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Show pOMETHING ABOUT UTAH AND ITS RESOURCES I fP I IRON, COUNTY L ' 1 I FACTS ABOUT IRON COUNTY, it fH' , in sdiioro miles ;:,:;7l !K In crcs 2,101,000 valuation, personal property. . 3810.512 4. iBSed valuation, real estate -143,322 vnlur Improvements 249.GS4 .J. 'BpoP n:,3es,scd by Plat0 boar1.- 707,330 4- B-EATHER FACTS ABOUT IRON COUNTY, UTAH. MFmnFN'A Mean temperature: January. 27.5; JL IB.hruary. 81 6; March. 39.2; April. 4fi.Il; May M f& June. 03.2: July. 09.7: August. CS.G; Snptem- IB Ir fiO". October, .MU: November. 30.0; Decern- 4-LH 4-LH Er 31.7. Annual. -IS.5. tmriee precipitation January. 0.74; February. !- A?t? March. 1.37; April. 1.70; May. 1.38; June 4 H tit- Julw 0.3 IT August. 0.M: September. 0.50; 4. H otobr. 'O.SSj November, 0.01; December, 0.S1. B nfn4'ciTV Mean lempcraturc January, 34,-1; hruary. 37.S: March. 43.2: April. 48.0; May. X 't June, CR.2: July. 71.7; Aucust, GS.7; Septcm- t!r 6'1: Oclober. 00.1: November. 41.9; Decern- , 53.6. Annual. 51.3. :. irtrtcc precipitation January. 0.74; February, iWrsiarch. 1.M; April. I.fi7; May. 1.21; June! . julv. 0.00: August, 1.23; September. 1,11; 4. B October, 1"' : November. 1.12; December, 0.77. BsmVAN Mean temperature: January, 28.8; 4 ?rVbnwrv 31.fi: March, 3S.7; April. 47.1; May 3. ;iv June. C3J: July. 71.1; August. 69.1; Sep- 4 iJmbtr C0.1: October. -1 S.S : November. 3S.7; W number. 2S.8. Annual, 4S.5. 3. irfrace precipitation January, 1.00; February, -j. IK- March. J.SS; prtl. 1.19; May, 1.17: June. 4. ti' July. 0,01: August. 1.20: Scntombor, 1.01; A H' October. 0.80; November. 0 02; December, 0.87. 4- R Annual. 12.42. .j. 1 STORY OF IRON COUNTY. Itlte reverential feeling ought not to be overlooked ILtlher In dealing with Iron county, because It Is one Jige oldest districts in point of settlement In the sta,te; mLfi cutting out a very brief period at the commence-Etirhcn commence-Etirhcn time and consummations were not so consc-ML.ii.1 consc-ML.ii.1 as since. Its history and that of Utah are Earaous terms. Its settlement In a systematic way Wu in December. 1850. when about thirty families. Ifcri hy George A. Smith and convoyed by 100 urmccl WZL I'll Salt Lake and located on what was then IE Centre creek, establishing a settlement, which Kcallrd Parowan, the place now so well known, this Kt the pioneer town of southern Utah. The settlers constructed a high and thick mud -wall around Brr location, as the Indians were very hostile for some K Portions of Its foundations arc yet to be seen, K of them quite prominent, they constitute an inter-t: inter-t: landmark. Flit net of the legislature organizing and defining fc boundaries of Iron county was passed Fcbruarv 3, K P3rowan being designated as the county seal, a Bwrtlen which IL has retained ever since. The county fatben a stupendous strip of territory, extending from H&n uncertain eastern boundary of California to some tuct east of the present western boundary of Colo-M Colo-M ftatc which then had no existence, not even as tfritory. The creation of an independent territory m of that portion of Utah, since known as Nevada, JHp? off a couple of hundred miles or- more from the SJrtrm end of Iron county, and the subsequent creation Hfftiorado out of its eastern and western surroundings Hp my another big slice, the. county then being rc-ML-bd as to Its "sunrise and sunset" lines by the Ukri of the territory of Utah. BOUNDARIES PRESENT COUNTY, lMBlfLlti.tir,im.m,ner ,J,d not cn,J there. In Fcbruarv, half' 'M, Wa.turo ?et aParl considerably more than countv n ' Vn1"" d0ma,n ?c, what remained of Iron he l.o r.r r i ount5; e ylnc to the new creation trlct w ?h niv "m 2 cunty. this leaving tlio parent dls-uoundnrlei- nnVini.. torr.,t.,ry defined by the following Bhlu ?l imi"ih ri"nl-e at.th.c, northwest comer of town-nf town-nf ti,i ?! l,,.ran!c n VCRt- thence west to the boundary ? and -7 KL XQ"l? H01,th lo tllc "nc between townships 15 n Vfi t LV :nthcncc ca?,L t0 lhe 1,1,0 between ranges toci.ii l-csJf. ,cncc nrrth to the northwest corner of ?mm in Mlrnii.?if m)d 't-named township: thence south to tl-rcs southeast corner of said last-mentioned Hhln" "7oVheCI?S 10 th0 .iputheoat corner of" town-siilp town-siilp .,7 otith. range 13 west; thence south to the north-nSLC0.ill?r.0f north-nSLC0.ill?r.0f P(,L;t,lon 2A- towr,l,tp 38 south; thence cn"t 1 iiS nn(i i,enarat'"e ranges 0 and 10 west; thence north easto'VlS'L"5 VT"'"" 37 and 38 south; thence ? liLc I'!10, separating rangeH 7 and 8 west: thence ? ,t.ho norllwest corner of township 35 south, range ' "?'-l ie .nce ca?1 to the northeast corner of said hiat-UJ hiat-UJ ?ned l0nallpi thence north to the northwest corner cor-ner or township 34 south, range 6 west: thence east to J !SnjS.or5c."ist. co.ine,"iof 8BJd lat-mentloncd township; thence north to the place of beginning. A good deal of description for a not overly large county, and live-sixths of It relating to the southeast corner at that. A glance, at the map vill show the rca-H0J rca-H0J ,r th,s' T at particular portion Is shaped somewhat some-what like an old-fashioned rail fence, lhe other and much greater boundary lines being as straight and wcil-proportloncd wcil-proportloncd as a carpenter's equare. IS A LONG WAY OFF. In the early days Iron county was a long ways off. To make a trip to Parowan was a matter involving as much In the way of preparation as a Journey to the eastern east-ern or western, frontier. Strong tennis, good wagons, plenty of provisions, precaution against dangers of various vari-ous kinds and for protection against the elements, and, people who could stand a rough trip requiring from ten days to three weeks depending on the team, the Impedimenta encountered and the ability of the leam-s;e.rr.,!olMf; leam-s;e.rr.,!olMf; llc PrSlnc requisites. It Is not possible to visit the leading towns and make what would be called a flying trip even now, tills, owing to" the distance from the San Pedro, I,os Angeles & Salt Iake railroad which cuts across the northwestern corner of the county, while tup town9 are nearly as far as the opposite direction direc-tion as they can be and remain within the boundaries and the all but primitive methods of transportation otherwise prevailing. As it Is now, a person can go to Omaha or San Francisco In about the same length of time required to reach the county seat of Iron county at Paiowan. WALLED TOWN OF CEDAR. A year after Parowan was established, a few families moved over the southern rim ofthc Groat or Fremont basin, locating on a goodly stream and calling the settlement set-tlement Cedar, the name doubtless being in recognition of the great prevalence of that growth In the neighborhood. neighbor-hood. The walled system was "also adopted at Cedar, but the walls were not Independent structures apart from the domiciles, as at Parowan. they formed also one of the walls of the different houses. In which the people lived, a large open space being thus left in the Interior, in the center or which a well was dug, this rendered security against (ho redmen more secure. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the close environment the place grew In population, an actual count showing 455 people in )S53. Cedar was the radiating and focal point of the great conspiracy against Fanchcr's emigrant train, which In September. 1S57, at Mountain Meadows, on the California road, was treacherously destroyed by a force of men acting act-ing under the dlrcctton of the leading authorities of Cedar, all the emigrants, excepting the youngest of the children, being sluln in the most barbarous manner. John D. Icc. who lived In the nearby settlement of Harmony and who was a prime mover and actor in the tragedy, subsequently paid the penalty with hia life March 23, 1877 being the only ono to be. so punished. pun-ished. WAS HAUNTED TOWN. A blight settled upon the walled town after the massacre, many holding the view that It was haunted, and It was soon completely abandoned and a now location, loca-tion, a short distance further cast was made, thl3 becoming becom-ing the Cedar City of subsequent years, and for some timo past the metropolis of the countv. Iron county is bounded on the east by Carticld county, on tho north by Beaver county, on tho west bv the stnt of Nevada, and on the south by Washington mid a corner of Kane counties. Across Its narrowest width, which is the western part, it Is thirty-eight, miles, and its greatest great-est width, at Its central point. Is forty-six miles: its greatest length (east and west) Is eighty miles, and its shortest (on the southern side) fifteen miles less. SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. The valuation of property In Iron county, according accord-ing to the assessor's returns for 1300, Is as follows: Ileal estate ? 143,322 Improvements 210,084 Porsonal property 810,512 rtailroads .... 078,240 Telegraphs . . 0.17S Telephones 11,111 -Express companies 107 The livestock In the county, from the same showing, was as follows' Horses, lfiSO, valued at S G0.Q07 Cattle, 4040, valued at 68,482 Sheep, 1I1.44S, valued at 421.3.'i!l Swine, G2fi. valued at 1,020 Colonies of bees, 287, valued at.... S53 i Total 5553,507 The personal property, not otherwise enumerated, made the following showing: Merchandise, .and store fixtures.. ..$53,175 Machinery, tools, etc 33,053 Wf Solvent, credits, etc 58.900 .Not otherwise stated 62,847 Money 18,070 The amounts expended per capita for educational purposes of Iron county from the beginning of statehood state-hood up to 1908. arc as follows:, 189G, $7.62: 1807. $7.00; 1S08, $6.69: 1S99, $8.56; 1900, $9.08; 1001. $10.22; 1002. 322.30; 1003. $13.57; 1901. $16.45; 1905. $12 88; 1906. $12.97; 1907. $19.74; 190S. $11.95, The total amount paid per capita during those thirteen years Is thus shown to be $102.41, an average of $12.49 and a fraction. FINE GRAZING COUNTRY. As Is partly disclosed by the livestock table preceding. Iron county Is a fine grazing and stock-raising district. It Is also well to the front in agricultural products, but is not particularly heavy In a horticultural way. U has somo or tho largest and finest uncultivated areas of anv of the medium-sized counties of the state. North and west of Parowan arc stretches of land, the soil of which wherever reclamation has been prosecuted, lias Invarlablv made profitable returns. Near the center of the valley containing Parowan and Paragoonah Is Little S,nlt Lake, which hos yielded the sallno product to the people for many miles around from tho beginning of the countv's settlement. East and north of this lake Is a landmark almost as well known, the Buckthorn springs, an oasis In a desert region. Up to a few years ago the springs amounted only to a watering place for travelers and teamsters, and a kind of sheep ranch, but latterlv great Improvements have been made. It has been fenced and cultivated. There are thirty-two driven wells, and the deepest is 212 and the shallowest 106 feet, all yielding finely, and It demonstrates that, water is easily found at any point, while the yield of foodsturf Is equal to that of any other part of that section of the state. GREAT ESCALANTE DESERT. West of the second guide meridian to the limits "of the state and bevond, and onst of it to a lesser extent. and occupying all of the county's territory north and ; . ; South, and a bit over. Is the noted Eacalanto desert, . containing not far from 2000 square miles. Veering away slightly to tho northwest, is the trail biased hv Kscnlantc , H10, t,me when the united colonies of this continent decided to "dissolve the political bands which connected them with" great Britain, that Is. 1776. Except at Its eastern harder. Iron county does not show up extensively In the matter of mountains. It has a few eminences entitled to the designation of peaks, one called Mt. Henry. Just south of Cedar City, and a little southeast of It are what are called Sugar Loaf peaks and some craters long since gone out of business, the volcanoes vol-canoes to which they once related, having banked their fires probably a long time before the first of the explorers explor-ers ever visited this western region. There are several streams of fairly good proportions heading In tho mountain moun-tain range and flowing westerly, tho. most pretentions being that on which Cedar City Is situated, though Parowan Paro-wan creek Is by no means as Insignificant an affair as many that arc more talked of In the stale, and In some few Instances have the name of river conferred upon them. Wherever these streams occur they arc utilized to tho fullest extent for Irrigation. Springs of no tittle rapacity are fairly numerous, these occurring at places more remote from the mountains. . IRON AND COAL INEXHAUSTIBLE. Undoubtedly, Iron county's natural sources of wealth one of whl,ch yields but little and the other nothing at all are her coal measures and iron deposits, both practically inexhaustible, and of the finest quality. One great lode of bituminous coal appears to crop out Initially a few miles east of Kanarra and south and cast of Cedar r City, traversing the ranges in what Is believed to be ah unbroken column all the way to the Colorado river, 200 miles dlstaut the way it goes. These are owned chieflv by local parties, who some day. when a. railroad Is built In that neighborhood, will have a bonanza. On the west side, near the Washington line, are well-known anthracite deposits. So far, .the coal is furnished only to Cedar's Immediate surroundings, some of It getting ng far as Dixie, but, of course, when the only means of transportation transporta-tion are old the old-fashioned wagon and team, over still older-fashioned roads, the amount of business done Is hardly enough to Justify Us being placed among the statistical features of the state's reports. Meantime the coal will keep, and, ns stated, will be heard from later, perhaps at an early day. The other product, if such a name fits a thing that is qot produced iron is more noted, and more talked about than the other. It was from the Immense deposits of this metal, known to exist In the more central portions por-tions of the county, that Its name was derived, when the legislature gavo It official existence fifty-seven years ago. The first settlers had more "get-up" to them than has been shown since, notwithstanding the abundance of capital and the great Improvement in all things relating relat-ing to the development and working up of metalliferous deposits, for they put up a blast furnace and such works as the limited means at their command would permit, and In their primitive way cast many articles of utility, some of whlcli, by reason of tho Impossibility of freightage, freight-age, at any price at such times, they would otherwise havo had to do without. One of the things cast by the settlers was a cood-slzod bell for public purposes, this being duly Installed on the meeting house and doing duty ror many years. Of course, It was not the most musical thing in its line, but It served the purpose for which it was cast. NOT YET DEVELOPED. Spasmodic movements have been made now and then looking to the extensive working of the iron fields and the smelting and manufacturing of iron ores, but none ' has ever resulted In anything of a practical nature taking place, The lands are chiefly owned by tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company, but they have been variously owned at different times. The late Bishop Thomas Taylor (father-in-law to ex-Governor Cutler), spent a considerable fortune for-tune In litigation over tho property The quality of tho ore lias been determined several times as the very best. and the quantity Is utterly beyond computation. It HH-H"H"I"H 1 Sj i H f Area In square miles , 51.090 ; Wtf' F Y Area In acres , ol.oOo.fiOO . W irf t Extreme breadth, miles 275 4 i imm rlM v Extreme length, miles , 345 -'r I SiHU H Y Population 340,000 4 float H y Number families In state 75,000 1 fl Iml v Stale rank according to population 13 -: t 4 Forest reserves in acres , 7,436,327 '. fl Ifl v Revenue, to state from forest reserves . i tiE TV Ifl j- this year ......$ 32.651 4- : M j. ,', fl 4- Horticultural products : 1.700,000 4- 1 lnf fl f Grain crop 8.000.000 fliilin H j- Dairy products , 2.200,000 4 'KHf H Y Poultry and eggs i.- 630,000 -r ff I H j beets r.',.. 1,900.000 4 BSfn Ifl Sheep. 'number silis.o'o'oV worth '.'.WW lolb'ooiooo 4 iill H Y Livestock Industry 17.036,000 4 W&2 H Y TJlvidencljj from mines. 1909 7,103,612 4 ' : & TiE fl Dividend from mines since Industry 4 TFlPI H otarted OO.OOii.OOO 4 mn H Coal output. 1008 2,951,000 4 IV Iff fl Y Contents, Utah coal fields in tons.. 196. 158,000,000 4 51 tl fl Hydro-carbons In state worth $7,000,000,000 .J. B ! ! fl Y Cement output In 1908, barrels 630.000 v l H'! H Y Spends for education, per capita $23.62 4 !allilj H 4- School attendance 81.553 "(BlillE H 4 School population , 98,600 A iffi 'Et H Y Salt product, 1908. worth $169,000 4 : Hi' K fl Y Zero mark at lake, feet above sea level. ...4,213 tt; ill H v Eighth largest state in union; admitted .to union -J W IS' fl y January 4, 1896. Scgo illy Is state flower. y jjmi- H jr WEATHER FACTS ABOUT UTAH. f MM 'fl Y Mean annual temperature 19 degrees ? Wilm ifl j- Southern portion, mean 58 degrees U lllr Ifl J- Northern portion, mean ....12 degrees 4- Kit ill H Y Mean highest for state, about 66' degrees - SrlllJ !H Y lean lowest for state, about 35 degrees 4 Sr. Wit ifl Y Lowest temperature ever recorded 36 degrees y StUr !H Y Highest temperature ever recorded ....115 degrees 4 ' wirtl 'fl -J Average date of first autumn frost, first week in 4 mi n Y Average date of last spring killing frost, last week i III Jjl II Y Annual average precipitation 11.00 4 1 fl' fi Ifl Y Northern portion 18.00 Hi 1; ! Y Southern portion K.OO 4 'ifl! iir Y Winter average, northern portion , 3.50 Jgrt r Winter average, southern portion 1.60. 4 p! jj H Spring average, northern portion 4.60 4 !3 It ilfl Y Spring average, southern portion 1.20 4 1 ' s V , Y Summer average, northern portion , 1.60 4 ' . HP j" Y Summer average, southern portion 1.50 4 Bj jH 4 Autumn average, northern portion 3.00 4- i Km ifl j Autumn average, southern portion ...... .. 1.50 -l I yi would be quite impossible for lhe. present generation. t' ifl even If work should now be started upon the largest pos- H sible scale and kept up uninterruptedly, to make a very m f ( great dent In it. as compared with the whole body. It , tM, ? Is claimed by some as a( reason for not going ahead with g,j i1) (fl the work, that the water supply within a reasonable si . fl radius is inadequate to the great needs of smelting and fx u reduction, but this position Is pronounced untenable by jAj, n, fl many of those who claim to know whereof they spenk. f) -i :M Anyway, this magnificent resource of the state Is th (9 (t fl same as though It did not exist. Iron, the mother of Wv j ( nil other metals, is neglected In order that her children fill ll may thrive the most useful of ail. yet only used when w L . brought from long distances. , j 1 I There arc seven Irrigating companies In the county, U i j I which are capitalized at $128,175. These companies have & l constructed fourteen miles of canals nt a cost of $19,100. A i 'ifl On July l last there were 131 mortgages on record 'till!: rm to secure 3166,290. ; fl i The branch state normal school Is located at Cedar. ' -1 jj ;. um A story about this school appeared in the New Year ' a '-k rfl Tribune, j f UH |