Cedar City: Southern Utah University and the Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City sits at 5,800 feet elevation in southwestern Utah's Iron County. The settlement was founded in 1851 as part of the Iron Mission, an effort directed by Brigham Young to develop iron ore deposits in the nearby mountains. Early smelting proved commercially unviable, and the city turned to agriculture and later to education as its economic base. The population now stands at about 36,000.
Southern Utah University, founded in 1897 as the Branch Normal School, is the city's largest employer. The university enrolls roughly 15,000 students and fields athletic teams as the Thunderbirds. Its Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts houses the Utah Shakespeare Festival, which has operated every summer since 1961 and received the Tony Award for Regional Theatre in 2000. The festival runs from late June through October in a complex that includes the outdoor Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre.
Cedar City serves as a gateway to Cedar Breaks National Monument, which sits at 10,000 feet in the Markagunt Plateau about 20 miles east of town. Brian Head Resort, the highest-elevation ski area in Utah, also lies in the mountains east of the city. Iron Mountain Ranch and the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum preserve the iron mission heritage.
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Cedar City sits at 5,800 feet elevation in southwestern Utah's Iron County. The settlement was founded in 1851 as part of the Iron Mission, an effort directed by Brigham Young to develop iron ore deposits in the nearby mountains. Early smelting proved commercially unviable, and the city turned to agriculture and later to education as its economic base. The population now stands at about 36,000.
Southern Utah University, founded in 1897 as the Branch Normal School, is the city's largest employer. The university enrolls roughly 15,000 students and fields athletic teams as the Thunderbirds. Its Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts houses the Utah Shakespeare Festival, which has operated every summer since 1961 and received the Tony Award for Regional Theatre in 2000. The festival runs from late June through October in a complex that includes the outdoor Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre.
Cedar City serves as a gateway to Cedar Breaks National Monument, which sits at 10,000 feet in the Markagunt Plateau about 20 miles east of town. Brian Head Resort, the highest-elevation ski area in Utah, also lies in the mountains east of the city. Iron Mountain Ranch and the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum preserve the iron mission heritage.
Coverage of Cedar City on Escortservice.com is limited to catalog entries for escort websites serving the area. The site catalogs. Nothing beyond cataloging is offered, including no bookings, no vetting of advertisers, and no mediation. Access requires a minimum age of 21.
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