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...
Sun. Oct. 2, 1898: Ther. frosty., Wea. thin clouds I spent most of the day in the house. Father left here for Manti in the after noon. the day was very raw. Monday 3: Ther. cool & pleasant., Wea. clouds hovering around the mountains, I helped...
Memoranda: March 9, 1903. Myron Holgate found a round hole that appears to be an ancient mine. We cleaned it out to the depth of about four feet, then it began to widen out, we didn’t have time to dig any longer. The hole at the top was about...
31 Days October 23 Clear I went up on the mountain to help dig potatoes and Lloyd came home. 24 Clouds. We dug 105 sacks of potatoes today 25 Rained most all day. Filled 43 sacks this A.M. came home afternoon. 26 Clouds going East at a rapid...
Sun. November 15, 1908: Cold nights Pleasant days. Hauled one load then walked home. Mon. 16: Clear Pleasant Helped father dig potatoes. Tues. 17: Clear Pleasant Johny and I went to Zion and got lumber Wed. 18: Clear Pleasant Dan and I went for...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
The families who settled along the Muddy Creek eventually needed more land in which to build a community. They planned to move the town a few miles to the south. First they had to divert water from Muddy Creek to the new townsite. It took them...
Feb. 11, 1904.. .Special session on new culinary water system. Recommendations from committee I E . H . Ryan) t h a t t h e head works a n d intake of t h e proposed system of water works for this Citv be located a t a point opposite to Station No....
citizens had in obtaining water for domestic use, and cited the Council's attention to the fact that all water used by said citizens, under the present regulations, had to he hauled and, when obtained, was of inferior quality on account of the...
was hoisted on the evening of the third of July, 1852. It was also during the year of 1852 that the mining industry in Iron County began. W might mention that, e about this time, the first gold discovered in the County was found at Parowan, in the...
were no human bones6 The water fiom Center Creek washed out the headgate at the mill race on Friday, May 30. In addition to the water problems, the cattle were destrovine the wheat because of inadeauate fences. President , Smith gave notice that,...
and children fiom the upper colonies were being evacuated to El Paso and the Diaz people were advised to flee immediately across the border. Before they left they could hear gunfire in the distance. Hans Larsen, a colonist, wrote: "We tumed our...
Bids were let out for the construction of these tunnels which were to be six feet in diameter and four feet high. Men who worked on the canal received a wage of $2.00 per day and they were paid $1.50 per day for a team of horses. Another bid was...
Henry Lunt, who was one of the men in the group that settled in Cedar City, wrote the following in his diary about getting coal from Cedar Canyon in 1852: "Monday Sept. 20, 1852 went up the canyon to work a road u p the mountain to sleigh the coal...