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Young chartered Cedar City a few months later. The iron mined from Cedar City was the first west of the Mississippi River. Following a series of mishaps, including the Mountain Meadows massacre, Young ordered the iron works to shut down in 1858. Most Cedar City citizens left for other cities, but three hundred and one people stayed behind.
Roughly bounded by 100 North, 500 South, 300 East, and 100 West 40°21′43″N 111°44′17″W / 40.361944°N 111.738056°W / 40.361944; -111.738056 ( Pleasant Grove Historic Pleasant Grove
Eccles Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. [1] It is the home venue of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team of the United Athletic Conference and track and field teams of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States. Located 250 miles (400 km) south of Salt Lake City , it is 170 miles (270 km) north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15 . Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City.
America First Event Center is a 5,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Cedar City, Utah. It was built in 1985. It is home to the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds basketball, volleyball and gymnastics teams. The America First Event Center is also the centerpiece venue for the Utah Summer Games. [1]
Lack of iron was a major concern to pioneers who began settling in Utah in 1847. When iron deposits were discovered in southern Utah, Mormon leader Brigham Young called for volunteers to colonize the area. A site near Coal Creek, now Cedar City, was selected in November 1851 for the iron works.
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) in the U.S. state of Utah is a north-south United States Highway spanning more than 502 miles (807.891 km) through the central part of the state, making it the longest road in Utah.
The road from SR-1 (by 1926 US-91, now SR-130) in Cedar City to SR-11 at Long Valley Junction was added to the state highway system in 1912 and numbered SR-14 in the 1920s. [3] A branch from Cedar Breaks Junction to Cedar Breaks National Monument was added in 1927, [4] but in 1931 it was renumbered SR-55, and is now part of SR-148. [5]