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from Ogden and ice cream which was made in a freezer in the basement. The freezer was turned by an electric motor, but depended on ice for the freezing. Not surprisingly, there were many occasions in the summer when the...
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ranch properties, was teacher and principal in the Coalville schools, elected Superintendent of Summit County Schools for 12 years, member of Utah State Textbook Commission, member of Coalville City Council, and was appointed...
PARADE IN CEDAR CITY After World War I May 2 1 , 1919 Main Street, looking northeast. "Soldier's day a big success." (From Iron County Record of May 23, 1919) "Parade, meeting, banquet, and ball. Dancing at B . A . C . and Ward Hall. Parade led by...
November 20, 1910, the Rebels, headed by Francisco 1. Madero and his followers, openly displayed contention against the govenunent which was the beginning of the Revolution. In 1911, this opposition to the president broke into open revolt. This led...
counter revolution. Orozco chose a red-flag emblem, designated his followers as "Red Flaggers," and went to northem Chihuahua to get recruits. He merged forces with another malcontent, Emilio Vazquez Gomez and later the title, Red Flaggers, grew to...
Heaton's wife were ordered to fix a meal for them. They also demanded that Heaton haul a load of corn fiom the bam down to the house to feed their horses. It was fortunate, at the time, that they had a good supply of food on hand so the women fixed...
something on the side of the mountain that moved. On closer observation, we could see that it was an army of soldiers winding down the mountain trail. 1 ran to the meeting house to give warning. The Bishop, Brother Earnest Steiner, told al1 the...
pleasant meeting. August 23: We met Brother Parks with four yoke of oxen to render assistance to those who most needed it. We camped near to the station on Horseshoe Creek. There are some half dozen log houses erected here with an excellent corral...
Ena continues her detailed account of the family leaving Mexico: It was very hot crossing the desert and, as water ran short, there was a great deal of suffering. After many hours, the train finally crawled into Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican town just...
'diamond hitch' on a pack when 1 was 14 years old and, naturally, those people didn't. So, we had quite a time moving that big outfit. In a few days things kind of moled down and we started on horseback for the United States. We delayed and stopped...
located there and find a place to camp. We had to have every animal and whom it belonged to registered. It was a big job. 1still hadn't had a chance to go to El Paso and find out how my wife and baby were. After a couple of weeks we finaily made...
Heaton and Bill were in Pearson on foot, so they walked the eight miles to Colonia Juarez. Edward had previously been down in Mexico for a few days and caught one of their mules with some other horses n and put them i a pasture there. 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...
1. William E. Barren, The Resrored Church, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1969) Page 32 2 . Ibid.. Page 322. 3. Donald R. Mooman, Camp Floyd and The Mormons, (Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press), Page 18. 4. William E....
Lunts. She said, "1 have some money that 1 want you to take to Sister Lunt. 1 don? owe her yet but, while 1 have this money on hand, 1 would like you to take it to her." When Sarah opened the door and L i e held out the handkerchief to her, Sarah...
scouts to accept this assignment. During the summer of 1916, Edgerton was working at the Rubio Ranch at San Miguelio when Mexican bandits arrived and took over the ranch. They took Edgerton as a prisoner and locked him up, takmg al1 of his...
fat. They were real wild-the wildest kind. That's why the revolutionists had never been able to find them. 1 reported back to the mess sergeant and, the next day 1took a little bunch of soldiers on horses with me. 1 placed the soldiers in the...
to assist in the erection of a memorial in t h e City P a r k in honor of t h e soldiers taking p a r t in t h e World War. They s t a t e t h a t the memorial will cost about $3000, a n d t h e y would he willing t o receive t h e City's portion...
hun back to camp on the end of the rope. Instead of
telling the soldiers to shoot him, this time 1just pulled out my pistol, without saying anything, and dropped the steer for them to take care of They came running up and said, 'Why did you shoot...
across the continent by solitas. horsernen carrying fifteen pounds of letters. The charge to send this mail was $5 per one-half ounce. Stations were located about twenty-four miles apart. As his day's nde, each nder was requued to span three...