Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-16 | Page 14 | Know Utah

KNOW K NB UTAH I L By ALBERT T F F. F PHILIPS I Ono of the oldest e t settlements In Utah Is Paro- Paro wan tho county count teat peat of or Iron Iran county and tho the ll anniversary anni anni- of ot tho the first settlement W was 3 celebrated on M Monday r January ry 13 Tho Daughters of or tho Utah Pioneers was In fn charge chars of or tho celebration and a n. special pe- pe cial program of ot music r readings and talks was ar lir- ar- ar ran ranged The rhe city cUyo of Parowan was wa originally planned as the th home of or arUM artisans who w were ro to work the Iron beds In and around Cedar City and the homes of the toe w workmen croto to bo be In It was to bo boone one of ot tho industrial cities of ot tho lie state Tho The settlement as mado made along Jong In 1551 1851 but It did dIll not find a a. on tho the map of ot Utah until Feb February uary 6 1852 1352 when a n. charter was wa granted It However it was not atis- atis factory to the settlers so 80 tho charter was re recalled and ho tho legislature granted a a. n new w charter charier on February 13 13 1852 tho the original charter being granted grafted by tho the provisional pro government of or the St. of ot Deseret 0 A. A Smith and party ty were the tho founders of or Paro Parowan leaving leavIn City on December 7 1850 The Instruction given him bun WAS to locate a a. settlement In n tho the southwestern part of ot tho the territory Parowan was tho site site- found and there thero the they settled seWed and to protect pro- pro themselves from tho the Indians they built a n. fort tort fortIn tortIn In n tho the shape of or a a St St. Andrews Andrew cross Tho Iho build building In Inas vas waa constructed of ot hown logs los and they named the Bite alto i I. I e eIt It was vis Intended that Parowan should bo be the center of or ofa 3 a tract of or country that was an nn 3 agricultural region In n order to those thos who would bo be employed c In Inthe tho the Iron works which was wa to bo erected In Cedar City Tho The Deseret Iron company compan had been or organ organ- red in England by Erastus Snow Sno and Franklin D D. Richards and wa was chartered b by tho the territorial legIs- legIs of Utah In It had a a. capital of ot about and Jat later to encourage the Industry th the tho made mado t two o appropriations aggregating 0 As stated Mated It was the intention to locate tho the Iron plant at Ced Cedar r CIl City and that th the tho workmen might be cared for In all nU ways waya d s 's farmers were to plant crops Ctol'S which the tho of ot the iron plant could purchase purchase pur pur- chase at reasonable figures S That this be carried out President and Governor Brigham Young in his message to tho the legislature of or that hat year t r said bald Pr Produce duco v. v what haf you sou OU consume draw from front tho clement element the tho necessities of or life permIt permit per- per mIt no vitiated taste to lead you ou into the indulgence of or e expensive luxuries which can only bo be obtained by Involving yours yourself lL in In debt let home industry produce every 1 article Ucle of ot home hOlne consumption 0 S S Th The Tho Iron works were constructed but they ther failed faile to o meet what was desired as lack of ot transportation t facilities c prevented pre the thc distribution of ot tI o products over overa a a. wide territory Tho The first Job joh of or er e everyone do e with Ut Utah Uth h coal was nas as tried out II In Parowan This wason May i 1 12 1851 b by a a. blacksmith named Iron spikes spike were made from tho Iron county iron and Md the they were used In tho the construction of or the old Salt Lake Loke theatre which was only re recently re- re c nUy destroyed S S It 1 S on F February 7 1 that General John C. C Fremont tho the path pathfinder Cinder who was We making a 8 trip to the Pacific coast const surveying a a. route for tor a a. railroad a ar arrived ar- ar rived In Parowan Ills JUs party Part numbered nine white men n and twive Delaware Indians Tho The party part was nearly Just before Parowan was reached orio one m man n teU fell ell from rom his Jus hOrS fr from m exhaustion and starvation stan and died before beCore relief relle could 1 be e obtained Tho The party remained In Parowan Vim for or two weeks ks the residents of or the settlement giving 11 what hat caro care caro to themen themen the themen men that was needed and supplying them with provisIons provisions provi prey to last them to tho Pacific P ocean S S S SOn On Jul July 21 l 1882 an Indian agency ency was established in Parowan It was is-as one of or three established on that date tho the agency Parowan ne Including all the country lying west of ot the eastern rim of or the Great Grett reat Basin and south of ot tho the south linE lino of or tho the Parvan Par valley lUey to the western bounds of or tho the territory The population l I lation Is estimated at about 2000 j. j A I