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There had been no colonists living in Pacheco for six years, but the revolution was subsiding and a feeling of peace and safety was returning. The recovery of the colonies from the depression caused by ten years of revolution was slow and precarious. The ravages of war used up the teams that were used to raise the crops, and the amount of grain produced was very smail at first. Pnces were high. Added to this was the stagnation of business and lack of gainful emplopent. It was a time of general hardship. As the years went by, conditions slowly improved and a great many horses carne from the United States. The farms again began to flourish and produce sufficient food for the people. Sarah returned to Corrales on May 22, 1918, taking Clarence and Alma with her. To go back to the devastated home, where she had spent so rnany struggling but happy years, was a tnal few women couid endure. Her home had been dynamited and was a pile of mbble with only parts of the wails standing. Fences were gone that once enclosed fertile areas. There was no stock on the range to be looked &er or bring in profit, but the natives gathered to greet her. A few homes of her fiiends had escaped the forest fires that swept the town. But, the once beautiful two-story church with its spires, to which she had contnbuted so much, was a skeleton with a leaky roof and glassless windows. Undaunted, she moved into the adobe home of her son, Heaton, which had not been destroyed. Alma and Clarence planted some crops. They refenced the fields, obtained more cows and Sarah resumed making cheese. She was happy again to once more be back where her husband and Aunt Eilen were buned. A few other families soon joined them and the Garcia colonists put in a small s a d which was a great help to eveiyone, as it enabled the men to haul lumber to the valley to trade for flour and other household necessities. Although the revolution calmed down, the Mexican govemment remained unstable. When the country kept getting new leaders, the peso became valueless. However, the silver dollar was always stable, and Sarah saved up forty silver dollars which she put in a baking powder can and kept it hidden in the flour bin. She informed her boys that this was for her bunal expenses.
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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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