Wed. Dec. 6, 1905: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clouds We worked north two and a half miles then east nearly two miles, took dinner with Mr. Nelson a Dunkard Preacher We then went south and back west again staid with Mrs. Bradford, who has several grown sons...
HENRY LEIGH Biography 1843, - 1920 Henry Leigh was horn December 31, 1843, in Llanelly, South Wales, the son of Samuel and Ann Davis Leigh. He emigrated to America with his family, February 1849, on the ship Buna Vista, with 250 saints on board,...
THOMAS J . JONES Biography 1858 - 1931 Thomas Jedediah Jones, the fourth son of Thomas and Sage Treharne Jones, was born June 5 , 1858, in Cedar City, Utah. Quite early in life he took to the carpentry t r a d e , which he followed quite...
prove, however, that the manufacture of iron is an accomplished f a c t , and Iron County, with h e r vast coal fields and an inexhaustible amount of the best iron ore in the world, is destined in the near future to be a vast business center. I t...
Cedar Commercial Club. The guests were Emerson Hugh, magazine writer of national reputation, Apostle George Albert Smith of the Mormon Church, Stephen T . Mather, Director of the National Park Service, D. S. Spencer, representative of the Southern...
century is often not realized. Late in 1868 a cooperative mercantile institution was established which had grown by the t u r n of the century to include a gristmill, a sawmill, and a t a n n e r y , all community-owned, and doing a business of...
One of the letters was written to inform him that his wife, Sarah Ann, had died of consumption.' The latest Washington paper was dated April 13. Henry received a letter from Martha Bristol in England, dated February 22, 1851. She wrote: My Dearest...
We entered Parowan about 5 o'clock, May 17, and I was affectionately greeted by those persons who administered to my sufferings some weeks before. I had changed so much and grown so fat that not one of them knew me. Mrs. Heap, my old landlady,...
Grandfather's team for the long joumey to the valley of the Great Salt Lake consisted of a yoke of oxen and cows. The company that they joined was known as the Independent Immigration Company as each family owned its own outfit independent of the...
article appeared in the Deseret News on Wednesday, April 16, 1863: Parowan Cotton Factory--The cotton mill at Parowan, owned by Ebenezer Hanks, is so far completed as to be doing tolerable good work, with a fair prospect that it will be a success,...
any longer a sinner. We are living in the same log cabin that Oscar and George built over six years, which was built for a stable, and that is as good as the Savior was bom in. We have a cat and a dog and 30 young chickens and a pig which is a...
sting. 1 only hope that our trials will result in the development of a strong character, for our success depends on us individually. We can conquer or be conquered, and ifwe are conquered by conditions, we n have failed i the purpose for which we...
PREFACE
I t was a clear, warm day. The atmosphere was so transparent that the mountains many miles ahead seemed to he just a stone's throw away. A young sandy-haired man with clear blue eyes was walking a l o n ~ leading a large sorrel horse...
up there. The first mill was able to handle only ten tons of ore a day, but Ily 1871 five mills and a large furnace were in operation. Bullionville and Panaca, seperated by one mile of meadow, lived together in uneasy truce. The good people of the...
six children are as follows: Christoper Thomas Arthur Jones born April 6, 1883 and died June 18, 1914. Sarah Arthur Jones horn Jan. 5, 1886. William Arthur Jones horn Feb. 2, 1888. Caroline Arthur Jones horn Jan. 16, 1890. Effie Arthur Jones born...
instructions as to the hatching, feeding and rearing of silkworms. They looked just about likc celcry seeds. Every morning, Ann and Henrietta went ahout a 1)lock away to gather mulberry leaves from the trees that were growing thcrc. T h e Mulberry...
necessity of having a full attendance of children and grown people at conference next Saturday and Sunday. Sept. 18-19.
. . . . Conference - U.T. Jones released as Stake President.
Oct. 20, 1909. . . L. W. Jones said he had been very much...
loaded f r o ~ n wagons onto a neat stack in the stackyard, with the help the of a derrick and horses. There was a real knack to running this equipment effectively, and being able to get the hay in uniform stacks with the least amount of time and...
Iron County builds a hospital. Railroad built from Lund lo Crdnr City. R.N.S. changed to R.A.C. Road finished to Cedar Breaks. M a m moth Plaster and Cement Co. Cedar City Irank closes. K a s Jones and shcarirlg corral. Picture of Shearins C o r ~...
"hly Brother Lehi, born Xovember 1854 at Cedar City Utah, was five feet nine inches in height and weighed 155 pounds. H e was very light in romplesiou, followed farming, stock raising and general business. By strict economy, thrift and industry, he...