adjoining the main structure is 32x29 feet. This addition was built for the purpose of vaults, and adjoining this is the county jail, built of pink sandstone. The original cost of the old Territorial Court House was approximately $10,960. This...
Judge Jacob S. Boreman, and a jury composed of twelve men, eight of whom were members of the Mormon Church. He was indicted for murder by a grand jury, September 24, 1874, nineteen years after the massacre. William Stokes deputized Thomas Winn,...
Wilson G. Nowers, county clerk; Orson Tyler, sheriff; Lamoni L. Babitt, constable; James W. Huntsman, selectman. In the absence of Simeon F. Howd and Joel W. White, John M. Davis and Ephraim Tompkinson were duly sworn to fill the offices of...
ministration the city ordinances were.amended,. revised and compiled by S. A. Kenner, and. published in book.form.
A room in the County Court House was procured for a council chamber. Installing.a towu., clock and bell in the Court House tower was...
on the east bank of Dry Creek. Other members to head this Society were: second president, Mary Davis; third president, Margaret Adams. In 1893, Jane Barton was made president, with Mary Morris, and Mary A. Miller as counselors. This groupp served...
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...
floors. The furniture consisted of rock or adobe fire-places, roughly constructed tables and benches. Bed-steads were considered luxuries and were home-made. The door and window casings were chopped from cottonwood which grew along the creek....
pointed to fill the position when Hardy resigned), T. V. Rollins, Jack Kelsey and Clarence Gillins.
The first electric lights were installed in 1913-1914. Moroni Myers was president of the Town Board at that
time.
When Josiah Osborne was president,...
The large dining room of the Williams Hotel was often the scene of merry dancing parties. The Smithson Hotel on Main Street (now the Peterson house), was at one time the largest hotel in the business district, and eventually had a greater business...
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...
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...
as he did, he managed to get hold of an old sawed-off shotgun. Quickly he turned the gun on the robber and ordered him to dance. The robber then danced until he could no longer dance, and the freighter took his horse, tied it to his wagon and drove...
may be, with no fee for extra ladies. Wedding dances were free, being sponsored by the bridegroom or parents of the bride. T. N. (Baldy) Sackett was always floor manager; no time went to waste. When not on floor duty, his watchful eye was on the...
music, so far away, gradually became louder until they reached the landing. Some of these men would get on at the 1,000 foot level and stop at each stope until all the men were on the cage. One wouldn't think that such beautiful music could come...
At this time the railroad was under construction. Victor and Selma Johnson made a trip to Salt Lake City and on their return trip they rode the first train into New-house. Selma says the railroad platform was not completed and it was quite a step...
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...
All the machinery for mine and mills, all the supplies and food for the camp, was freighted from Milford, more than 150 miles away. The agent, directly in charge of these shipments and supplies of all kinds, was P. B. McKeon, located at Milford. It...
first of its kind in town. She also served home-made ice cream. She was a typical English saleswoman, having operated a store in England. She was a great lover of children and very kind to the poor. Much of her merchandise was sent out, with no...
Crews of men were sent to Beaver to work on the job and were kept there until the task was completed. The Relief Society enlisted their members and they, too, were sent over and kept on the job until it was done. They set up a kitchen and dining...
A man was hired to paint the scenery for the stage. Seats for the Recreation Hall were purchased at a more recent date. OBTAINING MATERIAL FROM MURDOCK ACADEMY Wrecking and salvaging the materials of the old Murdock Academy began August 1, 1932....