WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"Leeds Historical Events in Bits & Pieces"
by Wilma Cox Beal
Paperback, 200 Pages, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 1/2"
Published by Southwestern Printing & Publishing Co., Leeds UT 84746
August 1996
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COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TitleAbout the Author
Preface
Early Leeds Photos
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: BIRTH OF LEEDS
Organizations and Beginnings
Earning a Livelihood
Cattle and Such
Fun in Leeds
Sorghum Making
Gadianton Robbers
Chapter 2: HISTORICAL HOMES AND LIVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED
William Stirling
Cannery
John Wilkinson
Benjamin Stringham/Robert Pixton/Joe Thomas
School House
Julia Ford
Bert Harris
Mosiah L Hancock
Brigham Young McMullin
Poem for Ethyl
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ranger Station
Charles Connelley
Tithing Office
Alma Angell/William Sullivan
George Angell/Walter Eagar
Donald Elijah Fuller
Elijah Thomas
Making Oil in Early Days
David Chidester
William Stirling/Chris Olsen
Chapter 3: BISHOPS (FATHERS OF THE WARD)
Wyllys D. Fuller
Goudy Hogan
George H. Crosby
Brigham Young McMullin
David Stirling
Ira Edward McMullin
Dedication of Chapel
L. Stanley Fuller
Charles E. Allen
Clair Stirling
Ross C. Savage
Walter Eagar
L. Merlin Sullivan
Ray H. Gleave
Dedication of Chapel
H. Carlyle Stirling
Donald Fawson
Alan Howard
Russell Peine
G. Ray Beal (Second Ward)
Chapter 4: RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENTS (CHARITY NEVER FAILETH)
Elizabeth Cooper Pixton
Anna Maria Wilkinson
Sarah Ann Leany Stirling
Susanah Adams Harris
Helen Leany McMullin
Caroline Parker McMullin
Ada Parker McMullin
Lavinnia Angell Fuller
Hazel Hopkins McMullin
Ethel Isom Stirling
Ada Workman Sullivan
Evelyn Savage McMullin
Ethyl McMullin George
Wilma Cox Beal
Tana Seegmiller Sullivan
Louise Fluckiger Stirling
Bonnie Pierce Goodrich
Florence Kooyman Pickering
Janice Waugaman Jenkins
Joan Butler VanSeters
Laurelle Leany Dalton
Arita Perrfield Evans
Marilyn West Young (Second Ward)
Dorthea Cox Horrocks (First Ward)
Chapter 5: MAYORS (CIVIC LEADERS)
Clair Stirling
Arthur A. Eastman
Willard G. McMullin
Frank Eagar
D. Glenn Beal
Ross C. Savage
Clin Davenport
Carl Seierup
Stanley Roberts
Brent DeMille
Chapter 6: CULINARY WATER (A LIFE SAVER)
Purifying Our Water
Articles of Incorporation
Chapter 7: PROGRESS
Leeds Mercantile
Leeds Post Office
Shopping Center
Business
Talent
Traditions
Chapter 8: FIRE (DESTROYER)
Cannery Fire
Clair and Helen Stirling Fire
Carter/Isom Fire
Bill and Carlynn Hall Fire
Rice Bank Fire
Jessie J Ranch Fire
Bob and Alene Cuff Fire
Karl and Brenda Hall Fire
Bert Leany Fire
Pine Valley Mountain Fire
Chapter 9: LOVED ONES (RESTING PLACE)
Chapter 10: SCHOOL BUS
Chapter 11: MISDEEDS IN LEEDS
Drugs
Drive By Shooting
Handcuffed
Con Man
Convicts
UDOT
Chapter 12: BITS AND PIECES
Ann Willis
Butch Cassidy
Stirlings
Sullivans
Savages
Etta
Orson Reid
Veir
Evelyn
Vernon Joos
Character Molding
Coyotes and Bobcats
Snakes
Skull Dugery
Highway 91
Cars
Primary
MIA and Clubs
Mother's Day Potted Plant
Parties
Pounding Pipes
Earthquake
Tractor Doctor
Married Twice in Two Hours
Polygamy
Tom
Epilogue: MY HOMETOWN
REFERENCES
My Story of Silver Reefby Wilma C. Beal