strand twine about the size of a mason's chalk line. (The McGuay lasso rope, somewhat popular in the 90's, was made of oose.) The little spinning machine was very simple, being made of two sticks. The handle was about five eighths of an inch in...
monuments, of different shapes and sizes, ranging from flat markers to shafts 10 to 12 feet high. He also received orders and shipped many stones to the surrounding towns.
Mr. Boyter operated the marble works until 1912. His son, Henry K. Boyter,...
The furnace of the smelter was made of stone, with a firebox beneath a cup where the lead was placed. When the lead was melted,-'a hole beneath was opened and the lead ran out into molds. This bullion was used as money, which was a curiosity in...
Soon they were on their way. The men didn't get much sleep the rest of the the trip, they were watching for desparados along the way.
EXPERIENCES OF AN OLD FREIGHTER For a long period of time before and after the rail-road came into Milford, in...
Branch Agricultural College (Cedar City, Utah); Southern Utah University -- History
People playing the tootpick game. Two people (or more) hold a toothpick in his/her mouth. One person holds a piece of candy with a hole in it on his/her toothpick. That person tries to pass the candy to the other person that is holding a...
Thurs. Jan. 3, 1901: Ther. Cold South wind, Wea. Ptly Cloudy, We stopped for breakfast at Short Creek. chopped a hole in the ice and watered the teams at the lake, filled our kegs at Kane Beds then came back about three miles to Crapper’s camp....
Fri. Mar. 4, 1904: Ther. Cool wind., Wea. Ptly. cldy. Watered at the Clay hole wash three or four mi. above the road Camped by the rocky ridge north-west of our last night camp. 25) Saturday 5: Ther. frosty last-night., Pleasant. Wea. Thin clds....
Mon. Mar. 7, 1904: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clouds We took the sheep back to water again, but it is so muddy and filthy they won’t drink much. Robert Cox is with us tonight he bedded his herd out a short distance. 27) Tuesday 8: Ther. Cooler.,...
Sun. Mar. 13, 1904: Ther. Cold south wind., Wea. Thin clds. Warmer changable wind., Herded around near the Cutler Pockets. 30) Monday 14: Ther. Cool wind., Wea. Thin clds. Watered at the Clay hole wash above the road. The water is so near gone...
Memoranda: March 9, 1903. Myron Holgate found a round hole that appears to be an ancient mine. We cleaned it out to the depth of about four feet, then it began to widen out, we didn’t have time to dig any longer. The hole at the top was about...
Cash Account. August.: Received. Paid. Developer G. Cramer .40 2 pr cloth gloves F.P. .30 Beef. M Stout 2.50 “ Leo A. Snow 5.00 “ C. Petty 5.00 “ D.W. Lemmon B. Dalton and Oscar Russell 12.50 .70 [Mon. Aug. 24] 24th J. Jennings Went...
Jasper Louis Crawford in drainage ditch near Garibaldi's tomb. Jasper Louis Crawford spent three weeks in this hole (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 53)
Possibly the first jail in Panguitch. Fern H. Crawford is pointing to a hole in the wall where it is thought Butch Cassidy (LeRoy Parker) cut himself out with his pocket knife during the night and escaped. The shed was built on Cal Tebbs' land,...