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55 stoves 9 swords 1001 lbs. of powder a n d lead 44 saddles 436 lights of glass (8 x 1 0 ) 1 9 0 lbs. of nails 137 chopping axes 45 mowing scythes 45 sickles 7 2 scythes and grain cradles 98 hoes 110 spades and shovels Carpenter tools--9t s e t s 1 s e t of Mill Irons 3f s e t s of Blacksmith tools 54 bushels of seed potatoes 1,267 l b s . of barley 2,163 lhs. of oats 3,486 l b s . of corn
35,370 lbs. seed wheat 56,922 lbs. flour 1,228 l b s . groceries 3 pit saws 57 plows 1 Cannon 52 Pistols 129 guns 18 c a t s 14 dogs 121 chickens 146 milk cows 21 beef cattle 12 mules 1 0 0 horses 2 carriages 101 wagons 368 oxen
After a protracted and tedious journey of 250 miles, with snow all the way and in many places from two to four feet deep on the level with the thermometer a t from five to sixteen degrees below zero, the Company arrived all safe on Center Creek January 13, 1851. The Indian name for this creek i s Parowan. The f i r s t meeting house south of Provo was commenced January 20, 1851, and was soon thereafter finished, the whole people taking p a r t . Everything of a public nature was heartily taken hold of and pushed through a s fast as circumstances would permit. The past week was spent in exploring, building bridges, making roads, etc. They found red sandy soil, grass rather thin, plenty of Cedar wood, good saw timber six miles up the Canyon, and a fine stream of water capable of irrigating nearly Z O acres of O0 land. January 17, 1851, was Election Day. There were 117 votes polled, and the machinery of a municipality was set in A little compact Fort was commenced. Men were motion. detailed to guard the Fort, cattle, e t c . , and as many as eighty men were employed cutting timber, making roads. exploring, and other duties of a public character. On January 2 2 . 1851, two well-made grindstones of excellent grit were made, being the first articles of home manufacture seen in this County of Iron. By the 25th of January, a Fort was completed. A Bastion o r guard house was made; a large meeting house was well on the way; farms were surveyed, e t c . ; and a miraculous amount of work was performed. On the afternoon of this day a "Liberty Pole," sixty feet high, was raised in the center of the Fort. George A. Smith made prayer to God and dedicated this pole of Liberty, the land, the people, and all their possessions to the service of their country and their God. A more impressive
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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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