Kennedy and Mr. Clinger were in charge of that work, and sublet contracts to individuals for different stage routes. Mr. Hollis worked in five different blacksmith shops in Milford. He took over the one which stood on the drug store corner, when...
A PART OF EARLY-DAY MILFORD In the early days, J. D. McAuley owned the whole block from the large house on the corner, which was his home, down to and including the Flatiron Building. Before Mr. McCauley built his home there, the corner was...
"GRANDPA'S DIARY" (Note: The Author of This Diary Is Unknown) Sun., March 13, 1859 Went to lower Beaver Valley in company with Isaac Grundy, Tarlton Lewis, William Barton and John Blackburn, our object being to find a location for a settlement near...
morning. All the guests had escaped from the burning building and Mr. Forgie, clad only in his night robe, had reached the front porch when the cry of "Save David", his nine-year-old son, reached his ears. Little David had already escaped and was...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD The first railroad station at Milford was built in the year 1880. The new station, the present depot, was built in 1923. The station now named "Reed", where the...
time while he returned to Nephi to close his affairs. He then came back to Milford and took over the active management of his store, adding a large feed lot with stables, a large barn, and camp houses. His business was supplying the freighters,...
ing, perhaps, the water level dropped and alfalfa seed could not be grown. The farmers then, of necessity, began farming on a more practical scale. There were crops of all kinds of grain, corn, alfalfa and potatoes. These are the principal crops at...
of a shortage of water, most all of the settlers on the Delta project moved out, and in 1917, D. E. Kirk, C. C. Sloan, E. C. McGarry, M. P. Lewis and Bert Nichols again started the development of the underground water. But on account of the war,...
first deep well. There are now more than a dozen of these deep wells, 14 to 20 inches in diameter, tapping another strata of water at depths of from 275 to 500 feet.. Pioneers in the pumping project include C. C. Sloan, W. W. Cook, Charles Baxter,...
somewhat simplified, but still not without hazard and difficulties. Fred Shumaker tells how they used to arrange to speed the time in bringing a doctor from Frisco to Garrison, a distance of 60 miles. He says one person started out from Garrison...
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....
the ward and the good townspeople which was equal, in its way, to Utah's earliest pioneer building efforts. For a long time the ward had realized a need for a larger building. Rudolph Nielsen says that the movement for the new church building...
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...
Fri. Jan. 7, 1898: Wea. began to rain before day light and kept up till about noon I got my grist and started back about 2 p.m. came as far as Rockville and staid with Uncle John Hall. Saturday 8: Wea. cloud Staid in Rockville took a photo or...
Mon. Feb. 28, 1898: Ther. 48 at 8 am. Wea. a few thin clouds going east we planted the peas and sowed some wheat got it harrowed and partly laid off Tuesday, Mar. 1: Ther. 64 at noon Wea. clear and still I finished furrowing out the wheat a...
Wed. Mar. 16, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. cloudy I went through endowments for Hiram Terry. after we came out of the temple I drove Uncle Halls team he had started home this morning with our team. we camped at Harris Burg. cold Thursday 17: Ther. cold...
Tues. Mar. 22, 1898: Ther. cold Wea. clear freezing all day clouds going S. Dan and I was preparing to start out to the ranch tomorrow Wednesday 23: Ther. cold Wea. clear Dan & I started to the ranch 9-40 am. left Rockville 12-30 warm We stopped...
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...
Sat. Mar. 26, 1898: Wea. snowing Sammy had started home from here yesterday and went to yellow jacket he came back here and staid with us at John Winder’s place at Carmel. the team would not face the storm. Sunday 27: Ther. cold, Wea. clear. ...
Mon. Mar. 28, 1898: Ther. cool Wea. clouds in the east. 9 am. John Winder and I went on the Muddy hill and got a load of cedar pickets. when we got back Dan and I went to orderville after some corn and flour which we didn’t get, we went to Wm....