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labors, and reverently called upon Him to bless u s in the i u t u r e and to enable u s to maintain ourselves in this desert land, also to protect u s from the wiley Indian and help u s to accomplish the mission we were sent to perform, namely, the manufacture of iron. January 5th, 1852, was a day of mourning and sorrow for a young son of Jonathan Pugmire's who was accidently shot while herding cattle in Parowan. This was the first death in Iron County, and for the first time the earth was opened up for the reception of the dead. On January 30th. the first itinerant d r y good merchant made his appearance. Boots and shoes were his principal stock. Cattle and a little money hoarded up for a rainy day were the means of purchase. and t h u s our immediate wants were liberally supplied. February l o t h , 1852, Cedar City was incorporated a n d , shortly a f t e r , municipal government was established. July 3rd was spent in raising a Liberty Pole preparatory to the celebrations of the following day. This day [ t h e 4th of July) will long be remembered. The orator of that day. Matthew Carruthers, pointing with conscious pride a s being the first to harangue the people on the benefits of republican institutions, liberty of conscience, and religious freedom. The past six months has been a period of assiduous toil in building the Fort, fencing, ditching, farming, guarding, and prospecting for metals--not forgetting the prime object of making iron. Successful experiments along this line were made. A small furnace was erected and two pairs of blacksmith bellows were the means of demonstrating that iron could be successfully manufactured. Burr Frost, a blacksmith from Parowan. made nails enough to shoe a horse. Confidence in the ability and skill of the iron workers was established, our hopes were realized, and our future prospects were reasonably bright. In September, a pair of Andirons were cast from the native ore a n d , a t the October Conference of 1852, George A . Smith preached the first Iron sermon b y merely exhibiting them to the assembled thousands. (Note: Actually, the furnace was tapped on September 30. 1852, and a sample of the "pig iron" was taken to October Conference. On March 1 7 , 1853, the first casting was accomplished. A set of Andirons were cast and displayed a t April Conference, 1853, b y G . A . Smith. This is taken from Henry Lunt's Journal. The fall of this year has arrived and with it an abundant harvest of all kinds of grain and vegetables--a bowery has been erected. School and dwelling houses have been built, and hay in great abundance has been obtained from an extensive meadow beginning four or five miles north of us and extending still farther north about ten or twelve miles, with an average breadth of two miles. Our fields a r e fenced w i t h Cottonwnod poles obtained from south of the Meadow and two miles north of the Fort. W are reasonably e
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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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