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...
FIRST IRRIGATION IN BEAVER VALLEY
Early in May, 1856, the water for irrigating the Old Field and town plat was taken from the river at a dam east of where the Allred home had been built. It was then conducted in a good sized ditch to the N E...
few blue-backed spelling books and McGuffey's Readers. Often there was only one book to a room, so it would be passed around from one pupil to another. Slates and slate pencils were scarce, notebooks and lead pencils were unknown. One woman who...
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...
the ground. The washouts were repaired, and the ditch is in use today.
About three-fourths of a mile southwest of the intake, Nelson Hollingshead built a grist mill, which he and Charles Burke operated until 1900, when it was moved to the Ernest...
Thurs. Feb. 10, 1898: Wea. Pleasant thin clouds. I worked on the rock wall at the head of the orchard below the point. A. Russell and dan and father were helping also. Father got two of his fingers mashed between two rocks Friday 11: Ther. 37...
Wed. Feb. 16, 1898: Wea. Hazey dull we went and hauled rock for the butment on the upper ditch over the river at the big washout near the fields Hauled a load of clay to the garden went to mutual Thursday 17: Wea. Cloudy and looks like storm...
Fri. Feb. 18, 1898: Wea. Cold and Clear We cleaned out ditch acrost the river, the lower ditch. Saturday 19: Wea. Clear James H. Hepworth helped us haul clay to the garden with two teams.
Fri. Mar. 18, 1898: Ther. 44 at 10 am. Wea. cloudy we had ice on the ditch this morning. I worked on a crayon picture of Dan Crawford Saturday 19: Ther. cold Wea. floating clouds to day I finished some matt pictures.
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...
Tues. April 5, 1898: Ther. 46 at 7 am. Wea. clear. Johny took us up to We left home 9-3 am started up the ledge 11-13, Johny came about half way up the mountain and went back. after 5 hours 12 minutes hard climbing we reached the top at 4-24...
Thurs. April 7, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. S. wind, clear We went over to the Little Meadow after sowing some wheat. I helped Father make ditch while Dan plowed the wheat in Friday 8: Ther. very warm. Wea. clear, I went and got some hay of Rob...
Sat. April 9, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear We went to the Little Meadows again. Father & I dug ditch while Dan plowed in some more wheat. Uncle Criss got here with his family today Sunday 10: Ther. warm Wea. clouds east running several of the...
Fri. April 15, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. cloudy We finished the fence in the forenoon thin clouds distant thundering in the south after noon. Father & I went to the L. Meadows after some potatoes for Dan to take home. we had a nice shower this...
Sun. April 17, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. cloudy I went and planted some garden seeds on Rob’s place, such as Peas, chartier radish, White German turnips, Pride of Italy Onion & Chufas or earth Almond. Father & I fixed fence & made some ditch this...
Thurs. April 21, 1898: Ther. warm at Virgen 74 about 4:15 pm Wea. cloudy I started for St. George about 8-45 nooned in Virgen City. Then went on to the ditch across from Toquerville before I camped for the night about 7-30 pm. Friday 22: Ther. ...
Wed. April 27, 1898: Ther. warm. Wea. clouds running E. Sam & I went up to Rob’s ranch to see Jim but he was over in Hacks Canyon with John Winder. where we soon went and found him, we then came back. I then worked a little on the ditch. ...
Mon. May 9, 1898: Ther. very warm. Wea. clear. Uncle F.D. Gifford and I came out to work on the coop farm. We camped with Jim & Pauline. Tuesday 10: Ther. warm Wea. clear. We came over and got in a half day on the head of the ditch
Wed. May 11, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. light clouds We got the head of the ditch done and turned the water in 5 oclock pm. then staid and watched the ditch about two hours. Thursday 12: Ther. warm, Wea. cloudy We went up the ditch and fixed a few...
Tues. May 17, 1898: Ther. 7 am. cool Wea. snow 5 ½ in. deep, cloudy We patched the upper fence a little I took a stroll out on the ridge between Robs ranch and the head of Clear Creek this afternoon Wednesday 18: Ther. cool Wea. Cloudy,...