Book: Muddy Valley Recollections

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BOOK

"Muddy Valley Recollections: 145 Years of Settlement

by Virginia "Beezy" Lani Tobiasson & Georgia May Bagshaw Hall

Hardback,   ??.??" x ??.??" x ?.??"
Volume 1,   ??? Pages
Volume 2,   ??? Pages
Volume 3,   ??? Pages

ISBN-10: 0974629804
ISBN-13: 978-0974629803

Published privately by Virginia "Beezy" Tobiasson
Cox Printing, Mesa, AZ 85210
2010

AVAILABILITY

Can be purchased from the author, Beezy Tobiasson,
    at (702)236-0635 or beezy@mvdsl.com

$75.00 per volume or Volumes 2 & 3 together for $130

Reference copies are available in the Special Collections & Archives at Dixie State University.


COVER

Volume 1 cover
Volume 1 cover
      Volume 2 cover
      Volume 2 cover
      Volume 3 cover
      Volume 3 cover


TABLE OF CONTENTS - VOLUME 1

CHAPTER 1 - THE COMING OF THE SAINTS
CHAPTER 2 - RIOVILLE AND KAOLIN
CHAPTER 3 - THE UPPER MUDDY
CHAPTER 4 - CHANGING OF THE TIMES
CHAPTER 5 - THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER 6 - PIONEER CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 7 - SCHOOLS ON THE MUDDY
CHAPTER 8 - THE HOMECOMINGS
CHAPTER 9 - THE LOST CITY
CHAPTER 10 - MINING
CHAPTER 11 - THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE MUDDY    
CHAPTER 12 - PAGES FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER 13 - THAT DAM PROJECT!
CHAPTER 14 - PHOTOS, PHOTOS AND MORE PHOTOS
CHAPTER 15 - CENSUS RECORDS
CHAPTER 16 -MAPS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PLACE NAMES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - VOLUME 2

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ADAIR FAMILY
ELWIN F. AND VERLA GUBLER ADAMS
LEE AND PHOEBE ADAMS
JEROME JEFFERSON AND MARY ANGELINE FROST ADAMS
LOUIS AND LILLIAN FREHNER ADAMS
WALTER LORENZO ADAMS
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER ADAMS
JOSEPH STEWART AND LUCY DIANTHA MORLEY ALLEN
ANDREW JENSEN AND MARIAN JESPESEN ANDERSON
INGEBORG KIRSTINE JESPERSEN HANSEN PEELE ALLEN
ANNIE GERTRUDE ROHNER ANDERSEN
ANNIE LOUISE EDWARDS (EDDARDS) ROHNER
GARNER AND ROMA REBER ANDERSEN
LOUISE ANDERSEN HICKMAN
JAMES PETER ANDERSEN
MILTON DELOY AND EVA WYNONA KELLAR ANDERSEN
PHIL AND ROMAJEAN SHURTLIFF ANDERSEN
THOMAS MILTON ANDERSEN
SWAIN (SVEN) MAGNUS ANDERSON AND ELIZABETH BENGTSSON ANDERSON  
JAMES ANDERTON
ALMA TRUMAN AND CHARLOTTE BUYSANGELL
ORRIN AND EMERETTA ANGELL KELSEY
SANFORD ARMAND AND ELIZABETH MCDANIEL ANGELL
LYMAN EDMUND ARMFIELD
JOSEPH ASAY
AVERETT FAMILY HISTORY
MARY JANE CONNELLY AVERETT
VIENNA AVERETT COOPER
WALTER AND MARJORIE LARGE AVERETT
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RICHARD BABBITT
THE BAGSHAW FAMILY
ARTHUR AND ERMA POTTER BARLOW
CURTIS AND FERN RICE BARBER
LA RUE BARNUM HISTORY
ALBERT BAUER
HARRY BAUER
JACOB BAUER
LEROY WINSLOW AND MARY ANN SABIN BEEBE
ALBERT AND PHYLLIS LAWRENCE BEIDERMAN
JOHN BENNION
ELIJAH RANDOLPH BILLINGSLEY
CURTIS EDWIN BOLTON
DANIEL AND ANN HAIGH BONELLI
LOUISA BONELLI HAMBLIN
HOMER AND HENRY BOUTON
GRANT LYNN AND ALENE SKOUSEN BOWLER
THE GRANT MARTIN AND VERNA LEAVITT BOWLER FAMILY
ELMER SQUIRES BOWMAN
JAMES BRINKERHOFF
ELIZA BRIGGS
RUEBEN BROADBENT
JOSEPH GURNSEY AND HARRIET MARIA YOUNG BROWN
IRVIN AND LOLA BRYNER
ROY AND DORETTA MARIE IVERSON BUNDY
ALLEN BUNKER
BERKELEY LLOYD BUNKER
BIRDIE'S STORY
FRANCIS LORIN BUNKER
JOHN MATHIESON AND ELOISE TURNBOUGH BUNKER
JOHN MERLIN BUNKER
MARTIN ALLEN BUNKER
ROBERT ESDRAS BUNKER
VERNON BUNKER
W. WAYNE BUNKER
GEORGE AND ELIZABETH LEAVITT BURGESS
ISAAC BUSENBARK
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ANSON CALL
THE BRUCE CAMERON FAMILY
JOHN SOUTH CARTER
LOIS TRUMAN CHADBURN
ROBERT HENRY AND DINAH ANN HUNT CHADBURN
RUTH CHADBURN CALLAND
VERNA CHADBURN TOBIASSON HELLER
MADS FREDRICK CHRISTENSEN
ELIZABETH CLARIDGE MCCUNE
SAMUEL CLARIDGE
LILLIAN CONDIE LEWIS
LANE LEWIS CONGER
SIMEON DAVID "DAVE" CONGER
WILLIAM JONAS CONGER
CLARENCE AND ZESTA COZART CONKLLIN
ELSIE SUSAN COOPER
JESSE FRANCIS AND CORNELIA WHIPPLE COOPER
MENDIS DIEGO AND ANNIE JOHNSON COOPER
MENDIX DIEGO COOPER SR
SOPHIA BOWMAN PRINCE COOPER
TRUMAN COOPER
WILLIAM DARBY COOPER
WILLIAM COOPER AND VENETTA MACKLEY COOPER
CORTEZ FAMILY
DELAUN MILLS COX
ISAIAH COX SR
ORVILLE SOUTHERLAND COX
WARREN COX
JESSE WENTWORTH CROSBY
LYMAN CURTIS
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JAMES DAVIDSON FAMILY
AMOS DAVIS
EDMUND WEEKS AND ANTOINETTE JUSTET DAVIS
THOMAS DAY
MARION DOTSON JOHNSON
ROBERT WILLIAM DOTSON
GUY AND GRACE KEAR DOTY
HAROLD OLIVER AND LOREAN LEWIS LEAVITT DOTY
RAYMOND AND LOUISE ADAMS DOTY
SIMEON COOK DROLLINGER
CHARLES AND ELIZABETH VINCENT DUMMER
WILLIAM HENTRY AND ELIZABETH SARAH HYDE DUMMER
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LOIS EMILY EARL JONES
JOHN AND MADELINE JUSTET EATON
JOHN AND ABBOTT EMERY
JOHN AND MARGARET WEBSTER ESPLIN
ESTRADA FAMILIA
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DAVID BANCROFT FACKRELL
EBENEZER FARNES
JOSEPH HENRY AND SARAH LOUISE BOUTON FELT
HYRUM P. FOLSOM
WARREN FOOTE
HENRY AND MARY YOUNG FOXLEY
ALBERT FREHNER
ALBERT CURTISS FREHNER
FLOYD MELVIN "HUCK" FREHNER
HARRY SAMUEL AND MARY SYPHUS FREHNER
HARVEY FREHNER
ALBERT HARVEY AND ROSELLA GUBLER FREHNER
ANNA ISABEL FREHNER WHITNEY
JEFF FREHNER
MERLE FREHNER
EDWIN AND ELIZA EVANS PALMER FROST
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WILLIAM GANN
GUY FRENCH GARDNER
EDWARD EARL GATES
GLADYS LOUISE GATES
BETTY LOUISE MEINING GENTRY LEWIS
HARRY AND MARTHA ELLEN SYPHUS GENTRY
LAURA MAE GENTRY
OSBORNE LELAND GENTRY
ANDREW SMITH GIBBONS
INEZ GIBSON WAYMIRE
MOSES WASHINGTON GIBSON
ROBERT ORSON GIBSON
FRANK GOETZEL, "THE BURRO KING"
GEORGE ALBERT GOODRICH
JOHN LEE AND LAURA KESLER GRESSMAN
ERNEST VERNON GUBLER
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NEWTON DANIEL HALL
JACOB VERNON HAMBLIN
CARRIE SOLINDA HANNIG ANDERSEN
FLORA HANNIG KELLAR
ST. THOMAS
REED ALMA HANNIG
REINHOLD HANNIG
STELLA HANNIG NAY
VERA HANNIG MAINOR
VERDA LORENE HANNIG
JAMES WILLIAM AND PATRICIA KAISER HARRIS
DAVID AND LYDIA JANE BEEBE HASTINGS
JAMES AND IRIS LEAVITT HAWORTH
JENNIE MAY HEWITT PERKINS
EDWIN DEE AND VIVIAN PERKINS HICKMAN
SAMUEL HOOD AND AUDREY PAYNE WOOD
CHARLES AND ANN STANGER HOGG
HENRY EDWARD WARMINGTON HOWELL
VERNON WILFORD HOWELL
MAJOR HORACE HOLT
ISREAL HOYT
ELIZABETH VAUGHAN HUNT
DAVID ORRIN HUNTSMAN
EMMALINE VAUGHAN HUNTSMAN
HOWARD HUNTSMAN
JOSEPH SMITH HUNTSMAN
LEE HUNTSMAN
PERRY DAVIS AND ADELAIDE DOTSON HUNTSMAN
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GEORGE INGRAM
GEORGE SHADRACH AND LUELLA PRINCE INGRAM
GEORGE SHOGI AND ETTA ARDEN MEYER HERBERT FOLSTON ISHIMOTO
KUMA FUJIMOTO ISHIMOTO
SHOJIRO ISHIMOTO
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GLENN AND ALICE COX JENSEN
KENNETH AND MARGARET JENSEN
AARON EVART JOHNSON
CLARENCE VEATER JOHNSON
CRAYTON AND FRANCES ROUNDY JOHNSON
WARREN MARSHALL JOHNSON
IVAN LEON JONES
LAVERNE JONES AND ELSON RAYMOND COX
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHANNA CHRISTINA LARSON JONES
WALLACE JONES
WILLARD LARSON AND LOIS EMILY EARL JONES
WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND JOYCE MAXWELL JONES
THE WHITEHEAD HOME AKA THE JONES HOTEL
DANIEL AND JANE JUSTET
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WILLIAM DECATAR KARTCHNER
JOHN EZRA (JACK) KEATE
ALFRED GREENWOOD KEETCH
CHARLOTTE KELSEY COX
EASTON KELSEY
ORRIN AND EMERETTA ANGELL KELSEY
JOSEPH AND ANNIE PITTS KESLER
ABRAHAM ALONZO KIMBALL
ADELLA ALMIRA WILCOX HATTON KIMBALL
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ALBERT FRANCISCO AND LIDA BEATRICE BARDMESS LANI
ALFRED WEIR LEAVITT
ALTON CLEMENT LEAVITT
CHAD JAMES AND MARJORIE ILENE WHEELON LEAVITT
EMERSON LEAVITT
RAOUL LEAVITT
RODNEY VAUGHN AND EDNA VELORA PERKINS LEAVITT
RONNIE RALPH LEAVITT
ZELMA HOLLINGER LEAVITT
ORA LEE SNYDER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - VOLUME 3

ARTHUR AND ROSALIE NIELSON LEWIS
CLARENCE ARTHUR LEWIS
CLARVID ARTHUR LEWIS
EMERY LEONARD LEWIS
JOHN FRANCIS AND MARY MELBA EARL LEWIS
PAUL CONDIE LEWIS AND LOU JEANNE BARLOW LEWIS
THOMAS GELL AND MARY ANN PHILLIPS LEWIS
WILLIAM HENRY LISTON
HUGH LUCIAN LORD
BRUCE JOHN AND DELLA BOWLER LYMAN
PRISCILLA LYMAN RICE
CALVERT LYON AND LINDA LEE MARSHALL LYON
DOROTHY BOWMAN LYON
HARLAN M. LYON
WARREN HARVEY LYON
WARREN M. "MACK" LYON
YVONNE JACKSON LYON
JOHN MILTON "JACK" LYTLE
JOHN MILTON LYTLE, JR.
LOUISE GREEN LYTLE
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DAVE AND ELSIE REBER MARSHALL
EDWIN MARSHALL
JOHN LAWRENCE AND HELEN HAZEL SPENCER MARSHALL
KARL EDWIN AND GLADYS ELENBORG TOBIASSON MARSHALL
EDWARD W. MARVIN
HENRY JAMES MAUDSLEY
MARY SOPHIA FORMASTER MAUDSLEY
LLOYD AND ALBERTA DAY MAXWELL
JAMES ROSS MCGARRIGLE
ELIAS D. MCGINNIS
FRANKLIN AND ELIZABETH PECK MERRILL
HYRUM BERTRAND AND MARY ALICE THOMAS MILLS
LAMOND LLOYD MILLS
LAMOND ROBERT MILLS
LESTER AND KATHERINE WELLS MILLS
MARTIN WALDERFIN AND MARTHA KNIGHT MILLS
VERNON HERBERT AND ELDA LAVON BOYLES MILLS
JOSEPH STACY AND ELIZABETH HUNTER MURDOCK
MURPHYS OF ST. THOMAS
JEREMIAH HATCH MURRAY
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NAY FAMILY
ORMUS BATES NAY
ORMUS CALVIN AND SARAH MELINDA ALLEN NAY
HENRY AND REBECCA HEATON NEBEKER
PRICE WILLIAM NELSON
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JESSE AARON AND EDITH NAOMI MURPHY O'DONNELL
PEDRO MARCIAL AND MARTA NEIETO ORTIZ
GENE OZAKI
PAUL AND MITZI YAMASHITA OZAKI FAMILY
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BENJAMIN H. PADDOCK
EUGENE AND MITTIE RALPH PARKER
GEORGE PATTEN
THE PEARSON FAMILY OF ST. THOMAS
JOSE PEREZ
ANTHONY AND EFFIE EASTMAN HUNTSMAN PERKINS
CLYDE EUGENE AND ELLA HAFEN PERKINS
DALE BURTON PERKINS
EUGENE H. (GENE/HAFEN) PERKINS FAMILY
FAY PERKINS
HARRY BRENT PERKINS
JOHN FENTON AND NELLIE GENTRY PERKINS
JOHN GENTRY "JACK" AND CAROLYN LEWIS PERKINS
JOSEPH FRANKLIN PERKINS
LAWRENCE WHITNEY AND HELEN RUTH RODGERS PERKINS
ST. THOMAS MEMORIES
ORVILLE RALPH PERKINS
RICHARD FAY "CHICK" AND IOLA PRISBREY PERKINS
THE UTE V. PERKINS FAMILY
UTE WARREN AND SARAH LAUB PERKINS
WALDO C. PERKINS
WOODRUFF PERKINS
DANIEL ABRAHAM POTTER
WILLIAM JAMES POWELL
THE PRINCE FAMILY OF ST. THOMAS
MARY PRINCE BASTION
EDYTHE PRISBREY LYTLE LEAVITT
FRANCIS JAMES AND LILLIAN JONES PULSIPHER
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HENRY ASAPH RICE
MARGUERITE RICE LYMAN
BETTY LOU RIGGS LOWE
TIMBERLINE WALES RIGGS
WAYNE ROBERTSON
ALBERT DELL AND RIET HARRBOSCH ROBISON
DELL HINCKLEY AND PEARL WITTWER ROBISON
GAYLAND AND CAROL SUTTON ROBISON
JOSEPH AND NELLIE HINCKLEY ROBISON
RAY AND BARBARA NAY ROBISON
CHARLES LOUIS ROESBERRY
SETH DAVID ROESBERRY
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CLYDE AND ALICE LEE SECKINGER
WILLIAM H. SELLERS
JOHN AND HANNAH NELSON SHARP
JOE SCHLARMAN AND THE GANDY DANCERS
ALMA AND LEAH KETCHUM SHURTLIFF
CARL LUMAN AND LYDIA ELLEN ROESBERRY SHURTLIFF
DAVE SHURTLIFF
DONALD SHURTLIFF
DOROTHY SHURTLIFF FETHERSTON
LESTER NOBLE AND EDNA SIMKINS SHURTLIFF
LORA ALICE SHURTLIFF BUSH
LYMAN NOBLE SHURTLIFF
NAN SHURTLIFF CRUTCHFIELD
NORMAN EZRA AND ADELIA WINSOR SHURTLIFF
NORMAN TERRY SHURTLIFF
ROSEMARY SHURTLIFF BEHMER
SYLVIA ANNIE SHURTLIFF RIGGS
BETSY JANE TENNEY LOOSE SIMONS
JOSEPH NIELS AND ALICE LINES SKOUSEN
CHARLES PEARS AND MARY WILKINSON SMITH
THOMAS SASSON SMITH
VAL D. SMITH FAMILY
BETSEY LOVISA LEAVITT SPRAGUE
ITHAMER DUDLEY SPRAGUE
ITHAMER SMITH SPRAGUE
MATIE MELITA SPRAGUE DOTSON COTTAM
DOYLE STRASSER
STRASSER FAMILY
WILLIAM HENRY STREEPER
ROBERT AND LILLIE TOBLER STUCKI FAMILY HISTORY
THE SWAPP FAMILY
ALEX ETHER AND SARAH GENEVE REISER SWAPP
ALFRED LUKE SR. AND JULIA WARDELL SYPHUS
ALFRED LUKE SYPHUS JR.
ALICE SYPHUS BERRY MARSHALL
EDWARD EVERETT SYPHUS
EDWARD HENRY SYPHUS
LEO T. SYPHUS
LEVI WALTER SYPHUS
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THOMAS FAMILY
MARY ALICE THOMAS MILLS
NEILS TOBIASSON FAMILY HISTORY
MARIE TURNBAUGH HUNTSMAN
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CURTIS AND BETH WAITE
DARRELL WAITE
DAVID LANNY WAITE
MARVIN HERBERT AND GLENNA SYLVIA LEAVITT WAITE
MARVIN LAVERN WAITE
CHARLES AND JOSEPHINE WALSH FAMILY
EDWIN AND AMY EARL WELLS
MARGARET WELLS JENSEN
SAMUEL HENRY AND MARY LOUISE WOOLLEY WELLS
EDGAR JOHN & ALTHEA ELIZABETH JANE COOPER WHIPPLE
JAMES REUBEN WHIPPLE
ELSON JAY AND ELAINE HARDY WHIPPLE
WILFORD WHIPPLE
SOME OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BRIGHAM WHITMORE
DR. JAMES MONTGOMERY AND ELIZABETH CARTER FLAHRITY WHITMORE        
LELAND O'DELL AND MAUDEEN GERTRUDE SECKINGER WHITMORE
ROXTON AND ADELLA GENTRY WHITMORE
SIDNEY WHITMORE
AFTON WHITNEY HANNIG
CLARICE WHITNEY
DONALD AND CONNIE WAYMIRE WHITNEY
GEORGE BURTON WHITNEY
GEORGE FENTON AND LETTIE TOBLER WHITNEY
GEORGE LUKE AND JULIA ANN WARDELL SYPHUS WHITNEY
STOWELL EDWARD WHITNEY
CHARLES WILKINSON
JESSIE WINN LEWIS
VERNE WINN
VASCO GILBERT "SCOTT" AND ILA ADAMS WINSOR
WALTER AND VICTORIA TOBIASSON WINSOR
ALBERT AND MARY ESTHER BARNUM WITTWER
FAY WITTWER STEWART
GENEVA WITTWER MARSHALL
JOHN HYRUM AND ANNA VILATE SYPHUS WITTWER
VERA EVA WITTWER HARDY
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THE YAMASHITA FAMILY STORY
GEORGE AND CAROL WONG YAMASHITA
JUNWO "JIMMY" AND MARIAN YOSHIDA YAMASHITA
KIMIYE YAMASHITA OKADA
KIYOSHIMA YAMASHITA
LILY YAMASHITA YAMAGUCHI
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MASAKO YAMASHITA YAMAKA WINSOR
MITZI MATSUYE YAMASHITA OZAKI
NOBUKO YAMASHITA EZAKI
ROY YAMASHITA
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REFERENCES

Muddy Valley Reflections In Print At Last!
Article by Vernon Robison
In the Moapa Valley Progress, September 7, 2010

Virginia Lani "Beezy" Tobiasson, Logandale, Nevada
Nevada Women, July 10, 2014