Excerpts from Cedar City Minute Book.. ,1891-1896 Jan. 6 , 1894.. .The Mayor, J. T. Wilkinson, stated that the first business was the appointment of two councilmen in place of . D . Higbee and John Elliker, who had failed to qualify. On motion of...
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, Cedar City. Whereas the rise of intemperance is Utah ... Gentlemen: growing to an alarming extent in Cedar City and drawing within its meshes of destruction many young men of this town. And whereas the...
DONALD C. URIE Biography 1875 - 1948 Donald Clyde Urie was born in Cedar City, Utah. October 2 9 , 1875, the son of John and Priscilla Klingensmith Urie. He died March 9, 1948. in Provo, Utah. He,attended the Branch Normal School in Cedar City and...
July 2 1 , 1 9 1 3 . . .Tax levy of 22 mills was adopted. Committee appointed to investigate Barnhurst s p r i n g near Five Lakes, reported that the water r u n s from the Spring into the Creek in Right Hand Canyon across what is known as Coke...
55 stoves 9 swords 1001 lbs. of powder a n d lead 44 saddles 436 lights of glass (8 x 1 0 ) 1 9 0 lbs. of nails 137 chopping axes 45 mowing scythes 45 sickles 7 2 scythes and grain cradles 98 hoes 110 spades and shovels Carpenter tools--9t s e t s...
than thuty in the hall. I took the hymn book you gave t o me and think I never sang with so much freedom and sincerity of heart in my life. One, William Simpson, preached. His text was 'Search the Scriptures.' He made a most excellent discourse. We...
children sat by improvised stoves wrapped in blankets with their feet on hot rocks.12 They remained camped at Payson the next day, taking inventory of the livestock, provisions and contents of each wagon. They also organized themselves into...
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...
After supper, when the men gathered around the campfire, Brother Lunt exhorted the brethren to "obey counsel and suffer wrong rather than do wrong, and, for the sake of a few house logs, not to let the devil get into their midst."' Apparently, it...
stated that they had been sent especially by the President to go forthwith and test the qualities of the iron ore and send back a sample with all possible haste. They, therefore, required a certain number of the brethren to come forward and assist...
more full report from this expedition at a future day; although the party did not go over the rim of the Basin or extend their research to a very great extent beyond that of last season. One of the greatest evils we have heard reported is the...
The motto, 'Woliness to the Lord," was written on the Bishop's flag. A beehive and sheaf of wheat appeared under the writing, and a battle axe and spear were at the top of the flag. The group marched around the Fort and Brother George Brimhall...
ofthe mountains were blessed with an array of trained laborers. This was a vital factor in the success of the Mormons as color~izers.~ Experienced workers had been sent to southern Utah to help in the manufacture of iron, but they were encountering...
Fort singing Christmas songs which serenaded the town most beautifully. Then they returned to the schoolhouse and partook of some refreshments, received some instructions, and danced again until daylight. The house was most beautihlly decorated...
'dog iron' [hand iron] which caused our hearts to rejoice very much to see the first casting of iron made in the mountains. We gave three cheers and cried Hosannah to God and the Lamb forever and ever, and three cheers for Iron County. Attended...
Wednesday, April 6 : Myself and Ellen witnessed the laying of the comer stones of the foundation of the temple. There were more than five thousand saints present. To see the order and hear the music and see the troops of soldiers with their flags...
that time. The following account was taken from the minutes of the meetings: The first session was held at 11:OO a.m. and present of the Twelve were Elders Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards. The Presidency of the Stake was J. C. L. Smith, John...
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...
times. The U.S. Army was pressing upon the people uttenng dire threats as to what would take place when it reached the ~ a l l e y s . ~ n Fmstrated i seeking pace, bankrupting themselves to store food and ammunition, and stmggling to reestablish...
for the Army. From his successive raids, 1,000 head of cattle were driven into Salt Lake Valley from the army encampment~.~ Much of this had taken place before Henry left for Cedar City on October 11, 1857. It was a sixteen-day trip to Cedar Fort....