Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
MUSIC Is responsible for at least 50 per cent of the good things of life. It has been our good fortune to place these good things in thousands of homes, through our ability to sell instruments of quality on very easy terms. KNABEĀ¢VERS &...
BEAVER COUNTY
LOCATION OF BEAVER COUNTY
Situated on the west side of the Tushar range of the Wasatch Mountains, Beaver County is rich in natural resources and its history is a monument to the courage of its founders. Fertile, cultivated fields of...
This additional spread of water over greater acreage caused more bottom land to sub-irrigate and added much to our rich meadow acreage. And, in turn, most of the water springs up in our lower fields and communities and is reclaimed through natural...
In 1945, Wallace Limb and Noel and Acle Gillies erected a cinder block building in the east section of town and installed thousands of dollars worth of new equipment went to manufacture cheese. Most of the high-quality product is shipped to...
Hester Harris, president; Ella Smith and Alice Farnsworth, counselors; Ruby Grimshaw, secretary. ' Centennial Year, 1947.
PRIMARY ACHIEVEMENTS In May, 1922, the Children's Hospital, a home for crippled children, was established in Salt Lake City....
east part of Pine Valley west of Milford. They established a ranch on the Pine Grove water and later invested in a few cows, which increased to 2,500 head. They then sold their cattle. Later, the Pine Grove Ranch was taken over by the Ryan-Ream...
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...
irrigated. The first families cut the wild hay that grew there and used it for their stock. Later they raised their own hay, and lucerne seed came to be the largest paying crop raised there. So profitable it proved that by 1920, individuals...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...
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...
other events have gone on to bring them again to the light of day. The sea-bed on which they died was covered by many thousands of feet of sediment and became buried in the earth. There, under great pressure and over a long period of time, the muds...
much-needed hospital. With the assistance of volunteer nurses and members they carried on until the disease was controlled. Since that time the chapter has conducted home nursing and first aid classes at regular intervals. The Junior Red Cross has...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Temple Mountain; Consolidated Uranium Mines; Uranium
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 1: A.E. C. unit 1 showing cable to rig drilling air holes resulting in 3 ft. diameter cores. Shaft...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Grange, Mar; Dexter Mine
There are quite a few vehicles left on the San Rafael Swell as remnants of the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. The rugged terrain and rough roads brought early death to automobiles of that time. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Dexter Mine; Rowley, Vernell
An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael Swell, "In the year 1949. . . a large government program was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Dexter Mine
Dexter Mine ore bin is seen in the distance (center of photo). An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; San Rafael Bridge; Livestock; Sheep
The San Rafael Swinging Bridge was built by the CCCs in1937. It was constructed under the direction of the Division of Grazing. It benefitted local ranchers by providing safe and convenient access to thousands of acres of winter grazing for their...
labors, and reverently called upon Him to bless u s in the i u t u r e and to enable u s to maintain ourselves in this desert land, also to protect u s from the wiley Indian and help u s to accomplish the mission we were sent to perform, namely,...
in increasing the capacity of our Iron Works. W began to e feel proud of our achievements; b u t , low and behold, the bursting of a rain cloud in the mountains brought a flood down the Creek, and in a few hours the labors of months of incessant...