* Emery County, Utah ( south )

Emery County is a county located in the U. S. state of Utah.

Barrier Canyon Style rock art found in Emery County

Occupation of the San Rafael region dates back thousands of years to include people of the Desert Archaic Culture who were followed by those of the Fremont culture who inhabited present-day Emery County from about A. D. 500 to about A. D. 1300.

Travelers along the Old Spanish Trail gave Castle Valley its names, as the travelers marveled at the " castle " geologic formations throughout present day Emery County.

The settlement of Emery County was his last.

Soon after issuance of Young ’ s order, several bands of settlers moved out from the Sanpete region headed for Castle Valley ( Emery County ).

The census of 1880 showed 556 people and 84 farms in Emery County, but this figure is likely short as many prominent settlers were inadvertently left off the county roles.

By 1890, the population of Emery County had risen to 2, 866, and towns had grown from groups of ramshackle cabins to communities with schools, stores, and churches.

In the early 1880s, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad began investigating rail routes through the Emery County region.

Early plans to locate the railroad through the heart of Emery County were thwarted when the route over the Wasatch Mountains proved to be too steep.

While most of the county did not immediately benefit from the railroad, Green River, on the eastern edge of Emery County boomed almost overnight following arrival of the rails.

By 1900, the population of Emery County had reached over 4, 600 people.

The underlying soils in Emery County consist of ancient seabeds which contain high levels of salts.

The problem first appeared in the 1890s, and in 1903, a Department of Agriculture report stated that over 30 % of the developed farmland in Emery County had been abandoned due to degradation.

The entry of the United States into World War I created a minor boom in Emery County as agricultural prices rose and manpower shortages caused wages at the mines to rise.

The decade of the 1930s was difficult for the residents of Emery County.

San Rafael Bridge in Emery County.

The residents of Emery County benefited from many depression-relief programs, including the Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ).

Several CCC camps were established in Emery County.

During its tenure in Emery County, the CCC built road, bridges and trails as well as building ranger stations and other projects on public lands.

Many enrollees settled in Emery County after their discharge from the Corps.

Following the end of World War II, service men from Emery County returned home to find relative economic prosperity.

Tight end Emery Moorehead was another key contributor, catching 35 passes for 481 yards.

Mike Emery of The Austin Chronicle praised the film's " subtle touches "— such as radio broadcasts heard in the background describing grisly murders around Texas — and said that what made it so dreadful was that it never strayed too far from potential reality.

It was at the University of Washington that he met his future wife Linda Emery, a fellow student studying to become a teacher, whom he married in August 1964.

When James Best briefly boycotted the show during the mid-second season, he was temporarily replaced several " one off " Sheriffs, the longest standing being Sheriff Grady Bird, played by Dick Sargent, who appeared in two episodes (" Jude Emery " and " Officer Daisy Duke ").

* Kolb Studio was built in 1904 by brothers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb.

The William Emery house, built in Elmhurst, Illinois, in 1903 was such a commission.

Emery was sourced during the time to other islands.

It was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875.

Emery County, the state's No. 2 coal-producing county, was also the site of a fire that killed 27 people in the Wilberg Mine in December 1984.

Emery County is bordered on the north by Carbon County ( which was created from Emery in l894 ), on the west by the Wasatch Plateau and the original settlements in Sanpete and Sevier counties from which most Emery County settlers came, on the south by the remote artificial boundary with Wayne County, and on the east by the Green River — the natural boundary with Grand County ( which was created from Emery county in l890 ).

While attending Hopedale, Custer, together with classmate William Enos Emery, was known to have carried coal to help pay for their room and board.

Emery Worldwide was a cargo airline, once one of the leading carriers in the cargo airline world.

Emery started in 1946 and was the first freight forwarder to receive a carrier certificate from the United States Government.

For 40 years, Emery was the largest freight forwarder / integrated air carrier in the US.

The 19th-century shoemaking industry was the work of Charles Emery Cate, who bought land in the city in 1860 for a home, a shoe factory, tannery and sawmill.

* reference to " Put a tiger in your tank ", an Exxon advertising slogan created by Chicago copywriter Emery Smith

It was the brainchild of Emery Gilbert, of Toledo, Ohio, an engineer and builder who created a portable ice rink.

Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as " the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship ".

This part of the castle is considered by historian Anthony Emery to be " the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship ".

Following the invention and patenting < sup ></ sup > of the first Batch ( ice cream ) Freezer 40 years before in 1904 by Emery Thompson of New Rochelle, New York, U. S. A.,

During the post-war years, the county matured and modernized as modern water and sanitation systems were constructed, roads were improved, and many of the luxuries enjoyed by people in less rural areas, like telephones, reached Emery County.

Riding the crest of national economic growth during the 1970s Emery County's population grew significantly as a result of the construction of large coal-fired power plants in Castle Dale and Huntington by Utah Power & Light Company ( PacifiCorp ) and the expansion of coal mines to fuel these important power plants.