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Hyrum
Perkins House
Built
in the early 1890's
by Hyrum Perkins, a former miner who was born in Lansamlett,
Wales on February 18, 1851.
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Hyrum,
at the age of eighteen, immigrated to the United States and
settled in Oregon. His goal was to earn enough money to send
for his family. It took time, but when he had finally earned
the money to bring his family, they all settled in Cedar City.
The family
were very good singers, so they would sing at many places
to earn money for food. In 1876 he met and later married his
wife Rachel Marie Corey, a resident of Cedar City. They were
married in the St. George Temple.
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Because
he and his brother Benjamin Perkins had experience in Wales
blasting mines with powder, they were put in charge of the Hole-in-the-Rock
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Hyrum and his brother Benjamin did the drilling and blasting
for the Hole-in-the-Rock road by which the pioneers came to
Bluff. Hyrum became a prominent cattleman and member of the
San Juan Stake High Council in the church. He believed in
education, and his nine children (George, Margaret, Rachel,
Hyrum Corey, Daniel, Frank, Hugh, Janet, and Joseph Earl)
attended college at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,
Utah. Hyrum died in Bluff on March 12, 1917, from heart trouble.
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