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Show R OLD PIONEER OF IRON H COUNTY AND THE SOUTH H Yesterday morning wc were fnv- H orcd by a visit from Ncphl Johnson, H one of the pioneers of Pnrowun, Cc- H dar City and other towns in the south. H Mr. Johnson's home is now nt Mcs-H! Mcs-H! . quite, Clurk County, Nevada, and he H was on his way home from tho Paro- H wan home-coming. H Mr. Jolinson is now 82 years old, H but is remarkably well preserved, can H read and write still, gets about with H apparent case, is straight and would H not be tuken for much if any over CO. H He was a member of tho original H band of pioneers who settled Pnro- H wan January 13, 1851. After resid- Hf ing there for two years. From there wM he moved to Johnson's Fort with his H brother, and it is from them that the H settlement takes its name- of Johnson. H In 18DG Mr. Johnson moved to Co- H dar City, but resided here only about Hj three years when he was called by Hi Bishop Isaac C. Haight to lead a H: company of saints into the upper H. Virgcn Valley, and assisted in mnk- H; ing tho first wagon road into that H country. He settled at Virgcn City, H where he resided for 12 years, and Hs then moved to Kanab, where he lived H! 25 years. Hi Mr. Johnson was joined at Parowan H; by his brother Alma Johnson, another H pioneer of this section, who is now Hi residing at Tropic, Garfield county. |