of Milford. He was interested in farming and mining. He owned a farm at Reed. His sons were William J. and Harry Forgie.
Mrs. Hanks, daughter of John Forgie, built the present Milford Hotel on the spot where her father had oper-ated the hotel which...
At this time the railroad was under construction. Victor and Selma Johnson made a trip to Salt Lake City and on their return trip they rode the first train into New-house. Selma says the railroad platform was not completed and it was quite a step...
Mon. April 25, 1898: Ther. 60 – 7 pm. Wea. clear I spent the day fixing my Crayon pictures ready to send back to Gripp, the German Artist of Tyrone, Pa. Tuesday 26: Ther. very warm Wea. clouds I started for ranch at 8-40 am meet Sammy Larson...
Wed. July 18, 1900: 10-31 pm + Ther. Warm., Wea. Wind, Clouds, A Coyote or something killed some lambs last night I found nine dead. Thursday 19: + Ther. Warm., Wea. Wind, Ptly Cloudy I find two dead lamb just killed. I got a shot at the coyote...
SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even...
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SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even kept...
Sun. Aug. 27, 1905: Ther. Hot., Wea. Clear, We missed having our exercises this morning, infact we did nothing today but write a few letters and sleep away the time. Elder W.L. Crawford Springdale, Wash. Co., Utah. at Lawton Comanche Co., Oklahoma...
Fri. Nov. 10, 1905: Ther. Cool.,, Wea. Clear. A beautiful day. We took a shave before starting out this morning. Missed a few houses on account of high water in Deep Red, finished tracting the two south lines took dinner with A.B. Petty. After...
estate which had been confiscated was likewise retumed to the Church. The manifesto did not announce that polygamous living would be discontinued; it simply said that no more plural marriages would be sandoned. E v q o n e understood that the...
Sunday, February 4, 1892, was the concluding day of a four-day conference held in Colonia Juarez. At this conference, Apostle George Teasdale, President of the Mexican Mission, chose the leaders of the new mission. He appointed Alex F. Macdonald...
drive the herd another twenty miles to Dublan to load them on the train. That night &er the cattle were loaded, the cow hands had a miserable night's rest after they gathered up al1 they had with them and climbed into a box car half loaded with...
l ' l m n a s callcd to bishopric, under Bishop Ilenl-y Lunt. Letter from Thomas' sister from Wales. Thomas and Saxe move to Cedar City from Old Fort. Iron Works discontinued, people turned to farminx. Civil War begins and john st on'^ army l a w s...
Grandma Lunt held the lantern high over her head while Henrietta operated the gun. Henrietta fired a volley in the direction of the bear which, undoubtedly missed him, but she succeeded in frightening him away, which is all they really intended...
got to the end of the tunnel the water was u p to his chin. He couldn't stand straight in the tunnel, but stood in a stooping position. When he came out the other end of the tunnel, he had no way of getting home except by horseback. I t was zero...
loaded f r o ~ n wagons onto a neat stack in the stackyard, with the help the of a derrick and horses. There was a real knack to running this equipment effectively, and being able to get the hay in uniform stacks with the least amount of time and...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
Again, John had worked hard for the nomination and had spent the necesMIy money to conduct a good campaign. What hurt him most was seeing his son Paul, clad head to toe with posters and buttons, with tears in...