Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--Buildings; Business; Hotels
First Cedar City motel, Tourist Park, ca. 1930's. "This park was but a traveler's campsite, occupying the property where the Tithing Barns and big rock enclosed yard were, directly north of the present City Park. The house, with care-taker A. G....
Beggar Woman: "Can you help me
re-cover my child?"
Old Gent: "Is your child lost?"
Beggar Woman: "No, no. His
clothes are worn out."
Steam Heated Hot and Cold Water
When in Cedar City stop at the
A gentleman once asked a boy where
he was born.
"In...
of twenty-five cents was ordered paid on wolf scalps. The record was signed Lorin Babbit, Judge; W. G. Nowers, Clerk. The court was held in the open in Judge Babbit's door yard.
All the public lands at this time were unsurveyed by Federal...
Indian situation. It was decided to call all the Beaver Indians together and feed them at the Tithing Office yard and there hold sort of a "Pow-Pow," and appoint a recognized Chief from among them. Beaver Adz was chosen Chief and all the Indians,...
ing dailies, tri-weeklies and weeklies vied simultaneously with one another for patronage, while other Utah towns of much greater population permitted a lone newspaper
to starve.
THE BEAVER ENTERPRISE was the name of the
first newspaper, the first...
shaw, Charley Booth, Robert Edwards, William Barton, Samuel Maunsey, and Thomas Butler. There were probably others, but at this time their names can not be recalled to mind. BUILD BRICK AND ADOBE HOUSES All in all the group, together with those...
Salt Lake & San Pedro Railroad. Finally, this road was taken over by the Union Pacific. RANGE CONDITIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS During the years of the '80s and '90s the range was in excellent condition for the grazing of cattle. Few, if any, sheep were...
machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon,...
On the corner'where Dr. Busch's office is, was a large storage cellar which belonged to A. G. Campbell. Behind the cellar, where the McCulley house stands, was a saloon, and a blacksmith shop. Earlier, Mat Cullen had a store on the corner. Angus...
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...
his brother, Jake, built a store there, and Jake lived in a small house east of the store. When the bank bought the corner from his father, the store was moved into the street for a while, and his father tore away all his buildings and erected the...
BINGHAM ran the rooming house later operated by Mrs. Hardy. FORGIE Jimmy, a rancher and cattleman, and Johnny, who built the Forgie apartment house. BRADFIELD Thomas, roundhouse foreman. GUILES Peter, ran a livery stable and feed yard on 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,...
MILFORD LUMBER COMPANY About the year 1901, the Grace brothers, Isaac and Charles, who owned a lumber business at Nephi, established a lumber yard and office at Milford. It was known as the Milford Lumber Company and was located where the Old...
Mon. Sept. 25, 1899: Ther. pleasant., Wea. clear. We started on 7 am. nooned 2 hours 3 miles south of the top of the ridge, reached Minersville 6-30 pm. camped at Colton’s yard. Tuesday 26: Ther. warm. Wea. light clouds nooned at Milford,...
Mon. May 9, 1904: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clds. My ankle is quite lame again today. 34) Tuesday 10: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clds, Worked in the garden awhile this morning. Wednesday 11: Ther. Warm., Wea. Thin clds. Cleaned up some of the trash from...
Fri. Mar. 1, 1912: Ther. Blustery Wea. Raining Moved to my yard. We threshed 4 1/4 bu of seed for Jim and a little for Sammy. today had to stop on account of the rain. Saturday 2: Ther. Pleasant Wea. cloudy. Got the machine to running about noon,...
Sun. July 5, 1908: Hot Clear attended S.S. and Meeting. Mon. 6: Hot. T. Clds. Tues. 7: Clds. Wed. 8: Ptly. Cldy Thurs. 9: Fri. 10: Working away, too hot for any thing, partly cloudy, threatening, but no rain. We are camping in Bro. Webbs yard...