History of San Juan Stake

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  Joseph Leland Heywood diaries

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  This typescript was made by Brigham Young University for Juanita Brooks and was copied from the original diaries. It includes a table of contents, a name index, and a short biographical sketch of Joseph Leland Heywood (1815-1910).

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  History of the San Emidio Rancho

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  History of the Rancho San Emidio compiled by Douglas M. Allen. Begins with the origins of the Rancho following conflicts between Spanish settlers and California Indians and gives a chronology of its owners from the time of the original land grant to Jose Antonio Dominguez. Also includes genealogical accounts of the heirs of the land's various owners and miscellaneous notes on its development.

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  Kimball Young notes from the Salt Lake daily review newspaper

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  Kimball Young's notes from the Salt Lake Daily Review newspaper in which Kimball briefly summarizes the contents of each issue. In addition to frequent references to Brigham Young, short notes are included on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, polygamy, women's suffrage, and Utah statehood.

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  Rio Grande Camp Knife (Bowie Knife) used by Lewis Powell in assassination attempt on William Seward, April 14, 1865

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  A large fixed blade knife with a bone handle and leather sheath. Stamped on the blade: Rio Grand Camp Knife. At the base of the blade is stamped: Wm. Jackson & Co. / Sheaf Island Works / Sheffield.

  George Foster Robinson Papers

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  Historical survey of the St. Joseph Stake Academy, pioneering antecedent of Gila Junior College of Graham County

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  Thesis presented by LaRoy DeVar Saline for the Master of Arts in Education degree at Arizona State College at Tempe. Focuses on the development of the Mormon-chartered St. Joseph Stake Academy (the current Eastern Arizona College), and attempts to "narrate historically six decades of [its] development as a pioneer institution...[including] the successive stages of the Institution from its parochial grammar school origin through its academic, normal, and junior college levels." Chapters include a history of the Gila Valley (focusing on Mormon settlement), the educational background of St. Joseph Stake Academy (including early education in the territory of Arizona, Mormon philosophy of education, and early education in Utah), the founding of the St. Joseph Stake Academy in 1890, and its academic evolution over time.

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  Letterbook of the St. George Stake [microform] : 1874-1887. Reel 1

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  Microfilm of a letterbook kept by James G. Bleak at St. George, Utah, from 1874-1887. The first reel includes letters dated 1874-October 1881, while the second reel dates from October 1881 through 1887. Included throughout are references to operations in the St. George Stake, including the procurement of supplies, descriptions of land in Washington County, records of ordinance work, records of quarterly stake conferences, and work on the St. George Temple. The St. George United Order is also referenced throughout, including a letter urging conciliation over minor disagreements as per "the interests and spirit of the United Order" (May 6, 1874). Individual letters discuss Indian affairs (see for examples letters dated March 26, 1874, April 6, 1874, and April 14, 1874), including a letter from Jacob Hamblin (Indian agent in Kane County) following the death of several Navajos in which he asks that their goods be returned to their relatives (March 20, 1874) and a letter signed by Brigham Young, George A. Smith, and Erastus Snow noting that the "Indians have expressed a repugnance at being baptized in water that is not clear" (February 9, 1875). Other letters describe plans for an expedition from Harmony and Kanarra to Black Rock Canyon to work on a "Hurricane Edge" (May 1874), the completion of a wagon road to Mt. Trumbull (May 5, 1874), relations with local Lamonites (1875), letters from Brigham Young to his sons Ernest J. Young, who was serving on a mission to England (February 4, 1875), and Willard Young, a cadet at West Point (February 6, 1875), the return of St. George brethren from the Manti Temple (October 27, 1877), a list of articles inherited from the estate of Brigham Young (February 23, 1878), a comparative statistical statement of the Salt Lake and St. George Stakes (1879, p. 352), a biography of Richard Moore Bleak (p.250), a report on the exploration of the head waters of the Cottonwood in 1878 (p.295), an history of the establishment of the St. George Ward (p.425), a letter from John D. McAllister to John Taylor asking for the definition of adultery and whether offenders should be excommunicated after the first offense ( February 13, 1882), and an account of the funeral service of Artisima Beaman Snow 1882 (p.701). Authors of the letters include Brigham Young, George A. Smith, John W. Young, Robert Gardiner (President of the United Order of St. George), James Nixon, and John D. McAllister. Addressees include Jacob Hamblin, Thales Haskell, Ammon Tenney, William Snow, Wilson D. Pace, Edward Bunker, Edward Hunter, Williard and Ernest Young, Thomas Judd, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, and a "Moqueak [Indian leader] and his men" (March 24, 1874).

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