On July 23rd, a contingent of the militia, sent fYom Manti on a scouting expedition, had a "brush" with a band of warriors at Pleasant Creek killing six or seven Indians.'' There were several other skirmishes during the summer. Captain Gunnison,...
building) But, this was not all. When the teacher's payroll was submitted to the state for payment the latter part of December, the Attorney General ruled that the conditions had not been complied with and the Ward Hall did not meet the...
the Perry country and finally reached the herd. Walt Cox was herding the sheep at that time and he was in bed asleep when Henry arrived so Henry hobbled his horse out and woke the herder long enough to tell him they would have to get up early the...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
The pioneer settlement of Coalville was first called Chalk Creek, after a stream that watered the area, but when coal was discovered on the townsite the name was changed. John grew up on stories passed down...
interest in occupying the new Town Plot. Later in the season a large influx of immigrants from thenorth came in. We were now nearly 1,000 strong--men, women, and children3'*" There were only twelve white casualties of the Walker War. None of these...
this far off land of Mexico and separated from so many of our family that we so dearly love, which are separated f?om [us] by such a long distance. But, this life is short at the longest and the generation to which 1 belong wiii soon al1 be passed...
filled it with grain that summer. That wa5 the only time they ever planted anything. there. They fenced everything in to protect the crops from the animals. The garden produced very well. Henry didn't get hack until after school had let out late in...
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ate with the instructors of the Branch Normal School in giving a course of public lectures during the winter months.
These lectures will be on various scientific, literary, and philosophical subjects of popular interest, the aim being to...
The flood that Henry referred to was the crowning blow for the Iron Works. It swept over the site, completely submerging the equipment and buildings, and carried away some of the property. Also, with the diversion dam washed out, there was no water...
trying to become acquainted with the Indian character and language and to establish schools for that purpose. Brother Snow felt that the settlers should help the Indian children learn the English language, teach them to work, and show them the...
in the Kingdom of God. Henry Lunt The following ietter was written by Hetuy Lunt near Christmas of 1901. It is the last letter on record that he wrote home to Cedar City. It was addressed to his wife, Mary Ann Wilson Lunt: To my wife, Mary Ann, and...
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weights, horizontal bars, flying rings, etc., will be given to all male students. Special attention will be given to out-door games and .sports. Foot-ball, base-ball, basket-ball, tennis and track athletic teams will...
CHAPTER XII
FREMONT AND THE WINTER OF 18%
ohn Charles Fremont was a man of multifaceted talent. His
J most monumental success came as an explorer in the West,
although he had been a Califomia Senator, a Civil War general, a presidential aspirant...
maintained the records. He regarded it as routine to take readings on the stars late at night, sometimes standing waist-deep in snow. His maps were used by thousands of immigrants on their travels to Oregon and California. Fremont's report...
Sat. Sept. 30, 1905: Ther. Cool., Warm., Wea. cloudy and misty Clear. The air feels something like winter this morning. We ate breakfast by lamp light, started out as soon as we could see the road. stopped to rest at a vacant house got run out by a...
1. There was not adequate funds and financing for such an extensive project. 2. There were many time-consunling law suits involvillg water rights. Moreover, "the general Land Office made an adverse report on the New Castle Reclamation Co. in the...
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Leigh, Peter Cedar , Iron County
Mackelprang, Nettie "
Pace, Iraminda Harmony, Washington County
Pace, Lurene "
Page, Dettie Pinto, "
Pollock, Pearl Cedar, Iron County
Prince, James Lorenzo Harmony, Washington...
wanted, we had to t u r n the bolt by hand to satisfy our immediate wants, until additional machinery was added. On November l s t , Henry Lunt was the first man to be called of a company of men detailed to go in mid November to settle the Little...
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Tebbs, Calvin Panguitch, Garfield County
Urie, Roy Cedar, Iron County
Walker, Marton ………………………….. "
Wood, Conroy "
Younger, James F "
SUMMARY OF STUDENTS.
NORMAL...