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              voin in 18.:!1 rmdrr grrat odds. Hmwver. N;imoo flouriilird and lx~.iilnc a l~r:~utiful, w:Il-q~vernr~d \\ith ~ x e ?0,000 i n l ~ ~ t l ) i t m t'l'he \Iari.ity i s,~ mons were :i thrifty class ( ~ f peoplc who 1i;rd leal-nctl inventiveness and sesourrrfulnesc. 'l'hc! were held t<,pctlicr ;I rcligiou~, in swial Iwnd, and this affiliated itsrlf with ;ill their :I, tivities. 'l'lic Rlorninn people well: good :~:ricultn~.alict,. lovrd thrir f;ln~ilirs. clopcd ;I hoi~re dr\ liie. aild diulikcd h v e r y , which was dividiyg the ro~lntr! pr,liti<.:~ll! t l ~ rtirl~e. at t Durinr: the fortics, the IYmt Ilccamr p,~pular- there were rven Illinois, Indilecturers who wrnt throu&out the Ihct, ,ind p r t i w l i ~ r l y ana, and Ohio, ;md told of thr \wndcrful oppurtuni~icsileyrind tlir Ro~kv lIountains.' On l l a r r h 4, 1844. Joucph Snii111imd the 1e;rdin~ authorities of thc uliont the saint? mo\.irlg to the nioullchurch, heid a council ;it K a u v ~ m tainu. O t h w meetings hiid l ~ c r n held prior to thiu.' l'lic hlorrnnns con1.1udt.d lo inow to nrlv lailds, where they co111ddevelop guod farmi ;rnd cstaljlish prrmment hmnes. SIIUII after this n ~ c r t i n g their le;rdrr, Josrph Snlith, W;IS nssasinatrd at C:arthayr Jail, T u c s d : ~ Junc '27, 11144, and their property was ruined 11). I I O I I - M ~ I ~ IThey I ~ . ronvi11,-cdthat ~ O I \\ere Tllin~~i, not thr placr for then] to make theit. horncs. 'l'hey had llut rvas one recorlnr - thcy ( r ~ u l d movc tn lands fxrtlrcr west. Brigham I ' o u n ~ljccamc the n r v lmdes th:it same year : d , from that time I X I , c t i v r r ~ ~ i i r a t werr ~ s ~ p i ~ ~ rnadr for the lnrwe a c r o ~ s thl: llissiscippi into Iowa, and then mi to the Wcst. I h r i q the winter of 1815-46. the Rlorn~nnswcrc rrr;tliing ertensivr prepar;rtions to 1r;ivc i v ~ O n Feh. 10, 1846 tlir lirst teams ;md men cl~iwed lIic\io the w;is pr:rcti~:;~lly desrrted. Thc L.D.S. sippi. and in :I few wcekc, K;~uvoo proplr did not h a w :in)-i d r ; ~ whcrc thcit.fi~torc homr w d d Ile, but thcy had ;I lender, Bri~h;rtn J'c~ung,i n nvhon~they plnred in~plicil trust, and thrir faith in him w;u not in \sin.' The territory of Iowa war :r vast wildcrne3s and the haunt of m m y I n d i w trilles. 'I'rail.: Ird t11 thr .\Iivouri River. lrut there wcrc few r o a d . T h e old trail over which m m ) - pi~lnecrs imveled to the \Vest, had heen thrt-c for years. Ilut, now tlie llorrrions wcrr to l~lazc new trail, which R would 11c wed for year.: to come. 'I'hcsc llormon pioneer people wcte traill~rrakersof high order. Lox cal~invillays were cstal)liched a l w g tlic route. and evkrything was dono, that cr~ulclt ~ donr, for the welfare e of all the compnnies. Bmcroft, thc historian, trlls thxt in Jlrly, 1846; "15,1100 h I m n ~ o n were enramped or toiling ;~loiig Iowa trails westthe wrrd. with 3,000 w;iqons: 0 , 0 0 0 head of cattle, horses, and mules, as of wrll RS n vast n~lrnljes sheep." IVhile thesr peoplr were lalmriously traveling on to the new land, a g c ~ r e r ~ ~ i nagent l a m e :inroyg ihr .\Iorinuns and askrd fur a lwttalion rnt

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
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Description	voin in 18.:!1 rmdrr grrat odds. Hmwver. N;imoo flouriilird and lx~.iilnc a l~r:~utiful, w:Il-q~vernr~d \\ith ~ x e ?0,000 i n l ~ ~ t l ) i t m t'l'he \Iari.ity i s,~ mons were :i thrifty class ( ~ f peoplc who 1i;rd leal-nctl inventiveness and sesourrrfulnesc. 'lhc! were held t<,pctlicr ;I rcligiou~, in swial Iwnd, and this affiliated itsrlf with ;ill their :I, tivities. 'llic Rlorninn people well: good :~:ricultn~.alict ,. lovrd thrir f;ln~ilirs. clopcd ;I hoi~re dr\ liie. aild diulikcd h v e r y , which was dividiyg the ro~lntr! pr,liti<.:~ll! t l ~ rtirl~e. at t Durinr: the fortics, the IYmt Ilccamr p,~pular- there were rven Illinois, Indilecturers who wrnt throu&out the Ihct, ,ind p r t i w l i ~ r l y ana, and Ohio, ;md told of thr \wndcrful oppurtuni~icsileyrind tlir Ro~kv lIountains.' On l l a r r h 4, 1844. Joucph Snii111imd the 1e;rdin~ authorities of thc uliont the saint? mo\.irlg to the nioullchurch, heid a council ;it K a u v ~ m tainu. O t h w meetings hiid l ~ c r n held prior to thiu.' l'lic hlorrnnns con1.1udt.d lo inow to nrlv lailds, where they co111ddevelop guod farmi ;rnd cstaljlish prrmment hmnes. SIIUII after this n ~ c r t i n g their le;rdrr, Josrph Snlith, W;IS nssasinatrd at C:arthayr Jail, T u c s d : ~ Junc '27, 11144, and their property was ruined 11). I I O I I - M ~ I ~ IThey I ~. ronvi11,-cdthat ~ O I \\ere Tllin~~i, not thr placr for then] to make theit. horncs. 'lhey had llut rvas one recorlnr - thcy ( r ~ u l d movc tn lands fxrtlrcr west. Brigham I ' o u n ~ljccamc the n r v lmdes th:it same year : d , from that time I X I , c t i v r r ~ ~ i i r a t werr ~ s ~ p i ~ ~ rnadr for the lnrwe a c r o ~ s thl: llissiscippi into Iowa, and then mi to the Wcst. I h r i q the winter of 1815-46. the Rlorn~nnswcrc rrr;tliing ertensivr prepar;rtions to 1r;ivc i v ~ O n Feh. 10, 1846 tlir lirst teams ;md men cl~iwed lIic\io the w;is pr:rcti~:;~lly desrrted. Thc L.D.S. sippi. and in :I few wcekc, K;~uvoo proplr did not h a w :in)-i d r ; ~ whcrc thcit.fi~torc homr w d d Ile, but thcy had ;I lender, Bri~h;rtn J'c~ung,i n nvhon~they plnred in~plicil trust, and thrir faith in him w;u not in \sin.' The territory of Iowa war :r vast wildcrne3s and the haunt of m m y I n d i w trilles. 'Irail.: Ird t11 thr.\Iivouri River. lrut there wcrc few r o a d. T h e old trail over which m m ) - pi~lnecrs imveled to the \Vest, had heen thrt-c for years. Ilut, now tlie llorrrions wcrr to l~lazc new trail, which R would 11c wed for year.: to come. 'Ihcsc llormon pioneer people wcte traill~rrakersof high order. Lox cal~invillays were cstal)liched a l w g tlic route. and evkrything was dono, that cr~ulclt ~ donr, for the welfare e of all the compnnies. Bmcroft, thc historian, trlls thxt in Jlrly, 1846; "15,1100 h I m n ~ o n were enramped or toiling ;~loiig Iowa trails westthe wrrd. with 3,000 w;iqons: 0 , 0 0 0 head of cattle, horses, and mules, as of wrll RS n vast n~lrnljes sheep." IVhile thesr peoplr were lalmriously traveling on to the new land, a g c ~ r e r ~ ~ i nagent l a m e :inroyg ihr.\Iorinuns and askrd fur a lwttalion rnt
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
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