The first man to catch up with me was George Tracy, an old soldier of the Southern Army of the Rebellion. Next came William Allred, a noted Indian fighter. We were by now about 200 yards from the house. Tracy rode to the back door and called to the...
WATER DEVELOPMENT IN BEAVER AND VICINITY
When the first pioneers came to this valley, it is said that one could step across the Beaver River in almost any locality. But through years of effort and planning, the water resources have developed to an...
was brought into town in tanks by the railroad and delivered to the families at 5c per bucket, and placed in barrels in the home, by Henry Osborne, water man. When a storm was brewing one could hear the clang of tubs and buckets being put under the...
in. As the passengers loitered about, he noticed a lady passenger who had a sick baby. He overheard the lady ask one of the men to assist her.
The man answered, "No, I am not a baby tender." After the stage had gone, McCarty got on his horse and...
Tues. Oct. 4, 1898: Ther. pleasant., Wea. clouds going east. We continued digging potatoes. dug about the same as yesterday Wednesday 5: Ther warm., Wea. clear. we dug nearly 60 bu. of potatoes today. Father got back from Ephriam this morning he...
Memoranda: Jan 1. 1913 cold clear Band Serenaded town Jan. 2 Hauling manure to the Flanigan Field 3rd Pleasant Hauled a load of manure then, went on to town 4th, G.H. Isom and I went to Shonesberg set 16 traps, camped with Ira DeMill. 5th...
Sat. Dec. 16, 1905: Ther. Cool., Wea. Thin clds. Picked cotton this fore noon, then went and helped Elder Bahr catch an opossum. Sister Petty cleaned it and is going to cook it for dinner tomorrow, so we can say we have tasted an oppossum. She...
Bladen were chosen. President Snow said he observed t h a t Brother Lunt had t h e Presidency of t h e Church over t h i s Branch a n d a g r e a t deal on his shoulders, a n d he h a s sufficient to a t t e n d to without having t h e...
seeming much pleased, and Empey took off his clothes and gave them to the boy in the presence of the old brave. I told the Indian that he and his band must leave off killing our cattle as we passed or they would all be destroyed, as the white men...
Erastus Snow preached a delighthl discourse which caused the hearts of the people to rejoice. After the meeting was dismissed, the brethren were requested to ''tarry'' to transact some business. The meeting lasted until 4:00 a.m. Henry kept the...
canyon, as he did not consider the Old Fort site safe from floods, as Coal Creek was subject to very high n water i times of flood. Since Hemy's first wife, Ellen, was not able to have children, it was sii years after Henry was manied before his...
measles. While there, we boys learned how to make slat quail traps. Father bought us a sack of wheat for bait, and we climbed the sunny hillsides and found bare spots where the snow had melted 0% made a trail of wheat leading to the trap, then...
had gone to spread an alarm, they made a hasty getaway. They came very near hding them as one of the long-haired ones carne almost to the coop, and then tumed a\Ypy The two children started up the road for help but the boy fainted fkom loss of...
out at Lund, Utah, by Harry Hunter, Mother's brother-in-law. He took us to his home. It was a happy reunion for Grandmother Lunt and her daughter, Rose. We stayed there about a week. Mother's folks and fnends h e d up an apartment on First West,...