Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Murdock Academy, Beaver County, Utah: Difference between revisions

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MURDOCK ACADEMY, Beaver Co., Utah, was founded in 1889 at Fort Cameron, situated at the mouth of Beaver Canyon. The school offered a four-year high school course, a three-year agricultural course and a three-year domestic science course. The Academy was closed in 1922 as a continuation in the face of the school facilities in Beaver would have been an unnecessary duplication of studies.

History Timeline:

1873 - Fort Cameron established by the U. S. Government
1883 - Fort Cameron abandoned as a military station
Before 1889 - The property came into the possession of the Brigham Young Academy at Provo
1889 - Murdock Academy (located at Fort Cameron, at the mouth of Beaver Canyon) was founded as an extension of Brigham Young Academy.
1898 - Beaver Branch of B. Y. University was established.
1922 - The Academy was closed as school facilities in Beaver would have been an unnecessary duplication of studies.

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See the Church History Library for more information and records.

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+MURDOCK ACADEMY, Beaver Co., Utah, was founded in 1889 at Fort Cameron, situated at the mouth of Beaver Canyon. The school offered a four-year high school course, a three-year agricultural course and a three-year domestic science course. The Academy was closed in 1922 as a continuation in the face of the school facilities in Beaver would have been an unnecessary duplication of studies.
+'''History Timeline:'''
+*1873 - Fort Cameron established by the U. S. Government
+*1883 - Fort Cameron abandoned as a military station
+*Before 1889 - The property came into the possession of the Brigham Young Academy at Provo
+*1889 - Murdock Academy (located at Fort Cameron, at the mouth of Beaver Canyon) was founded as an extension of Brigham Young Academy.
+*1898 - Beaver Branch of B. Y. University was established.
+*1922 - The Academy was closed as school facilities in Beaver would have been an unnecessary duplication of studies.
+'''Obtain the Records'''
+*See the [[Church History Library]] for more information and records.
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