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Show S6 Spectrum Suilday, June 22, 1980 ~Oinmullity life in Old Fort (Editor's Note: Tbls Is Until the Washington cotton useless. One man thought to ashes leached out and ' smaller ones. James for at least one wedding. part of a loager wort, an (mill) got in to production r:emedy this situation by combined with fat, dyes Haslam led the band. He Light was largIy from huge u_npubUsbed manuscript along in 1862 or 1863, the linen trimming off the much too from . plants and minerals, likely had some instrument,- open fireplaces. Scarcely a .written In 1951 as part of the wrap from a treasured sheet long, muddy legs of this salt from the water of Little , but it is not named. James room was built without one. observance of Cedar City's was carefully handled so as · trousers. Dry again, he Salt Lake, Salt Creek Whittaker, David Stoddard, Brigham Young paid the centennial. The manuscript to provide thread. found himself in knee brit- (refined by Brother Bar- and George Hunter played southern colonies a visit Is. now In · tbe Rboda · There' was small chance ches which he had ·to wear . nhurst) , or Quitchipa Lake, clarinets; John Stoddard, each spring, visiting all the MatbesoD.Wood Collection In for replacing worn out for a long time becal;lse there molasses or syrup from trombone; Joseph H, Smith, settlements and being the Special Collections Room clothing. Wagon covers, bed was no replacement. vegetables, and on through a bass drum; John Lee Jones, escorted from one setof the Southern Utah Stale ticks, and buckskin w~re The people made . long list of items necessary a boy of 15 tin whistle; C. J. tlement to the next by groups College Library and .Is made to serve as clothing everything they ' used; for existence in the new Arthur and Joseph Chatterly of soldiers or minute men. permission of materials. Buckskin also . medicines from herbs, cloth . country . printed probably had cornets or Christian Mackelprang's June Wood Danvers, Mrs. made nice mocassins. from wool, hats from straw As leavening for bread, flute's, maybe one of each, It diary tells of bein~ on this MatbesoD'sdaugbter.) . Anything the people had to .(rye, if they could get it), salt-rising or sour dough was was 'February II, 1857, that duty when the p,resident was There was plenty of talent spare, therefore, ~as traded glue from hoof!!, horns, and ' the standby. Later, when Joseph Smith was appointed on his way from Parowan. and ability within the Old to. the indians for· buckskin. ears of animals,A candles potatoes bec.ame widely to play the drum. There may In May of 1854, President Fort., but little to do with. Bu<;kskin garments, from tallow, rope and strings used, they had yeast. have been some shifting to Young visited Cedar Fort. Sewing thread, for example, however, when ' became from oose leaves, soap from Weed greens, sego bulbs, create better harmony. The . furture townsite was and cottonwood (ash was best) ground cherries, service, There was no replacement of tenatlvely: laid out to include was il trea&ured ' article. · bull, elder, and . instrqments, only recon- the fort with the surrounding gooseberries, wild onions, ditioning , or substituting, to area. With the leaders, pinenuts, and acorns were keep the old ones usable. President Young examined Daniel Ross told of going the field, noted the great used to help out the food barefoot into Shurtz Canyon boulders and the driftwood supplies. At one time, black canker for house logs, then lying by lying along the stream bed swept through Southern the campfire, face down, that stretched toward Iron utah; Many died for the feet up, for his wife to take ' Springs Gap. Finally, he need of sweet. A group went out the slivers. They learned commented, -"Th~re must be to the meadow where the - early the use of pine gum some ' terrific floods down willows and cottowood combined with mutton or this creek to roll these huge leaves were covered with deer .fat for drawing slivers boulders. r think you have honeydew. A syrup made by or infections and abscesses. placed your fort right in its The Indians taught the path. What bas happened rinsing- the twigs in water, then boiling the liquid down people some methods of can happen again. I think it into something sweet cured making and usjng the things wise to _ choose another of nature that were superior townsite, and then lose no their canker. Each. fall, a group of to the pioneer's ' own time moving to it." people made a trip to Salt methods. The Iron Company began Joseph Chatterly bought building a new furnace of Lake City to trade, attend the conference, go to the from the Ross brothers, who quarried rock to replace the temple, and tend to other were leav~g, a large two- first one, President" Young When -another room house along with their . went there, aQd all over -the business. Brother brushy, boulderstrewn wagon or more was add_ed planted field . from each settlement, a ' Chatterly took out - the canyon mouth to the south goodly sized train partition and fixed it up for a and west. · Planting his cane Matthew on the street comer that augmented the general school room. Carruthers, a graduate from Cedar City fork now known conferences. The group of slngers the University of Edinburg, as the D.S, Macfarlane home during tl!ese years of life in became the first teacher, corner, he said to those with This house al~o serve«;l for a him, "This will ' be your th~ fort,lwas led by Robert Wiley. Betsy Cattle, Mary time for religious meetings. townsite. Build south and and Sarah Whittaker, R. Fast meeting was held on west of here--no farther Harrison, Thomas Cart- Thursday evening, regular north," : . wright, and James Bosnell service on Sunday. Through the dense cedars .An adobe house was built and brushy undergrowth, the are names that are against the northeast corner men began to survey and remembered of that group, There were no instruments of the fort. This was the first plot the place, calling it to help them. A tuning fork public school building. Cedar City. The colonists. The upper room of the again drew for their lots and gave them pitch. Natural house that was built for a began to plan for homes for a voice sweetness did the rest. andApp6anc~ The few band instruments carding house was used for third time, of necessity would be the -: the communi~ parties and .,y WHY?· is NorthEast Furniture Southern Utahs leadiDg; IuD Une furniture Store ' . Because! 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