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Show The Salt LakeTribune UTAH/NATION A4 'y 13, 2001 ReaganFalls at His California Homeand Breaks a Hip ‘Formerpresident to undergo surgery; prognosis good butit is not known ifhe has potentially complicating conditions WILLIAM BOOTH AND DAVID BROWN : THE the United States, and 90 percentof them are caused by fall, according to the American Academy of POST Orthopedic Surgeons. Only 25 per- LOS AN(GELES — Former President Reagan Bie inhis home fullve re eeceannewees mtneed toh fed beh hip. He within 12 months. in Bel Air, Calif., of after- was taken by ambulance to a Santa acaneor walker; and 20percentdie Surgery on people in their 80s is nowrelatively common. Age over 70, in fact, by itselfis notassociated with increased risk of complications during or immediately after surgery, provided the patient is fall” and said that Reagan was otherwise healthy. On the other “fully alert, in good humor and in « hand, unstable ue congestive stable condition.” heart faih She said the fractured right hip Monica hospital, where he is scheduled to have surgery Saturday morning. His chiefofstaff, Joanne Drake, described the accidentas “a simple would likely be mended bythe insertion of a pin. While the surgery itself is considered routine, for manyelderly people, recuperating from such a fall is a lengthy and often painful process, which can lead to other complications. According to a family member, “the prognosis is good” for the onetime actor who served two terms in the White House. An estimated 350,000 people, fracture their hips every year in Parowan Settled By Mormons 150 Years Ago 1 Continued from A-1 things now in contemplation.” Lee hadto go. The canny Mormonleader sel- dom passed upfree money, and he may have wanted to put 250 miles between himself and the aggravation of a trouble-making zealotlike Lee. At least, Young let pioneer Ezra T. Clarkstayin Salt Lake for 400 bushels ofseed wheat. Apostle Smith and the company started south from Provo on Dec. 15, 1850. They had 101 wagons, 100 horses, 1,001 rounds of ammunition, plus 14 dogs, 18 cats and 121 chickens. The party included one African-American, John Burton, and Paul Royls, “a Frenchman.” Smith and Lee had the only two carriages, both equipped with stoves. Forprotection against Indians, the party dragged along “the Old Sow,” a cannon that had come across the plains with the 1847 pioneers. The march was nopicnic. At the Sevier River they found four inches of snow. The thermometer bottomed out at 16 degrees below zero. The pioneers had to stop to bridge the- streams so Brigham Young “would not have them to swim”when he cametovisit in the spring. Today, evenhistorians are puzzled as to why devoted Latterday Saints were consistently sent to establish settlements in the dead of winter. This perplexing policy acknowledged: the hardfacts ofpioneering early Utah. Farmers had little else to do during bad weather, andif they did not get in a crop at their new homes by spring, they would starveto death the following winter. When the last wagons made it overthe Black Mountains,artillery Captain Jacob Hoffeins fired off a three-gun salute from “Old Sow”to celebratetheir arrival in Little Salt LakeValley. The lead party, some 15 miles away, heard the roar and sent men back to rescue Apostle Smith from a presumed Indian attack, while as one chroniclerputit, “the wandering red man wondered what had happened.”(The Paiutes soon dubbed it “pe-up-carabine” FormerPreeti rbslicnad a epnsen whe hia TONE depends on the operation he’s undergoing. Orthopedic operations, like the one the former president diac complication rate ofless than 5 percentoverall. In a group of1,200 surgery patients undergoing noncardiac turns 90 next month, was accom- panied Friday evening byhis wife, canceroperation, and 1987prostate and skin-cancer surgery. meaning “big gun.”) Brigham Young expected them to settle on Center Creek, so the Parowan Starts Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary exhausted men and women trudged on. At 1 p.m..on Jan. 13, 1851, the pioneers circled their wagons at the mouth of Parowan Canyon and George A. Smith declared himself well satisfied with whathe had seen. Lattef-day Saints were not the first to appreciate Parowan’s beautiful natural location. Its James E. Faust, a member of the First Presidency of Feee ne ee eens canis wis sone spon aed oe(ne mentee celefestiinin Patowun. tocceest ot ie first LDS settle- mentin southern Utah. Faust will speak at 11 a.m. at the Parowan High School gym. Hewill then dedicate a statue of Parley P. Pratt at Parowan’s Heritage Park. Pratt was the leader of an ex- Peer ee 0 sournern Uaah ee Wy ins Corel Young to locate sites for settlement. A vera on Jan. 13, 1851,the first group ofLDSpioneers arrived in whatis now Iron County and settled Parowan. springs and marshes had sup- ported large bands of Southern Paiutes for some 500 years, and it was a popular camping spot on the Spanish Trail. But the site was 5,970 feet above sea level — almost 2,000 feet higher than Salt Lake City — and the red soil hardly looked promising. Noteveryone in the party was as excited about the location as Smith. The day they arrived, clerk Henry Lu *t noted that the experienced farm. 3had pronounced the “upland in this valley worthless.” Chronicler Joseph Fish reported that the “Big Bugs,” prosperous farmers like Anson Call and David Brinton, soon returned to the black soil of northern Utah. To take shelter from the bitter wind at the canyon’s mouth, the » settlers moved to the red hills at Heap’s Spring where Pratt had raised his pole. They ith- as will: continue in Parowan through Year a the county and Osa Cy ae cere het 150th birthdays. Festivities in Parowan today include: A 7-mile wagon train trek from Main Streetin Paragonah to Parowan from 8 tol0 a.m., to re-enact the arrival of original settlers. lM Address by LDS apostle James E. Faust, at 11 a.m., Parowan High School gym. @ Dedication by Faust ‘of the Parley P. Pratt Monument, noon,in Parowan’s Heritage Park. Lunch in the old gym of Parowan High School, noon to2p.m.. encouraged to On Sunday: @ music program at Parowan High School auditorium beginningat 7:30 p.m.and featuringthecommunity chorus. On Tuesday: rangperl age rhseagle edo residents since 1851 will be performed by the Parowan Dramatic Association, ime ae an,”at the Parowan High School re ; @At 2 pm, a reenactmentof the first Iron County elections in Parowan’s Heritage Park. @ Beginning at3 p.m. at the Iron County Courthouse in Parowan, the unveiling of a painting of the Rock Clnurch by artist Spike Rees commemoca rating the sesqui- centennial, followed Wf eiateped by ene Janet Seegmiller of her book A History of Other celebrations through the year in Iron County include: @ March 12-17 Iron County historic movies at the County Visitor Center, Cedar City. @ April 6, Paragonah Birthday Jubilee, LDS church in @At3p.m.the restored sketch of a dead infantwill be Gathering and Pow Wow at the Paiute Tribal Office The portrait of the dead infant was sketched by a map @ June 8-9; Thunderbird International Film Festival, Sharwan ‘Smith Center on campus of Southern Utah unveiled in the basementofParowan’s Old Rock Church. maker on an expedition in the area with explorer John C. eee ee Upon hearing of a child thathad died in wan, the map maker wentto the home ofthe baby to aytheasketch toOthe family. At8 p.m.the Birthday Ball will be held at the Iron town,laying outa fort andblazing aroad up the canyonto gettimber. On Jan.16, they organized Iron County and unanimously elected Capt. Jefferson Hunt, who happened to be passing by, to represent them in the legislature of the State of Deseret. That evening, with the thermometer at 9 above zero, the community held a thanksgiving arounda bonfire. Thesettlement needed a name, and no oneliked “Little Salt Lake City.” Instead, they called it Fort Louisa,a salute to Louisa Beaman, who,as historian Juanita Brooks noted, was thoughtto be “thefirst woman to enter into the order of the local lake and Paiute band, Paragoon, which meantboth “vile water”and “marshpeople.”. In April, some 500 settlers on their way to establish San Bernardino passed through the new settlement. By the time Brigham Young arrived in Mayto a salute from “Old Sow,” the pioneers had hauled 1,500 logs from the canyon and raised a council house. For years it served as the community’s church, schoolhouse, theater and dance hal. Forreasons notentirely clear — perhaps to avoid having to explain “Who's Louisa?”to nosy outsid- celestial marriage in this dispen- ers — Young renamed the town, anglicizing Wakara’s word to Parowan. Settlers soon moved south to found Johnson Fort, now Enoch, and Coal Creek, today’s Cedar City. Parowan became known as the “Mother Town ofthe Southwest” for launching colonizing with considerable savings on our floorsamples. 90 days sameas cash.** Complimentary designservice available. HOME FURNISHINGS MALL 995 West Beardsley Place (2480 South) Salt Lake City, UT 84119 *Tel: (801) 973-7987 Toll Free: (800) 456-8759 www.homefurnishingsmall.com ‘West is open, @ April 7 and 21: Guided tour of iron sites, 10 a.m. to3 p.m., both days. Meet at the Iron Mission Museum in Ce- City. June 810: The 2ist annual Paiute Restoration preservation. mediately set about surveying the sation.” (Actually, she was probably Joseph Smith’s fourth wife and Brigham Young’s seventh. She bore Youngtwosets of twins, who died in infancy, before she died of cancer in 1850.) The Ute leader Wakara, the King of the Mountains,visited in March and enjoyed a feast of squash, turnips, pumpkin, bread and meat. He explained local geography and introduced the Mormonsto the Indian name for County Fairgrounds building in Parowan. @ Family Heirloom Show,2 to 5 p.m., featuring his- BRING NEW LIFE TO YOUR HOME... ** on qualified credit Nancy, to the hospital, St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, according to Drake. The former California governor, whowas elected the 40th president in 1980, survived a 1981 assassination attempt, a-1985 colon + 3300 5, is closed including on/off ramps. grounds, Cedar City. University. SMEee Mission Museum, Cedar Nov.10: Cedar City Seleabanl celebration, expeditions that founded Snowflake, Ariz., and the epic “Hole in the Wall” march to southeastern Utah, besides towns in Nevada, Colorado, and even Wyoming. The 19th century iron industry in southern Utah was pretty much a bust. Parowan remains a sleepy Mormonvillage with a population just over 2,000. It is blessed with beautiful historic homes and a charming senseofplace. . A classic yellow sandstone chapel, the Old Rock Church, graces the expansive town square. Built between 1861 and 1967, the Daughters ofUtah Pioneers and the fe government’s WPA program restored the structure in 1939. It houses an astonishing coltection ofpies aaa Saar farm implements and handicane The Old Rock Church may well be the most fascinating “relic house” in Utah. The city dedicated Parowan Heritage Park on its birthday in 1996. The site now includes a park, portly apostle, George happilyfiring “Old Sow.” Western historian and Salt Lake Tribune columnist Will Bagley is a great-great grandson of David Brinton, afounder ofParowan. LARGE SELECTION OF DOC MARTENS NOW 169%.89% Reg. 1 10.00-130.00 GreatSelection of Styles & Colors Mens and Womens Garn applauds the approach. “Tt’s a good model to follow because the ee is to community members. e-mail: kmoulton@sltrib.com British Party Backs US. Missile Defense LONDON — Britain's opposideclared Fridayfora U.S. missile been |