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DONALD C. URIE Biography 1875 - 1948 Donald Clyde Urie was born in Cedar City, Utah. October 2 9 , 1875, the son of John and Priscilla Klingensmith Urie. He died March 9, 1948. in Provo, Utah. He,attended the Branch Normal School in Cedar City and the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah. He was released from a full-time mission to the Southern States December 4 , 1899; a n d , one year later, he married Naomi Perkins in the St. George Temple. A short time after their marriage, they traveled by horse and wagon to Durango. Colorado, where Donald was employed in the smelters. Because of unfavorable working conditions, they returned to Cedar City where he homesteaded one of the first farms north and west of Cedar City. After acquiring enough summer ground on Cedar Mountain in the neighborhood of Cook's Springs, he combined farming with the sheep business. During his tenure as Mayor of Cedar City, negotiations were completed and the Carnegie Library was built: also, needed improvements were made to the drinking water system. Urie made the decision to retire from the sheep business, which resulted in the sale of his farm and livestock and the move to Provo, Utah in 1 9 4 0 , where they built and operated the Urie Motel. Managing the motel gave him an opportunity to meet many people, and he always enjoyed discussing the Gospel with them. Those who knew Don Urie remember his friendliness. A stranger did not remain a stranger long because of his outgoing personality. From: Ross Urie, a son
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minutes Jan. 14, 1912.. .Present: Mayor Donald C. Urie and Councilmen--Higbee, Leigh, Pace, and Walker. Roll called. Quorum present. Prayer by Councilman Leigh. Mayor Urie expressed himself a s standing for a conservative and progressive administration, and desired that he and the Council work in harmony, using strictly the ordinances as their guide. He stated f u r t h e r that he wished the Recorder to employ a system of accounting that would show the financial standing of each department of our City affairs. He called for an expression of the Council b u t , as there was no response, the regular business was attended to. On motion, the Recorder was instructed to secure some small books and place in each of them the different committees and members of each--said books to he given to the Mayor and each member of the Council.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| 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 |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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