Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
History: In the fall of Twenty-one, twenty stalwart sagebusers from all over the southern part of our fair State came to spend their winter on the dear old Murdock campus. The spirit they had once received as high school students had called them...
Trapping of coyotes by Government trappers in the Dixie National Forest. The Forest was then known as Powell National Forest. The photograph was taken by Ranger Hanks.
Demography; Population forecasting; Population; Local government; Washington County (Utah)
A thesis presented to the faculty of the Political Science and Criminal Justice Department at Southern Utah University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Public Administration.
Branch Agricultural College (Cedar City, Utah); Southern Utah University -- History
Student government. Includes, left to right, back row: Hazen Cooley, Elva Oldroyd-faculty representatives, Jay Thorley-Sophomore representative, Colleen Adams and Ray Sabin-Freshmen representatives, Verlynn Wallace-Sophomore representative. Front...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
everybody to the dance. What a grand orchestra they were! John Farnsworth called the squares after we had gotten our partners during the round dancing and a Virginia reel. Stan turned out to be practically the best dancer there, and
lucky was the...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
rope broke; and after grappling with the muddy bank and water chest-high, they arrived looking for all the world like official river rats. Other crews, too, had been pressed against the muddy banks; and the shirts which had been so white that...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Shanty Town; Cold War
Remains of the Shanty Town that was built for the workers on the MK Tunnels. Here we see exposed pipes as erosion has washed away their support. The Government Tunnel project lasted four years. It is now known as the MK Tunnels because the project...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Shanty Town; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen; Blasts
The Government Tunnel project lasted four years. It is now known as the MK Tunnels because the project was done by Morrison Knudsen Corporation under the direction of the Department of Defense. Local people were hired to help with the project. It...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Buckhorn Draw; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen
Close up of mk16 photograph of the largest tunnel. Morrison Knudsen Tunnel project was part of the Cold War security efforts. In 1948 the Federal Government sent some military officials to the San Rafael Swell to build a series of tunnels over a...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Magazine Storage; Cold War
This dugout is the magazine tunnel--storage area for the TNT or other explosives used in the experiment, located in Buckhorn Draw. In 1948 the Federal Government sent some military officials to the San Rafael Swell to build a series of tunnels over...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen
Local men were employed in this top secret project known as the Government Tunnels until recently--now referred to as MK Tunnels. The interior of the tunnels was painted white and state of the art instruments were placed within the shafts to...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen
In 1948 the Federal Government sent some military officials to the San Rafael Swell to build a series of tunnels over a 300 acre area. Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK) won the construction contract to blast the tunnels in the solid rock. It was a...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D.C., document to the press announcing program to stimulate production of domestic uranium. Due to the Cold War following World War II, the federal government advertised for prospectors to mine uranium,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Balsley, Howard; Gamlick J.W.; Blue Jay Mine
Howard Balsley and his uranium business partner J. W. Gamlick are handling high grade ore from their Blue Jay Mine. The sign reads: Hi Grade Uranium Ore in Quantity from Blue Jay Mine. U.21.35c/o V.16.48.00. q Ton Worth $3,726.17. This Pile Worth...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Dexter Mine
Dexter Mine ore bin is seen in the distance (center of photo). An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Dexter Mine; Rowley, Vernell
An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael Swell, "In the year 1949. . . a large government program was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Grange, Mar; Dexter Mine
There are quite a few vehicles left on the San Rafael Swell as remnants of the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. The rugged terrain and rough roads brought early death to automobiles of that time. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San...
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good people outside of their community, the risk for some was too great and they decided not to participate in disseminating the community’s message.
Through this difficult process of shifting from assertive separation to...