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in increasing the capacity of our Iron Works. W began to e feel proud of our achievements; b u t , low and behold, the bursting of a rain cloud in the mountains brought a flood down the Creek, and in a few hours the labors of months of incessant toil were cleared away, the same a s if nothing had been done by the hand of man. The 3rd of September. 1853. will ever be held in remembrance as the day our hopes were partially blanched, for it marks the time of the destruction of thousands of dollars worth of labor. W had no sooner began e to throw off our despondency when another more serious calamity overtook u s . On the 7th day of September, our esteemed friend and brother, Joseph Chatterley, died. On the 4th of September, he had been accidentally shot. To lose so good a man was a serious loss to the community. His last resting place marks the first spot that was upturned for the burial of the dead in Cedar City. A store was established by the Deseret Iron Company. W began to increase in cattle and horses. W had but few e e sheep, but grain was plentiful and the health of the settlement was excellent. The blessing of God was upon u s , notwithstanding the calamities that had befallen u s . A fine meeting house had been erected and school houses and other public buildings were established. T h u s , the y e a r , 1853, was ended. The year, 1854, had nothing remarkable to record beyond the prosecution of labors of farming and building, fencing. Iron Works, etc. Only partial success marked our progress in iron making that year. The year, 1855, had i t s events. lron making was more successful. The crops were poor, Canyon floods were dangerous and plentiful, which determined u s , along with advice from President Young, to again move our City to i t s present beautiful location (Plat B). one mile nearer the mouth of the Canyon, this area being considered free from floods. Several years elapsed before the old City ( F o r t ) was finally vacated. This last move determined many numbers of people to leave the settlement rather than move to the new location. The year, 1856, is marked for scarcity of bread and the removal of a few families to other places in the Territory. And, although a pair of engines of 30 horse power were brought from Salt Lake City for the Iron Works, our success was poor and disheartening. A good crop was raised. The y e a r s , 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1 8 6 0 , mark a partial success in many things and a great amount of decadence in others. Great numbers of the people began to leave and seek new homes. The Iron Works had become a failure and were now at a complete standstill, notwithstanding all of our efforts to make iron successfully and our efforts in paying quantities to supply the demand for plows, machinery, and high wages. Imports, and but partial success at b e s t , strangled our pet enterprise, and it has never since recuperated to any considerable extent. Sufficient has been demonstrated to
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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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