Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GENERAL INFORMATION The aim of the Murdock Academy is to train for citizenship by preparing young people to found homes in which a coming generation may begin life under more favorable conditions and by training the rising generation for useful...
Thompson, an engineer, who came originally from New York, told the people at this meeting that he could re-survey the town into blocks 24 rods square with streets 6 rods wide, including the sidewalks, and all could have a corner lot. His plan was...
George P. Low, grandson of James Low; Minerva Nowers, wife of John Nowers, son of Wilson G. Nowers; John Smith, grandson of John X. Smith; Grant Smith, a grandson of John X. Smith; George A. Parkinson, son of Thomas Parkinson. A few of the 10 acre...
clothes were gathered and later shipped to the L. D. S. Saints in Europe. A loom, which was ordered, was paid for and $300 worth of rugs sold. The largest welfare budget assigned to Beaver Stake was completed one hun-dred per cent. The Family Hour...
As a young man, Mr. Walter James drove a butcher wagon, delivering meat to the townspeople and to the Horn Silver and Carbonate Mines boarding houses. The two mines employed about 1,000 men. Each mine had its own smelter for refining ores....
The last Company manager was a Mr. Evans. In 1911, the store was known as the American Trading Company and was operated by Ed Street, Steve Fotheringham and J. F. Tolton. The Utah Leasing Co. took over the mine and worked the dumps after the mine...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD The first railroad station at Milford was built in the year 1880. The new station, the present depot, was built in 1923. The station now named "Reed", where the...
Latter-Day Saint South Ward Chapel, 110 South Main. The property was originally owned by John D. Lee. Afton Lee and Reta Reid Lee built a house on this land. It became the property of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the South...
Country Corner Cafe on 80 North Main Street, originally Martin Foy Corner. Owned by Martin Vee and Mary Myers Foy. Martin Foy freighted from Marysvale with mule team and wagon for many years.
Emery County (Utah) Archives; Castle Dale (Utah); Community Dramatics; Drama; Plays; Castle Valley Dramatics; Geary, Elmo; Rasmussen, Hyrum; Lund, Eva; Evans, Hector; Talboe, Nettie; Beebe, Louis; Smith, Cloe; Acord, Art
Geary, Elmo. Plate XXXIII, Castle Dale Community Dramatics. Fig.1 Leading players in Snow White, 1912. Hyrum Rasmussen, Eva Lund, Hector Evans, Nettie Talboe, Louisa Beebe, Cloe Smith. Fig.2 Professor Hector T. Evans. Fig.3 Art Acord who was a...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Little Grand Canyon; Geology; Castle Valley; San Rafael River, Grimes, Ben
The Little Grand Canyon on the San Rafael Swell is seen best from The Wedge Lookout. The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl turned upside down. Over time it has been carved into...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Little Grand Canyon; Geology; Window Blind Peak; San Rafael River; Grimes, Ben
The Little Grand Canyon on the San Rafael Swell is seen best from The Wedge Lookout. Window Blink Peak can be seen on the far right horizon. The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl...
Emery County (Utah); Hite (Utah); Glen Canyon; Lake Powell; Swasey Family
The Swasey Family donated this photograph originally from Pearl Baker. This is the town of Hite in Glen Canyon in the 1920s. A wagon can be seen on the right of the picture and cabins with smoke coming from the chimney. Joshua Sweet's cabin is...
Emery County (Utah); Joe's Valley; Dam Construction; Johansen, Byron; Cabins; Reservoirs;
Building Joe's Valley Dam. Byron Johansen's cabin can be seen in the middle of the photograph, behind the construction. The cabin was originally located on the San Rafael Swell where By Jo ran his cattle. The Bureau of Land Mangement asked that it...
history of Cedar City. He thanked the Councilmen for their cooperation and dedication. He acknowledged the cooperation a n d help received from the Utah s t a t e - Road ~ o m & s i o n , College. California Pacific Utilities, and other...
towards building up the Church and Kingdom of God. On July 24th the flag was raised and the cannon fired and, this being the day the pioneers arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley, we had a celebration. The cannon was fired, had a fine procession,...
headquarters was i the Church Tithing Oflice located on Main Street. n After a short time the telegraph office was moved into the parlor of the Hemy Lunt home on Lincoln Avenue and First East which was known as the Lunt Hotel and Stage Stop....
The horses had been tied up to the wagons and everyone was asleep. Henry was riding a desert mustang which, as soon as the cattle made a commotion, took off over the wagon tongue and over a nearby fence, in the opposite direction from the herd. The...