Show L The Easterner wanted more In Information in- in information formation about Beaver county de declaring declaring de- de claring daring that there were wele more beautiful beautiful beau beau- natural panoramas to be seen in that county than anywhere else he had ever been How lIow did It re receIve receive re- re celtic Its name What are some of the many beautiful spots for an outing outing out out- ing and many other questions of like character were asked Refresh your our memory and tell me something more about It ho continued Be Beaver ver county d derives s its nm name from ron the numerous baver dams which the little fur-bearing fur animals ls construct in the streams In the count county Make Malee a trip one of many through the county and you will experience many thrills for the county is one great amphitheatre of nature Start from Puffer lake one of the most beautiful small sheets of water to be found anywhere anywhere any any- anywhere where go north by trail to Bald Baldridge Baldridge ridge and fron the lookout there can be seen three prominent mountain mountain moun moun- tain lain peaks n namely mely Belknap which is feet teet high Baldy feet and Delano feet The scene is magnificent beyond com corn parison Within fifty feet of the great snowbanks which are always to be found on Mt Delano one can Pick twelve varieties of mountain flowers Then from the top tel of this peak can be seen Boulder range of mountains to the east and one can look over into the Colorado river basin the waters of ot which stream have been and are now in controversy controversy contro contro- versy between eleven Western I states as to to rights of the people and the states to divert the waters Then within four miles of Puffer lake are somo sorno of the finest trout streams inthe inthe In Inthe the state Deer Deet can be lie seen every every- where It is a paradise for the followers of Izaak Walton and an ideal spot for the hunter Settled Settled Settled-In In the year 1856 the county county coun coW ty was not created by the legisa- legisa ture Lure until 1866 hOG and then the act defining Its boundaries was approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by Governor Go Charles Durkee on January 10 The county seat was fixed at Beaver City The boundaries remain practically the same as by bv the original act The first commissioners of the county were John R. R Murdock James Low Simeon Andrews an and John Blackburn Capt Captain ln Murdock was a pioneer of the Salt Lake valley and he made eleven eleen round trips across the plains and bi ought more Latter-day Latter Saints to Utah than any other man How well he lie was able to care for trusts imposed upon him is shown by the act that he escorted Colonel Thomas Thom Thom- as lS L. L Kane from Salt Sat Lake to Omaha and made the round trip ot or 2120 miles with the same animals in two forty da days s. He was bishop of Beaver county from 1864 to 1877 and then was set apart as president of the Beaver stake of Zion He lIe served eIght terms In the territorial legislature and one in the state analie ana and he lie was also a member of the constitutional con con- convention which framed the present constitution The other officers of the county were William William Wil Wil- liam clerk John Hunt sheriff and II H. A. A Skinner assessor attorney and treasurer Originally Beaver county was at attach attach attached at- at tach d to the Second Judi al dIstrict district dis dIs- ds- ds and the court to be held in StGeorge St St. George with Associate Ju Justice Uce Solomon Solomon Solomon Solo Solo- mon P. P McCurdy presiding Then in 1866 it was changed to Beaver neaver where here it was held until 1896 when the territory was admitted into the Union It is now In the Fifth ju judicial ju- ju district with Thomas H. H Burton Burton Bur nur- ton as judge in the Eleventh senatorial senatorial sena sena- tonal district and the Twentieth representative district In addition to the mineral wealth of f f the county marble marble has has been found which has the same identical composition Ith with the marble marble marole mar mar- ble ole that is used in the capitol in Washington and the grade is that which offers the least resistance to veather weather Beaver Deaver county while considered largely a mining county is also an agricultural county and to the farmer with but little capital and a willingness to become a pioneer there are excellent opportunities Inthe in inthe inthe the several valleys |