CEDAR CITY:
THE BUILDING OF A COMMUNITY
( D r . Arrington, L.D. S. Church Historian, delivered the following address at Cedar City, Utah during the 125th anniversary celebration, November, 1976.) The rich historical legacy left by Cedar City's...
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...
The summer after Henry left for England to fblfdl an L.D.S. Mission in that country the settlers were forced to contend with great challenges. Because of the hot, dry weather in 1855, hoards of grasshoppers hatched and migrated to the fields in...
banlefield more than a miliion men and a debt of millions of dollars and thousands of lives. The state of Missouri, where the saints have received their persecutions, is now the great banlefield of the west. It is now man against man and neighbor...
A son, Richard Henry Lunt, was born to Ann Gower Lunt and Henry Lunt on Nov. 17, 1872. He died the same day. Most commu~ties a cooperative sheep and cattle herd in had which each person, and the church, turned their sheep or cattle over to the...
article, but cheap and speedy transportation to the points of demand. Also, Utah is bound at some time to be a great iron-producing and iron-consuming country." The abundance of human resources for this undertakmg was stressed because a large share...
fond of music. We also visited the Art Gallery and Museum in the new Midland Institute and 'Arcade,' both built since 1 was in England 30 years ago. We also were invited by a cousin of Ellen's to go and visit him and his wife who live at Olton, six...
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...
to control the Church. The political success of the Liberal party at this time gave strength to its efforts to secure more adverse legislation for Utah. The Cullom Bill was proposed in pursuance of the wishes ofthe anti-Monnons. If passed, it would...
Mexican visitor. We had an unusually good meeting, the weather was very hot and 1 don't think 1 ever got such a warming up in preaching in ali my Me--1 was like a boiled cabbage with perspiration. Brother and Sister Lunt accompanied me to the...
When Martineau returned to Pacheco a month later, the town was a shocking sight. Large pieces of beef and pork lay rotting in the houses and yards and the homes were in a temble condition. There were books, many choice ones, scattered around--many...
country and both Amencan and Bntish companies acquired large holdings in northwestern Chihuahua. Cattle materially aEected the economy of the Mormons and they shipped them to the United States for a good profit. In fact, raising cattle became the...
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...
Exodus o f I.L.S. lprople. Organization of L.D.S. church. Rri~liani Young m a d c n r n kndcr a n d L.D.S. pcople inovini. west to U t a h Terriloly a n d holm iof Scare af Dcserrt.
Lehi W. Jones's parents were imn~igrantsto America from Wales,...
to l~ecome Kumen's horse, and later when Kumen went to San Juan in 1879, he took "Old FranPwith him." Each of the towns to which Lehi delivered mail had a colorful history, and he became interested in the details of their colonization. In 1869, the...
idea of makin: some gain on their investment, and they wanted to get their stock hack. Lehi and George Urie offered them the stock, if they were willing to take over some of the indebtedness. Eventually, when no one agreed to help on the note, Lehi...
Lehi Jones made presidcnt of Bank of Southern Utah. Lehi, m r x her of Utah Wool Growcr's ssociation. Picture. Lchi Jones, John L. Sevy and James Smith. Lehi drives auto~nabilr.Lehi's 86th birthday. Picture, Lehi in 1940. Picture, Lclii 1)'. Jones...
Iron mines and mining--Iron County (Utah); Utah International, Inc.
Interior of plant tunnel at Comstock. After the tunnel was completed, thousands of tons of iron ore was stockpiled inside. Eventually the tunnel structure began to fail requiring additional fabrication.
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was placed administratively under the Department of Social Services in 1967, and Ab Harris was employed as the first Director of the Division of Indian Affairs. With the death of Ab Harris, Bruce Parry became the...
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