First train into Cedar City, June 10, 1923. David Bulloch, standing on the cow-catcher, was the first boy to enter Cedar City riding on the running gear in front of the first wagon when it entered Cedar Valley November 11, 1851. This work train...
History of
High School Day
>T^HE history of High School Day
at the Branch Agricultural Col-lege,
if three years may be called a
history, has been the story of the
rapid rise of a new-born institution.
The year 1928 which gave High
School Day its...
Animal College Trip to Zion Canyon
\ four o'clock Friday, October
*^ 11, a crowd of college students
boarded cars for Zion Canyon. At
8 o'clock the truck drove up to a
huge bon fire just below and south
of Angel's landing. Of course it re-ceived
a...
According to John A. Skinner's story, Beaver Adz came running down the public road to town to get "whites" to go up and stop the fight. Skinner said Beaver Adz was an old coward and did not want any fighting. This was before he lost his eyesight....
After a little while McKeon and the girls appeared. They asked Mr. Smithson if he had had any passengers that night. He replied, "Yes, two young women and the squirmiest baby I ever carried." Thereupon they began to chuckle, and when Mr. Smithson...
Jeddy and Heber Dean of Beaver, freighted to Frisco for many years, hauling lumber and merchandise. John Brooks was an old veteran freighter of Beaver. John W. Myers says, after relating experiences in freighting, "Those were hard times, but happy...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Swasey Cabin
Joe Swasey and sons built this cabin in 1921 on the San Rafael Swell at the Head of Sinbad. There are other Swasey cabins built on the Swell as well as other places around the Castle Valley area. The Swasey brothers did a lot of teasing and...
Emery County (Utah); Swasey Family; Cabins; Joe's Valley
The Swaseys had a few cabins in many areas of Emery County and surrounding area. This is a photo of the Swasey cabin in Joe's Valley in 1977. The Swasey brothers did a lot of teasing and practical jokes. The story is told about Sid and Charlie...
March 11, 1881.. .Water Supervisor was i n s t r u c t e d to clean out t h e City water ditches a s t h e filth in them makes t h e water v e r y unwholesome for u s e . Also, recommended t h a t measures be adopted to stop the continual annoyance...
M r . Thorsen discussed roller skating at the Armory. He was authorized by the council to get the roller skating program underway. Permission to use the Armory for the Deer Hunter's Ball for a $20 fee on October 18 was given.
Oct. 7 , 1951.. .The...
55 stoves 9 swords 1001 lbs. of powder a n d lead 44 saddles 436 lights of glass (8 x 1 0 ) 1 9 0 lbs. of nails 137 chopping axes 45 mowing scythes 45 sickles 7 2 scythes and grain cradles 98 hoes 110 spades and shovels Carpenter tools--9t s e t s...
On Sunday, May 15, 1853, Henry counseled the settlers not to scatter out on the city lots, to strengthen the fort and make it secure, to lock the gates every night and to have their guns and ammunition on hand. He recommended that the brethren...
dedicated on Christmas day, which day will long be remembered among us. In the morning the Indians [Pihedes], to the amount of some 300, women and children included, gathered into the Fort. We preached to them in their own language and made them a...
maintained the records. He regarded it as routine to take readings on the stars late at night, sometimes standing waist-deep in snow. His maps were used by thousands of immigrants on their travels to Oregon and California. Fremont's report...
experiences almost unbelievable with snowstorms, boxed canyons, thick cedar and pine forests, and food shortage. Their experience almost made the journey of the good Chtholic Escalante, look like a picnic party." " Just before reaching the camp of...
Johnny." This horse always pulled them out of the mud and got them started in the morning." .At the time that the Cedar City men were lumbering, other features of the h i l d i n g were being pushed. The college hill property containing 15 acres,...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
woman who wished additional design on the walls of her home. Down the cliff a little ways a full-fledged dig was in process - a number of potsherds and pieces of siliceous minerals used for making arrow heads were found, and Dick actually picked up...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
all the crews to return, we made loblollies on the beach and watched the frogs which fearlessly sat next to us. Stan had succeeded in breaking down the sand bar on one side so that the jump across the little stream and the giant loblolly was a...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
camp ground was solved by a bucket brigade, and before long the 36 assembled for the hike (or as much of it as you felt your exhausted body could take) to the Hole in the Rock.
Merly abandoned the customary trail because of the very dense growth...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Cal Bears: Captain Steve Kovacich, 934 Avis Drive, El Cerrito, California, seemed to be a General Practitioner of desert life. He kept us informed in detail of the flora and fauna of the region and impressed us as well with his skill in climbing....