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Out of the West
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Autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis, pioneer of 1861 [microform]: c.1890-1895
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Microfilm of the autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis, written from approximately 1890-1895. The account contains reminiscences of Ann's childhood, her conversion to Mormonism, a cholera outbreak, her family's decision to travel to the United States, their shipboard experiences, their life in Boston, their overland travels to Utah, their often impoverished life in Dixie, and the death of Ann's son after being struck by lightening on the Tabernacle steps in 1881. The volume also includes much detail on Ann's family life and the lives of her children. Some notes were made by her daughter Victoria Josephine Jarvis Miles, who also wrote a biography of her father George Jarvis (1823-1913), which includes references to his worldwide travels as a ship's apprentice and his ill-fated time in the West Indies after joining the Royal Navy.
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Out West
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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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