Debating
V DRING the experience of the B. A. C. in
school actl.·vities, an interest in debating
has developed which will inevitably culminate
in a partial revolution of the present
attitude toward it.
'rhree years ago, at the birth of the B. A....
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
The Ag. Club. In the fall of nineteen hundred and twelve, a new organization came into existence within the realms of "Old Murdock." That organization was none other than the Murdock Academy Aggie Club. It was presently to take its place as one...
man." (A copy of the Enterprise of August 12, 1875, is still in existence and is the property of Mary Goodwin of Beaver).
THE BEAVER COUNTY SENTINEL was the next
paper, and was managed by G. W. McLaughlin.
THE SQUARE DEALER, with Joseph Field again...
Silver Reef Mine, Mr. Field decided to move his office to Milford, but on account of no support he moved back to Beaver.
On February 19, 1881, the SOUTHERN UTONIAN came into existence, published by Frank R. Clayton and Company. The Utonian told of...
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...
sides. A driveway went all around it. On the north were two buildings. The smaller one, which had been the soldiers' commissary,.was made into a book store. To the east of this was a large, two-story structure with upper and lower verandas on all...
Gideon A. Murdock, James E. Thompson, William Moyes, Joseph Lillywhite, William R. Anderson, Charles Bird, William Thompson, Philo T. Farnsworth Jr., James P. Anderson, Robert Edwards, Thomas H. Cartwright, Thomas Patterson, Orson...
reason for the growth of the valley, but it hardly would be correct to say that the railroad with its people have had less than a major part in bringing the town up from the size of a spot on the map to the present city that it now represents with...
that of being the first car foreman, rip track foreman, and engine carpenter. His interest in civic affairs was keen and he was voted a member of the town board, member of the school board, and later, mayor. His wife and other women were...
tiates such every day activities as dancing and driving an automobile. She currently resides at Provo. Her accident made her well known among the railroad circles, and she became well acquainted with the superintendent, H. E. Van Housen, who from...
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...
land farming was, in this section where it had been tried, a failure. Most of this land later was sold for taxes and bought by sheep and cattle interests. In 1913, the Delta Land and Water Company constructed the Rocky Ford Dam, which is at the...
Park office building under construction. Located at west end of bridge at confluence of Pine Creek and the river. Building was dismantled when new Visitor Center was completed around 1960. It was used as the park museum for most of its existence
LOREN A . WHETTEN Biography 1908 Loren Amasa Whetten was horn March 1 9 , 1908, in Colonia Garcia. Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of John Amasa and Martha Elizabeth Carling Whetten. The Whetten family was driven from Mexico as refugees in 1912, because...
scouting parties who traversed wide areas. The leaders chosen were called to this work by the authority of the Priesthood, and were carefully selected men. The call to found settlements became a religious duty to which families responded. It was a...
attracted many visitors, prospectors and mining officials who traveled n through Cedar City. The mine was located i a ndge of broken mountains near Leeds and came into existence in the 1870's, &er silver had been discovered in a sandstone ledge....
to l~ecome Kumen's horse, and later when Kumen went to San Juan in 1879, he took "Old FranPwith him." Each of the towns to which Lehi delivered mail had a colorful history, and he became interested in the details of their colonization. In 1869, the...
read - "The good that men do lives after them and influences the lives of generations yet unknown." In that, it seems to me there is a lot of eucouragement for this generation to live wisely and decently. There is something in that thought to...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect medicine." It was 50 yards down the hill, so Dad started his arms swinging like a windmill at the top of the hill. By the time he got to the bottom, going about 50 mph at his own estimate, he hit the kid like a...