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Grandfather's team for the long joumey to the valley of the Great Salt Lake consisted of a yoke of oxen and cows. The company that they joined was known as the Independent Immigration Company as each family owned its own outfit independent of the Church's aid, which so many of the newcomers of hose days were obliged to avail themselves of Their pilgrimage was beset with many penls incident to those days. Ann was, by this time, eleven years of age and able to walk a good share of the distance, as the children of that time were compelled to do. One day, while trailing some distance behind the rear wagon of the train, she was prompted to look behmd her and was startled to discover an Indian making ready to spring upon her. By exerting al1 the energy possible, she managed to escape the redman's grasp. On aniving at Salt Lake City, Grandfather Gower located in the West Jordan distnct where he set to work at once to build himself a home and make preparations to give his major attentions to farming. But he received a cal1 from PresidentYoung to go to Cedar City and assist in the manufacture of iron. He promptly responded to this cal1 He and John P. Jones, both men of years of expenence in the foundry work, played important roles in the local iron works. My parents (Henry Lunt and Ann C. Gower) were n married i the Endowment House in Salt Lake City by the late Daniel H. Wells on Apnl 11, 1863. 1 have never learned much regardiig their courtship so will have to omit that. However, 1 will mention in passing that many such weddings were of the short order. There was little hanging on the gate until the wee hours. My mother was much older than her father's other children [by his second wife] atd she was required to help in the fields and with other heavy work, even until she was nearly grown. Thus, she was
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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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