Transportation; Railroads--Iron County (Utah); Cedar City (Iron County, Utah)--Buildings
This picture was taken in 1923 at the opening of the Union Pacific Railway spur from Lund to Cedar City on the day that President Warren G. Harding's train came to Cedar City.
the level and the thermometer stood at 32 degrees below zero for six weeks, day and night. Cattle sought protection among the pines and cedars, but they froze to death standing on their feet. Some of the smaller cattle owners were put out of...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE RAILROAD COMES TO BEAVER COUNTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD The first railroad station at Milford was built in the year 1880. The new station, the present depot, was built in 1923. The station now named "Reed", where the...
extension was constructed from Juab to Frisco between that time and the summer of 1880. The railroad entered Beaver County, therefore, early in 1880. When the extension was completed, the Utah Central, Utah Southern and Utah Southern Extension...
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS PURPOSE A very note-worthy organization in the state is called "Daughters of Utah Pioneers." It is composed of women whose ancestors came to the West before the advent of the railway in 1869. The...
grading of our s t r e e t s ; a n d , we f u r t h e r recommend that it be the object of this Council to first grade Main Street from what is known as David Bulloch's corner (200 South) to what is known a s George Wood's corner ( 4 0 0 North),...
STEEL CAGE, Randy Carter and Norman Forbush Location: Iron Mission Park--April 1986 Owner of cage--Charles Cooley April 2, 1906.. Committee on Prison Regulations, to whom was referred the matter of uniting with Iron County in procuring a steel cage...
which were organized on the ship. There were 539 Scandinavian Saints out of a total of 575 passengers on board. Henry was often invited to eat with Captain Decan in his cabin. The voyage from London to Philadelphia was made in five weeks. They...
purpose of purchasing supplies for to fit out the companies of saints at Florence on the Missouri River near to the old Winter Quarters (The railway went only about fifty miles to Muscatine]. We stayed at Muscatine until eleven p.m., when we went...
America was on the ocean for six weeks, and she was so seasick that she wished the ship would sink. Elder Lunt put her in the charge of Brother and Sister Swindle who agreed to furnish her a passage over the plains. They proved to be true and...
and tens of thousands of men and women are out of n work and, but for soup kitchens being established i the large towns, some would starve to death in this, the wealthiest nation on earth. 1 saw a brother at the conference in Nottingham named...
Wilson Lunt, their son, and wife, Rosanna Naegle Lunt], a kiss for Johnny [their baby, 7 months oldl--in short, God bless you all. 1 guess poor Randle [Mary Ann's fourth child] is as busy as ever this hot weather. Remember me to Kate [Catherine,...