First Teachers in Welby
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N 40° 35.257 W 111° 59.564
12T E 415991 N 4493454
The first teachers in Welby's three-room schoolhouse were Ann Phoenix, Bernice Nelson, and Miss Johnson.
Waymark Code: WMBRCP
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2011
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A marker erected in 1981 by the Welby Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Reads:
Welby
Garfield Beach Railroad Junction was built in 1905. In 1908, its post office was named Welby in honor of Rio Grande Railroad superintendent. The R.G.R.R. company drilled water wells, built soft water treatment plant, a round house, machine and boiler shops. Welby had a telegraph office, boarding house, dance hall, pool hall, hotel, grocery and mercantile store, over 200 homes, and a three room school house. The first teachers were Ann Phoenix, Bernice Nelson, and Miss Johnson. Harold Nielson was doctor. The railroad company lost its contract and Welby began to fade. The store and school were razed in 1948.
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