Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--Buildings; Business; Hotels
El Rey Motel postcard, back reads "The newest and finest motel in the scenic state of Utah. Spacious lobby with fireplace. 35 beautiful rooms with telephone and free radio in every room. Excellent cafe in connection.
the finest in Lyceum numbers from the colleges and universities, adding greatly to the edification of the community.
Church functions, based on high cultural standards, are well planned and supervised by the best talent obtainable and offer to the...
August 15, 1937, C. Edwin Paice was made bishop, with William Milo Baker and Wallace D. Yardley as counselors. John F. Joseph served as clerk.
From August 25, 1945, to August 18, 1946, Hyrum Steffen served as bishop, with Leonard W. Paice and...
The Legion has done justice far and beyond the call of duty to our most sacred of all patriotic holidays.
In the fall of 1926, the Beaver Post of the American Legion, with city and county officials promoted and sponsored the Beaver County Fair and...
CHAPTER NINETEEN GHOST MINING CAMPS OF BEAVER COUNTY FRISCO AND THE HORN SILVER MINE The town of Frisco, built near the mine, was known as the wildest camp in Utah. At one time it boasted a population of 6,000, made up of many different...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE IRRIGATION AND WELLS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MILFORD VALLEY THE "RISE AND FALL" OF REED In early days there were beautiful ranches along down the river in Milford Valley. There was a ranch at Yellow Bank owned by James...
Fri. June 30, 1905: Ther. Cooler. S.W. wind. Wea. Cloudy, Rain. Worked south to Waters’ store then back north on the next west line, to where Elder Lindsay and I worked. We called on Dr. Farror had dinner, then helped him put some floor in his...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Green River; Swasey Family; Blacksmith Shop; Swasey, Charley; Halverson, Chris
Charley Swasey, far left in his blacksmith shop in Green river. Chris Halverson is in the center of the photograph. Chris Halverson was asked (later in life) about the outlaws known sometimes as the Robber Roost Gang. Halverson said, "The Roosters...
David Henry Leonard married Elizabeth Charles as his second wife. He built two of the finest houses in Huntington to house his two families. The wives became best friends.
scene could hardly be conceived. The toil-worn and hardy pioneers, with uncovered heads bent in reverence to the Almighty, thanked Him for H i s kindly care in bringing them to a land where conscience was free, with liberty undiluted. and asked H i...
If love and reason could but guide With thee I'd brave the ocean wide, And live for thee alone. Go where you will, I'm still the same, My heart is fixed. I oft exclaim 'We may be happy yet.' And when the farewell tear is dry'd Heaven prosper thee,...
George A. Smith--delegate to Territorial Council, and Elisha H. Groves--Representative to the Legislature. The City Council met and passed an ordinance for the prevention of fires within the Fort. A company of settlers met to make arrangements to...
iron to almost any amount could soon be manufactured. The machinery is of the best kind and works well and would do for a much larger fbmace than what is up. In haste, I am yours, Henry Lunt. The settlers harvested many loads of grass hay from the...
The roads were much better and were kept in better repair as they got closer to Salt Lake City. The company reached Payson on Thursday, March 3 1, where the Lunts went to see Brother Daniels, a man who had crossed the plains in Henry's company. His...
interest in occupying the new Town Plot. Later in the season a large influx of immigrants from thenorth came in. We were now nearly 1,000 strong--men, women, and children3'*" There were only twelve white casualties of the Walker War. None of these...
and boasted of what great things they would do. Henry wrote, "They will find their boasting is in vain long before they get there." Brigham Young sent several brethren fiom Salt Lake with thirtynine yoke of oxen to help the emigration company, and...
held by the saints in the evening, at which important business was transacted. The necessity of a gristmiU was strongly urged by the Bishop, and a comrnittee appointed to labor in that interest. At this time the settlement had one of the finest...
a change of labor would be a rest and profitable to my bodily health, so 1 wrote to President Taylor on the subject and it met his approval and, owing to my poor sight, thought it would be a good plan to take my wife, Ellen, with me and that we...
tion at hand, they turned their efforts to the possibility of underground water. In 1915 the! hired a professio~mlwell driller from California by the name of Hal-ry Paine. He sct up a big steam rig and dug an 800 foot hole near the hotel location,...
B.A.C. She was born in Cedar City when her father, Milton Bennion, was the first principal &he Branch Korrnal School. Her family were friends of the Joneses, in fact Henrietta and :Inn had tended Claire when she was a baby. As kids, Will and Rass...