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Many very important and far reaching decisions were made there. The front half of the second floor of the Tithing Office was fitted for a farnily's iiving quarters, while the rear haif, finished throughout in spotless white and equipped with an altar, was the place where certain special pnesthood prayer meetings were held l3 The men of the community were asked to give one-tenth of their time (eveiy 10th day) to working on the building. In 1867 the Deseret Telegraph h e was built through the settlement from Logan, on the north, to St. George, on the south. It was extended eastward from St. George to Pipe Spnngs so that the settlements could be kept advised of unusuai Indian movements and other events before a raidiig party would be able to reach any of the Mormon settlernents. The first Telegraph Office in Cedar City was in the Tithing Office and the people enjoyed the new s e ~ c to the e West. The operator collected the news that carne over the wire and, once each week, the people assernbled in front of the Tithing Office and the operator sat on the stone platform and read the messages to n the crowd. The outside world that had been so far away i their oxtearn world had been brought to the very steps of the Tithing Office. The following are the minutes taken from the Cedar City Ward meeting on March 1, 1860: Fast Day. Meeting-9:OO a.m. Bishop Lunt spoke: 'We may sow, plant and fence fields, but it is God that giveth the increase. The battle is not to the strong, the race to the swifi, nor riches to men of wisdorn. We have to think and reflect that this Kingdom will not build up without faith and works. Teach our children the object of the Fast Day.' The following was written in the Deseret News on July 4, 1860: Tithing of Iron Works. Yesterday in the afternoon Bishop Henry Lunt with a train of sii wagons loaded with tithing wheat anived from Cedar City, lron County.
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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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