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The flood that Henry referred to was the crowning blow for the Iron Works. It swept over the site, completely submerging the equipment and buildings, and carried away some of the property. Also, with the diversion dam washed out, there was no water for domestic use in the Fort. The Walker War forced the suspension of working at the Iron Works while the colonists constructed fortifications and gathered the harvest of hay, grain, fuel and whatever other needs they might have to safely store for the winter. In addition to preparing against possible Indian attack, the settlers faced the gigantic task of rebuilding the dams and mending the breaches in the ditches and canals. There was little left to show for the eighteen thousand dollars that had been spent on the Iron Works during 1853.3 Elders Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards of the twelve apostles arrived in Cedar City on November 1, and brought Elder Isaac C. Haight with them to assist in the Iron Works. Governor Brigham Young was not ready to give up his dream of plentiful iron for the Great Basin. Haight brought his three wives and his children with him an4 after only one month, was elected as the first mayor of Cedar City. He knew the Prophet Joseph Smith personally and was a member of the Nauvoo Legion, being among the forty men chosen to guard the Prophet while in Nauvoo. He was a native of New York, having been born in Windham County, May 27, 1813 .4 A public meeting was held on Sunday, November 5, during which Elder Snow spoke at some length upon various subjects including the exodus of some of the members to California. He indicated that they would be losers by so doing and that it would be a blessing unto the Cedar residents if they were gone.' He praised the saints for their good work in going ahead to build up this place so fast after the move tom the old North Fort, and he expressed the necessity of building a meeting house and school house in the new fort. At that point in the sermon a motion was made to build a 25' by 41' meeting house with Bishop P. K. Smith and President Henry Lunt as the building committee. The motion carried. An L.D.S. Iron County Stake Conference was held in Cedar City on November 20, 1853. There were 790 people residing in Cedar at
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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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