Oct. 12. 1 8 0 4 . . .Written petition of Joseph Bryant, asking for the privilege of running a pool table and lunch stand to be located on the cross street near the Hunter Barber Shop, was presented. Action deferred. Oct. 2 1 , 1 9 0 4 . . .Special...
intersecting Main Street a t the corner near Mr. Henry Elliker's residence on Main Street and commonly known a s Normal Street. Granted. Dec. 1, 1904 ... The Mayor reported t h a t a case of Small Pox had developed recently in the City a n d , in...
May 1 2 , 1 9 1 9 . . .Votes were canvassed on the special water bond election held May 6 , 1 9 1 9 . There were 88 ballots c a s t , of which 88 were 'for' the issue of bonds, and 'none' ballots 'against'. May 1 6 , 1 9 1 9 . . .From Iron County...
was hoisted on the evening of the third of July, 1852. It was also during the year of 1852 that the mining industry in Iron County began. W might mention that, e about this time, the first gold discovered in the County was found at Parowan, in the...
apostles saw i t , was not so much the smelting of iron, vital though this was to the pioneer economy, b u t , more importantly, the building of a harmonious and unified community here on the borders of civilization. This was to be done in spite of...
found such a concentration of steamboats. They stretched for four or five miles, curving with the river itse& sometimes two and three deep. By night, the procession of boats on the lower river was one of magical splendor. Hundreds of lights glanced...
dirt . . . which every man is said to eat in his lifetime. It filled our eyes too, and our ears, and our nostrils. It was in the food; it sprinkled the pancakes; it was in the syrup that we poured over them. Half suffocated were we by it, during...
dangerous. No less dangerous was the task of removing the yokes fiom the impatient creatures and of the unloosing the chains. The romance of being out in the wilds was terribly chilled by an inclement sky. A few days of drizzling rain tried the...
If love and reason could but guide With thee I'd brave the ocean wide, And live for thee alone. Go where you will, I'm still the same, My heart is fixed. I oft exclaim 'We may be happy yet.' And when the farewell tear is dry'd Heaven prosper thee,...
it for tea and tobacco. Henry and Brother Carmthers gave him what he asked for. A few days before, John D. Lee and Charles Dalton and their wives had brought thirteen cheeses to Henry for the Iron Works. The charge was 25 cents per pound.6 As...
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...
and a very important one it is, as every teacher who has tned it must confess. Our choir, under the patronage and encouragement of our leaders, still improves. They gave a concert during the winter which was very satisfactory. Our city fathers have...
honored and revered by our children, exalted above al1 other women. 1s this a state of slavery? If so, it is a very pleasant one. We have many privileges guaranteed unto us, one of which is the right to choose our husbands and, arnongst the many...
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Another article was written in the Deseret News which contained uiformation that when the iron ore from Iron City amived in Provo it was examined and determined to be as good as "could be imported
measles. While there, we boys learned how to make slat quail traps. Father bought us a sack of wheat for bait, and we climbed the sunny hillsides and found bare spots where the snow had melted 0% made a trail of wheat leading to the trap, then...
feed and a scant living while they worked. When the railroad failed, the project became known as the "Manana Railroad." The Lunt f d y managed through the summer and winter of 1890 on rather slirn rations hoping to grow a more bounteous crop during...
came on my door and 1 opened it. 1 saw Patriarch Henry Lunt on a horse. He was well wrapped for it was early and very cold; he asked if Brother Durfee was in. 1 answered, 'He is in the vailey trying to get or earn some flour.' 1 insisted on him...
that the Lunts usually had more than anyone else in town. They always had a garden because they had a stream of water to use for inigation running through their property. There was very little water i Pacheco during the dry months, but the Lunts...
Heaton's wife were ordered to fix a meal for them. They also demanded that Heaton haul a load of corn fiom the bam down to the house to feed their horses. It was fortunate, at the time, that they had a good supply of food on hand so the women fixed...
my new house, and the first thing they did was to find it. They tried to scare us into giving them more stuff Anyway, we finally got rid of them and they camped that night just over the hill from us. We kept our saddle horses hid out in the...