Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--Buildings; Business
Goodie Garden and Merryweather Plumbing and Heating Company. There were four apartments upstairs in this building where the following people lived: Bill and Ida Merryweather, Warren and Eva Cox, Frank H. Merryweather and family, Dr. Jake Bergstrom...
CHAPTER 19-GHOST MINING CAMPS OF BEAVER COUNTY 263 CHAPTER 20-STAGE COACH AND FREIGHTING 279 CHAPTER 21-THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY 288 CHAPTER 22-WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY AND SNAKE VALLEY 298 CHAPTER 23-MERCHANDISING IN MILFORD 311...
building. Much of the lumber used in building up Pioche, Frisco and Newhouse was furnished by local mills, operated by local men, and delivered by team to the mines at prices ranging from $70 to $100 per thousand feet.
The only local sawmill in...
is to be found the old town of Frisco, noted for the Horn Silver Mine. Also, it passes through the big valley known as Pine, near the Indian Peak Indian Reservation, and on into Nevada with a direct line to the famous Lehman's Cave near Baker,...
Beaver City. In 1901, Frank D. Farnsworth resigned. S. D. Underwood was appointed to serve balance of term.
1902-3-John Ward Christian, mayor; N. P. Ipson, Frank D. Farnsworth, William Low, Edward Fernley and Robert Stoney, councilmen; Clara...
of Cedar City. His route was through Minersville Can-yon. He left Milford at 9 a. m., arriving at Johnson's Fork at 5 p.m. He was employed by Gilmore & Salisbury, mail contractors for the western part of Beaver County. Later Mr. Root moved to...
the level and the thermometer stood at 32 degrees below zero for six weeks, day and night. Cattle sought protection among the pines and cedars, but they froze to death standing on their feet. Some of the smaller cattle owners were put out of...
Salt Lake & San Pedro Railroad. Finally, this road was taken over by the Union Pacific. RANGE CONDITIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS During the years of the '80s and '90s the range was in excellent condition for the grazing of cattle. Few, if any, sheep were...
machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon,...
this position he was in direct charge of everything. All business transactions were under his signature. In 1943 the Metal Producers Company, of Los Angeles, Calif., took over the mine, operating under lease a syndicate of three men, as follows:...
erroneously been called trachyte, a short distance above the level of the valley. Still farther east are extensive beds of tufa. The water in the district is very bad and scarce. Drinking water is brought on the railroad from Black Rock, from 30 to...
district there are several large ledges of pyrite and copyrite ore. Some work was done upon them, and a small amount of a very high grade silver ore was mined several years ago. The principal claims are the COMET, CACTUS and COPPER CHIEF. CACTUS...
Ebenezer Tanner Jr. bought the place from his father, and in turn sold it to Mrs. Jessie Robinson, who continued to use it as a hotel. It was later used as an apartment house, until it was razed in 1946. Mrs. Tanner, widely known as "Ma" Tanner in...