Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--History; Mineral industry
Columbia Iron Mining Company, Columbia Steel Company, a U. S. Steel Corporation subsidary, Iron Mountain, Utah. Fusing a stick of dynamite for blasting huge chunks of iron ore.
Jokes
Father: Blanche, how do you account for the rapid
changes taking place in such a few years in the ball room?
Blanche: Why, father?
Father: Because, my child, ,vhen your mother and
I ,'were young all the ladies used to dre~s up to go...
ground to procure a livelihood. Aside from this, the flow of the creek, after the spring fresher of highwater, soon dried up and the low lands in the first section alone pro-vided crops.
In the course of time, school section 16 came into market and...
devoted their lives to this profession. Necessarily, those women were patient, kind, tender and skilled to be able to answer the many calls and to have endeared themselves in the hearts of the pioneer women. Every hamlet had these "mother"...
is to be found the old town of Frisco, noted for the Horn Silver Mine. Also, it passes through the big valley known as Pine, near the Indian Peak Indian Reservation, and on into Nevada with a direct line to the famous Lehman's Cave near Baker,...
pointed to fill the position when Hardy resigned), T. V. Rollins, Jack Kelsey and Clarence Gillins.
The first electric lights were installed in 1913-1914. Moroni Myers was president of the Town Board at that
time.
When Josiah Osborne was president,...
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...
and the newest of all engines, the diesels. William Nichols Jr., local brakeman, is a nephew of Mr. Blanpied. Frank Kuchenmeister, John Low, William Sterling, Sam Reveal, Al Milsap, all have helped to build up part of the tradition that accompanies...
tiates such every day activities as dancing and driving an automobile. She currently resides at Provo. Her accident made her well known among the railroad circles, and she became well acquainted with the superintendent, H. E. Van Housen, who from...
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX PROFESSIONAL AND MUSICAL HISTORY OF MILFORD EARLY-DAY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE OF MILFORD Mary Ann Bigler Tanner acted as a midwife f or years in the early days of Milford. She had the remarkable record of never losing a...
Sun. June 28, 1908: Hot T. Clds. Attended Sunday School in the Tabernacle. Mon. 29: Hot Clear We commenced work on the road leading to the new Steel bridge Tues. 30: Hot Clear Wed. July 1: Thurs. 2: Fri. 3: Sat. 4: Working on the road all...
Kanab Creek Weir, just after installation. Photo point approximately 30' downstream from weir. Marked by steel post. Installed to measure the effects of restoration and other management practices on water yield on the East Fork Sevier River...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Vanadium; Horses; Green River (Utah)
Teams of 6 horses are being used to haul vanadium ore from the Henry Mountains to Green River, Utah in 1915. Vanadium Ore was used in strengthening steel and in the early 1900s it had more commercial use than uranium. Uranium and Vanadium are...