Hershy track meet

I ran the 100m and 200m.Both times I got third place. I beet Jaxen in the 100m. I threw a softball 40 yrds [120 feet]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agriculture and Manufacturing

The agriculture in Beaver County:

Circle Four Farms is a big hog operation in Milford
James Farm Inc. is a hay cube operation
North Creek Ranch is a cattle operation
L&W Ranch offers hay, and alfalfa products
Michael Yardley Farms is a car repair and maintenance shop
Larry Carter Farms Inc. is a cattle farm
Gillins Dairy is a dairy farm
Bar F Ranch Corporation is a livestock ranch
Mountain Edge Ranch LLC is a livestock ranch
Christiansen Farm is a cattle farm
Morgan Carter Farms is a cattle farm
Dalton Farms Inc. is an alfalfa cube distributor
Beaver Nursery is a Garden Nursery
Cache Valley Cheese Factory process cheese and ice cream and is home of the "squeeky cheese"

Beaver County Mountain ranges

Beaver County Mountain ranges are:

Indian Peak which is located on the West side of Beaver County along the Nevada border;

Indian Peak

Mineral Mountains are located on the East Central County line of Beaver County;
Mountain Home Range is located just North of the Indian Peak Mountains;
Rocky Range is located 3 miles West and 4 miles North of Milford;
San Francisco Mountains are located in Central- North of Beaver County;

San Francisco Mountain

Star Range is located in Central Beaver County;
Tushar Mountains are located in the Fishlake National Forest;

Tushar Mountains

 Wah Wah Mountains are located 30 miles West of Milford, State Route 21 divides the Wah Wah Mountains from East to West.

Wah Wah Mountains

National Parks near Beaver County

Great Basin National Park is 91 miles Northwest of   Milford. At this park you can hike, camp, see Lehman Caves, fish and see really dark night skies.

Cedar Breaks National Monument is 72 miles southeast from Milford. At Cedar Breaks you get to stand above a canyon of eroded rocks. The rocks are half a mile deep. In the fall the leaves on the trees are famous for their colors.

Beaver county's industries

In Beaver County, its industry's are Hunting, Fishing, Mining, and Tourism.

The animals that can be hunted are antelope, deer, elk, bear, and game birds.

People like to come and fish for brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout, smallmouth bass, and tiger trout.

The mines bring in gold, silver, copper. lead, iron.

Tourists can see historical buildings and homes, the Courthouse Museum, Beaver Cheese Factory, the Candle and Gift Company, and golf on the local golf course. At the cheese factory you can buy squeaky cheese. At the candle shop you can hand dip candles and keep them. You can by food at a restaurant on your way through town.

This is the big rocking chair outside the Dairy Queen.

Beaver County's interesting facts

The Tushar Mountains are the tallest mountains in Beaver County Utah. These mountains were made by the longest volcanic action in Utah and now have the most igneous rocks in Utah.

Clear Creek Canyon was the best transportation system and the home of many historic people. 
 

Wildhorse Canyon, 10 miles east of Milford, was a major place  for obsidian in prehistoric times. They carried the obsidian and traded it.
 

The first Mormon settlers came to Beaver County in 1856.
 

Ira Hinckley established Cove Fort in 1860.Its rock walls provided protection, and it was also a stopping place between Beaver and Fillmore. I went to Cove Fort last summer and saw the trees that were planted in 1860. They are so weak that they're held up by metal arms. 

These are pictures of my brother and me on top of the wall at Cover Fort.

Butch Cassidy was born in Beaver County. His real name was Robert Leroy Parker. He was a train and a bank robber. 

Beaver was the first place in Utah to get electricity.

It won the best tasting water in the U.S.A. in 2006.

Beaver County's recreation

Beaver County's industry's are mining and logging. The mining industry mined copper, gold, silver, lead, iron, uranium, and obsidian. The timber came from Beaver Mountain.

Beaver County's History

In 1776 the Dominguez-Escalante expedition traveled near Milford. Jedediah S. Smith & Jhon C. Fremont also traveled Beaver County.  In 1850 Parley P. Pratt wrote, "This is an excellent place for an extensive settlement." It took six years for settlers to move in. The territorial legislature created Beaver County in January 1856. In 1873 the US made Fort Cameron in Beaver City. The troops protected against hostile Indians. They supported the Second District Court. John D. Lee had trial twice at the Fort but was imprisoned.

After the army left the Fort in 1883 they established Murdock Academy from 1898-1922. The academy was an LDS (Latter-Day Saint) school system and branch of Brigham Young Academy now known as BYU (Brigham Young University).

Wild Horse Canyon, 10 miles east of Milford was a big source of obsidian. They made weapons with the obsidian and traded them.

How beaver county Utah got its name

Beaver County got its name because of the Beaver River and the Beavers that used to live near the river.