Mountain Meadow (Washington County, Utah); Monuments; Mountain Meadows Massacre, 1857
First monument at Mountain Meadow, Kumen Jones in picture. Taken by Howard R. Driggs on the first proselyting trip taken from the BNS in the year 1898. Kumen Jones was the driver of the carriage. They spent a month travelling over Southern Utah...
John D. Lee (center), with his attorney William W. Bishop and (left to right) Judge Jacob S. Boreman, attorney Enos D. Hoge, attorney Wells Spicer, and an unidentified man. Caption taken from "The Mountain Meadows Massacre" by Juanita Brooks.
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Class History of the 18's. On September 21, 1914, a husky bunch of nearly ninety, possessing much of the greeness of our April meadows, but full of ambition and determination, trooped up the broad steps of Murdock and formed the foundations of the...
CHAPTER Two
EXPLORERS AND IMMIGRANTS
FREMONT AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL
According to John C. Fremont, a scientifically-trained government explorer, the old Santa Fe Trail on which the large Spanish caravans or pack trains traveled from San Pedro to...
Canyon and one through the Big Canyon Pass or Soldier Pass to the Milford Valley.
William Allred, pioneer of Beaver, said the "Old Ute Trail," the one the Indians used in the summer, went up Bone Hollow and across the Tables, passing near the First...
expired, they married and established themselves in our midst as private citizens.
In April, 1883, due to the long distance of hauling provisions and supplies, the camp was disbanded and the troops moved to Fort Douglas at Salt Lake.
In October,...
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...