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scene could hardly be conceived. The toil-worn and hardy pioneers, with uncovered heads bent in reverence to the Almighty, thanked Him for H i s kindly care in bringing them to a land where conscience was free, with liberty undiluted. and asked H i s protection in the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. The work of building houses (Charles Hall had the honor of finishing the first dwelling house in this country: a n d , although made of logs and of rude construction, i t served an excellent p u r p o s e . ) , fencing farms, plowing, seeding, e t c . , continued. On May 3rd the word was brought in by an exploring p a r t y , headed by Peter S h i r t s , that coal had been found on the Little Muddy, five miles up the Canyon. This of course was joy upon joy, and the manufacture of iron was looked upon a s an accomplished fact. On May 1 0 . 1851. Brigham Young, the chief of pioneers, arrived at our Fort on the banks of Center Creek with a large company. A week was spent in counseling and organizing the people; a n d , on May 16th, the place was formally named, to be hereafter known as "Parowan." President Young and Company started north for Salt Lake City the same day. There is one incident that happened on February 2 3 , 1851, that I had almost forgotten. A chicken was killed and about $2 worth of fine gold dust was found in h e r gizzard. It produced quite a sensation, but soon passed off; and the people settled down to hard work in developing the resources of their new land with a firm determination to let the precious metals alone and to lead a quiet domestic life cultivating the soil and opening new places of settlement preparatory to the expected great influx of their co-religionists from the United States. Great Britain, and other countries. On May 24th. the first City Council Meeting was held, and on July 4th, a celebration took place, with George A . Smith as chief orator. This was a day ever to be remembered. July 24th, 1851, came along in due course, which was the fourth anniversary of the pioneers entering the valley of the Great Salt Lake. Cannons, sounds of musketry, etc. heralded to the expectant citizens the dawn of a day ever to be remembered in the history of the Latter Day Saints. A procession formed, marched to a bowery erected for the occasion, and orations, speeches, songs, and dancing were the order of the day. Thus passed the celebration of a day as dear to the Latter Day Saints as the 19th of December, 1619, was to our Puritan fathers on landing at Plymouth Rock. On August 4 , George A . Smith was elected Counselor and Elisha H . Groves'Representative of the County of Iron to the Territorial Legislature. The month of October had come and gone; and a rich harvest of grain, potatoes, s q u a s h , and vegetables was the result of unremitting toil. A grist mill and sawmill combined had been erected--lumber of the finest quality was supplying our wants; a n d , when flour was
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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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