Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

Lake The Utah militia had been or
dered out 10 tight Indians in the south
ia 1865, 1866 and 1867. and tho dele
gate in Congress had petitioned for
national help, II may be that this fort
was the tardy outcome of the request
More pro baby, however. II followed
The crusade of eastern misreprese nta-
ton Of Utah conditions This crusade
has many times made hours Of peril
and anxiety Tor Utah settlers. bul each
time the lig.t OF clearer understand
ing aud moro complete information
ras made a national change Of plan
and brought peace where the instiga-
tors Of the woird tales had hoped for
armed conflict.
+. A. CAMERON,
Fort Cameron was built at the
mouth Of Beaver canyon. TO build
!. the government took possession of
2i0 acres nf land, and erected 22
stone buildings before finishing its
work. Four companies OF soldiers
came in 1873 to occupy the fort.
This made a lucrative market for
Heavier labor and Beaver garden pro-
duce.
one Of the pretticst spots in the
south at that time was the 10 acre
VI III blblllu 1ltdItu anu lltlkfN ny
the military. Here for 10 years the
soldiers drilled back and forth, and
did this service only Then IN 1883
they marched away, possibly to go TO
Fort Duchesne, a point nearer the
growing Ute Indian menace. The
buildings were erected at a cost many
times their selling price, They were
put up at public auction, along with
the site, which together brought
total Of $4,000 as they were considered
about as useful as a palace in the
middle of the Sahara.
BOUGHT FOR SCHOOL
The buildings lay idle for Is years
before a school was founded to occupy
them They were owned by the
Church in part, which had invested
hoping to finally utilize them for
school purposes, and In part by 7. T.
Farnsworth and J. K, Murdoch of
Beaver.
In 1896 the movement to make a
school at Beaver matured. and was
launched in the Utah legislature. in
the shape Of bill TO make a branch
of the university there. In the poll
ties that were played while the bill
was M, committee on selecting a
site deCluFeu IOr CEDAR CltN, ana tnuS
came into existence the Cedar city
Branch Normal school on PROPOSE
ton originally started to utilize the
Fort Cameron buildings.
The people of Beaver did not des-
pair. Is. Maeser who had worked
for the earlier scheme before the leg
islature now turned TO the y. Y.
academy, Church school. located at
Provo. President Cluff favored the
idea Of q Beaver branch He submit
ed il To the general authorities of
the Church board of education. and
No2srs. CluT. Mapser and Partridge
visited Beaver, While they were
there tho people pledged themselves
to M no the buildings and raise 81 200
annually for ~ years to support the
branch academy Thus came into ex-
ietcnce what is now a nourishing
southern Utah school. The sessions
opened Sept. TO- 1873. with f.. d. Part
ridge as principal There We're five
assistant teachers and instruction was
provided 'n primary preparatory and
high school colrses. only two years
~ high school work were given at
FIRST but this Was extended 10 three
years In 1901 The school now em-
ploys IS teachers who are under the
direction Of Principal A. b. Anderson.
The students number about $50 each
year