Animal College Trip to Zion Canyon
\ four o'clock Friday, October
*^ 11, a crowd of college students
boarded cars for Zion Canyon. At
8 o'clock the truck drove up to a
huge bon fire just below and south
of Angel's landing. Of course it re-ceived
a...
expired, they married and established themselves in our midst as private citizens.
In April, 1883, due to the long distance of hauling provisions and supplies, the camp was disbanded and the troops moved to Fort Douglas at Salt Lake.
In October,...
INDUSTRIES IN PIONEER DAYS AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING
Agriculture and stock raising were the two most important industries in Beaver County in pioneer days.
The Mormon founders of Utah built their culture and institutions on an agricultural...
David Miller, July 26, 1880-1886. William Edwards, June 23, 1886-1887. Post office discontinued. Re-established April 24, 1888, with William Edwards again acting. Jess Barton, October 19, 1920. Following Mr. Barton were: Mrs. Hazle Barton,...
viduals thereof, and yet the U. S. Attorney and the Jury have not dared to introduce the subject to be investigated, because, they say witnesses who were present at that time and were forced into the bloody work, that their lives would be rendered...
Tues. June 13, 1905: Ther. Hot. Wea. clouds. How we do sweat. Passed thru Lawton this fore noon. passed south of Cache waded west Cach Creek, asked for shelter eight times then were forced to stay with Uncle Sam, slept what little we could under an...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; USGS: Lava Dike; Geology
USGS photographer C. T. Lupton took this photo of a surveryor and horses on a lava dike 20 miles southeast of Emery town in 1911. Molten rock was forced by great pressure from far below, up through the cracks in the overlying strata. After eons of...
Excerpts from Cedar City 'Mass Meetings' 1875-1891 Feb. 2 , 1891.. .Water owners of Cedar City convened in the Tabernacle a t the call of the Bishop to take steps to incorporate the waters of Coal Creek. John Parry was chosen chairman and J . V....
knowledge a n d satisfaction t h a t we a r e doing a fine job in serving t h e citizens to the b e s t of o u r ability with one of t h e best a n d well-equipped fire fighting units in t h e State. CEDAR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT May 1. 1941. ....
HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY BY William R . Palmer, 1922 It has been only seventy-one years since the settlement of Iron County (18511, and little more than eighty years since people came to Utah and to the west; yet in that time the western part of this...
was hoisted on the evening of the third of July, 1852. It was also during the year of 1852 that the mining industry in Iron County began. W might mention that, e about this time, the first gold discovered in the County was found at Parowan, in the...
they discovered t h a t , in that location, they were in the path of the floods which came down the Canyon in the summer. So, in 1856, acting in accordance with the advice of President Brigham Young, the town was moved again. This time the people...
Hemy's oldest daughter, Henrietta, later wrote: that "Henry's clothes were commencing to wear out, his shoes had already gone, so he went to meeting in his broadcloth clothes, silk hat, and barefooted. One time he got a boot top and made soles for...
The flood that Henry referred to was the crowning blow for the Iron Works. It swept over the site, completely submerging the equipment and buildings, and carried away some of the property. Also, with the diversion dam washed out, there was no water...
The summer after Henry left for England to fblfdl an L.D.S. Mission in that country the settlers were forced to contend with great challenges. Because of the hot, dry weather in 1855, hoards of grasshoppers hatched and migrated to the fields in...
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Another article was written in the Deseret News which contained uiformation that when the iron ore from Iron City amived in Provo it was examined and determined to be as good as "could be imported
to control the Church. The political success of the Liberal party at this time gave strength to its efforts to secure more adverse legislation for Utah. The Cullom Bill was proposed in pursuance of the wishes ofthe anti-Monnons. If passed, it would...
country and both Amencan and Bntish companies acquired large holdings in northwestern Chihuahua. Cattle materially aEected the economy of the Mormons and they shipped them to the United States for a good profit. In fact, raising cattle became the...
In the spring of 1913 an article was printed in the El Paso Times about the Mexican town of Pearson. The govement was sending a troop of the old Mexican Federal soldiers to guard the settlement of Pearson, which was within eight miles of Colonia...