and F T. Whitney I rode horseback to Cedar City 20 miles and on
our arrival I went to the Iron Works and examined all the premises
and saw several pigs of native iron. Erastus Snow explained to
me the difficulties they had to encounter in making iron which I
found to be many. We held a meeting in the ^evening^ President
Young preached and I reported his discourse. It is in the
Historian's Office

Next day again in company with brothers Steel
and Whitney I rode 6 miles to Summit Creek. The previous
Summer there were 12 houses here which were removed during
the Indian war but the fort was standing. From thence
we rode 6 miles farther to the Summit of the Great Basin and
then 7 miles farther to Battle Creek.

Here we had splendid mountain senery
of red rocks standing like pyramids 1000 feet high. Opposite
this cite was a fFort Harmony to be located 6 miles from the
base of the mountain on the East, the fort on the West. We
then rode to the present location of Fort Harmony which by the
rodeometer was 287 miles from Salt Lake City

This was a good grazing country and
splendid mountain Scenery. The brethren were trying
to take out the stream of water called Ash Creek to water
their farming land. They had carried it 6 miles and
had to carry it 62 miles farther to carry it on to their new
field which they were making. The missionaries who
were sent out the last Winter from Salt Lake had done
this. Rufus Allen was their captain. John D. Lee
had the charge of their old fort.

Fort Harmony was 15 miles from
the Rio Virgin

I went fishing but caught nothing though
it was said there were some small trout in the Creek

and F T. Whitney I rode horseback to Cedar City 20 miles and on our arrival I went to the Iron Works and examined all the premises and saw several pigs of native iron. Erastus Snow explained to me the difficulties they had to encounter in making iron which I found to be many. We held a meeting in the evening President Young preached and I reported his discourse. It is in the Historian's Office

Next day again in company with brothers Steel and Whitney I rode 6 miles to Summit Creek. The previous Summer there were 12 houses here which were removed during the Indian war but the fort was standing. From thence we rode 6 miles farther to the Summit of the Great Basin and then 7 miles farther to Battle Creek.

Here we had splendid mountain senery of red rocks standing like pyramids 1000 feet high. Opposite this cite was Fort Harmony to be located 6 miles from the base of the mountain on the East, the fort on the West. We then rode to the present location of Fort Harmony which by the rodeometer was 287 miles from Salt Lake City

This was a good grazing country and splendid mountain Scenery. The brethren were trying to take out the stream of water called Ash Creek to water their farming land. They had carried it 6 miles and had to carry it2 miles farther to carry it on to their new field which they were making. The missionaries who were sent out the last Winter from Salt Lake had done this. Rufus Allen was their captain. John D. Lee had the charge of their old fort.

Fort Harmony was 15 miles from the Rio Virgin

I went fishing but caught nothing though it was said there were some small trout in the Creek