Page 468 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 465 of 534 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
This page
All
Subset |
HISTORY OF CEDAR CITY BY John Urie, 1880 Cedar City i s a beautiful little village situated on the r i m of the Great American Basin and is 5,615 feet above the level of the sea. With i t s 740 inhabitants (Census of 18801, i t s 135 houses, i t s 1 4 2 families, i t s streets running in unison with the four cardinal points of the compass, the City streets are lined on each side with Cottonwood Trees, two feet in diameter and two rods a p a r t , and there i s an abundance of pure mountain water for domestic use and irrigating purposes. Stores, school, meeting and dwelling houses are of stone, brick, o r adobie of varied architecture. With i t s orchards bearing apples, plums, walnuts, peaches, pears. and apricots, e t c . . nestled in a nook of the Wasatch Mountains, 270 miles south of Salt Lake City, with mountains towering still another 2,000 to 4,000 feet higher on the east and south sides of the town, and with an open view to the north and west to an extensive valley of many miles in extent. Cedar City presents to the eye of the traveler an air of comfort and neatness unsurpassed by any other town of i t s size in the Territory. Cedar City has a history that is unique a s well as interesting, and i s often told by many of the early pioneers, now gray with age and toil, to the young lads and lassies of the village. And here it is: A s early as November, 1849. Parley Parker Pratt. one of the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with fifty other men with 12 wagons, 1 carriage, 24 yokes of oxen, 7 beeves. 58 horses and mules, average flour to a man--150 pounds, some hqrd bread and corn meal, one brass field piece, firearms, ammunition, etc.. was commissioned by Governor Brigham Young and the Legislative Assembly of the State of Deseret to go on a tour or exploring expedition into the dreary and almost unknown regions of Southern Utah. 1 will here give the list of names composing the C o m ~ a n v and also a few incidents of travel. Althoueh tge Autobiography of Parley P. P r a t t , it will Ye b related interestine here. At Caotain John Brown's. on Cottonwood. the 23rd of November. 1849. at 2 p . m . , a meeting of the Company for exploring the South was convened. Called to order by P. P. Pratt who gave instructions relative to the necessity of peace, o r d e r , and good feelings being preserved . during this expedition, and supported in this by W . W Phelps and David Fullmer, it was voted that P. P. Pratt be President of the Company and that W . W . Phelps and David Fullmer be his Counselors. Carried unanimously. It was voted that John Brown be Captain of 50. Carried. It was voted that W . W . Phelps serve as Topographical Engineer. and that Ephraim Green be Chief Gunner. Robert Campbell was Clerk.
ib
Object Description
| Rating | |
| 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 |
Description
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for Page 468
