Geology Trip to Toroweap Valley
and Grand Canyon
YDA, Gilbert, Wendell, Thresa,
Gaorgia, George, Kate, Wes,
Red, Fat, Dave, Thora, Mable,
Frank, and two Arthurs left the
B. A. C. Thursday, March 13, at four
o'clock in an automobile, two Fords
and...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
It had been an ordinary fall, following quite closely upon the usual summer, the sun had been out as infrequently as only the Beaver sun knows how, the gray clouds had maintained their accustomed mentally and physically dampening pall, and the...
frost about October 5th. The Milford Valley is colder in the north portion but varies but little from the dates as to frost at Minersville.
The climate or weather conditions in the county are temperate, not being subject to either extreme heat or...
Then the floor was cleared for a step dance and a stump speech. Once in a while a waltz was indulged in to the melodies of Ileena Lanna, My Irish Rose, or Home Sweet Home. However the round dance was generally discouraged by Church...
Puffer Lake-Named for or James Puffer, who discovered it in 1865.
Kent's Lake-Named for Kent Farnsworth, who owned land there.
Blue Lake-A small lake at the foot of Mt. Baldy, and always deep blue in color.
Mt. Belnap-Named for a soldier with the...
building, which was used for Tithing and Quorum purposes.
With Murdock came also William Fotheringham, a man of considerable note, who had filled two missions, one to far-off India, the other to South Africa. The two missions covered a period of...
It was advanced from a small affair in a brick building just a few rods to the south of its present site. This co-operative establishment grew to a mammoth institution for that day. It was incorporated with a sub-scribed capital of $20,000. Aside...
a low ebb and could not reach the town. The settlers had fully decided to abandon the place, when President Young came there on a speaking tour and promised the people that if they would remain where they were, the time would come when there would...
of Cedar City. His route was through Minersville Can-yon. He left Milford at 9 a. m., arriving at Johnson's Fork at 5 p.m. He was employed by Gilmore & Salisbury, mail contractors for the western part of Beaver County. Later Mr. Root moved to...
east part of Pine Valley west of Milford. They established a ranch on the Pine Grove water and later invested in a few cows, which increased to 2,500 head. They then sold their cattle. Later, the Pine Grove Ranch was taken over by the Ryan-Ream...
"GRANDPA'S DIARY" (Note: The Author of This Diary Is Unknown) Sun., March 13, 1859 Went to lower Beaver Valley in company with Isaac Grundy, Tarlton Lewis, William Barton and John Blackburn, our object being to find a location for a settlement near...
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN MILFORD ITS EARLY HISTORY Springing from a few shacks built as a matter of con-venience by ore haulers and stockmen, the little city of Milford has struggled to a position of prominence in Beaver County. Today, with a population...
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...
cook and waitress, with Ed Walker and brother of Salt Lake, dishwashers. We were persuaded to hire a Jap cook, who was immaculately clean, and a good cook, but one morning we were awakened early to find him gone. We, with our young daughter Erma,...
Photos of white grass in the Reed area; First deep well on Milford Flats; Group, Left to right standing: Henry Collins, Ed. Sawyer, Johnnie Forgie, Angus Buchanan, unknown, Ambrose Hedges, Billie Williams, "Frency" Garzan, unknown, Peter Guio. ...
first deep well. There are now more than a dozen of these deep wells, 14 to 20 inches in diameter, tapping another strata of water at depths of from 275 to 500 feet.. Pioneers in the pumping project include C. C. Sloan, W. W. Cook, Charles Baxter,...
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...
The third car in Milford was a Stanley Steamer roadster, painted white. It, too, was used on the mail route and was bought by Bill Martin.
One time when Bill Richards was driving this car on the trip, loaded with mail and passengers, it caught fire...
Sat. Jan. 29, 1898: Wea. Snow about 3 in. deep broke away about noon we made several exposures in the afternoon. I attended M.I.A. meeting in the evening. Sunday 30: Wea. Clear and cool made one exposure and printed some went to the class...
Wed. Mar. 30, 1898: Ther. cool Wea. clear Johnie & I went over the Indian Bench via Little Meadows while Dan went around the road with the team. W tipped in the deep ditch by Thaxtons place on account on the deep snow drift in the road We got 473...