subjects; Edward P. Kimball, music; Miss Freda Barnum, physical education, elocution (speech), and preparatory; and Miss Mary J. Ollerton, English and preparatory subjects. Mrs. Hattie Cluff was matron. Each teacher also taught a theology...
In 1905, several new courses were begun. One of the racks on the west side of the campus, which had never been used, was fitted up for carpenter and blacksmith shops, with Leasel Brasher as teacher. A domestic science department was added, with...
lished a missionary fund and gathered grain for time of need. Board released in 1913.
Frances L. Jones, president ; Mary Farnsworth and Susan J. Murdock, counselors ; Jennie Tanner, secretary ; Jean Hales, treasurer. This board completed the...
shaw, Charley Booth, Robert Edwards, William Barton, Samuel Maunsey, and Thomas Butler. There were probably others, but at this time their names can not be recalled to mind. BUILD BRICK AND ADOBE HOUSES All in all the group, together with those...
David Miller, July 26, 1880-1886. William Edwards, June 23, 1886-1887. Post office discontinued. Re-established April 24, 1888, with William Edwards again acting. Jess Barton, October 19, 1920. Following Mr. Barton were: Mrs. Hazle Barton,...
This house was made possible by assessments levied on all the families of the Beaver Stake. The greater portion was paid for in labor. The stone for the foundation was hauled with horse and ox teams from the rock quarry, six miles south of town....
and Edward Tolton, Beaver Districts 1 and 2 ; Charles Burke, Minersville, including Lincoln District ; Isaac Grundy, Star District; David Reese, Adamsville and Granite District; Robert Easton, Greenville District.
In 1876, at a special meeting of...
BEAVER CITY INCORPORATED IN 1867
An act to incorporate Beaver City in Beaver County was passed and approved by the Governor and Legisla-ture of the Territory of Utah, January 10, 1867. Also enacted that all that portion of country situated within...
HISTORY OF MINERSVILLE RELIEF SOCIETY
The Relief Society of the Minersville Ward was organized April 15, 1869, with Malinda Lewis as president and Harriet Bradshaw as secretary. The society was
called Female Relief Society of Minersville.
Tarlton...
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...
Photos of Early Pioneers: First Row: Jane Ann Eyre, original pioneer, Susan Gallard Roberts, original pioneer, Vivian Rollins Marshall and son, Val, with six grandmothers, Rachel Marshall. Back Row: Laura Eyre Rollins, Rosena Rollins, first white...
Copper Gulch, including the New Years, Belmont and Purity claims, adjoining the Cactus. CHARCOAL BURNING Thirty-six beehive charcoal kilns supplied the furnaces of the San Francisco District with fuel. They were in eight groups, under separate...
holes. The duration of burning is from three to seven days, and of cooling from three to six days. Charring, which includes packing of wood in the kiln and drawing the coal, is usually done by contract and costs from 2 3/4c to 3 1/2c per bushel....
upon their own claims. Hence there are a lot of rudely-worked prospects, with very little development. During that time 40 men were working and prospecting in the two districts.
A two-stack smelter was built in Shauntie in the sum-mer of 1873. The...
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...
Mrs. Johnson says they brought the grain and other things that they raised. They smoked and cured the pork they brought and the freighters would buy up butter from the different stores there and mix it altogether and print it with a round mold....
Newhouse has gone and the wind still blows over the desert waste. Yet in the hearts of the people who once lived there a warm spot remains for the "Old Town that once was." THE STORY OF THE CAVE MINE John Bradshaw was born in England and came to...
The machinery consisted of a fine 60-horse power engine, two horizontal boilers, a Dodge rock crusher, ten 750 pound stamps, six small wooden pans, three iron settlers, and a retort. This mill stood on the hill near the present site of the Milford...
Wah Wah Springs we followed the road almost due west across Pine Valley to Potsum Paw Springs, then west on the so-called "Old Bailey Wood Road," between the Indian Peak and Mt. Home Range leading into Hamblin Valley. We went to Frisco for our...
was named first watermaster, in 1906. The first sewer system was installed in 1914. The following have served as presidents of the Milford Town Board: William Armstrong, Ed Bardsley, William Armstrong (second term), Chesley Barton, Mr. Mish, Angus...