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weather had suddenly become very warm and the melting snow was pouring down Coal Creek in torrents, the stream having already reached a higher point than ever known before. AU the dams previously built across the creek for inigation purposes had been swept away on the 30th of this month, and a strong force of men were striving to control and direct the current of the stream. Notwithstanding much land is being flooded, Brother Lunt seems to take consolation in the assurance that the bonoms wiU, after the high water subsides, yield a plentiful crop of wire grass. It is so warm that the thermometer is ranging at July instead of May figures.
In September 1865,President Brigham Young and party visited southem Utah. They held two meetings at Cedar City on September 22. The public hall was festooned with flowers and green boughs for this occasion. Bishop Lunt and the people of Cedar were u~emitting in their endeavors to show a hearty welcome to the President and his traveling companions. They opened their homes to the group as well. The meetings were addressed by Elders Wiord Woodruff, George A. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Ezra T. Benson, Franklin D. Richards and President Young. M e r the afternoon meeting, they lefi for Parowan.18 After four years, the Civil War ended in Apnl 1865, with the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox on April9 and of General Johnston at Greensboro on April 26. The war resulted in the preservation of the Union, the abolition of slavery and many important social and economic changes. A considerable quantity of wire that had been used by the military for telegraphic communications systems became available. This was purchased by the Church for the purpose of building a telegraph system from Salt LIlke City to the southern cornrnunities. A special conference was called in Salt Lake City on April 10, 1865,to vote on the feasibiity of erecting a telegraph line throubh the senlements of Utah. Each family i Iron County was assessed nine poles, to be n used in the construction of the telegraph h e . The first telegraph
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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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