Show PAROWAN PAROW AN PLANS FOR HOME WEEK Elaborate Celebration Will Be Bein Bein Bein in Connection With Iron County Fair WAS IWAS EARLY SETTLEMENT Town Was Established in 1851 as Outpost on Highway to California Special 1 to The Parowan Sept 4 Plans are arc being mado b by the people of or Parowan to tomake tomake make tho annual home coming week to tobe tobe tobe be held in connection with the Iron Count County fair September 1 12 to 18 18 the biggest and most elaborate celebration of oC Its kind ever held In the district Announcements of or the annual celebration tion have hare been sent to all former residents resi resl- dt dents of ot Parowan and special rates of ot otone one and one fifth fares have o been made on the th railroads from points in Utah and I Idaho 0 The rIme committee In charge of or th tho cel cel- Morgan tor an Richards chairman and Warner arner Mitchell secretary has arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged a program for tor each e day of or tho the week and promises big doIngs doIngs doings do- do Ings to th the visitors and home homo folk There ere will be baseball games horse racing foot racing boxing wrestling and other sports Tho Tb citizens zens of or Parowan Parowan Paro Pare wan are looking forward to this the comIng com com- lag Ing of ot man many former re residents and open doors will be found at every home to welcome them Parowan Is tho the pioneer town of or southern Utah and had Its inception January 13 13 1831 1851 when a a. company an o of or persons was sent from Crom Salt comE Lake ake b by Brigham Young under the leadership of or George GeorgO A. A Smith to establish a an outpost t on tho the highway to California On account of danger from attack b by Indians tho the company was organized on military lines The dt city was lal laid I out and shortt shortly afterwards a n. sawmill was erected and there thero much of or the bumber lumber lum bum ber used In the building of oC the tabernacle taber- taber taber-I taber nacle organ orlan in Salt SIlt Lake was turned turne I out L u I trA U Ji b bAs As a L sate safeguard a against attacks b by Indians one of ot tho first works b by th the tho settlers was sas tho the construction of ot a In an earth wall around their settlement This wall formed a square a n. half hll milon mile mil on each side and was thirty six Inches wide at the base twenty four Incho Inches wide sIdo at tho the top and ten feet teet high j A wide wide ditch which was vas as l kept ept filled tilled with water surrounded the wall Later th the settlers erected a I. I council house truer where meetings of ot all aU kinds were held In Including In- In eluding theatricals anti and dancing parties Tho The next public building to bo be erected was 15 a n. school house This building however howe has given wa way to a I. I modern brick structure A stone stono meeting house was as erected in 1866 It soo soon will pass out of oC service as ns ri a new neA I structure Is rapidly nearing completion Like the school house and chapel th theother the tho other buildings S which were erected 1 In Inthe inthe the early days of oC tho the settlement ar arc disappearing one by on ono one and in their places modern structures of or brick an and stone and Ind concrete are aro going up Th The country roun round about In tho the Parowan valley Is ono one of the richest tracts In tho state arid and is producing abundant crops each ench year Forty now new brick hou houses es have o been bee erected hero and many more are aro under under un un- un- un der construction In extending an Invitation to all former former for tor- mer resl residents of or Parowan to visit th the tho city olty during home coming week and t tall to all aU the tho friends of ot tho the city to pa pay pa a n visit Mr Richards says It is that we may see the faces face and shake the hands of or those who once one lived hero here and to greet gred again the tho visitors visitors visit visit- ors era who come to our gates to particiPate participate pate Vatu In tho the celebration and anel have a good time that wo we have ha arranged this home coming week eel There Is house houseroom houseroom room table room and heart room for Cor all aU who come corne I of or electric power tin th pum pumping ng for tor Irrigation purposes |