Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
History of the Class of "23": The class of "23" started high school with their ideals "to excell." When the time came to choose their banner, there was nothing that fit every individual as "excellorst of 23," and if you will believe me, everyone...
PIONEER DRAMATIC TALENT OF BEAVER
Rol Tanner
J. Frank Tolton
Robert, Charles and Gus Stoney
Dan Martin
Al Fennemore
Lyman Shepherd
Rienhard Maeser
Mrs. S. C. Maeser
Sarah Ann Stoney
Elizabeth Fotheringham
Sadie and Renth Huntington
May...
approached the mayor and asked, "Do you wish to have Powers arrested? The mayor replied, "There is no other thing, just now, we desire so much." "Give me the authority," said the stranger, "and I will make the arrest." Due authority having been...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...
CHAPTER 1
he coastline of England becarne a speck in the distance as Henry Lunt stood on the old plank deck of the ship, Argo, straining to get the last view of his homeland.' It was a bleak n day i January 1850. A cold brisk breeze filled the...
respective wards. Each ward was to be organized into a quorum of Elders with E. H. Grove over them, and Henry Lunt was put in as Clerk of said quorum. Smith also advised, "be carefil not to indulge the Indians in their laziness, for they have their...
satisfactonly. Brother Richard Hanison of this place was present, aman of long expenence in molding iron i England, and he pronounced the iron No. 1. Their n blast is blown by a small steam engine imported from the east at considerable cost. The...
dangerous steep mountain. 1 will never forget, as we started down the ndge with steep canyons on both the north and the south sides, Oscar fell fiom the wagon and lodged on the 'tugs' of the team on his back. The brake came off and the horses were...
whom Dalton had escaped before, traveled from Beaver to Parowan to arrest him. The two Marshals hid and, when they saw Dalton, he began to run and they called for him to stop. Without waiting, Thompson shot Dalton in the back, killing him. Apostle...
and a turkey a few days ago as they went to Chuichupa. My cancer is about the same, my sight very poor. Broughton is out hunting today. We have hired Alice Rowley to look &er Sarah's family while she is off Aunt Elien is much the same as she has...
something on the side of the mountain that moved. On closer observation, we could see that it was an army of soldiers winding down the mountain trail. 1 ran to the meeting house to give warning. The Bishop, Brother Earnest Steiner, told al1 the...
country and both Amencan and Bntish companies acquired large holdings in northwestern Chihuahua. Cattle materially aEected the economy of the Mormons and they shipped them to the United States for a good profit. In fact, raising cattle became the...
him, and while talking, Lehi found that he was a school teacher there in Bulliunville, 11ythe name of Bob Ricards. they were talking, a large man who walked by, appeared to be intoxicated. Mr. Ricards called out the word "stage," which meant a...
the herds in the valley and take them to their hangout and slaughter them and haul the beef to Pioche, Nevada. The ranchers finally reached a point of desperation where they felt they could not operate under these conditions any longer, and decided...
Once, Grandma Sage came over to Lehi's to get one of his boys to kill a chicken for her. No one was home but young Henrietta who was nine years old. Henrietta said, "I can do it for you grandma, I do that all the time." So she got the chicken for...
lose their lives, than not. They decided to get out while they could. They loaded a little of the already sawed lumber onto the outfits and started back. They stopped for the night in a grove of pines near the Upper Mammoth. By morning, the snow...
the Perry country and finally reached the herd. Walt Cox was herding the sheep at that time and he was in bed asleep when Henry arrived so Henry hobbled his horse out and woke the herder long enough to tell him they would have to get up early the...
rock had to he heated by fires in order to break it more easily. Dirt and other material had to he carried to cover the rock that couldn't be hroken. Pretty soon Mr. Parry told Henry he thought he would sooner walk. Henry thought that was pretty...