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If love and reason could but guide With thee I'd brave the ocean wide, And live for thee alone. Go where you will, I'm still the same, My heart is fixed. I oft exclaim 'We may be happy yet.' And when the farewell tear is dry'd Heaven prosper thee, be hope thy guide, And happiness thy lot. Hope be thy guide, adventurous boy The wages of thy travel joy, And Oh! Forget me not . . . Martha" No one knew what to expect in this nearly unexplored country. They weren't even sure when to plant their crops. When the warm weather or "February thaw" came, they thought that spring was just around the comer, but they soon found out that t h e ' w m weather was temporary Living in wagons and trying to build homes in cold weather made that winter seem rather long. They were anxious for a permanent warming change in the weather. Parley P. Pratt wrote: April 10: We arrived in the fort accompanied by the citizens who came out to meet us. I found the inhabitants all well and the settlement in a truly flourishing condition. Hundreds of acres of grain had been sown, gardens planted, etc., and the farming land nearly enclosed, together with a most substantial sawmill and many houses of wood and of sun-dried brick built and in progress. Building materials consisting of timber of the finest quality--pine, fir, and cedar--together with good building stone and brick were scattered in profision in every direction. Water ditches were flowing for mills and irrigation purposes in many directions. Mechanics' shops were in operation such as jointers, carpenters, millwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, and shoemakers. All this was the work of two or three months in winter and early spring, not to mention a large enclosure of pickets in the center of the fort, a Council House of hewn timber, and a Bastion of the same material. 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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