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He wrote the following, dated November 5, to the Deserez News: Yesterday a site was surveyed for a fort and stock corral on Coal Creek, twenty miles from Parowan. Today a company has been organized to commence operations immediately in the construction of this new post. They are mostly composed of English, Scotch, and Welsh miners and iron manufacturers. They have been organized into two companies of militia, one a horse and the other foot, which form the Second Battalion of Iron County. The company are all in fine spirits. They will commence on Monday t o put up their corral, after which they will move their families which are remaining here, and encamp in their corral until their fort is completed. They have a beautiful situation. Smith was unanimously elected Colonel of the Militia. John D. Lee stated in a letter to Brigham Young: "On November 5th, the militia of Coal Creek was organized into a regiment. Quite a feeling is up for the Coal Creek settlement in so much that but little is said about settling the Rio Virgin area."I3 That same day Lunt was promoted to Captain of the Iron County Regiment. It indicated on the roster that this regiment was part of the Nauvoo Legion. Lunt was given a rifle, one powder horn, two pounds of rifle powder, and five pounds of lead." The Parowan Ward minutes contained the following information written on November 10, 1851: "A company of 35 men with 11 wagons, fiom Parowan, under the charge of Henry Lunt as president, started for Coal Creek to form a settlement, arriving at their destination on the 1lth, and at once b e g h n g their labor on the fort." Lunt wrote that they cdmped on Summit Creek and continued on to Coal Creek the next day, arriving at 4 p.m. Having thus launched the k a l phase of the Iron Mission which he was called to direct, George A. Smith left Iron County. Through his continued contacts with Iron County and Utah's south land he became known as the "Iron Colonel"
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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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