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hun back to camp on the end of the rope. Instead of
telling the soldiers to shoot him, this time 1just pulled out my pistol, without saying anything, and dropped the steer for them to take care of They came running up and said, 'Why did you shoot the rope in two on that other steer?' 1 said, 'WeU, damn it, couldn't you see 1 was in a huny and 1 did that to save time.?' They wanted to know why 1 didn't shoot my rope in two again and 1 said, 'Can't you see, my rope's getting short? Out here you can? buy rope.' That night it was said by one of the men while he was relating the incident, 'Did you see that Lunt scout shootin' them beef? Why that feller just pulled out that six-shooter and nit his rope off to save time. I'd sure hate to get him mad at me." By this time the United States was involved in World War 1. Only one of Sarah's sons, Owen, served in this war. However, some of Henry Lunt's grandchildren fiom Cedar City were called Uito the seMce of their country Owen was inducted into the army October 1917 soon after his maniage to Velma Adell Jackson. Owen and n Velma were manied i El Paso September 7, 1917 and went to Salt Lake to be sealed and endowed on September 13. Velma went to Ogden to h e with her farnily and Owen went to Fremont, Kansas to begin his army training. Edgerton continued to travel into Mexico where he was able to get a job working in a mine. Although he was not a miner by trade, he knew how to manage and get along with the people. He had lived ali his Me in Mexico and knew the language well, so his boss sent him to the mine to s u p e ~ s the work. They were mining molybdenum e which was needed to make steel out of iron. This was an essential product for use in makmg weapons and machinery needed in the 1st World War. The ore was shipped into the United States on the r milroad. Edgerton went to Pearson to t y and get more horses to haul the ore as production had increased. There was a flu epidemic in this area at that time and, while there, he contracted the disease. Thinking
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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