January 23, 2021

Cedar City Timelines

Cedar City Timeline

as used for Historic Designation Process

  1776 Donimguez-Escalante exploring visit 1851 Iron Mission Begins 1852 Cedar City Chartered 1853 Walker Indian War – evacuation of site – fort built 1855 Current Cedar City site settled 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre 1858 Iron works closed 1890 Cedar City Population 1,053 1897 Branch Agricultural College (BAC) founded 1904 Telephone poles up Main Street; city water system begun 1905 Gem Theater opened on Main Street 1907 First automobile in Cedar City and electric streetlights 1910 The wealth of the area was in sheep and sheep ranching 1918 volunteers surfaced Main Street with Gravel 1920 Cedar City Population 2,557 1923 Union Pacific Railroad came to Cedar City Pres. Harding attended. The iron County Hospital opened as well. 1926 Community Presbyterian Church dedicated 1931 Tudor-style “Rock Church” was built 1935 PWA funded city sewer system, sidewalks and work on the roads 1940 Cedar City population - 4,695. 1950’s         Iron County is 2nd wealthiest and fastest growing county in Utah 1962 1st Utah Shakespearean Festival began; Leigh Block on Main St. burned 1968 Southern Utah State College became a 4-year college of Liberal Arts & Sciences 1970 Interstate Highway I-15 constructed on the west side of Cedar City 1977 Adams Theatre for Shakespeare (SUSC) dedicated 1989 Randall Jones Theatre (SUSC) dedicated 1991 Southern Utah State College (SUSC) became Southern Utah University (SUU) 2001 Cedar City Civic Center built    
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