Sun. Mar. 5, 1899: Ther. 8-30 am. 36º., Wea. clear Fast Day. I attend the after noon meeting Monday 6: Ther. 8 am 43º., Wea. clear I chored around and put hay in the wagons preparetory to going to the ranch, John J. Gifford J.R. Crawford & I...
Sun. Sept. 18, 1904: Ther. Cold Wea. Ptly. cldy. Joe Farnes, Willie Langston and I went up on Point Lookout this forenoon. 50) Monday 19: Ther. Light clouds Cool Worked in the mill had some trouble with the machinery. Tuesday 20: Ther. Cool.,...
Sun. March 29, 1908: Wind clds I attended S. School and Band practise Mon. 30: High wind clds Jim and I are Baling hay for our Land tonight Dance at Springdale Tues. 31: Wind Fixing our wagons up. Wed. April 1: Clear Windy Jim and I started for...
Fri. Nov. 8, 1912: Ther. Pleasant Wea. clds The roads are spongy and make it hard on teams. We got to the lower Kane Bed-Tanks. Saturday 9: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Few T. clds Drove on up to the upper tanks met John Winder then put all of our loads on...
Plan selerted and Tabernacle built. People still brinq called to Bluff - Jody's Diarv. Takinq n cattle held to San J u a n . Lehi receives r Misaion Call. Ilcnry seriamly hurned. Letter from Mary hw Lunt to Lehi while on miasion. Letter from Henry...
T h e first settlers in Cedar City and the building of the Old Fort. Early hietory of iron works. Threat of Indian uprising. Livins in old fort. Death of first child. Alma. Picture, Deseret Iron Cornparry. Picture, TheComrnunity Bell.
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Completion of transcontinental telesraph. Cedar City's first telexraph office. Ellen Whittaker Lunt, h f a r y Ann Wilson Lunt, Henry Lunt, Ann Cower Lunt and Samh ~ \ n n u n t . Hrnry L.unt goes to MexL ico. Henrietta's acquaintance wirh Major...
CHAPTER IV
FORT LOUISA AND COAL CREEK 1851 n Monday Apnl 7, 1851, the fifteen lead wagons of a large California bound company, led by Parley P. Pratt and Charles C. Rich arrived in Fort Louisa. This group, who was cornnnissioned by the First...
ADOBE HOME 1853 t has been twelve months this day since 1first carne down to this place with eleven wagons for to comrnence a settlement. It was then a wild desert, but is now a fiuitful field. The work that has :en accomplished at this place for...
Emery County (Utah); Coal Mining, Huntington (Utah); Horse and Wagons
The mountains around Castle Valley -- Emery and Carbon County -- have thick coal seems in them. Coal mining has been the major industry since 1875. Early coal mining was done with horses or mules and wagons as shown in this picture.