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Show 'T- a W ! y( ii Met feuafi.v h -."HP kirn vP ' "S'--T LANDMARK OF EARLY LAW IN UTAH: The second Judicial Court for the territory was established in Beaver Beav-er under the following procedure: On Nov. 8, 1869, by proclamation of Charles Durkee, Governor of the territory, terri-tory, Court was called to convene at St. George. By proclamation proc-lamation of Governor Durkee, December 21, 1869, the place of the next session of the District Court was changed from St. George to Parowan, to be held in September, 1870. By July, 1870, Utah had a new Governor, J. W. Shaffer and a change of location of the court to Beaver. Parowan was thus cheated of it's opportunity of securing the court, and it's chance thus came to Beaver and was permanently located there until the admission of Utah to Statehood, January 6, 1896. For 26 years the court's venue embraced Beaver, Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield, Gar-field, and Piute Counties, thus bringing to Beaver people arrested for crimes, together with witnesses and jurors connected with trials. This together with the opening of the mines in the west of Beaver County and the location of the soldiers at the military post two miles east of Beaver City, with numerous saloons operating, made of it a high-powered high-powered community. The old territorial courthouse was built in the late '70's, but not completed until June, 1882. It is a three story structure with a deep basement of black igneous rock. The upper part is red brick, built by William Stokes, a soldier of the Union Army and one-time United States Marshal of Beaver. The building was finished with a tower, equipped with a good striking clock facing all four ' directions, which has given the community the time all through the years. ' The Beaver County Courthouse is featured in the Historic Buildings Calendar available throughout Beaver County at $2.50 or $3.00 by mail order. |