Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--Buildings; Business; Hotels
First Cedar City motel, Tourist Park, ca. 1930's. "This park was but a traveler's campsite, occupying the property where the Tithing Barns and big rock enclosed yard were, directly north of the present City Park. The house, with care-taker A. G....
Physical Education
IN considering the purpose of physical education we
must center our attention not on satisfying the
individual desire, but on an inquiry as to whether
and in what manner the general effectiveness a.nd
usefulness of the student...
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...
A NATION-WIDE
INSTITUTION-The
^Results of a Service Rendered
The continuous growth of this Nation-wide Institution of Department Stores and especially
the large expansion that is being made this Spring is creating truly remarkable opportunities
for...
BEAVER COUNTY
LOCATION OF BEAVER COUNTY
Situated on the west side of the Tushar range of the Wasatch Mountains, Beaver County is rich in natural resources and its history is a monument to the courage of its founders. Fertile, cultivated fields of...
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...
teer men and teams who responded to the call for aid. Among those who came to Beaver were Edward Tolton, William J. Allred, Hyrum and Roan Fowler, Elijah Hoopes, John and Henry Bryant, Fred Clark, Mr. Donald and others.
LAND GRANTS AND GOVERNMENT...
lined canals and pipelines to prevent loss through open ditches.
SOME PLACE NAMES OF MOUNTAINS, STREAMS
AND CANYONS
Beaver Canyon-The main canyon, lies directly east of Beaver City.
Big John's Flat-Named for "Big John" Murdock,-early resident of...
Space will not permit the naming of all those who have been instructors of the youth of Beaver, however, among those who taught until about 1890, we mention the names of Charles J. Thomas, Solomon Wixom, J. F. Tolton, Andrew S. Anderson, Robert...
present highway bridge. Bullion made in the crude smelter was made into bullets, in rough molds, for the rifles of the settlers of this entire area.
The ore was soft in nature, with gold assays running as high as one-half ounce to the ton, silver...
On the corner'where Dr. Busch's office is, was a large storage cellar which belonged to A. G. Campbell. Behind the cellar, where the McCulley house stands, was a saloon, and a blacksmith shop. Earlier, Mat Cullen had a store on the corner. Angus...
Ebenezer Tanner Jr. bought the place from his father, and in turn sold it to Mrs. Jessie Robinson, who continued to use it as a hotel. It was later used as an apartment house, until it was razed in 1946. Mrs. Tanner, widely known as "Ma" Tanner in...
morning. All the guests had escaped from the burning building and Mr. Forgie, clad only in his night robe, had reached the front porch when the cry of "Save David", his nine-year-old son, reached his ears. Little David had already escaped and was...
All the machinery for mine and mills, all the supplies and food for the camp, was freighted from Milford, more than 150 miles away. The agent, directly in charge of these shipments and supplies of all kinds, was P. B. McKeon, located at Milford. It...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Structures; Historic Buildings; Fires; Huntington; Schools
Addie Richards attended Huntington School when it caught fire and burned in 1923. According to Addie, the teachers could not get the school board to build a fire escape for the second floor, so the Principal Leon Leonard and sixth grade teacher...