HIGH SCHOOL
'T^HE mere mentioning of the
term "High School" brings
trooping to my mind a host of re-minisences.
Some of my memories
send thrills of pleasure coursing
through my body; some send chills
of displeasure. The pleasurable
sensations far...
After an opening was made large enough he succeeded in putting the fire out with water, milk and vinegar, the only available liquids. The Indians were eventually driven away.
It was found that the Indians had driven all the cattle
out of the...
Early Industries
In common with most Utah towns, under the teachings and practices of Brigham Young, there was a spirit of cooperation. Each community vied with its neighbor in becoming as nearly self-sustaining as the circumstances would permit....
Singing Mothers were organized, and the Church Welfare Work begun. They gave five years of faithful and inspiring service. Board released in 1942. Ellen Joseph, president; Cleaone Robinson and Maude Christiansen, counselors; Mayme Hoopes,...
The large dining room of the Williams Hotel was often the scene of merry dancing parties. The Smithson Hotel on Main Street (now the Peterson house), was at one time the largest hotel in the business district, and eventually had a greater business...
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
WAH WAH SPRINGS Wah Wah Springs was settled in July, 1870, by Edwin S. Squires and Lydia Abbott Squires. They were on their way to California to locate. They had a herd of cattle and when they got to Nevada they were asked to pay a tax on the...
Zion tunnel: The shovel operated on compressed air. The truck was a Bulldog Mack which had solid rubber tires. The Nevada Contracting Company had 3 gasoline operated shovels and a fleet of Mack trucks. The trucks were eventually equipped with...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; San Rafael River; River Running; Nielson, James
James Nielson and his brother were the first (as far as they know) to run the San Rafael River through the Wedge area. This photograph was taken from their homemade raft which they used for their first run in 1964. James Nielson loves the river...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; San Rafael River; River Running; Nielson, James
James Nielson (right) and his younger brother Craig on their first trip down the San Rafael River in 1964 as teenagers. They made the raft from lumber scraps and barbed wire and took automobile tires as life preservers. They navigated their way...
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...
JOHN MOUNT HIGBEE Biography 1827 - 1904 John Mount Higbee began his life, May 6 , 1827, on a 25acre farm in Palestine, Ohio. He was baptized into t h e L.D.S. Church July 1 2 . 1835, b y Isaac Falls a t Shadcreek, Clay County, on the b a n k s of...
JOHN CHATTERLEY Biography 1835 - 1922 John Chatterley, a member of the first group of colonizers to settle Cedar City, was born in Salford,, a s u b u r b of Manchester, England, July 4 , 1835, the son of Joseph and Nancy Morton Chatterley. He had...
JOHN VARLEY ADAMS Biography 1832 - 1919 John Varley Adams was born August 17, 1832, in Rounds, North Hamptonshire, England, the son of Thomas and Rebecca Varley Adams. He was t h e fifth son of eleven children. John was p u t to work early in life...
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April 13, 1 9 . . (City Minutes) Mayor Henry W. Lunt stated to the...