Robert Lund
8th Mayor of St. George

    Lund was well educated and an accomplished telegraph operator.  He extended the Deseret Telegraph Companies service to St. George and aided in the extension of the line to Pioche, Nevada and Pipe Springs, Arizona.  This was the first telegraph service in the territory.  He was a member of the Wooley, Lund and Judd business firm that operated throughout southern Utah and Northern Nevada.  He also worked on improvements to the water system.