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of Beaver. It was written on the cerhficate that she was to "renounce forever al1 allegiance and fidelity to al1 and any foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India." It was signed by James R. W i n s , Clerk and W i a m C. Mitchell, Deputy Clerk.' Wilford Woodmff indicated in his journal that in October 1881, a party of church 05cials left Salt Lake for southem Utah. The group included President John Taylor, George Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, John Henry Smith, F. M. Lyman, Wilford Woodmff and others. They stopped in severai settlements along the way and met with the citizens. They spent the nights of November 1 and 2, 1881, at Beaver and reached Parowan on November 3. The following day they met with several brethren and gave counsel conceming the San Juan mission and held a meeting in the moming, after which they drove 18 miles to Cedar City. They held a meeting there at 6:30 in the evening. Wilford Woodniffspoke 30 minutes, Franklin D. Richards spoke 30 minutes, and President John Taylor spoke 70 M i n u t e ~ . ~ President Taylor and others of the group stayed at the Lunt Stage Stop on the night of November 4. Sarah Ann was helping the other. wives mn the hotel. The hotel was an exchange station for the drivers and horses of the stage coaches which came through. After enjoying a good home-cooked meai, the passengers were entertained by the Lunt farnily as they gathered in the large living room. The Lunt children sang and played instmments or gave comic readings. Later, Edward, the son of Sarah, wrote a story about President Taylor that was related to bim by his mother. He wrote that the incident occurred in Cedar City when President John Taylor had remained at the Lunt home in order to rest before the evening session of conference. He had been lying down in his room and had asked Sarah Ann to awaken him if he overslept. It hadn't been very long until he walked into the kitchen and told her about a dream that he had just had. He said that he saw Salt Lake City become a great and beautiful city with homes covering the city'The streets were of cement. The people had become wealthy and had become indifferent to the counsel of the authorities of the Church and were more
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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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