"He was a strange Indian and wore a Navajo blan-ket. Brother Allred took his horse with the Indian sad-dle and bridle rope and came home, arriving here on Sun-day, evening at 9:00 p.m. The Indian had marked his trail all along and is very likely...
"Very respectfully, "Daniel H. Wells, "Lieutenant-General, "Commanding Nauvoo Legion." (Copied from the book, "Daniel H. Wells and Events of His life," by Bryant S. Hinckley. Page 122-123) Under date of May 2, 1866, Erastus Snow of Washington...
'dog iron' [hand iron] which caused our hearts to rejoice very much to see the first casting of iron made in the mountains. We gave three cheers and cried Hosannah to God and the Lamb forever and ever, and three cheers for Iron County. Attended...
1 Installation of a storm sever on Main Street and entendrng it to . Altmira Avenue an 75 East Street. 2 Extensive Cat work was done in Coal Creek to widen and straighten the . channel. 3 The banks of Coal Creek were raised and reinforced with the...
1986. Unanimous. (Water rate in 1968 was $8 per quarter, or $2.67 per month. Water rate is now 6 times higher. ) Motion to amend the Sewer Ordinance to put into effect a 33% increase, from $4.50 to $6 per month. Also, a motion was made setting the...
a change of labor would be a rest and profitable to my bodily health, so 1 wrote to President Taylor on the subject and it met his approval and, owing to my poor sight, thought it would be a good plan to take my wife, Ellen, with me and that we...
Branch Normal School--Cedar City (Utah)--History; Bennion, Milton
A child and a rocking horse. The image is attached to a piece of cardboard. Glued on the cardboard is a typed note that says "print made from magic lantern slide used by Milton Bennion in proselyting for the Branch Normal School in surrounding...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Eastering; Horse and Wagons; Geary, Elmo, Easter
A closeup of image0-275; Elmo Geary and his teenage friends went to the San Rafael Swell in horse drawn wagons in 1929 over Easter Weekend. This tradition of Emery County residents spending Easter on the San Rafael Swell or "Desert" as it is...
a little hard-tack candy, for immediate call to arms. When called they served ten days or two weeks, and were then relieved by a group from another settlement. Fort Sanford was approximately 40 miles from Beaver. There was no means of...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Geology; Devil's Racetrack
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #16, Devil's Racetrack. There is a horse and buggy on Devil's Racetrack--taken in 1921. Many areas of the Swell were named after the...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Tan Seep; Swasey, Monte
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #19, Horse Traps. "From the Head of Sinbad, Joe and his brothers trailed after horses caught in the many horse traps they contructed...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Horse Traps; Home Base
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #20, Horse Traps at Home Base. "These traps were built from cedar trees and poles tied togeher with rigging cable from abandoned oil...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Wild Horses; Horse Trading
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #25, Wild Horses. "Joe loved his horses. It is said that when on a long hard trip gathering his herds, his horse was so well ridden...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #26, Quote from Castle Valley, A History of Emery County 1949, "Often when he could see a horse tiring under a less efficient rider,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #27. "The horses were traded all over the region for cash or another horse and whatever a farmer could come up with "to boot" up what...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #7, continuing Israel Bennion's quote. ". . .full of the lore of braiding quirts, bridle reins, horse hair ropes; mending saddles and...