Cedar City Lodging
, with a population of 13,500, is the largest community in Iron County
and is located at the mouth of Coal Creek in south-central Utah.
Cedar City Lodging
elevation is 5,800 feet above sea level, and it lies in a semi-arid
part of the state with 10,000-foot mountains to the east and a vast
desert area to the west.
Settlement
of the
Cedar City Lodging
are began on 11 November 1851 with the arrival of a group of thirty-five
men from Parowan, twenty miles northward, to establish an iron works.
They were organized and traveled in two militia companies--a foot company
and a cavalry company--under the direction of Major Matthew Carruthers
and Captains Henry Lunt and Peter M Fife to
Cedar City Lodging
. Captain Lunt was acting commander as Major Carruthers was temporarily
detained in Parowan. The actual settlement site on the north bank of
Coal Creek had been selected a week earlier by George A. Smith and a
committee consisting of Matthew Carruthers, Henry Lunt, William C. Mitchell,
John L. Smith, and Elisha H. Groves.
Beginning
with the demise of the iron works in 1858, the
Cedar City Lodging
's economy became agrarian in nature although iron mining continued
strongly through World War II and into the 1980s. The coming of the
railroad to
Cedar City Lodging
in 1923 exposed Utah's national parks to the world of tourism, and Cedar
City was promoted as the "Gateway to the Parks." The railroad
also provided an outlet for the products of
Cedar City Lodging
's iron mines. Presently
Cedar City Lodging
's economy is based on tourism, agriculture, some mining activities,
some industrial and space-age complexes, and Southern Utah State University
with an enrollment of 4,500 students. The college was founded in
Cedar City Lodging
during 1897 as a branch of the State Normal School (University of Utah).
In 1913 it became a branch of the Utah State Agricultural College of
Logan. In 1968 the state legislature transformed it into a four-year
college of liberal arts and sciences with elementary and secondary teacher
education programs. On 1 January 1991 it attained university status.
Southern
Utah University in
Cedar City Lodging
is the home of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, which provides an important
economic and cultural infusion to the area.
Cedar City Lodging
has thus also become known as the "Festival City." The professional
quality of the plays produced each summer in
Cedar City Lodging
, employing talented professionals from all over the United States,
is becoming known around the world.
Settlement
of the
Cedar City Lodging
are began on 11 November 1851 with the arrival of a group of thirty-five
men from Parowan, twenty miles northward, to establish an iron works.
They were organized and traveled in two militia companies--a foot company
and a cavalry company--under the direction of Major Matthew Carruthers
and Captains Henry Lunt and Peter M Fife to
Cedar City Lodging
. Captain Lunt was acting commander as Major Carruthers was temporarily
detained in Parowan. The actual settlement site on the north bank of
Coal Creek had been selected a week earlier by George A. Smith and a
committee consisting of Matthew Carruthers, Henry Lunt, William C. Mitchell,
John L. Smith, and Elisha H. Groves.
Beginning
with the demise of the iron works in 1858, the
Cedar City Lodging
's economy became agrarian in nature although iron mining continued
strongly through World War II and into the 1980s. The coming of the
railroad to
Cedar City Lodging
in 1923 exposed Utah's national parks to the world of tourism, and Cedar
City was promoted as the "Gateway to the Parks." The railroad
also provided an outlet for the products of
Cedar City Lodging
's iron mines. Presently
Cedar City Lodging
's economy is based on tourism, agriculture, some mining activities,
some industrial and space-age complexes, and Southern Utah State University
with an enrollment of 4,500 students. The college was founded in
Cedar City Lodging
during 1897 as a branch of the State Normal School (University of Utah).
In 1913 it became a branch of the Utah State Agricultural College of
Logan. In 1968 the state legislature transformed it into a four-year
college of liberal arts and sciences with elementary and secondary teacher
education programs. On 1 January 1991 it attained university status.
Southern
Utah University in
Cedar City Lodging
is the home of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, which provides an important
economic and cultural infusion to the area.
Cedar City Lodging
has thus also become known as the "Festival City." The professional
quality of the plays produced each summer in
Cedar City Lodging
, employing talented professionals from all over the United States,
is becoming known around the world.