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beautiful and secluded vale. 1 could not but notice with great pleasure and satisfaction the labors of Brother Jessie Eldredge who is teaching school. The scholars are learning unusually fast and are much attached to their teacher. They have got the w d s up of a substantiai stone building for a school house. Winter commenced in good earnest on the 1st day of December and has been extraordinanly severe until the last few days, when it has thawed considerably. Yesterday it rained and snowed ail day and lightninged and thundered last night. Today the snow has been falling heavy al1 day, partly melting as it fell, but there is about 12 inches now and a good prospect for more. We have had 30 inches of snowfall here aitogether since the 1st of December. Brother Liston came up today fiom the Santa Clara and reports the winter as having been the severest ever known in Dixie--had good sleighmg and the ground froze 10 inches deep. 1 saw a young man this week who had just come from Parranagate Vailey who said the climate in that region was very mild and pleasant and the ground fit to plough. About 150 miners were there and more coming from Reece River. Our wheat crops the past season have proved to be much below the average in consequence of the ravages of the ChUitz Bug and early frost; consequently, there will be very little
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A short time afier Henry mote this letter another child, a girl, was bom to Henry's second wife, Ann Gower Lunt on January 20, 1866. They named her Jemima Gower Lunt. An article which Gas sent in from the Cedar City Ward and Stake appeared in the Deseret News:
Sunday, March 25, 1866: A very instmctive and pleasant conference was held at Cedar City on this and
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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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