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assumes the appearance of an old settled country. Then, when I passed through, there were only four houses at Payson and but an old shabby fort at Provo. [The 'Word of Wisdom,' as Joseph Smith had announced it, had not been a biding commandment in early Mormonism. It seemed to be condoned in connection with the 'grow your own or do without' program.] On the afternoon of April 2, 1853, the Lunts stopped in Holidaysburg, a little settlement about two hours from Salt Lake City, and visited with Brother Milo Andrus who had traveled across the ocean on the same ship as Henry. Brother Andrus had a good comfortable adobe house where he lived with his three wives. They invited the Lunts to spend the night but, after eating a very good dinner, Henry and Ellen decided to continue on to Salt Lake City. Andrus agreed to care for their animals during their stay, so the next day, after the Lunts reached Salt Lake, Henry paid two boys a half dollar to take his horse and mule back to the Andruses in Holidaysburg. Henry wrote: The Great Salt Lake City has the appearance of a city which is different to what it had been when I left a little over two years since. Houses are quite numerous. Some hundred homes have been erected in that time and some very good ones too. The Tabernacle is a very fine building, also the Council House and Store House. They couId grace the city of London. Met with several brethren that I knew as I was passing through the streets. Called and saw Brother George A. Smith. He was pleased to see me and said, 'God bless Brother Henry.' Brother Amasa Lyman came to us and invited us to call and see him. Brother James Bond came to us in the street and invited us to go and see him on Sunday without fail. We then drove to Brother James Haslam's house, an
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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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