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TER XXIII
YEARS 0 C. n u-r r n L IT n N 1 A P TT A T u1" 1880 - 1885
hen the great colonizer-financier, Brigham Young died in 1877, many predicted the L.D.S. Church would fall apart. But his successor, John Taylor took over the reins with hardly a ipple. Although he had a different kind of personality fiom Brigham loung, this @ed Englishrnan soon demonstrated equal performance S an organizer and builder. His counselors, George Q. Cannon and oseph F. Smith, were energetic, intelligent, talented men devoted to
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a assumed this leadership that, within a decade, the Church would passing through a trial even greater than that of Jackson County, r West, and Nauvoo. Under federal pressure, the goal of the lgdom would have to be drastically revised, or largely abandoned.' ' The prime economic problem of the Mormon settlements in the .. . 181u.s ana eariy ~rrrru'swas Keeping up witn tne rncrease in POPLtiation. In every valley the continued flow of irnrnigration and the natwral increase in growth was overtaking the cultivated land, creating .. . , . .. a senous situarron, since tne peopie aepenaea greatiy on agricuiture. To cornbat this pioblem, projects to &crease ihe sipply i f irrigable land were sponsored by ward, stake, and general church - .. .. .. . organizarions. ratcnes or lana were reciaunea rrom me aesert ana planted with hay, grain and vegetables. New settlements were
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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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