present highway bridge. Bullion made in the crude smelter was made into bullets, in rough molds, for the rifles of the settlers of this entire area.
The ore was soft in nature, with gold assays running as high as one-half ounce to the ton, silver...
of Milford. He was interested in farming and mining. He owned a farm at Reed. His sons were William J. and Harry Forgie.
Mrs. Hanks, daughter of John Forgie, built the present Milford Hotel on the spot where her father had oper-ated the hotel which...
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...
reason for the growth of the valley, but it hardly would be correct to say that the railroad with its people have had less than a major part in bringing the town up from the size of a spot on the map to the present city that it now represents with...
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
the ward and the good townspeople which was equal, in its way, to Utah's earliest pioneer building efforts. For a long time the ward had realized a need for a larger building. Rudolph Nielsen says that the movement for the new church building...
Wed. April 27, 1904: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Windy Thin clds. I started carrying the mail from Springdale to Leed this afternoon. Jake went with me this trip. 42) Thursday 28: + Ther. Cool., Wea. Ptly. cldy. Made the round trip today. 42) Friday...
Lieutenant Alfonse Castro. Moving fast into Germany, there wasn't time to set up kitchens every day, so it was take a break when you can and prepare your own rations. The small canister is a German gas mask container which GIs found to be good...
Trails--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Red Canyon (Garfield County, Utah)
Hikers on the Red Canyon Tunnel View Trail (combination view and nature trail). Left to right: M. Clark, "Dutch" Brinkerhoff, F. Moore, Alton Shakespear, Joe Hughes and Earl Jolley carrying bench material up the trail.
A power line carrying 22,000 volts across the forest. One of the numerous special uses of Forest lands. These towers are often used by Forest officers as lookout stations. Prescott National Forest, Arizona.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Green River; Swasey Family; Blacksmith Shop; Swasey, Charley; Halverson, Chris
Charley Swasey, far left in his blacksmith shop in Green river. Chris Halverson is in the center of the photograph. Chris Halverson was asked (later in life) about the outlaws known sometimes as the Robber Roost Gang. Halverson said, "The Roosters...
intersecting Main Street a t the corner near Mr. Henry Elliker's residence on Main Street and commonly known a s Normal Street. Granted. Dec. 1, 1904 ... The Mayor reported t h a t a case of Small Pox had developed recently in the City a n d , in...