animals. Their, dress was rabbit skins with the fur on the outside.
There is no record of any tribal gatherings, but it is believed that the first Indians of Beaver County at certain times traveled to other parts of the State to engage in what was...
the surrounding towns in attendance. There was usually a speaker from the B. Y. U. or one of the Church authorities present. The afternoon was spent in athletic contests between classes, then the day's festivities ended with a dance in the evening....
In those days, Mrs. Bradfield said, they danced until midnight, a big supper was served, then they danced on 'till dawn. A DAY'S EXPERIENCE Mrs. Bradfield said she came here one time to go to Frisco on the train, to work. It was a cold, wintry...
The passengers all piled into the open rig and hadn't traveled very far until they found they were stuck again in another drift of snow. Mrs. Bradfield says she can see "Bally" Sackett now as he looked that day. So bald he was, he seemed rightly...
After a little while McKeon and the girls appeared. They asked Mr. Smithson if he had had any passengers that night. He replied, "Yes, two young women and the squirmiest baby I ever carried." Thereupon they began to chuckle, and when Mr. Smithson...
royal party were two trumpeteers, Joyce McQuarrie and Delores Merkley in pink and blue costumes. Crown bearers were Marilyn Ashworth, Arlene Morgan and Fay Hamilton, great-great granddaughters of John Ashworth, early mayor of Beaver. Almost 1000...
in which they appeared in their white, blue and velvet gowns. A parade followed the program, with the float of the Centennial Queen and her attendants and other at-tractive floats making this one of the outstanding parades of the community. Other...
WILLIAM LOUIS CRAWFORD DIARY
Explanation
William Louis Crawford was born on July 15, 1873, to William Robinson and Carnelia Gifford Crawford, in Rockville, Kane County, Utah. When he was six years old the family moved to Oak Creek in...
Crawford, William Louis, 1873-1935; Parks -- Utah -- History; Zion National Park (Utah) -- History; Springdale (Utah) -- History; Rockville (Utah) -- History
WILLIAM LOUIS CRAWFORD DIARY
Explanation
William Louis Crawford was born on July 15, 1873, to William Robinson and Carnelia Gifford Crawford, in Rockville, Kane County, Utah. When he was six years old the family moved to Oak Creek in Zion...
Sat. June 9, 1900: + Ther. Cooler., Wea. mostly Cloudy. Thundering & Threatening. Herd north of camp today. This is my 50th day’s herding this trip, 60 days in all. Sunday 10: + Ther. Cool., Wea. Partly Cloudy. Showery in the north. Spent today...
Sun. Oct. 4, 1914: Ther. clear and cool At Home have the lagrippe Monday 5: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Clear Thin clds. eve. Brot in a load of red corn this evening. that is about the amt. of my day’s work.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Wild Horses; Horse Trading
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #25, Wild Horses. "Joe loved his horses. It is said that when on a long hard trip gathering his herds, his horse was so well ridden...
CEDAR CITY ORDINANCES (Excerpts) From: Original Ordinance Book No. 1 in t h e City files. The book i s also registered by t h e Utah State Historical Society-Archivist, W . R . Palmer. An Ordinance dividing Cedar City into Wards. [Old Fort o r Plat...
GRONWAY R . PARRY Biography 1889 - 1969 Gronway Robert P a r r y was born February 2 2 . 1889, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His f a t h e r , Gronway, was a Salt Lake builder; his mother. Althea Gardner P a r r y , was the daughter of Pine Valley...
dirt . . . which every man is said to eat in his lifetime. It filled our eyes too, and our ears, and our nostrils. It was in the food; it sprinkled the pancakes; it was in the syrup that we poured over them. Half suffocated were we by it, during...
evening and found in his gizzard some tivo dollars worth of gold dust. It has produced no small excitement in town. February 25: I examined the gold taken out of Pugmire's rooster and believe it to be brass. I placed my magnet in it and it took it...
across the continent by solitas. horsernen carrying fifteen pounds of letters. The charge to send this mail was $5 per one-half ounce. Stations were located about twenty-four miles apart. As his day's nde, each nder was requued to span three...
beef was hidden in thick timber some distance from ramp, while they had been wishing for meat for supper and breakfast, all but one prospector made a hasty getaway before our boys returned from the day's ride." " As I was riding out that morning...