the farm land for a reservoir site. Many families sold out and moved away to other counties. Adamsville lost many of its citizens. Since then its population has scattered far and wide. The school was closed and the students were transported by...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
it was located some 500 feet east and 300 feet north of the southeast corner of the present structure, on the south bank of Cove Fort. At that time a cottonwood tree still marked the site and yet exists; together with stubs of cedar posts which...
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...
Photos of Charles Willden, pioneer settler of Cove Fort, Eleanor Turner Willden, Feargus Willden, Elliott Willden, John Willden and Charles Willden, Jr.
Mon. Sept. 26, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. windy we started about 6-30 watered at Buck Horn. nooned at the foot of the Beaver Ridge. we camped between Beaver & Indian Creek. Will Flanigan camped with us he had been peddeling fruit Tuesday 17: Ther....
Fri. Sept. 28, 1900: Ther. Cool., Wea. Clear, Wm Gifford & Danl. Crawford came over here. Dan staid & J.R.C. went back with Will. Saturday 29: + Ther. Warmer., Wea. eight clouds, S&W. pm Clear, Dan helped me this fore-noon then went to Jim’s...
Mon. Oct. 1, 1900: + Ther. Cool., Wea. Partly Cloudy Jim went back and herded with Dan. I took it alone in the cove back to camp. Tuesday 2: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Wind, Clouds. Dan helped me today We herded north East of camp toward the Steep...
Thurs. Oct. 4, 1900: Ther. Cool., Wea. Windy, Clouds Running North. My health is not the best makes herding very unpleasant. sheep are in the cove south of camp today. Jas. Covington came out to move us. Friday 5: + Ther. Cool., Wea. Windy, Clouds...
Fri. Jan. 1, 1904: + Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Ptly. cloudy. Cold wind., I herded out toward the Barracks, along the old Elephant road. Our camp boss (Myron Holgate) went home this morning. In the Elephant Cove, Kane Co., 1) 137th camp for the year...
Thurs. June 23, 1904: Ther. Cooler., Wea. Ptly. cldy. Sprinkle. Planted the melons on the Sand-bottom. Planted corn on the lower end of the big clay piece. Started some cattle up the trail this evening. 34) Friday 24: Ther. Warmer pm Wea. Clouds...
Mon. May 11, 1903: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear Dipped this fore-noon then went on up the valley as far as the Cove Lane and camped by the creek there. 69) Tuesday 12: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear, Clouds Joseph is herding with me again yesterday and today....
Fri. Sept. 4, 1903: + Ther. Warm., Wea. Partly cloudy. 10 or 11 pm Rain. Loran Covington came over here again and spent the day with me. I herded on the hillsides below camp. William Louis Crawford Sheep-herder, Kane Co., Utah. Birch Valley, Big...
Tues. Dec. 15, 1903: Ther. Pleasant., Cold nights., Wea. Thin clds. The boys are going home today. Watered the sheep again. Moved the lower camp back in the cove between the two washes and above the old Elephant road. 135) Wednesday 16: Ther....
Range management--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Grazing; Paragonah (Iron County, Utah)
Effects of grazing by deer, Paragonah. 28 deer seen in this juniper cove on winter deer range 1 1/2 miles southeast of Paragonah. Adjacent to feeding stations (alfalfa hay).
A mile east of the San Rafael Bridge in a little cove in the Sinbad area is the Cowboy's stock corral built by Paul Judd in the early 1900s. The white rock standing out in the middle is where they store extra feed.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Stock Corral; Wild Horses
A mile east of the San Rafael Bridge in a little cove is the Sinbad Cowboys stock corral, built by Paul Judd in the early 1900s. The white rock standing out in the middle of the photo is the area where they stored extra feed for their wild horses.
Emery County (Utah); Historic Structures -- Old Cove Fort; Richards, Drew
Old Cove Fort, Utah as it looked in 1928 was taken by Drew Richards. Old Cove Fort is located between Fillmore and Beaver, Utah and was built as a safe stop for travelers, including stage coach travelers and drivers, from the Indians.