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dangerous. No less dangerous was the task of removing the yokes fiom the impatient creatures and of the unloosing the chains. The romance of being out in the wilds was terribly chilled by an inclement sky. A few days of drizzling rain tried the most ardent spirit. Then it was that the disagreeableness of the time made the true metal of the emigrant show itself. Whatever traits of character he possessed--se~shness,senseless faultfinding, or those rare qualities of kindness, cheerful content, and ready helpllness--all came out. Hardly less trying were the days of dust storms, what m s r it was when the wind iey blew fiom the fiont and the whole cloud of dust raised by over several hundred head of cattle and the motion of the wagons drove in our faces! How intolerably our eyes and our nostrils burned, and how quickly our ears were filled with the flying sand and alkali. What a gloriously majestic outline the peaks of the W i d River Mountains made, and especially from that spot, the High Springs in the South Pass. Delightsome days were ours as we moved slowly forward through that broad and famous highway, with that towering range of mountains all the while seeming to gaze down upon us. That dividing line, that mighty ridge was the backbone of the continent. The waters flowed not to be lost in the Atlantic, but in the P a c i l i ~ . ~ ~ The trip across the plains was a journey of extreme hardship and suffering. It was the faith and hope of the pioneers that induced them to face savages and to penetrate through a trackless, howling prairie. The accomplishment of the Mormons in getting safely to Utah was described as "one of the greatest miracles since Moses passed over the Red Sea." One Mormon leader said, "I do not believe that the history of the world records as great a miracle. The Mormon journey was one of the greatest achievements over natural obstacles ever accomplished upon earth."26By 1850, however, the trip across the
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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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