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The Founders’ Rescue Wagon

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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The Founders’ Rescue Wagon

Faced with the Herculean challenge of deep, early winter snows and a legal deadline to complete the first building for the Branch Normal School within eight months, the founders of Southern Utah University pursued this seemingly impossible goal with inspired determination.

On the morning of January 5, 1898, a party left Cedar City for the Heber Jenson Saw Mill, located at Mammoth Creek on Cedar Mountain, some 30 miles from the campus. The group intended to haul out 15,000 board feet of lumber that had been cut and left at the mill the previous fall – lumber which would be used to construct the framework of Old Main. After three grueling days on the trail, the men managed to reach the mill and load their wagons; but heavy snows forced them to abandon the precious lumber.

In danger of surrendering for good the right to host the school, five men remained on the mountain to dig out the wagons while the others returned to town to stock up on provisions and enlist additional help. Digging foot by foot through the drifts, the men worked their steady way home – and on January 11, the wagons arrived in Cedar City with the first load of lumber. The Branch Normal School had been rescued.

This original wagon, recently restored, was used to haul logs from the forest to the saw mill, and was among several that saved the school for the people of Cedar City. Its design points to its use in handling heavy logs in winter conditions, with its protected hubs and spokes, its heavier running gear, and its braking system, which allowed the driver to perch on the logs and operate the brake by foot pedal while leaving his hands free to manage the teams.

This vivid reminder of the Founders’ courage and sacrifice was donated to the Cedar City Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers by the Jack Jenson family, and then by SUP to Southern Utah University. Preservation and restoration work was completed by Blaine Allan of SUP.

This is Sons of Utah Pioneers historic marker #215, located in the Sharwan Smith Student Center at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah

Deseret Iron Works

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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Deseret Iron Works

This monument marks the spot where on Sept. 30, 1852 the first iron was manufactured west of the Mississippi River by the Mormon Iron Missionaries sent by Brigham Young.

This 5½ ton ore body was obtained from the iron deposits used by iron workers located about seven miles west of Cedar City in the Three Peaks area; it is about 16% Fe. The smaller specimens are some that were actually hauled by horse-drawn vehicles to this site and were found during excavation. The blast furnace, foundry, pattern shop, coke and charcoal ovens, water wheel and office of the early Pioneer Iron Works were located north, south, and east of this monument.

The technology of using coke was brought by these early iron workers directly from England where the use of charcoal had been outlawed and which was a relatively new idea, especially in American iron manufacturing. In spite of floods which inundated the iron works, the undependable water source and other natural and man made difficulties, considerable iron was produced here until 1858 making the Iron Industry one of the leading factors in the economy of the Utah Territory.

This monument was dedicated November 11, 1978 (Cedar City’s 127th Birthday) and is located at 400 North 100 East in Cedar City, Utah.

Pioneer Iron Works Blast Furnace

To satisfy an urgent need for manufactured iron products, a small group of English, Welch, Scotch, Irish and American pioneers answered a call from Brigham Young to become “Iron Missionaries” to settle Iron County and to make iron. They arrived in Parowan on January 13, 1851 and produced the first iron west of the Mississippi on September 30, 1852 on this site. Due to economic, social, environmental and technical problems the Iron Works was closed down in October 1858.

Cedar City Cemetery

09 Thursday Jun 2022

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The Cemetery in Cedar City, Utah

Located at 685 North Main Street.

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The Casting of the Lots

29 Sunday May 2022

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The Casting of the Lots

On July 29, 1776, Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante led an exploration party of ten horsemen from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to establish an overland route to Monterey, California, while spreading the Catholic faith to the native peoples they hoped to meet along the way.

As the Padres traveled along the Beaver River in early October, they became increasingly discouraged about reaching Monterey. Their Indian guide had been frightened and had deserted them to return home. Left alone they were unable to find a passage through the mountains. Their supplies were already low and as they realized they were now at the mercy of the severe winter storms, the Fathers despaired of reaching their original destination and decided to return to Santa Fe. However, the other members of the party were reluctant to give up their hopes of reaching California. On October 11, Escalante recorded in his diary, “We had already disclosed to them at Santa Brigida the reasons for our new resolve, and instead of paying heed to their validity were setting their views against ours,…[having] conceived grandiose dreams of honors and profit solely reaching Monterey.”

The Padres, knowing something must be done to restore the unity of the group, asked the men “to search anew God’s will by casting lots – putting “Monterey” on one and “Cosnina” on the other – and to follow the route which came out.” The lot drawn was Cosnina. As the expedition continued the journey southward “quickening our pace as much as possible,” Escalante rejoiced that “this we all heartily accepted now, thanks be to God.”

That night they camped in a pasture eleven miles north of present-day Cedar City, calling it Valley Rio de San Jose. Escalante was greatly impressed with the possibility of settlements in Cedar Valley. “It greatly abounds in pasturelands, has large meadows and middling marshes, and very fine land for a good settlement for dry-farming….Very close to its circumference there is a great source of timber and firewood of ponderosa pine and pinon, and good sites for raising large and small livestock.”

Although the explorers never reached California, they covered some 2,000 miles of challenging terrain now called the American Southwest, adding greatly to the knowledge of the area’s geography, potential for settlement, and native inhabitants.

This is #19 of the historic markers by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, see others in the series on this page:

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Ron’s Sporting Goods

11 Monday Apr 2022

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138 South Main Street in Cedar City, Utah

Cedar Bowling Center

18 Friday Dec 2020

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I’ve always loved the vintage sign they have out in front of Cedar Bowling Center at 421 E Hwy 91, Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City Armory

16 Saturday May 2020

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I haven’t been able to find out exactly where this was located, if you know please comment on this page or let me know.

During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to build or expand a number of UTNG facilities. The WPA funded eight armories and several garage and storage areas for the UTNG. By 1940, 13 armories were in use by the Utah Guard including” that in Cedar City.

The location of the historic armory is presently unknown to Living New Deal. The building has since been demolished.

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Coal Creek Gold Medal Mile

13 Thursday Sep 2018

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Coal Creek Gold Medal Mile

One of the Gold Medal Miles is located here in Veterans Park in Cedar City.   For others on the list visit this page.

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Main Street Park

13 Thursday Sep 2018

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Main Street Park in Cedar City.

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Veterans Park

13 Thursday Sep 2018

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Cedar City‘s Veterans Park and War Memorial.

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