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settlements, amongst a homogeneous population of over seventy-five thousand inhabitants, it is worthy to record that I never heard any obscene or improper language; never saw a man drunk; never had my attention called to the exhibition of vice of any sort. There were no gambling houses, grog shops, or buildings of ill fame in all their settlements. They preach morality in their churches from their stands and what is as strange as it is true, the people practice it.' Among the conference group were some of Henry Lunt's mends --President John C. L. Smith, Col. James A. Little, Major John D. Lee, Samuel West, and James H. Marteneau. Henry and Ellen received their endowments in the Endowment House while in Salt Lake City on March 8, 1854. They were sealed by George A. Smith eight months after their marriage and now, two years later, received their endowment^.^ There were approximately 7,000 members present at Conference where President Heber C. Kimball conducted and spoke of plural marriage, declaring its divine origin. "Many of you have fought it," he said, "You may continue to fight it until you go down into your graves, and it will still continue to be the work of God and will still continue through all eternit~."~ Erastus Snow was called on a mission to St. Louis and Orson Pratt to C i n c i ~ a t during one of the meetings. Also, a dozen men i were called to go on missions to England, but were not to leave until summer. Those called were: Franklin D. Richards, James A. Little, George D. Grant, Joseph A. Young, William H. Kimball, William G. Young, Edmund Ellsworth, Henry Lunt, William G. Walker, Robert W. Wolcott, Benjamin Waldron and Cyrus H. W h e e l ~ c k . ~ Carvalho, determined to go to California by the southern route, completed his arrangements and decided to proceed, by invitation, with the party of Governor Young who usually paid an annual visit to each of the different settlements to the south. The group consisted of a large number of wagons and mounted horsemen. They left Salt account continues: Lake City on May 5, 1854. C a ~ a l h o ' s
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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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