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held by the saints in the evening, at which important business was transacted. The necessity of a gristmiU was strongly urged by the Bishop, and a comrnittee appointed to labor in that interest. At this time the settlement had one of the finest cooperative sheep herds in Southern Utah. The herd had been started ten years before with about 400 head of sheep, but now there were 10,000 head of sheep in the herd. That year (1877) the shareholders of the institution realized a fair division in lambs and, besides fumishing mutton necessary for home use, upwards of 40,000 pounds of wool had been clipped and furnished to the shareholders. The cooperative steam s a d which belonged to the settlement had been rented during the past two years to one of the enterprising citizens who had proved beyond contradiction that the lumber business, ifproperly gone into, would pay. The Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution was doing a good business, notwithstandiig the scarcity of cash. Educational matters at Cedar City at that time received special attention. There had been two Day Schools in successful operation during the sumrner of 1877. Quite a number of substantial dwelliig houses n had been erected i the settlement. The Sunday meetings were well attended and the auxiliary organizations of the settlement were doing well. When Henry went to L.D.S. Conference in the fall of 1877, he stopped along the way and stayed with fiiends. At times he stayed ovemight in Nephi with Edward and Hanien Lunt. On one such occasion in 1877, according to the writings of Owen and Broughton Lunt (sons of Hemy and Sarah Ann), Henry dropped in to warm his hands and rnake repairs. He had two span of horses pulling his wagon, and the lead team had "tumed short around and broke out the wagon tongue." Getting it repaired delayed his journey for hours, making it
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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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