The Hunters were from Cedar City.
Miller states on p. 80, that "Mrs. Dave Hunter" (along with the Perkins, Joneses et. al) was a very good singer. In The Undaunted p. 799, Lund states that David and Sarah were a young couple without children and that they returned to Cedar City along with George and Alice Urie (her brother?) before June 1880; however, the Hunters, came back to Bluff in 1884.
"One story about Montgomery’s great-grandson, David Muirie Hunter and his wife, Sarah Jane Urie. They were part of what is called the “Hole in the Wall” wagon train – they were chosen by the Mormon leadership to go southern Utah canyon country with a group of other Mormons to found a new town in the southern wilderness. They went by ox and wagon, traveling through country that is remote and takes a 4-wheel drive vehicle today. They had to cross the Colorado River. In order the get the wagons down off the cliffs, they blasted a “hole” and lowered the wagons with ropes. It was quite a feat. They settled the little town of Bluff, Utah, then returned to Cedar City, Utah later" (Japps of Scotland Website).
"Ride 'er Careful, Joe"
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By Joleen Kartchner
*Published in Utah Heritage Remembered in 1996*
*by the two Blanding Stake Relief Societies* *for the State Centennial*
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