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Beaver is a city in Beaver County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,112 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Beaver city, Utah )〕 It is the county seat of Beaver County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 ==History== Beaver County has a number of identified prehistoric sites, dating to the Archaic and Sevier Fremont periods. A prehistoric obsidian quarry site has been identified in the nearby Mineral Mountains. Southern Paiutes inhabited the region at the time of the first European explorers, the 1776 Dominguez–Escalante Expedition. Settled by Mormon pioneers in 1856, Beaver was one of a string of Mormon settlements extending the length of Utah. These settlements were, by design, a day's ride on horseback apart, explaining the regularity of today's spacing: either apart, or apart where intervening settlements failed or were absorbed. Beaver was first created in 1856 from Iron and Millard Counties. Twelve men with families were sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to settle Beaver by an LDS leader named George A. Smith (not to be confused with his grandson George Albert Smith). This company was to start a settlement on the Beaver River, where the Los Angeles - Salt Lake Road crossed the river. Those selected to pioneer this work included Wilson Gates Nowers, Simeon F. Howd, James P. Anderson, Horace Alexander, Charles Carter, Barney Carter, Joseph Goff, James Low, John Knowles, John M. Davis, Beason Lewis, James Duke, and John Henderson. Before Utah was an official state, Beaver was established as a county in 1886 by the legislature of the Utah Territory. Fort Cameron was established two miles from Beaver in 1873 by US troops because of the Mountain Meadows massacre and Indian raid of the surrounding settlements. Because of its distance and jurisdictional struggles, the Second Judicial Court of the Utah Territory was placed in Beaver from 1870 until 1896 when Utah became a state. Also included in this court's jurisdiction were Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield, and Piute Counties. Members of the LDS Church entered Beaver Valley from Parowan to the south. A council meeting was called by George A. Smith in February 1856 in which Simeon F. Howd was made presiding elder and Edward W. Thompson, clerk. In 1858, a great population of people from San Bernardino, California, arrived to settle.〔''Sketches from Life and Labors of Wilson Gates Nowers'' by Reinhard Maeser, PD.B.B.D Beaver City, Utah, 1914.〕 In December 1859, W. W. Willis and P. K. Smith were authorized to build a sawmill and gristmill on North Creek, along with control of all water on the mill site.〔''A History of Beaver County,'' Martha Sonntag Bradley, Utah Centennial County History Series.〕 By 1869, Beaver had enough Mormon settlers, primarily engaged in livestock grazing, to organize a stake. The first stake president was John Murdock.〔Jenson, Andrew. ''Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 53〕 During the 1870s, settlers made an effort to establish a woolen mill, a tannery, and a dairy industry. Beaver is the birthplace of two well-known persons: Philo T. Farnsworth and Butch Cassidy. Farnsworth was the inventor of several critical electronic devices that made television possible, including the cathode ray tube. He was also the first to create table-top nuclear fusion.〔(Table-top nuclear fusion )〕 Cassidy was a notorious western outlaw. Beaver also has the distinction of being the first town in Utah to be electrified. A hydroelectric generation plant was constructed on the Beaver River early in the 20th century. The plant continues to provide a large part of Beaver's power requirements today. In 2006, Beaver won a contest for best rural water taste in the United States. In 2010, Beaver took top honors in the world for best tasting water. These accomplishments are proudly displayed on billboards along I-15. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beaver, Utah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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