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Myself and wife and Father and Mother Whittaker attended a supper party at Brother Chatterly's. President J. C. L. Smith came in from Parowan in the evening. Wednesday, January 12: Very sharp frost. Spent the day at the Iron Works--had 25 men at work. Father Gould commenced piling up a pit of wood for to bum for charcoal. Myself, J. C. L. Smith, and James James opened a splendid mine of excellent bog ore one mile northeast of the Iron Works. Henry rode to Parowan with George Wood the following Saturday to visit and counsel with the Stake Presidency. While he was there three men arrived from Salt Lake City and brought a large amount of mail to the settlers, among which were three issues of the Deseret News which contained some very interesting news. The residents looked forward to receiving the News as it kept them in contact with the other settlements and informed them of the happenings in the entire state. Henry took the orders and distributed the newspaper for southern Utah.' Henry wrote: The mail contained a quantity of letters. I received a letter from George A Smith which informed me that he was in good health and spirits but had no wood, no hay, and no money on hand. Also said that the Legislature had appropriated three thousand dollars to be expended in the coal and iron business in Iron County. I stayed at Brother Barton's house until Monday, January 17. Bought a bedstead from Sister James Lewis for six dollars. Tuesday, January 18, 1853: Very sharp frost. Cloudy morning--commenced snowing about 8 a.m. and stormed slowly all day. Saturday, January 22: Brother Parks finished the carpentering work in my house--charged me twenty
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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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