History of the B.A. C.
"GREAT thing have small beginnings." So it is written
in all the books, and so it repeats itself and is acted
out year after year in everything. The B. A. C. is
no exception.
In 1913 the Legislature of the great State of Utah...
Sun. Feb. 6, 1898: Wea. Cloudy I went to Sunday school which was turned to a testimony meeting, it being fast day I also attended meeting in the afternoon after which we held a teachers meeting and reported our visits through the ward Monday 7: ...
Sat. Feb. 12, 1898: Wea. Clear most all day. Dan and I drug cottonwood trees out of the field in the forenoon. I plowed the rest of the day Sunday 13: Wea. Very warm. I went to school and to meeting in the afternoon John R. Terry was the main...
Mon. Feb. 14, 1898: Wea. warm and still some clouds floating through the sky we hauled manure across the wash on the flour corn land I caught a coon in my trap this morning at the foot log. Tuesday 15: Wea. Very warm wind from the north...
Wed. Feb. 16, 1898: Wea. Hazey dull we went and hauled rock for the butment on the upper ditch over the river at the big washout near the fields Hauled a load of clay to the garden went to mutual Thursday 17: Wea. Cloudy and looks like storm...
Thurs. April 7, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. S. wind, clear We went over to the Little Meadow after sowing some wheat. I helped Father make ditch while Dan plowed the wheat in Friday 8: Ther. very warm. Wea. clear, I went and got some hay of Rob...
Sat. April 9, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear We went to the Little Meadows again. Father & I dug ditch while Dan plowed in some more wheat. Uncle Criss got here with his family today Sunday 10: Ther. warm Wea. clouds east running several of the...
Fri. May 27, 1898: Ther. 10 am. 70º Wea. cloudy, high winds in afternoon I patched a couple of collar pads which took me about all day. Dr. Harris came up to see Joseph and give him some medicine. Saturday 28: Ther. 8-30 am 77 in the sun: 3-15...
Cash Account. March.: Date. 29 from J. Winder flour 50 lbs. Received. 1.50 harvested July 29th & 30th Aug. 15th Diagram of the wheat patch on Big Meadows March 31st 1898 plowed last fall oct 97. Mar. 31-98 harrowed in on plowed ground ...
Tues. Mar. 14, 1899: Ther. freezing, Wea. light clouds I took 1224 lbs. of wheat to Glendale to mill. then to Big Meadow. Father went up this morning Wednesday 15: Ther. 9 am. cool. Wea. cloudy S. wind We plowed 1 ¼ acres of land 1 acre of it...
Fri. Mar. 17, 1899: Ther. coldº., Wea. clouds going e. about 1 in. of snow fell last night. We went to L. M. after noon, blustery Saturday 18: Ther. 8-30 am. cold; 8-30 pm. cold Wea. clouds; clear north wind clouds going south. We plowed about...
Mon. Mar. 20, 1899: Ther. 8 am. cool. Wea. cloudy 9-45 am. commenced to snow and kept it up 3 hours melting nearly as fast as it fell. We plowed near the bars this after noon. Tuesday 21: Ther. cool. Wea. light clouds, breeze. We plowed part of...
Thurs. Mar. 23, 1899: Ther. pleasant, Wea. partly cloudy I got to the Big Meadow about noon. after dinner I went and plowed a little in the Ren Jolly field. Father came over from the L.M. about dark. Friday 24: Ther. warm. Wea. clouds going...
Fri. May 19, 1899: Ther. 7 am cold’., 10 am. warm’., Wea. it blows hard., clouds running east. squally in afternoon. Jake & I built a small correll in the willow patch in lower field. Saturday 20: Ther. coolº., Wea. more wind. We plowed and...
Mon. May 22, 1899: Ther. warmº., Wea. hazy, light clouds, Jake plowed in corn most all day. I fixed the lower partition fence also the outside fence a little. I promised R.B. Moncur 7 steers at $16.25 per head. $113.75 Tuesday 23: Ther. warmº.,...
Thurs. July 6, 1899: Ther. 72º., 100º., Wea. windy, clear. Watered corn below point. harvested some more wheat Friday 7: Ther. 66º., 103º., Wea. clear. We hoed and plowed out a little corn and some cut wheat in evening Saturday 8: Ther....
Wed. July 12, 1899: Ther. 77º., 100º., Wea. partly cloudy. clouded up and began thundering and sprinkling about 10 pm. We harvested a little wheat hauled some hay from acrost the river. Thursday 13: Ther. 70º., 94º., Wea. a light rain after...
Tues. July 18, 1899: Ther. 64º., 104º., Wea. partly cloudy I plowed out a little cane fore-noon. raked the upper lucerne acrost the river and a piece at the point after-noon. Wednesday 19: Ther. 70º., 104º., Wea. some clouds. We finished...
Mon. July 24, 1988: Ther. 74’., 6 am. Wea. nice shower about noon. Pioneer Day. We hauled four loads of hay this fore noon but the storm caused us to leave about 4 loads on the piece by the old Dam. Tuesday 25: Ther. very warm. Wea. partly...
Sun. July 30, 1899: Ther. 70. 100º., Wea. clear I went to School and meeting. Supt. Spilsbury visited sunday school. he talked of tithing and the word of wisdom. Monday 31: Ther. very warm. Wea. clear I thinned and plowed the melons on the sand...