The Navajos were cunning and crafty thieves, having different ways to deceive the settlers. Part of the band would profess great friendship and would camp in town at the Tithing Office and have beef and other supplies given them. They would trade...
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....
building, which was used for Tithing and Quorum purposes.
With Murdock came also William Fotheringham, a man of considerable note, who had filled two missions, one to far-off India, the other to South Africa. The two missions covered a period of...
June 6th, 1876, Ruth Tyler went in as president of the society, with Eliza Hawkins and Ann Levi as counselors; Mary E. Shepherd Ashworth, secretary and treasurer. Donations, from three pounds of flour, one-half dozen eggs, to $20 in cash, were...
on the east bank of Dry Creek. Other members to head this Society were: second president, Mary Davis; third president, Margaret Adams. In 1893, Jane Barton was made president, with Mary Morris, and Mary A. Miller as counselors. This groupp served...
floors. The furniture consisted of rock or adobe fire-places, roughly constructed tables and benches. Bed-steads were considered luxuries and were home-made. The door and window casings were chopped from cottonwood which grew along the creek....
of Cedar City. His route was through Minersville Can-yon. He left Milford at 9 a. m., arriving at Johnson's Fork at 5 p.m. He was employed by Gilmore & Salisbury, mail contractors for the western part of Beaver County. Later Mr. Root moved to...
BINGHAM ran the rooming house later operated by Mrs. Hardy. FORGIE Jimmy, a rancher and cattleman, and Johnny, who built the Forgie apartment house. BRADFIELD Thomas, roundhouse foreman. GUILES Peter, ran a livery stable and feed yard on the...
Mr. Myers tells of one time when a heavy snow storm overtook them on their route and they stopped and dried off places with fires so they could camp for the night. There was one place on their route, he says, that was so steep that after a storm...
Mrs. Johnson says they brought the grain and other things that they raised. They smoked and cured the pork they brought and the freighters would buy up butter from the different stores there and mix it altogether and print it with a round mold....
Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy...
Mon. Feb. 14, 1898: Wea. warm and still some clouds floating through the sky we hauled manure across the wash on the flour corn land I caught a coon in my trap this morning at the foot log. Tuesday 15: Wea. Very warm wind from the north...
Mon. Mar. 28, 1898: Ther. cool Wea. clouds in the east. 9 am. John Winder and I went on the Muddy hill and got a load of cedar pickets. when we got back Dan and I went to orderville after some corn and flour which we didn’t get, we went to Wm....
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. ...
Mon. July 18, 1898: Ther. hot. Wea. clear I helped Johny, Dan & Jake hoe flour corn this fore noon and painted a crayon picture of Joseph in the afternoon. Tuesday 19: Ther. warm Wea. some clouds south wind hoed a few weeds went to town and...
Tues. Dec. 13, 1898: Ther. pleasant., Wea. light clouds pm. We came down to Carmel on our way home. I went to Orderville and got 236 lbs. of flour on S.K. Crawfords account for his work on the meeting house. Wednesday 14: Ther. very cold night,...
Cash Account. March.: Date. 29 from J. Winder flour 50 lbs. Received. 1.50 harvested July 29th & 30th Aug. 15th Diagram of the wheat patch on Big Meadows March 31st 1898 plowed last fall oct 97. Mar. 31-98 harrowed in on plowed ground ...
Sat. May 13, 1899: Ther. cooler. Wea. light clouds, high wind. Jake & I went to town and got some flour & seed corn also traded a little in the store at Orderville Sunday 14: Ther. coolº., Wea. high wind, light clouds, We went up to R.B....
Sat. Jun 3, 1899: Ther. coolº., Wea. 7 pm. clouds running S. cloudy, 5 pm to 6 pm raining. everything being so wet we did’nt work out-side, so I took a wire nail head and made a muzzle sight for the rifle. Jim Thaxton came along about noon and...