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On Friday, January 3 1, the camp was called together by order of the President who expressed his mind to the settlers. He stated that the ground was now fit to plow and that it would be well to commence putting in wheat. He informed the brethren that there was no public work for today, so everyone went to work getting logs and other materials for their own homes9 Smith warned that there would be a general rush for the timber so "they should do right, which is liberty enough for any man, and not slash down any great quantity of timber which would not be prudent, nor run over it and tangle it about which would not produce good feelings." Within a half an hour after the meeting the road was h e d with choppers. The surveyor commenced surveying the five-acre plots to accommodate each Evnily in the entire camp with a small piece of land for vines, potatoes, and garden vegetables. Later that day President Smith, with his own hands on the plow, turned what to their knowledge was the first &mow that had ever been made in Iron County and sowed some wheat. By late afternoon there must have been at least 1500 house logs and as many poles. At the meeting that evening they were asked to apply for lots for planting, and fencing. The next day there, agak was a general turnout for the canyon. Only the President, a few invalids, and the women remained in camp. Late that day the canyon was lined for five miles with loaded wagons and teams hauling house logs and fencing. All was reported well in camp save one man, brother Thomas Camnight, who unluckily cut one of his middle toes off with his axe" After the religious meetings on Sunday, the names were taken for the lots for planting. Each settler was allowed ten acres of upland and five acres of land covered with wire grass. There were approximately 300 hundred acres of upland property to be divided. The names were put in a hat and drawn out by Bishop E. H. Groves. President Smith advised everyone not to overcrop saying, "a little land, well cultivated, is better than double the amount run over and half attended to." It was required that a fence be built around each plot to secure it from their stock or the Indians' horses. Henry was assigned a lot but probably helped the others with logs for their homes since he was not married and unsettled as to his hture. There is no evidence that 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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