Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler mined at Temple Mountain in 1955. He is standing at the Calex Hole, which is the shaft drilled vertically to allow the air movement into the mine as well as to take miners into and out of the mine. He wrote, "The shaft went down 80...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #26, Quote from Castle Valley, A History of Emery County 1949, "Often when he could see a horse tiring under a less efficient rider,...
Sec. 4 . . . I t shall be their duty to see that the field is kept clear of stock to preserve the grain and vegetation, to go around the field as often a s required by the Mayor or City Council and report to them as often as they require. Sec. 5 ....
For&unately, only one mule was Med, but it took a full day to recover the baggage. The crossing of the east fork of the Colorado River was attended with much difficulty and more danger. Steadily the expedition's food supply dwindled and couldn't be...
rode into the he& of the town, fired indiscriminately at citizens at close quarters and wounded several residents. After a series of incidents with the local authorities, buiidings, including the town's storehouse of grain, were broken open and...
wagons for the conveniente of their scanty provisions, cooking utensils, clothing and bedding, are to be fumished with wagons by the more wealthy, or are to be le&behind and brought on by wagons which will be sent b a ~ k . ~ Henry continued to...
and children fiom the upper colonies were being evacuated to El Paso and the Diaz people were advised to flee immediately across the border. Before they left they could hear gunfire in the distance. Hans Larsen, a colonist, wrote: "We tumed our...
country and both Amencan and Bntish companies acquired large holdings in northwestern Chihuahua. Cattle materially aEected the economy of the Mormons and they shipped them to the United States for a good profit. In fact, raising cattle became the...
In the spring of 1913 an article was printed in the El Paso Times about the Mexican town of Pearson. The govement was sending a troop of the old Mexican Federal soldiers to guard the settlement of Pearson, which was within eight miles of Colonia...
communication other than pony express, and the ride entailed a round trip of 560 miles which the messenger accomplished in six days. This, however, took too much valuable time, as the wicked and unjustiiiat~le deed had been committed before...
told me that the man had called in the store to buy a whip. They didn't have any whips in stock, so he bought a broom to drive his horses with. It appeared that he man had been drinking, which was the cause of the trouble." During these yean of...
beef was hidden in thick timber some distance from ramp, while they had been wishing for meat for supper and breakfast, all but one prospector made a hasty getaway before our boys returned from the day's ride." " As I was riding out that morning...
Lamanites were deeply interested. T h e country was strange to me. Near the place of our operations was a river that I could see, the water of which was not quite clear). .4s this dream had left quite an impression on my mind, I asked our mother to...
heavy rock at their heads. Brother Bulloch was standing guard for the mother bear while I was throwing at the little cubs. I, also; was squinting around too. Finally, I got them killed." "The next thing - what to do with the little ones? Brother...
San Juan River. Our cattle were sore-footed and worn out, and some of them had got quite thin, so we decided to leave them for the winter in White Canyon. bout fifteen miles from the River." (This is just west of the Bridges Kational Monument)...
The horses had been tied up to the wagons and everyone was asleep. Henry was riding a desert mustang which, as soon as the cattle made a commotion, took off over the wagon tongue and over a nearby fence, in the opposite direction from the herd. The...
Lehi M. was old enough to be able to round the cows into the corral and the girls helped with the milking. Every two or three days, a new cow was hrought in to be h~uken milk. Henrietta would rope the cow and to tie her to a post and proceed to...
with John L. Sevy, who had seen them and asked for a ride back to Cedar City that night. He and Mr. Sevy traveled up the canyon from Newcastle past Castle Ranch and on to Irontown and then past Woolsey's Ranch to Cedar City. It took them most of...