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

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Murdock Academy Wards and Branches

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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