Geology Trip to Toroweap Valley
and Grand Canyon
YDA, Gilbert, Wendell, Thresa,
Gaorgia, George, Kate, Wes,
Red, Fat, Dave, Thora, Mable,
Frank, and two Arthurs left the
B. A. C. Thursday, March 13, at four
o'clock in an automobile, two Fords
and...
land farming was, in this section where it had been tried, a failure. Most of this land later was sold for taxes and bought by sheep and cattle interests. In 1913, the Delta Land and Water Company constructed the Rocky Ford Dam, which is at the...
ing, perhaps, the water level dropped and alfalfa seed could not be grown. The farmers then, of necessity, began farming on a more practical scale. There were crops of all kinds of grain, corn, alfalfa and potatoes. These are the principal crops at...
of a shortage of water, most all of the settlers on the Delta project moved out, and in 1917, D. E. Kirk, C. C. Sloan, E. C. McGarry, M. P. Lewis and Bert Nichols again started the development of the underground water. But on account of the war,...
Wed. June 8, 1904: Ther. Warm., Wea. Ptly. cldy. Cut the Sand bottom lucerne this morning. Manured the potato ground below the Flanigan ditch a the mouth of Dutch Canyon. 34) Thursday 9: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear I cut the Millett lucern. we raked...
Sat. June 6, 1914: Ther. Cool Wea. Cloudy Set my Sweet Potato plants this morning. Hauled up 4 loads of hay. Sunday 7: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Light Showers We went over our melon and cucumber vines killing bugs and putting on Slug Shot etc
Fri. June 26, 1914: Ther. Warm Wea. Clear Planted Sweet Potato Pumpkins No Wind today Finishing the watering of my red corn just planted I have over two acres plowed, Harrowed about an acre, hauled two loads hay from F. field J.R.C. took Pine Creek...
Sun. May 10, 1908: Pleasant Clds Attended S.S. and meeting. Band Serenaded Grafton. Mon. 11: Cool Clouded up Plowed a little of the Big Red Clay piece Tues. 12: Cool Raining Toning photos Wed. 13: Pleasant T. Clds Trimmed and mounted photos Went...
Sun. May 24, 1908: Fine day Attended School and meeting Mon. 25: Windy Pm Clouds cut a little lucerne in grove with scythe. Tues. 26: Clouded up Cut some more lucerne in the grove. piled some hay Wed. 27: Clouds warm had Band practise at S....
that had been scrubbed off one of the horses as it went by a tree. Later they went back again for the chickens that had jumped out of their box when the door jolted open. They recovered al1 except one that an old Indian had beat them to. Thomas...
intended to take them out there and exchange them for sheep. We went by way of Bear Valley, down the Sevier River, then turned East up Grass Valley up to Koosharem. At this point, we have a very bad snowstorm, about eighteen inches deep." (Lehi...