Preface "Monuments to Courage" is a history of Beaver County from the time of the arrival of the first settlers on February 6, 1856, to the Centennial year of the state of Utah, 1947. The collection of the material and its publication was a...
frost about October 5th. The Milford Valley is colder in the north portion but varies but little from the dates as to frost at Minersville.
The climate or weather conditions in the county are temperate, not being subject to either extreme heat or...
reason for the growth of the valley, but it hardly would be correct to say that the railroad with its people have had less than a major part in bringing the town up from the size of a spot on the map to the present city that it now represents with...
17 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
READING A.-The object of this course is to give a practical and scientific basis for reading. Practice and theory of reading; voice building, phonetic spelling, pronunciation and emphasis will be given.
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Watersheds--Dixie National Forest (Utah); Bear Valley (Iron County, Utah)
Erosion source area within the vicinity of Rasmussen (Thompson) mining claims, west side of Bear Valley. Dozer used to develop spring and lay pipe up steep draw.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Grange, Mar; McClenahan, Owen
Mar Grange took this photograph of the old uranium ore bin high up on a rocky slope (the dark spot in the middle of the photograph.) Owen McClenahan recorded that some men came to him with a hot piece of ore, but they couldn't rememeber where they...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Ore Bin; Grange, Mar; McClenahan, Owen
Mar Grange took this photograph of the old uranium ore bin high up on a rocky slope (the dark spot in the middle of the photograph.) Owen McClenahan recorded that some men came to him with a hot piece of ore, but they couldn't remember where they...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Petrified Wood
Petrified wood is found in many parts of the San Rafael Swell. It often contains uranium, and in the early 1900s-- prospectors talked about "finding a big tree" -- not on top of the ground, but underground. Trees petrified under right conditions...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnel; Morrison Knudsen; Cold War; Buckhorn Well
The pumphouse and storage tank of Buckhorn Well are visible 3.4 miles west of the MK tunnel site. Water from this well is used for livestock today, but was the source of water for drilling operations of the MK Tunnels project. The well was intially...
March 3 , 1 9 7 7 . . .The Electric-Utility Board. Electric Distribution System, is as follows: Kent Meyers, Chairman Vivian Little Merrill Kunz John Pensis Paul Wilden Fred Adams Gary Middleton Members of the City Council
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part): "Power and energy furnished to California-Pacific Utilities Company is pursuant to the contract referred to.and the obligation to supply extends to the California-Pacific Company under that Agreement. For this reason, Utah Power and Light...
Barbara S t a r r reported on the power situation. In the past, the Federation had thought, in order to make Municipal Power a viable alternative, the community must have the transmission lines as well as the distribution system and the C.P....