"Afe" Club
JOHN R. ADAMS
President
THURMAN PRYOR
Secretary
HOWARD THOMPSON
V ice-President
FLOYD HEATON
WAYNE HINTON CARL T. Cox
WILLIAM DALTON THEO CORRY LAMAR CHAMBERLAIN
Ross URIE LESLIE PUGH PAUL ADAMS
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Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
The First National Bank of Beaver, is number one in Beaver on the Roll of Honor. A place where the Roll of Honor is like a man's character - it is something money cannot buy, but is won by merit and worth alone. The First National Bank has...
Preface "Monuments to Courage" is a history of Beaver County from the time of the arrival of the first settlers on February 6, 1856, to the Centennial year of the state of Utah, 1947. The collection of the material and its publication was a...
York Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
Before the summer had passed, contracts had been let to a number of men for the construction of four company barracks, a guard house, commissary, hospital and...
lined canals and pipelines to prevent loss through open ditches.
SOME PLACE NAMES OF MOUNTAINS, STREAMS
AND CANYONS
Beaver Canyon-The main canyon, lies directly east of Beaver City.
Big John's Flat-Named for "Big John" Murdock,-early resident of...
Space will not permit the naming of all those who have been instructors of the youth of Beaver, however, among those who taught until about 1890, we mention the names of Charles J. Thomas, Solomon Wixom, J. F. Tolton, Andrew S. Anderson, Robert...
and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the...
Puffer Lake-Named for or James Puffer, who discovered it in 1865.
Kent's Lake-Named for Kent Farnsworth, who owned land there.
Blue Lake-A small lake at the foot of Mt. Baldy, and always deep blue in color.
Mt. Belnap-Named for a soldier with the...
For one year all the children in town attended Primary meetings. On March 28, 1881, the wards were divided, designated as First and Second Wards, with a Primary organization in each ward. Jane Gillies was sustained as president of the First Ward,...
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...
West Ward Superintendent, Edwin Smith; Ronald Bradshaw and James Morgan, assistants; Joan Baker, secretary.
"WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT"
To the hundreds of sincere and faithful workers of the various organizations of the Beaver Stake...
An act prescribing certain qualifications necessary to enable a person to hold office was approved. Regular elections were held in August and election precincts were established. A mining company, composed of Isaac Grundy and others, was granted...
Gideon A. Murdock, James E. Thompson, William Moyes, Joseph Lillywhite, William R. Anderson, Charles Bird, William Thompson, Philo T. Farnsworth Jr., James P. Anderson, Robert Edwards, Thomas H. Cartwright, Thomas Patterson, Orson...
Four Beaver Men Give Lives Those from Beaver who paid the supreme sacrifice in this war were Joseph M. Martinez, husband of Mary Ellen Valentine Martinez, killed in Germany, November, 1918. Buried in Germany. James Gilbert Yardley, son of James...
Guard Called to Active Duty As war clouds hung over Europe, our own government deemed it advisable to call all National Guard units into active service. In March, 1941, Beaver's unit was inducted into the regular U. S. Army, and began preparations...
a little hard-tack candy, for immediate call to arms. When called they served ten days or two weeks, and were then relieved by a group from another settlement. Fort Sanford was approximately 40 miles from Beaver. There was no means of...
THIRTEEN BEAVER SOLDIERS GIVE LIVES
But some did not return. They were left on foreign soil where they had paid the supreme sacrifice. Their names follow
BAKES, RUSSELL V. (Air Corps)-Killed August 24, 1944, when his plane went down in the...
may be, with no fee for extra ladies. Wedding dances were free, being sponsored by the bridegroom or parents of the bride. T. N. (Baldy) Sackett was always floor manager; no time went to waste. When not on floor duty, his watchful eye was on the...
and the newest of all engines, the diesels. William Nichols Jr., local brakeman, is a nephew of Mr. Blanpied. Frank Kuchenmeister, John Low, William Sterling, Sam Reveal, Al Milsap, all have helped to build up part of the tradition that accompanies...
ESCALANTE POST NO. 1546, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U. S. A. Escalante Post No. 1546, V. F. W., was organized March 24,1928. Charter members were Walter C. Barnes, Lee Brown, Daniel Davis, J. F. Farmer, G. T. Fitzgerald, Lucin Gillis, Marcil...