Title |
023_"Clippings," by Jessie Creager, Mt. Joy Camp Historian |
Creator |
Creager, Jessie |
Contributors |
Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan County |
Description |
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and programs compiled by Mount Joy Camp Daughters of Utah Pioneers. |
Subject |
Morgan County (Utah)--History; Mormons--Utah |
Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
Date Original |
1972 |
Date |
1972 |
Date Digital |
2017 |
Temporal Coverage |
1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984 |
Item Size |
12x12.5 inches |
Medium |
History |
Item Description |
Hardbound scrapbook with a green watercolor cover and gold lettering. The book is hole-punched and tied with string, and consists of 69 pages with newspaper clippings and documents. |
Spatial Coverage |
Morgan County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5778525/ |
Type |
Text |
Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned by Alexandra Park with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Transcription by Alexis Stokes using ABBYY Fine Reader. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Morgan County Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan, Utah. |
Source |
Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan County |
Format |
application/pdf |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vkz9wk |
Setname |
wsu_mdupc |
ID |
47854 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6vkz9wk |
Title |
Many from Morgan Took Part in Early Railway Construction - clippings_051b |
Description |
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and programs compiled by Mount Joy Camp Daughters of Utah Pioneers. |
Subject |
Morgan County (Utah)--History; Mormons--Utah |
Type |
Text |
OCR Text |
Show Many from Morgan Took Part in Early Railway Construction Mr. H.C. McConaughy Editor Morgan Co. News Dear Editor: A short time ago I noticed a statement in your paper ask¬ing for information and facts about the construction of the railroad through this valley. I have looked over a number of old papers and records of my grandfathers and find the fol¬lowing: Grandfather Richard Fry came into this valley in Septem¬ber of 1860. In the early spring of 1868 he was given a sub¬contract from Brigham Young who seemed to have been the general contractor for a mile and a half of railroad grade in Weber Canyon, and must have been located from the mouth of the canyon at a point then known as Eagle Rock Point east for a mile and a half of grade, and a deep cut known as Carlyle Cut was involved in some places as deep as 25 feet. It consisted of hard clay and rock. Picks, shovels, plows, wheel barrows, scrapers, and carts were used to carry the dirt and rock out along the grade. Danial Williams who was the forerunner of the J. Williams and Sons Company opened a lime kiln near by and was soon able to ship his lime both east and west to be used in erecting bridge abutments for the rail¬road. Another early pioneer of the valley by the name of T.R.G. Welch was given the contract to furnish wooden ties for a considerable stretch of the road. These ties were hand hewn with ax and ads, made from timber brought out of the near¬by canyons. The ties when finished were stacked along the road grade in square piles to await the coming of the rails. For all this work very little money changed hands. Work orders were given the men which could be exchanged for goods and groceries at the ZCMI or the Williams stores. For all the work orders these stores cashed they were allowed to draw drafts on the general con¬tractor in Salt Lake City. All this work was completed on time and was ready by the time the track laying gangs came later in the spring. Most of the grade work through the valley was made with gangs pushing wheel barrows up planks. Several hundred men were used in this work and on a num¬ber of occasions almost a mile of grade could be wheeled up in less than a week. The name of the engineer who surveyed and layed out the work was a Mr. Carlyle. An honor was paid to him when my grand¬father decided to name the deep cut after him.l have heard my Grandfather say on many occasions he was a gentleman of fine quality and efficiency. Respectfully submitted, Richard T. Fry, |
Format |
application/pdf |
Setname |
wsu_mdupc |
ID |
48754 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6vkz9wk/48754 |