The Old Timers Club in basement of El Escalante Hotel. Taken by Alva Matheson after showing picture slides of historic and scenic spots of this area. Front row, from left: John Height, Clarence Haight. Second row: ?, William Flanigan, Horton...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
It had been an ordinary fall, following quite closely upon the usual summer, the sun had been out as infrequently as only the Beaver sun knows how, the gray clouds had maintained their accustomed mentally and physically dampening pall, and the...
poses. After other, and more modern, facilities for school were procured, this building was rented to the Beaver Creamery, where butter and cheese were manufactured. Then, finally, it was turned over to the Beaver High School and the old historic...
CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and...
This house was made possible by assessments levied on all the families of the Beaver Stake. The greater portion was paid for in labor. The stone for the foundation was hauled with horse and ox teams from the rock quarry, six miles south of town....
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO BEAVER COUNTY IN THE CENTENNIAL PROGRAM With the advent of Utah's Centennial year, Beaver County Commission appointed a Centennial committee to direct the activities during the historic year. The members of the committee were:...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Buckhorn Draw; Grimes, Ben
Photograph taken by Ben Grimes in 2005 of Buckhorn Draw. Interesting history is found in this area: The historic San Rafael Bridge or "Swinging Bridge;" rock art including the "Buckhorn Panel" of Archaic Culture; dinosaur footprint; M.K.Tunells,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
The CCCs had to build some roads before they could work on other projets. The national total miles of roads built by the CCC was 125,000 miles. They built 13,000 miles of foot trails; developed 900 state parks; developed 52,000 acres of camp...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; San Rafael Bridge; Swinging Bridge; Suspension Bridge; CCC
This photograph shows the cable anchor which holds the suspension bridge. The main forces in a suspension bridge are tension in the main cables and compression in the pillars. Almost all the force on the pillars is vertically downward. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; Swinging Bridge; CCC
Newspaper article published in the Emery County Progress many years later, shows a 1937 photogrpah of the San Rafael Bridge Dedication. The dedication was attended by a huge crowd including the governor of Utah. The headlines of the day read,...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; San Rafael River; CCC
The dedication of the San Rafael Bridge, or Swinging Bridge, as it became known, was attended by a huge crowd including the governor of Utah. The headlines of the day read, "Mystery Lands Opened Up." The building of this bridge by the CCCs opened...