A Trial Furnace: Southern Utah's Iron Mission Book

Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction

PART I: "Iron We Must Have"
1. Prelude to the Iron Mission, 1847–1849
2. The Iron Mission Trail, December 1850–January 1851

PART II: Settling In
3. Fort Louisa, January–May 1851
4. Community Farms and Buildings, February–May 1851
5. Parowan City, May–November 1851
6. On to Cedar City, November 1851
7. Settling Cedar City, Winter 1851–Winter 1852

PART III: Trying Iron
8. The Pioneer Iron Works, February–May 1852
9. First Fruits of the Furnace, May–October 1852
10. The Deseret Iron Company, April–November 1852
11. Change in the Townsite, Growth in the Company, Fall 1852–Summer 1853
12. Forting up during the Walker War, 1853–1854
13. The Noble Furnace, 1854–1855

PART IV: Facing Failure
14. The Iron Works in Decline, 1855–1861
15. In Retrospect: Why the Iron Works Failed

Appendices
1. Mormon Way-Bill and Advice to Emigrants
2. Iron Missionaries, December 1850–June 1851
3. Examples of Lots Assigned in Fort Louisa/Fort Parowan: 1851–1853 (based on surveys by William H. Dame)
4. Cedar City Settlers, 11 November–31 December 1851
5. Brigham Young's Address to the Saints in Parowan and Cedar City, May 1852
6. Shareholders and Officers in the Deseret Iron Company
7. Articles of Incorporation of the Deseret Iron Company, 1852 and 1853
8. Cedar City Lot Entitlements, Plat A
9. Excerpts from an Address by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, 27 May 1855
10. Cedar City Lot Entitlements, Plat B
11. Utah Territorial Militia (Nauvoo Legion): 10th Regiment, Battalion and Company Muster Rolls,
10 October 1857

Bibliography Index