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they discovered t h a t , in that location, they were in the path of the floods which came down the Canyon in the summer. So, in 1856, acting in accordance with the advice of President Brigham Young, the town was moved again. This time the people settled on the present site. Thus, they made three moves in five years. Paragonah is the Indian word meaning "red water." Paragonah, the northernmost settlement in the County, derived its name from the red color which the soil gave to the creek during flood times. This town was also settled in 1851; b u t , because of having constant trouble with the Indians, the people were forced to abandon it and move to Parowan. They returned however in 1853, and it was permanently settled. They built a fort on what is now the public square, and this served as a protection against the Indians. The first settlers here were W . H . Dame, 0 . B. Adams, J . E. Miller, William Barton, and the Protheroes. These people took up farms and went into the ranching business. The community had i t s ward building, which was used as a place of worship and as an amusement hall: b u t , for some time, Parowan, which is four miles south, was i t s trading post and supply station. In 1870, the Co-op Store was established but was forced to go out of business in 1895, and the present company was established. The company which settled Kanarra numbered about one hundred eight souls. The heads of families most conspicuous in i t s settlement were William R. Davis. Joel R. Roundy, James G . Davis, Waldo Littlefield. Samuel Pollock, Elisha Groves. John Willis, and Josiah Reeves. In some respects, Kanarra has had the most varied history of any town in the County. The original settlement was made in the valley south and west of the present site, in the year 1861. In 1866, the town was moved on account of the fearful sand storms which occurred every summer. Kanarra has changed counties five times, but it is difficult to get the correct dates of these t r a n s f e r s . First it was p a r t of Kane County, next it was p u t into Washington County, then it was made p a r t of Iron County, then for political reasons it was put into Washington County again, and lastly transferred to Iron County. In the later seventies and early eighties, Silver Reef in Washington County was a booming mining camp. The two great political parties of the time were the Liberals and Peoples Parties, representing the "Mormon" and "non-Mormon" elements of the population. Washington County was normally Mormon and People's Party. The rise of Silver Reef brought in a great influx of non-Mormon Liberals which for a time threatened to change' the political complexion of the County. To avert this, Kanarra and Harmony, two Mormon towns. were annexed to Washington County. Some years later. Kanarra repented and returned to Iron County, but Harmony remains, to this day, a p a r t of Washington County. Kanarra, like Parowan, received i t s name from an Indian
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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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