weariness as with partners they beheld the steaming hot vegetables, meats, pies, cakes and jellies. There were never any especially planned programs. After the blessing on the food had been asked by some member of the Church, the time was turned...
January 5, 1908, Mary J. Blackner was chosen president, with Mary E. Morris and Winnifred Miller as counselors; Julia Griffith, secretary; Mary A. Reese, treasurer. Caring for the sick and needy, the gathering and storing of wheat, went steadily...
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,...
THE ATKIN HOTEL Mrs. Annie J. Atkin moved to Milford in 1902. Here she, with her husband George, connected with the hotel interests of the city and proved very capable in this connection. In 1904 a fire occurred, burning to the ground the building...
morning. All the guests had escaped from the burning building and Mr. Forgie, clad only in his night robe, had reached the front porch when the cry of "Save David", his nine-year-old son, reached his ears. Little David had already escaped and was...
of Milford. He was interested in farming and mining. He owned a farm at Reed. His sons were William J. and Harry Forgie.
Mrs. Hanks, daughter of John Forgie, built the present Milford Hotel on the spot where her father had oper-ated the hotel which...
cook and waitress, with Ed Walker and brother of Salt Lake, dishwashers. We were persuaded to hire a Jap cook, who was immaculately clean, and a good cook, but one morning we were awakened early to find him gone. We, with our young daughter Erma,...
A railroad is just as colorful as the individuals in its employ, and actual reams of material have been written with respect to memorable personalities who have helped to make railroad life an ever-interesting phantasmagoria. So, too, Milford has...
and the newest of all engines, the diesels. William Nichols Jr., local brakeman, is a nephew of Mr. Blanpied. Frank Kuchenmeister, John Low, William Sterling, Sam Reveal, Al Milsap, all have helped to build up part of the tradition that accompanies...
house belonged to the Winder Brothers, Leo, Richard and Norman Winder, of Murray. The Winders ranged their sheep winter and summer at Big Springs just over the line in Nevada, 75 miles due west of Milford. They eventually got a shearing plant of...
cy K. Nowers Burt, first white girl born in Beaver; south-west camp, "The Anderson," named in honor of William R. Anderson, one of Beaver's early pioneers. DAUGHTERS ERECT HOME ON PUBLIC SQUARE The home of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Beaver...
Branch Agricultural College (Cedar City, Utah); Southern Utah University -- History
Military drills became a part of student life during World War II. The war also caused an enrollment crisis for the college, which was partially alleviated by older residents taking more courses.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Eastering; Horse and Wagons; Geary, Elmo, Easter
A closeup of image0-275; Elmo Geary and his teenage friends went to the San Rafael Swell in horse drawn wagons in 1929 over Easter Weekend. This tradition of Emery County residents spending Easter on the San Rafael Swell or "Desert" as it is...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Nixon, Grace; Johansen, Eugene
Eugene Johansen and Grace Nixon on the San Rafael Swell in 1933 while they were dating. They married and continued to live in Castle Dale where they both taught high school for many years. This photograph was taken at Easter weekend in 1933....
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew; Guns
Drew Richards (left) with a friend pretending to duel on the San Rafael Swell, Easter weekend 1928. Spending Easter weekend on the Swell or the desert, as locals call it, has been a tradition since the early 1900s and still continues today. It is...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew
Drew Richards' friends, Mass and Jetty, on the San Rafael Swell at Easter weekend with Drew and Addie Wakefield. Spending Easter weekend on the Swell or "the desert," as locals call it, has been a tradition since early 1900s and still continues...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Recreation; Eastering; Richards, Drew; Wakefield, Addie; Guns
Drew Richards and his girlfriend, 16 year old Addie Wakefield, on the San Rafael on Easter weekend posing as outlaws. Butch Cassidy and his gang rode through and hid out in the Swell. They became legends to all residents of Emery County. Spending...