Chapter Ten
Communication in Pioneer Days
Beaver's Early Mail Service
Beaver's first mail service was the freight wagon train. The drivers would deliver mail to the Bishop, who in turn would distribute it in Church. Then an office was maintained in...
Great Salt Lake City Utah Territory April 5, 1864 Colonel William H. Dame "Commanding Iron Co.. Military District Dear Brother "You will hold muster and inspection of arms of forces in your district. It is also deemed wisdom for each...
Due to shortage of water in the early days, there was little hay raised by the Minersville settlers. To supple-ment the small supply, the ranchers, farmers and stock-men would make regular trips to the Yellow Banks, 20 miles north of Minersville,...
Salt Lake & San Pedro Railroad. Finally, this road was taken over by the Union Pacific. RANGE CONDITIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS During the years of the '80s and '90s the range was in excellent condition for the grazing of cattle. Few, if any, sheep were...
his brother, Jake, built a store there, and Jake lived in a small house east of the store. When the bank bought the corner from his father, the store was moved into the street for a while, and his father tore away all his buildings and erected the...
"GRANDPA'S DIARY" (Note: The Author of This Diary Is Unknown) Sun., March 13, 1859 Went to lower Beaver Valley in company with Isaac Grundy, Tarlton Lewis, William Barton and John Blackburn, our object being to find a location for a settlement near...
Mr. Myers tells of one time when a heavy snow storm overtook them on their route and they stopped and dried off places with fires so they could camp for the night. There was one place on their route, he says, that was so steep that after a storm...
Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy...
was brought into town in tanks by the railroad and delivered to the families at 5c per bucket, and placed in barrels in the home, by Henry Osborne, water man. When a storm was brewing one could hear the clang of tubs and buckets being put under the...
to Milford, where they are still living. Unlike Frisco, the one saloon was located a mile from town. The `red light" district was also out of the city limits. A fine dance hall and an opera house were built, and believe it or not, the very fine...
CHAPTER TWENTY STAGE COACH AND FREIGHTING DAYS MILFORD AND THE STAGE COACH Milford was on the old stage route. The route from Salt Lake followed the Mormon Trail to Kanosh, then turned west at Kanosh and on to Antelope Springs, which in the...
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
WAH WAH SPRINGS Wah Wah Springs was settled in July, 1870, by Edwin S. Squires and Lydia Abbott Squires. They were on their way to California to locate. They had a herd of cattle and when they got to Nevada they were asked to pay a tax on the...
irrigated. The first families cut the wild hay that grew there and used it for their stock. Later they raised their own hay, and lucerne seed came to be the largest paying crop raised there. So profitable it proved that by 1920, individuals...
somewhat simplified, but still not without hazard and difficulties. Fred Shumaker tells how they used to arrange to speed the time in bringing a doctor from Frisco to Garrison, a distance of 60 miles. He says one person started out from Garrison...
his anxiety to get on, "I hope to God they are." Horses often died after such trips. Material supplied by Mrs. Bernita Burke of Black Rock, Mr. Shumaker of Garrison and Mrs. Flora Cuddy of Milford. A NOTED AREA AND JOHN J. WATSON On the old...
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(1) Seeds, cuttings, layerings, grafting, budding.
(b) Planting and cultivation of trees.
(1) Preparation of the ground.
(2) Species and varieties for various localities.
(3) Cover crops.
(c) Pruning and spraying.
THURSDAY MORNING.
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and feeding of a few first class swine, sheep, cows, and horses. The course as to be given will fill a long felt want of the young men of southwestern Utah. Careful attention will be given to the needs of the various communities located in...