| Show INCIDENTS OF or TRAVEL PROGRESS OF PRESIDENT YOUNG AND COMPANY C T r may mayad ad 1863 1963 EDITOR or tue TUB NEWS nemi DEAR sim athala half Aalf past six am ard on thursday last lag 14 e left fillmore and five miles out were overtaken by the express froni front theaty a distance of miles they had traveled in about twenty two hours orb OnA alq iriving ving at corn creek settlement the ex E preas reds returned we mooned an hour and a halt half alt alf at cove creek and then traveled on overa ills lils and through deep defiles deep forests of ce cedar dar interspersed with pinion pines pine s through now and then a pleasant valley where babbling brooklets broo klets rippled to elake the thirst of the traveler or that of the I 1 lowing owing herds which grazed along their green margins inar gins and at six pm we arrived at beave beaver making sixty four miles travel that lay day at beaver the presidency and their party were received with great cordiality we lve we vve e distributed through the place where the I 1 luxuries ux rips rues of or ilfe alfe aspre spread ad on every tables awaited our coming supper over the citi abeus deus repaired to the meeting housie house and and aud were ri lar essed by presidents young and kimball a that truly kind and eatherl fa fatherly therl y spirit so be coing to the leaders of karael israel pleasant and cultivated voices in grateful modulation sau sat eang gang E R nowa heaven beaven ins inspired pir ed hymn 0 my ray father thou who dwell divel lest iest est elt and mile weary a ry with the days travel we ue dispersed to I 1 laces e of repose inis ibis place Is located on beavor creek in tedler county in a large and pleasant valley aar nar abounds with every natural facility to 6 a populous city there is an aban tance nance of water and wood timber for building bull buil ding diug purposes range for stock stoa and the soil is ex they have a drist grist mill and sawmill saw baw mill I 1 and are putting up a carding machine still with all these resources Te sources BO so profusely abound ing within their borders we were unable to discover all of those marks of enterprise and improvement so eagerly looked for by the presidency on their entrance into the tle 11 various arloua settlements the houses are built chiefly of logs with a few and I 1 saw two shingle roofs and one frame frale stable the meetinghouse meeting house is built of jogs logs also there has been a great neglect on the part of the people of beaver it Is hoped there will be a few pew new impetus given to public enterprise and improvement and we expect yet to see a city take the place of their present log houses that shall be worthy of oi the country and the peppie on arriving at the residence of simeon andrews myself and the few friends that accompanied me felt that we had almost reached an earth earthy y paradise look at the neatness of his hia yards an and home and beat him isyou can one thing thin however I 1 will men the he credit of beaver and that is they had bad cleared the road leading through their county of stones and every other obstruction on friday morning we moved on for paro wan win thirty five miles from beaver from the summit which divides iron and beaver counties we gained an immediate view of parowan valley pre presenting enting a scenery esque esque and inviting descending into it we found a plentiful supply of dust which a lad whirled in blinding choking clouds CI 0 ua at Parag oonah a pleasant little settle Btttle settlement ment four fear miles from parowan carowan Pa rowan situated on bd B d creek the presidency were met by an escort from parowan carowan Pa rowan bearing the stars and stripes with a splendid brass band playing accompanied by bish p wm win S warren who welcomed the distinguished distinguish ea visitors passing passin on to within the suburbs of Pa parowan carowan Par rowan oivan a company of boys and girls posted beside the roads road with their teacher at their head the boys dolling doffing their hats hata and the bright faced little girls gifis courtes ying as we passed may their worthy pedagogue train their young i minds to search out the invaluable stores of knowledge which will qualify quality them for use uso us falness in life we fo found and every preparation made roade to receive the president and his big party and after par taking of their hospitalities we assembled for meeting at 5 presidents young and i kimball and elders orson hyde and dLorenzo an loren za snow spoke to a large audience and in their usual forcible manner appealed to the people still to persevere in building up their city and beautifying it and making their homes comfortable for table and pleasant they gave pave them much credit borwhat for what they had bad already done parowan carowan is very pleasantly situated on elevate ground commanding a fine view of tey t ter bet Ret villy alley and is under shelter of mountains up near its eastern limits 1 the ibe I he streett streets are too narrow which gives them rather a cramped or huddled appearance but throughout the entire pace they are well ornament d with cottonwood cott colt onwood trees many or of kvach have grown to a large size embower ia ing lag r he neat residences in their green foliage viti vl tl a an s amply provides their redundant 6 aoe the place hab has an air oe of comfort and ib th ft which ia is truly gratifying to witness there is in paro faro van vall a grist mill a saw mill a engie sanle a machine which has baa cut twelve dugand ousa lid iid shingles in four hours and a to log bou r se the work of laying up the th rock walls of a new meetinghouse meeting house 54 by 44 feih is in progress which they intend to enose t thib this h is season mr G C 0 pendleton has hag a gumn tb th shod shon shop shod where he exhibits skill in une ine manin warin facture of armb arms the most im imbor or tacit aa lum acm however is the cotton factory wu en ch is a success sr it contains pon taina a machine 0 lean dean and prepare the cotton fai for we the cardo 0 anphin from whence it passes through three drawing frames it is then made into hovinga and prepared for the frame containing sixty four spindles the carding and drawing frames are tended by one ons on man and the roving and frames by three girls and an indian boy this factory be longs to president young and ebenezer hanks in the course of two weeks I 1 un understand d e r leeks the frame will be e fi fitted eted u up t to run as many more spindles af after ter which h a about g 0 ut ei eighty i aty pounds of yarn will be produced the h factory is now making yarn nos 8 and 9 which is of a superior quality this small beginning cannot fail to merge into an extensive cotton manufactory attached to the I 1 water power are two lathes one for turning n I 1 wood and the other for turning iron aron both of 1 superior patterns duning during our atay gewere hospitably entertained and provided for every want ant I 1 regret to say that elder john tailor was tai tah taken quite III ill and was under the necessity of remaining malnin at parowan carowan Pa rowan but it is earnestly i hoped ee he will recover and be able to join us 1 again at noon yest yeste yesterday emay we arrived at Cedar icicy city and alid the presidency were hospitably I 1 en entertained t er t a alne aine by bishop alery henry nun lun hofei table lacked none of those luxuries in urlet t which the W I 1 country produces the company were warp distributed tri buted to good quarters among the brethren I 1 who spared no pains for their comfort the ir writers lot was cast with mr richard birkbeck whose table would have satisfied an epicure the people at cedar city have labored under many disadvantages which have acted a as s drawbacks or checks to io their improvement twice they have bad to pull up stakes and aad move their buildings but bat the present site is sufficiently high to assure them taeia that all ail their hereafter will be pei pel permanent r manent r the town is is well ornamented with shade trees rees and contains several large well appear ing ing brick dwellings ne the citizens have not been very successful in cultivating fruit but still I 1 saw taw a few gardens containing apple trees in bloom and I 1 forgot to state that in carowan parowan p I 1 saw apple peach and apricot trees in full fall bloom the altitude of these valleys is several hundred feet higher than that of salt lake which remers them rather cold for fruit it raising r I 1 s I 1 r r yet it is certain that many varieties c can an be produced it properly cultivated and preserved from the browsing aro propensities 0 ot E cattle they have also a good grist and saw mill here that bell that bell that real bell of home manufacture that bell produced from the ore of these mountains and cast in struggling gline cedar city that bell which was a real bell and not a cracked skillet y did ring and though its tone was not so loud shrill clear and melodious as we have heard betat called us to church and we went A good congregation assembled in the social hall and were addressed by presidents young and kimball and eders orson hyde geo A smith and lornzo snow with good feelings for the saints in cedar city we took our departure that afternoon four miles out we were joined by elders erastus snow and franklin IV young before reaching Kannar raville looking to the flouti ith awas was an opening in the mountains and tar far r tar far did we gaze into tho the distance but nothing was there to be seen but the track 1 era esa blue sky 1 there I 1 was as told was the rim of the th e basin and still on beyond that hat declivity was our own little dixie we halted baited at Kanna Kannar traville raville for the here resides my father waldo littlefield whom I 1 now took by the hand band tor for the first time in eleven years I 1 found him enfeebled by age and th the e ta toil toll of year together with the sufferings 1 teri 11 9 privations dobbings rob bings and daiv ings of the he saints in which be has so liberally shared for thirty years driven from his farm and robbed of his goods in caldwell caidwell and davis counties missouri himself and family were driven from the state in the dead of winter in a state of destitution and the unclad feet of my innocent brothers and bister sisters marked the frozen ground with their blood A tat fat fathera father hera bera home yes here was found paternal al affection here were hearts that pulsated quickly wih joy but alas the maternal voice of her who bare me of her my sainted mother whose ashes I 1 had long years ago consigned to dusi dust that voice echoed no more within the sacred of home homel yours truly L 0 littlefield |
