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and fieedom and our peace, and he fastened it upon the end of a pole, and he called it the title of liberty." The settlers now turned their attention to procuring logs for the meeting house. John D. Lee wrote: Monday morning, January 27, 1851: The cattle were driven into the corral to select some of the most able to work--to draw the timber of the Council House--but to our surprise, as soon as we began to yoke them, they commenced rearhg, jumping, kicking up their heels and scampering round l i e so many kittens and it was with difficulty that they were kept together long enough to yoke what we wanted The poorest ones that were brought in, and not even yoked, were now in better heart than the best were when we came here first. Today the first 'fifty' with their teams commenced drawing timber, the second 'fifty' were to continue working on roads, with the exception of the guards and some men to hew timber and haul stone for the chimney of the Council House. About noon, six men arrived fiom California on their way to Salt Lake City. They had with them a package of letters to deliver to President Brigham Young. The men reported having some trouble with the Indians Paiutes) on the Big Muddy Creek (at Moapa). Tuesday, January 28, George A. Smith wrote:
I spent the day in writing letters. I was assisted by three clerks-J. D. Lee, James Lewis, and Henry Lunt. Among my letters was one to the Postmaster General requesting a post office at this place; one to AJbert Carrington to procure a barometer and meteorological instruments; one to the Desert News; one to President Young; one to the Supreme Court for bonds, judges, and clerk of the Court of Iron County; and six to my family.
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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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