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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIL_pioneer-stockman_Cedar-City-UT.html
Born in England, Francis Webster traveled to Utah in 1856 and played an important role in the early development of Cedar City. A leader in the sheep industry, he was among the first to begin shipping sheep and wool to the Chicago markets. An early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIJ_cedar-city-historic-pioneer-cemetery-wall_Cedar-City-UT.html
The reconstruction of the historic pioneer cemetery wall was completed in August 1994 as a memorial to the stalwart Mormon pioneers who settled this part of the American West and who originally built and dedicated the wall in the year 1886. It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GM_cedar-city-railroad-depot_Cedar-City-UT.html
Built in 1923, the Cedar City Railroad Depot is historically significant for its direct association with the railroad and its impact on Cedar City. In addition to stimulating the local iron ore and livestock industries, the railroad connection to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14GL_heroine-of-china_Cedar-City-UT.html
Born and raised in Cedar City, Helen Foster Snow was a journalist, traveler, thinker, and activist who was present during the revolutionary period leading up to the establishment of the People's Republic of China and became a heroine to the people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G5_first-cedar-encampment_Cedar-City-UT.html
Iron ore having been discovered at Iron Springs, Brigham Young called missionaries to Iron County to make iron. A militia of 35 men was organized in Parowan, Nov. 5, 1851, under Captain Henry Lunt. Part of the company left Nov. 10th in 11 wagons a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G4_pioneer-iron-works-blast-furnace_Cedar-City-UT.html
To satisfy an urgent need for manufactured iron products, a small group of English, Welch, Scotch, Irish and American pioneers answered a call from Brigham Young to become "Iron Missionaries" to settle Iron County and to make iron. They arrived in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G3_ward-hall_Cedar-City-UT.html
Site of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recreation building known as the Ward Hall. Rushed to completion in the fall of 1897 and deeded to the State of Utah so the Branch Normal School of the University of Utah could be legally operate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G2_the-social-hall_Cedar-City-UT.html
The Cedar City Pioneers had made their homes in the Old Fort and had built an adobe schoolhouse 28 feet by 60 feet when, in May 1855, President Brigham Young advised them to move to higher ground. By 1859, the majority of the people had moved to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14G1_cedar-city-tabernacle_Cedar-City-UT.html
A tabernacle was erected in 1885 on the adjoining corner of Main and Center Streets and was demolished in the spring of 1932. In 1872 Bishop Christopher J. Arthur suggested that this Tabernacle be built to replace the Social Hall. Mayhew Dalley dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FZ_chaffin-grist-mill_Cedar-City-UT.html
In 1866 Louis R. Chaffin, at the request of Apostle Erastus Snow, placed a gristmill in Cedar City. His son, Henry, ran it until 1868 when Louis returned from "The Muddy." Adjoining land was purchased in 1875. Excavation by Alva Matheson proved th…
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