Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Parents who can do so are especially invited to come and live with their children at the school and partake of the same privilege of free rent offered to students. Children not of high school age may be provided for in the Beaver county school and...
FIRST COLONIZERS NAMED
The question of colonizing Beaver Valley, having met the approval of George A. Smith, the following named men were chosen, with the understanding that they would become permanent settlers: Simeon F. Howd, captain; Wilson G....
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...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
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...
Joseph S. Horne took the principalship for one year then was followed by Willard Gardner for two yeas Reinhard Maeser headed the school from 1918 to 1920. 1916 Miss Mary J. Ollerton, who had been with the instution from the beginning, accepted a...
operated by water power. It continued to run successfully until the erection of the Woolen Mills a few years later. Mr. Curfew was the grandfather of Clyde L. Messinger of Beaver.
Tannery
In 1869, Samuel N. Slaughter, having emigrated from Cape...
In 1945, Wallace Limb and Noel and Acle Gillies erected a cinder block building in the east section of town and installed thousands of dollars worth of new equipment went to manufacture cheese. Most of the high-quality product is shipped to...
This institution was responsible for the substantial growth of Beaver more than any other factor. Most of the prominent buildings erected in Beaver during the '70s and '80s owe their existence to employment at this factory. It also proved a great...
west. A stairway leading to the upper room went up through the Institute. There were two flights of steps, one on the north and one on the south side of the room. These met and formed a landing about half-way up, then a broader set of steps...
had as his assistant, Charles T. Stoney, who had been attending the Brigham Young Academy. This school immediately became very popular, so that night session were held for the benefit of adults who could not go in the daytime. A class in teacher...
and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the...
1915 to 1919. Vie Christian took the principalship again for the year 1919-20, then C. B. McMullin for the years 1920-22. John F. Joseph came in the fall of 1922 and held the job until 1930, when C. B. McMullin again took over the position, holding...
1923 to 1929; George Marshall Jr., 1923 to 1935; C. A. Bailey, 1925 to 1929; E. N. Thompson, 1926 to 1931; D. J. Williams, 1926 to 1931; Henry Bowman Jr., 1929 to 1933; John C. Tolton, 1931 to 1935; Parley B. Fisher, 1931 to present; Joseph C....
school hours it is made available to the citizens who wish to do work there for themselves.
Perhaps no department of the school has done more for the town than has the Music department, with its excellent band and choruses, under such able...
THE SCHOOLS OF BEAVER
SCHOOL HOUSE BUILT FIRST YEAR
In writing this history of the early schools of Beaver, we have interviewed the few remaining pupils of those days; have had access to a few old letters and diaries, and some short articles...
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED
The Territorial Legislature of 1855 had passed law placing the schools under the direct control of the county court. This court was to appoint "three competent men to determine the qualifications of teacher, an all...