few blue-backed spelling books and McGuffey's Readers. Often there was only one book to a room, so it would be passed around from one pupil to another. Slates and slate pencils were scarce, notebooks and lead pencils were unknown. One woman who...
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...
that his pump did not throw enough water to irrigate the land, and his crops were a failure. The well crew first was put to work sinking a five-foot cement curbing with perforations, but this was finally abandoned. A wooden frame strainer then was...
The third car in Milford was a Stanley Steamer roadster, painted white. It, too, was used on the mail route and was bought by Bill Martin.
One time when Bill Richards was driving this car on the trip, loaded with mail and passengers, it caught fire...
Thurs. Mar. 24, 1898: Ther. very cold Wea. beautiful We left camp 6-40 reached Short Creek 8-12 reached south side of sand 8-34. 22n crossing stopped for noon 10-35 started 11-45 arrived at the Cane beds tank 1-50 pulled freight 2-54 to the house...
Sun. April 3, 1898: Wea. cold wind & dark clouds running east Father started to Carmel 6 am. Dan & I started home 6-44 L.M. 7-19, C. Creek 8-47 to 8-56, cave S. 9-37. pasture bars 10-1. Chillcoot pass 10-11, Sand hollow 10-55, river 1-15 pm home...
Tues. May 31, 1898: Ther. 8 am. 64, Wea. clear We finished planning the big clay patch of corn and hauled two loads of hay from the sand bottom We received four prints to work No.-21719 5th month gone Wednesday, June 1: Ther. 8 am 66; 7-25 pm....
Wed. June 22, 1898: Ther. sultry 8-15 am. 78º. Wea. threatening We had a hard rain storm this afternoon which will do a great deal of good on the ranch if it came as nice there as here. We hoed a little cane Thursday 23: Ther. 7-20 - 72º,....
Fri. June 24, 1898: Ther. 9-15 am 76º, Wea. clear & bright the weather was most to warm to be pleasant working. I planted 3 rows of melons below the garden and finished plowing the sand bottom piece after breaking two plows up pretty bad. ...
Sun. June 26, 1898: Ther. 9 am. 80º., Wea. clear. I attended Sunday school & meeting and went to Grafton. I brought the calf up from Rockville some of the Springdale boys helped drive it up Harold Russell came up to help hoe cane this week. ...
Mon. Sept. 12, 1898: Ther. frosty cool all day Wea. clear We started out about 6-30 am. nooned two hours at Clay Flat. camped at the Sand wells about 6-30 pm. Tuesday 13: Ther. hot am. Wea. thin clouds got started about 7-15. nooned at Rosy...
Sat. Oct. 22, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. cloudy we stopped for breakfast at the bridge, nooned at Yellow Jacket, where I watered 2 of the horses by waiting about an hour. we got to the sand wells about 7 pm. Sunday 23: Ther. warm Wea. clouds we...
Fri. Nov. 11, 1898: Ther. freezing, Wea. north wind clouds We left Pine Spring a little after 7 am. stoped 2 hours at the Sand Wells and stoped for the night at the monument knole in Clay Flat just about sunset. Saturday 12: Ther. cold. Wea. S....
Tues. Dec. 13, 1898: Ther. pleasant., Wea. light clouds pm. We came down to Carmel on our way home. I went to Orderville and got 236 lbs. of flour on S.K. Crawfords account for his work on the meeting house. Wednesday 14: Ther. very cold night,...
Mon. Dec. 19, 1898: Ther. cool. Wea. clouds, I put in my time working on my retouching desk. I got it in shape it can be used but it is not quite finished. Tuesday 20: Ther. 8 am. 42. Wea. cloudy Jim and I went down to northup and hauled gravel...
Sat. Jan. 28, 1899: Ther. noon 52º., 58 3-30 pm. Wea. white clouds going E am. clear pm. Johny & I went up to the ford and got a yellow heiffer. I took a photo of Uncl A. G. & family & M.S. Ruesch and family. Sunday 29: Ther. 9 am. 42º., Wea....
Fri. Feb. 3, 1899: Ther. 9 am. 32º., Wea. snow 1 ½ in this morning cleared off am light clouds going east pm. We chopped up a load of stove wood. Jake & I took it to Grand-Father afternoon. I caught of fox, count 5 scalps. Saturday 4: Ther. 8...
Mon. Feb. 6, 1899: Ther. 8-30 am 18 inside “ “ 10 outside Wea. clear & still We made several partitions in the shed in the upper end of the barn, hauled a load of hay out in the correll. Tuesday 7: Ther. 8 am 22º., inside “ “ 12º.,...