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apostles saw i t , was not so much the smelting of iron, vital though this was to the pioneer economy, b u t , more importantly, the building of a harmonious and unified community here on the borders of civilization. This was to be done in spite of the difficulties which diversity of cultures and outlooks among the people presented: and in spite of, or perhaps because of the fires which would be visited upon the people, not only by the exhortations of the apostles, but also by natural calamity and by the calamitous consequences of human nature. The story of individuals learning through hardship to build of themselves something more than themselves--learning to build a community. My hope is to describe some of the events which helped. over the years, to build this community. Rather than using a standard chronological approach, I will point out several distinctive features of Cedar City today, and then examine a few key events which helped shape these features during the last century and a q u a r t e r . Even a casual observer could not help but notice on the first visit several things which make Cedar stand out. The natural setting is spectacular, as noted by members of the Dominguez-Escalante Party in 1 7 7 6 , and by Isaac Haight in 1849. But early visitors to the town seemed most impressed by what the first settlers had accomplished in so little time. Solomon N. Carvalho, an associate of Fremont, visited the town in 1854. Describing the settlement, and especially the adobe wall which recently had been completed, he concluded without a word about the majestic mountains that "the persevering industry of these people is unsurpassed." William Chandless, an English visitor, was also impressed. describing the 1854 fort a s "a square of half a mile with almost contiguous houses on each side and the hinder wall of these forms the fortifications of the place." The settlement was "very open and with a delightful airiness," and though no larger than other Utah towns, he concluded tersely, "I like it best." Elizabeth Wood Kane, who visited the town twenty years l a t e r , now relocated to i t s permanent site, was pleased "with i t s many long rows of t r e e s . . .The street where we halted was a shady avenue." with the "leafless branches" of winter scene "arching overhead." Reading between the lines, all these compliments seem qualified by a sense of surprise that anything at all pleasantl should be found in so remote a place. In fact Mrs. Kane,' accustomed to the verdant countryside of Pennsylvania, had just commented in driving from Parowan on "the barren. barren plain, which the poor Saints were trying to improve." So the implication was not that Cedar was beautiful, just that it was more beautiful than they might have expected, given what the settlers had to work with. In the eyes of these e a r l y visitors it was the work of the settlers rather than the work of nature which was monumental. The visitor today might also notice that Cedarians are a resourceful and
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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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