Sun. May 7, 1899: Ther. pleasant. Wea. cloudy light showers am. We went up in Cougar Canyon and got some quaken asp bark forenoon rested the rest of the day. Monday 8: Ther. coolº., Wea. sprinkle in after noon. light clouds. J.R. Crawford &...
Tues. May 16, 1899: Ther. coolº., Wea. s. wind, clear. We worked on the fence again, S. Larson came out from home over the trail. Wednesday 17: Ther. coolº., Wea. south wind as usual, clear. I went to the L. Meadow fore noon. We chopped timber...
filled it with grain that summer. That wa5 the only time they ever planted anything. there. They fenced everything in to protect the crops from the animals. The garden produced very well. Henry didn't get hack until after school had let out late in...
Mon. June 12, 1899: Ther. hotº., Wea. windy, clear. I came home from the ranch, was about 10 ½ hours on the way come via. Bullock Trail Tuesday 13: Ther. 11 am. 86º., Wea. clear We finished hauling the hay from the big piece at the point, and...
Sat. June 24, 1899: Ther. 90º., noon Wea. clouds, windy. Father & Jake started for the ranch via. Sunesberg trail about 9 am. put the coal in shelter and hoed cane- Sunday 25: Ther. 82º., noon Wea. high wind, threatening clouds. I attended...
was named "Little Muddy" from i t s muddy appearance. Eighteen miles north of this place i s Center Creek where over one-half of the Company remained, while the other half journeyed south, under the direction of Parley P. Pratt. Here it was, on a...
Sun. July 30, 1899: Ther. 70. 100º., Wea. clear I went to School and meeting. Supt. Spilsbury visited sunday school. he talked of tithing and the word of wisdom. Monday 31: Ther. very warm. Wea. clear I thinned and plowed the melons on the sand...
Thurs. Aug. 17, 1899: Ther. cool. Wea. high wind clear light frost at Robs ranch. I drove our stock over to the Little Meadow. Friday 18: Ther. frosty, Wea. windy. clear, Billy Moncur & I came down to Dixie over the Sunesberg trail. Saturday...
Tues. Aug. 29, 1899: Ther. cool´., Wea. cloudy Billy & I moved the Coop wheat from Harve Moncur’s to Hack Jolley’s grainery, I went to Orderville then back to the ranch Wednesday 30: Ther. warm. Wea. light clouds I came home to day over the...
SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even...
Parowan's a n d Cedar's electric lighting systems were established about the same time, during the years of 1910. Parowan's system is owned and controlled by the City. I t i s now on a paying basis and is probably one of the most successful...
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...
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Mariner." That done outside of class will be selected from this list: Churchill's "The Crisis;- Mulock, "John Halifax;" Cooper, "Last of the Mohicans," "The Spy;" Thompson, "Wild Animals I Have Known;" "Treasure Island."
Four hours per week....
CEDAR CITY:
THE BUILDING OF A COMMUNITY
( D r . Arrington, L.D. S. Church Historian, delivered the following address at Cedar City, Utah during the 125th anniversary celebration, November, 1976.) The rich historical legacy left by Cedar City's...
Mon. April 25, 1898: Ther. 60 – 7 pm. Wea. clear I spent the day fixing my Crayon pictures ready to send back to Gripp, the German Artist of Tyrone, Pa. Tuesday 26: Ther. very warm Wea. clouds I started for ranch at 8-40 am meet Sammy Larson...
Brigham Young in July of 1847. He made a round trip to California by way of Cedar Valley in the winter and spring of 1847-48, returning with cattle and wagons--the first such conveyances to cross the Old Spanish Trail. Jefferson Hunt returned again...
After a great deal of effort, they managed to get the two herds separated and the Jones herders headed their cattle towards Corry Point and Three-Creeks. The Bullochs left their cattle near Hog's Heaven in the lower country on the plains where they...
Thurs. May 5, 1898: Ther. heavy frost. Wea. clear. We came down over the Bulloch Trail and got home about 3-30 pm. Friday 6: Ther. warm Wea. clear. I experimented on a new photo paper in the fore noon. after dinner we planted a little cane. ...
protection. As the train meandered across central Arkansas, it grew to more than forty wagons, including several hundred blooded horses and a thousand head of cattle; the total wealth of the caravan was $70,000, by far one of the richest to cross...
Taking advantage of the predawn blackness the moming of September 8, the Indians slipped down a s m d ravine and mortally wounded more than ten emigrants before they could reach the safety of their wagons. The emigrants humedly heaped a wall of...