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developed and built it up. When a post office was established some years later, the name was changed from Johnson's Springs to Enoch. Johnson's Springs was settled about 1852 or 1853. At an early period, many industries were started . throughout the ~ o u h t ~ At parowan, the Parowan Union Manufacturing Institution o r "Pumi Cabinet S h o ~ . "as i t was called. was organized in 1865. In 1857, the ~ u c i r e tand Chair Factory was established by the Church. The tannery had heen established in 1858, Dr. Calvin C. Pendleton started a gun factory, and in 1867 a cotton factory s p r u n g up. This unnatural development in the heart of what was almost a desert received i t s death blow with the collapse of the iron i n d u s t r y , and for a time there was a depression felt, especially in Cedar. Many of the mechanics and tradesmen moved away, and gradually the town changed from an industrial center to an agricultural community. The old city charters had become impractical; a n d , on April t e n t h , 1868, new ones were granted to both Parowan and Cedar. Kanarra was the first town in the County to practice d r y farming. Dry land corn and wheat were raised there a s early as 1868. This type of farming has been practiced more o r less extensively throughout the County ever since. The first artesian water was discovered at Mud Springs near Kanarra. The drill was brought in by the Pacific Improvement Company. Successful irrigation wells were drilled in the Paragonah Valley about twenty-five years ago (about 18971, and since that time many other successful wells have been sunk in different parts of the County. Each community had a co-operative cattle and sheep herd. These companies were formed by people turning in what cattle they had and receiving shares of stock in r e t u r n . For a time, all s t r a y s were branded with the Co-op brand. In J a n u a r y , 1870, the Navajos made a raid through the County, and it was estimated that Cedar, Parowan, Kanarra, and Harmony together lost six hundred head of stock. After this raid. Cedar. Kanarra, and Harmony, who operated on the same range, took stock of their h e r d s and found that about fifteen hundred head remained. These three settlements then decided to establish a permanent guard over the herds. This guard consisted of twelve men, four from each town. The guards were changed every two weeks. The Legislature of 1882 passed a state law creating Iron County. This law, which permanently established the County and fixed the County Seat at Parowan, went into effect July the f i r s t , of that yean. A Branch Normal School maintained by the state and directed by the State University, was opened at Cedar in 1897, with Milton Bennion as Principal. This made it possible for the young people to obtain some higher education. The first year, classes were held in the Ward Hall, hut by the
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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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