A Little Laughter
A LOVE LETTER.
The following unique epistle was picked up lately in the
street:
"Dear Bill, The reason I didn't laff when you laft at me
in the post office yesterday, was becos I hev a bile on my
face, and I can't laff. If I laff...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
Sat. Dec. 30, 1899: Ther. 42´., 48´., Wea. cloudy, sprinked most all forenoon. I chopped a little, put a partition in the stable lower end of barn. made a end post for double gate. Sunday 31: Ther. 42´., cool., Wea. cloudy. I went to meeting...
Thurs. Jan. 4, 1900: Ther. 46., 56., Wea. cloudy. I chopped cotton-woods infront of the shop. Went to Rockville to a Theatre by the Virgen City Club. Friday 5: Ther. 46., 52., Wea. cloudy. I went to Zion and got a load of cotton wood poles. Johny,...
Thurs. Jan. 25, 1900: Ther. noon, 52., Wea. Cloudy, cooler than yesterday. Went to Rockville to Bp. Hirchi’s funeral. rehersed our drama at M.S. Ruesch’es to-night took Dan’s photo forenoon. Friday 26: Ther. 44., 58., Wea. light clouds, We...
Mon. Feb. 12, 1900: Ther. 34., 56., Wea. light clouds evening dusty, clear. Took a few photo for Brother Squire Hepworth. helped make a gate for the head of the Flanigan Ditch. went teaching & to Rehersal. Tuesday 13: Ther. 32., 60., Wea. high...
Wed. Jan. 9, 1901: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Snow, Ptly. Cloudy, I found my horse about noon near the lower pasture gate. Worked this afternoon on the pipe line covering it deeper with dirt. about one inch of snow fell last night. 4) Thursday 10:...
Wed. Feb. 4, 1914: Ther. Cold Wea. Clouded up after dark Helped Mary with the washing and made a gate for the gap behind the house. Thursday 5: Ther. Cold S. Wind Wea. Bluster Hauling Manure, 2 loads brot back a load of green box elder. plowed...
Tues. April 21, 1914: Ther. Cooler and Windy Wea. Cloudy Trying to plant corn in the F. field next to the Wire gate. am using a new disc hand planter from Sears. It’s a failure. I broke one of the sheet iron sides. Wednesday 22: Ther. Turned...
Pyramid is the tomb of Caius Cestius, Rome, Italy. St. Paul's gate is to the right of the pyramid. (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 67)
Emery County (Utah); Castle Gate (Utah); Railroad Tracks; Geary, Elmo
Elmo Geary's college friend standing on the railroad tracks near Castle Gate in Carbon County. The sign on the left says "Do not travel tunnel. Get off the Trackway." There are two train tunnel areas in Price Canyon near Castle Gate and Helper. One...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Ferron; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
The Swasey Brothers on the San Rafael Swell made their living wrangling the wild horses along with their own, then breaking them and selling them. The tradition continued into the next generation. These are some wild horses broken by the Swaseys....
FRANCIS WEBSTER Biography 1830 - 1906 Francis Wehster was horn February 8, 1830, in Sutor, near Wymondham, County of Norfolk, England. He was baptized into the L.D.S. Church in April 1848. and left England for Sydney, New South Wales. Australia, J...