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Show lEarly Days in Milford ! (Continuing our articles on the i early days of Milford, this week's article lists the earliest settlers rr f outhern Utah's mining capital). cap-ital). . " i By MRS. HARVEY A. DEAN j The first settler in Milford was I .rvin Stoddard, of the Stoddard "--lily at Minersville. He took up j 160 acres of land and built the I '"'-st house in Milford and planted the first trees. These trees still stand just north of the John A . Root heme, on the street -which ' bears his name, in a part of town : known as the Stoddard Townsite. After Arvin Stoddard had es-I es-I tablished a home for himself, he parcll ut th remainder i hi land and sold it in lots to other settlers. In 18S0 John D. Williams came to Milford. He was an experienced smelter man from Wales. When hi first came to Milford he took up a section of land joining the Stoddard section on the north. The street running east and west just north of the Milford hospital was t'.ie dividing line between the two sections. sec-tions. On his ground he built a smelter. It stood below the present pres-ent Milford High school. However it proved very expensive to operate oper-ate the mill. Water had to be pumped by hand for its operation, and it was finally abandoned. The earliest lamilie of lElford, the "charter group," were as ioi-j ioi-j lows: j I RYANS Dennis, a former owner ; in the Horn Silver mine, and John I a cattleman. ! SMITIISONS Dan, John and ; Charlie, farmers. ! BINGHAM S R.an the reoming ', house later operated by Mrs. Hardy FORGIES Jimmy, a rancher snd cattleman, and Johnny, who built the Forgie apartment house i BRADFIELD Thomas, round- ! house foreman. ! GUILES Peter, ran a livery stable and feed yard on the entire block on which Fay Bradfield's ! home now stands. (Continued en Page Five) HERE'S MORE ABOUT EARLY DAYS (Continued from Page One) P. B. McKEON, agent for the Delemore distributing powder hay, grain, flour, sugar, etc. His office was where the Standard Oil Station now stands. HARRY PROUT Agent for the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co JOLLUP Ran a saloon where the Firmage theater now stands It is reported that his liquor busi ness made him profits in excess of $50,000. - PETER MARTIN A successful mining man. HICKMAN Dez, a rancher and farmer who lived in a log house on the site now occupied by Mrs. Armstrong's Arm-strong's home, and Joe, who worked at the old mill and later turned to farming. HARDY George, who ran the first shoe shop in Milford, located where the Telluride Power Company Com-pany offices now stand, anc Mrs. Hardy, who operated the Hardy House and later opened the Hardy Store. ED GREAR Ran a cafe at about the same location now housing the Milford Cafe. McCALLEY, John A. At one time owned a portion of the block now known as the McGarry block. B. F. GRANT Operated a commissary com-missary store and saloon. JACK SAVAGE Bartender for B. F. Grant. JIM McGARRY Owner of Yellow Yel-low Banks. JOHN A. ROOT Drove a jerky or slide out wagon from Milford to Johnson's Fork near Rust Lake this side of Cedar City. His route was through Minersville Canyon He left Milford at 9 a. m., arriving at Johnson's Fork at 5 p. m. He was employed by Gilmore & Sals-bury, Sals-bury, mail contractors for the western part of Beaver county. Later Mr. Root moved to Milford where he engaged in the, transfer business, hauling hay, grain, flour ' etc., from the railroad to the A G. Campbell commissary. HUNTINGTOXS Maintained a hostelry and stable near the Williams Wil-liams hotel. ANGUS BUCHANAN Ran a saloon after the big fire. BILL PERRY Had a contract for hauling bullion for Captain Delemore. ALLEN G. CAMPBELL One of the former owners of the Horn Silver. Its chief promoter, he built a stamp mill in Milford, which stood on the side hill just below the present site of the Burt Carter home. In 1889 most of the mill was moved to Good Springs, N;:v Mr. Campbell owned and operated a large commissary that stood where the Dr. Schlachter offices are now located. Next Week The first homes built in Milford.' |