Oliver and John R. Jensen felling a saw log 30-32" diameter up in the Summit Mountains early in the spring. At lower end of Maple Canyon, north east of where road comes up at Top of the Cedars.
According to John A. Skinner's story, Beaver Adz came running down the public road to town to get "whites" to go up and stop the fight. Skinner said Beaver Adz was an old coward and did not want any fighting. This was before he lost his eyesight....
FIRST COLONIZERS NAMED
The question of colonizing Beaver Valley, having met the approval of George A. Smith, the following named men were chosen, with the understanding that they would become permanent settlers: Simeon F. Howd, captain; Wilson G....
Beaver Adz was popular among the Indians and was considered the best shot with bow and arrow, in the tribe. Pahshaunts was also an expert shot. "Mike" Powers, owner of the Star Saloon, in Beaver, asked Pahshaunts to come with his bow and arrow and...
rose and bringing prosperity and contentment to the homes.
Present homes are modernized. Electric light plumbing fixtures, and telephone service have been stalled.
PINE CREEK
In the late '60s and early '70s, George William Isaac Riddle, David Levi,...
little whim could not be satisfied, they manifested a joy in living and when they prayed they felt God's watchful care.
From the earliest days of Pioneer life, the people provided amusement for themselves. The dance played the most conspicuous...
CHAPTER Six
MOUNTAINS, LAKES AND STREAMS
NATURAL RESOURCES
OUTDOOR RECREATION
The mountains, known as the Tushar Range, east of Beaver City, are full of ideal places for outdoor recreation, fishing, hunting and camping. The fishing up and down...
THE SCHOOLS OF BEAVER
SCHOOL HOUSE BUILT FIRST YEAR
In writing this history of the early schools of Beaver, we have interviewed the few remaining pupils of those days; have had access to a few old letters and diaries, and some short articles...
On March 21st she writes : "I closed my school. The pupils had made creditable improvement. The house of worship where I taught was a dread to me, so neglected and out of repair. It was, however, improved a little by the vigilance of the women of...
known as the "Institute." This was one of the most noted buildings of the town, around which cling the fondest memories of its early students. The first teacher in this school was George W. Crouch. He built the two-room brick home across the...
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION
In March, following the arrival of the pioneers, George A. Smith, one of the Authorities of the Latter-Day Saint Church and provisional leader of the Southern Colonies, en route from Parowan to Salt Lake City to attend...
CHAPTER THIRTEEN GREENVILLE-ITS FOUNDING AND HISTORY SETTLED IN 1860 Greenville, a small town located some five miles southwest of Beaver, was settled in 1860 by a group of people from Parowan and Cedar City. As early as 1857, however, these...
shaw, Charley Booth, Robert Edwards, William Barton, Samuel Maunsey, and Thomas Butler. There were probably others, but at this time their names can not be recalled to mind. BUILD BRICK AND ADOBE HOUSES All in all the group, together with those...
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....
WORLD WAR II Joseph Clyde Murdock, Alma Wayne Barton,* Norman Gerald Murdock, James Byron Blackner*, Elmer Murdock, West Barton, Ferrell Morris Scott, Ralph J. Walbeck,* Ralph Clifford Fordham, Morris Blackner, Joseph King Morris, ...
on the east bank of Dry Creek. Other members to head this Society were: second president, Mary Davis; third president, Margaret Adams. In 1893, Jane Barton was made president, with Mary Morris, and Mary A. Miller as counselors. This groupp served...