Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GENERAL CHURCH BOARD OF EDUCATION. Heber J. Grant, Chairman. Joseph F. Smith, Charles W. Penrose, David O. McKay, Willard Young, Stephen L. Richards, Rudger Clawson, Richard R. Lyman, Orson F. Whitney, Arthur Winter, Secy.-Treas. COMMISSION OF...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
FACULTY J. HOWARD MAUGHAN, B.S., Principal-Science. WENDELL S. STOUT, A.B.-Education, Social Science. HORTENSE WHITE, B.S.-Domestic Science. HATTIE BAGLEY, A.B.-English, Oral Expression. JOHN A. YOUNG-Physical Education. ROBERT PIXTON,...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GENERAL INFORMATION The aim of the Murdock Academy is to train for citizenship by preparing young people to found homes in which a coming generation may begin life under more favorable conditions and by training the rising generation for useful...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
ment as drawn up by Mr. Emil Hansen, gardener at the U.A.C., the work will be carried on to a much greater extent next year. The plan calls for the following improvements: the moving of the athletic field, the laying off of walks, the leveling and...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GRADUATION. Graduation requires sixteen units of successfully completed work. Credits will be given for work done in other standard high schools, but at least four units of work must have been completed at the Murdock Academy. No credit will be...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Mathematics. C. A. Call: Instructor. Course²earœredit High School Mathematics ’, 3‘ unit Plane Geometry“, 4‘ " Physical Education. For Boys. John A. Young: Instructor. Course²earœredit Gymnastics ’, 3…2e25 unit...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Photo of student body officers: Editha Smith, Student Body President, George Whornham, Vice President, Saraessa Harris, Secretary and Treasurer, Grover C. LeBaron, Chief of Police. Other members of Executive Committee: J. A. Young, Faculty, Robert...
"He was a strange Indian and wore a Navajo blan-ket. Brother Allred took his horse with the Indian sad-dle and bridle rope and came home, arriving here on Sun-day, evening at 9:00 p.m. The Indian had marked his trail all along and is very likely...
Beaver tribe. Some of the tribe were in good standing with Beaver Adz and his father who had some influence. (Adz means bow and arrow.)
Beaver Adz was a good-looking Indian, when young, and often worked for the "Whites," before he was injured at...
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,...
Beaver Adz was popular among the Indians and was considered the best shot with bow and arrow, in the tribe. Pahshaunts was also an expert shot. "Mike" Powers, owner of the Star Saloon, in Beaver, asked Pahshaunts to come with his bow and arrow and...
Canyon and one through the Big Canyon Pass or Soldier Pass to the Milford Valley.
William Allred, pioneer of Beaver, said the "Old Ute Trail," the one the Indians used in the summer, went up Bone Hollow and across the Tables, passing near the First...
York Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
Before the summer had passed, contracts had been let to a number of men for the construction of four company barracks, a guard house, commissary, hospital and...
the farm land for a reservoir site. Many families sold out and moved away to other counties. Adamsville lost many of its citizens. Since then its population has scattered far and wide. The school was closed and the students were transported by...
travelers and freighters. It's beginning was somewhat different from the forts that have been mentioned before and was built for the protection of settlers that were to build communities.
It was built of black volcanic rock laid in lime mortar, 100...
David Levi did a good business on the west side of the range, having a good spring of water, a big herd of cattle and many fine horses. Later, Mr. Levi sold his ranch to "Big" John Murdock and Philo Farnsworth and came back to Beaver and bought...
CHAPTER FIVE
SOCIAL LIFE IN PIONEER DAYS
HOME DRAMATICS IN BEAVER
One of the first dramatic companies in Beaver was managed and sponsored by Robert Stoney and Henry Blackner. Jenny Harris and Sarah Ann Stoney, both talented and lovely young women,...