so far completed as to be suitable for the occasion. The earth floor, spread with a blanket, sufficed for a table and the seats were of oriental style.
The year of 1855 had been a year of calamity, famine and distress. The crops in this part of the...
of the institution until about 1890, it was possible to se-cure all the wool necessary to operate the plant by exchanging the mill products for the wool. About this time, wool demanded cash or mostly cash and the mills found it difficult to sell...
adjoining the main structure is 32x29 feet. This addition was built for the purpose of vaults, and adjoining this is the county jail, built of pink sandstone. The original cost of the old Territorial Court House was approximately $10,960. This...
Salt Lake & San Pedro Railroad. Finally, this road was taken over by the Union Pacific. RANGE CONDITIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS During the years of the '80s and '90s the range was in excellent condition for the grazing of cattle. Few, if any, sheep were...
holes. The duration of burning is from three to seven days, and of cooling from three to six days. Charring, which includes packing of wood in the kiln and drawing the coal, is usually done by contract and costs from 2 3/4c to 3 1/2c per bushel....
THE ATKIN HOTEL Mrs. Annie J. Atkin moved to Milford in 1902. Here she, with her husband George, connected with the hotel interests of the city and proved very capable in this connection. In 1904 a fire occurred, burning to the ground the building...
Mon. Oct. 14, 1901: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear I took the sheep to the creek and watered, we camped in the narrows of Cotton-wood canyon. 102) Tuesday 15: + Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear, Clouds, Herded along the hills east of the narrows, just on top of...
Tues. May 16, 1905: Ther. Cool east wind. Warm., Wea. Cloudy. Cleared off. We decided to go back to Comanche Co. and leave the rest of this district, as it was worked two or three years ago. Traveled east crossed the trail of last wednesday’s...
Lava from the 1944 eruption destroyed two towns. It was still smoking in July when this photo was taken (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 73)
Part of Crawford's second convoy. Germans destroyed many of their own bridges to slow our advance (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 105)
Unnamed formation at Bryce Canyon National Park that was destroyed by lightning. Showing Bryce Canyon National Park formations that are no longer standing.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
The CCCs had to build some roads before they could work on other projets. The national total miles of roads built by the CCC was 125,000 miles. They built 13,000 miles of foot trails; developed 900 state parks; developed 52,000 acres of camp...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Wild Horses; Swasey, Joe; Swasey, Royal
Joe Swasey's son Royal took this photograph on the San Rafael Swell of one of the last wild horse roundups that Joe Swasey participated in. It was in the 1950s. The Division of Grazing felt like the horses were using too much of the grazing land,...
Emery County (Utah); Emery (Utah); Jensen, Venice; Schools; Windstorms;
A severe windstorm destroyed the school in Emery Town. Native Americans in the area called Castle Valley "Blow Valley." The wind blows often, but rarely hard enough to blow down a building.
Emery County (Utah); Joe's Valley; Dam Construction; Johansen, Byron; Cabins; Reservoirs;
Building Joe's Valley Dam. Byron Johansen's cabin can be seen in the middle of the photograph, behind the construction. The cabin was originally located on the San Rafael Swell where By Jo ran his cattle. The Bureau of Land Mangement asked that it...
Oct. 2 7 , 1 9 0 2 . . .Mayor announced that the law governing special elections of cities required the City Council to meet on the 1st Monday after said election and proceed to canvass the election r e t u r n s , and as this was the 1st Monday...