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Show H V1.' History of Cedar City. Hj v The Pioneers started from H Pn rowan November 11, 1851 HH about noon. They had what was H known as the dog wagons which H they hauled their dogs in. They H had a great number of dogs H which were mostly all sheep H dogs. H They stopped in Summit to H feed their cattle. They got here H in the night and camped in the HHj cedam south west of the H cmotery. This is how Cedar H got its name. They built brush H wigwams to live in until they H could get houses built. They H drat lived in the Old Field, then H they moved to the Old Fort, then H to where we are living now. H Not long after the Pioneers H got hore Hishop Lunt had his H team stolen by the Indians. A H little while later the Indians H were brought back and whipped H 'Mivcroly. They were tied to the H - liberty polo and tho Chief of the H jj Indians gave them each nineteen B ; lashes on the bare back., M The pioneers served a big din- H , ncr and invited the Indians to tM i attend. This was to make friends H ' with them. fl The fort they wcrq in was M something like this: Three H s houses then a Bastian to shoot 1 from. These houses served as H i part of the wall and with all this H they had to have day guards and H night guards. HM President Young told tho people L to movo farther West because th Indians wore so bad. The B jMoplc loft thoir homes again H -rind "-l t-'Uivedin collars in IMnft- th I'" r. J xvhlch W known(8 H V T hum. imi.lf u... , h, w, ,.,, ,t .mlJL wi,l M When tho people wanted white B , flour they had to send to San R Pcto Vnlloy. Thoy sent to Salt B Lake about once a year for a B j pound of sugar. This thoy used B only whon some one special came. B I A Thoy ground tho most of their B flour in coffee mills. Bf Tho people had three houses Hi i built by Christmas. Those houses BL ' were owned by .Tamos Chat- H torloy, James Hosnew and an- H: other man. Thoy also Imd a Mh mooting houso and school house built by Christmas. Thoir first 1 school toucher was William Bf Caru titers. H In tho simimer of 1855 a great H; flood cttino through tho town. H, It came down from the Hogs- B back, HI Mr. Chatterloy asked his H' daughter Anna Chatterloy if sho H could mako a flag for the fourth of July. Anna got Mary Whit-H Whit-H tor, and Mary Stones to help Vor H, make tho flog and with arred H $Uk dross of Anna's and a white H ono and soma bluo sateen thoy mmlo the Hrst flag that was H' over put up in Cedar. H Tho people had lots of thoir H cnttlo stolen by tho Indians. H Thore was n lai'go smolter H ninoty feet high and it, would H-v - hold ninety tons of fuel. v f Mr, and Mrs. Talt taught the H' second school. H The people lived in cellars Tn H the w'ntoi of 1868. H Mr. Morris had a little Indian H boy by the name of Isaac. This H little boy horded eattle for tho pionoors. Quinco knowing that H Isaac was out herdinsr the cattle B wont to him and killed him. H His idon of killing Isaac was so H that his little boy would have H some one to go to tho hunting H grounds with. President Young .was tht man that laid olf tho blocks. Leona Ikuicr. Klr - y |
