| Show EARLY HOME INDUSTRY mr arthur P F miles of st george utah has sent to the historians office this city a piece of cotton cloth a sample of the first ever woven in this western country the piece was obtained from mr samuel knight of santa clara I 1 the cloth is accompanied ac accompany compan led by the explanation that the first cotton grown in utah was raised from about a quart of seed obtained from froan mrs anderson andersen of parowan carowan Pa rowan in the spring of 1855 the experiment was made by colonel A P hardy and samuel knight who were were laboring on the santa clara clam under jacob hamblin as indian missionaries from the small beginning enough cotton was produced to weave about awen ty five yards of cloth suitable for underwear der wear the seed was separated from the cotton by hand and the carding spinning and weaving were done b by hand the last named work was performed by the wife of samuel knight the sample piece of this product of early home industry Is an interesting relic notwithstanding its coarseness it shows that trained hands were vere employed in its manufacture it Is another evidence of the sterling qualities of the first settlers of the intermountain regions whose creative abilities were manifest in so many different ways it would not be a bad idea to have as many samples as possible of the early home industries gathered in one place they would give to tc this gene generation ration and to the world a goob idea of the builders of this country |
