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Camp Floyd materials

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Description: This collection includes 11 documents and letters related to activities at Camp Floyd (Fort Crittenden), Utah, in the aftermath of the Utah Expedition (1857-1858). Materials include lists of men and property employed at both Rush Valley and Camp Floyd, several letters from Parmenas Taylor Turnley to Bennett Smith describing transfer operations from Rush Valley to Camp Floyd as well as the need for added security against supply theft, and an itinerary of James Hervey Simpson's travels from Carson Valley to Camp Floyd. Also included is a letter from Ben Holladay describing the moving of supplies from Carson Valley to Camp Floyd. In addition to the Camp Floyd materials, the collection also contains a folder of ephemera (bank deposit slips, receipts from the Oregon and California Railroad Company, and promissory notes) relating to the business dealings of Willis Dunegan (Dunagan, Dunigan) and his relatives.
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Production date: 1859-1900.
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John King biography

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This photostat copy was made from a carbon copy of a typescript owned by Mathilda King Griffin in 1955. It covers John King's life from his birth in Camp Floyd, Utah up to 1947 when he was eighty-five. His formative years taking care of cattle and his work as a cowboy in Boulder, Utah are detailed. Also included is genealogical information about his children.

mssHM 66752

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Floyd Dessery Papers

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The collection consists primarily of letters written by Floyd Dessery (1879-1927) to his family, during his deployment in the Philippines, including his mother, Mrs. A. B. Dessery, and his sisters, Hazel and Theodosia Dessery. The collection also includes Floyd's diary from his time in the Philippines. His letters and diary reflect the daily experiences of a foot soldier during the Spanish-American War. Also included are a few family photos, and some ephemera, including clippings, notes, and trade cards.

mssHM 72946-72969

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Account book of Richard Floyd, Jr

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The account books lists men who worked as laborers on Floyd's estate between 1687 and 1690. The laborers were pain in kind in shoes, mitts, pork, rum. etc. Most were Unkechaug Indians who lived near the Floyd farm on Pattersquash Creek..

mssHM 59424

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Henry Ballard journal

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Typescript of a journal kept by Henry Ballard from the time of his departure from England in 1832 until 1904. He describes his journey to the United States onboard the Kennebec and gives a first hand account of the explosion of the Saluda in 1852. He also keeps an almost daily record of his time fighting in the Utah War from 1857-1858, which includes references to Orrin Porter Rockwell, the taking of Fort Bridger, and the establishment of Camp Floyd by the United States Army. Ballard travelled frequently throughout Utah and to Wyoming, and included is a careful record of these travels. Much of the journal focuses on his daily life in Logan, Utah, as well as descriptions of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints activities and leaders, including Joseph Young, George Albert Smith, and John Taylor. Brief references to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Ballard's attendance of Brigham Young's funeral are also included.

mssHM 72341

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Account book of Richard Floyd and his estate

Manuscripts

The account books lists men who worked as laborers on Floyd's estate between 1687 and 1690. The laborers were paid in kind. Most were Unkechaug Indians who lived near the Floyd farm on Pattersquash Creek.

mssHM 59961

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An inventory of historical resource materials on microfilm for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho

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Bibliographical inventory of manuscripts microfilmed for the writing of the book "The History of a Valley, Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho" (1956), edited by Joel E. Ricks and Everett L. Cooley. Each entry includes information about the author of the material, its date, and the size of each item, as well as notes on its provenance, as assembled by Samuel George Ellsworth. Most of the microfilmed items are public records from Cache County, as well as records from Franklin County and Preston, Idaho, and Logan, Hyrum, Smithfield, Richmond, and Wellsville, Utah. Also listed are personal items such as diaries, photographs, and scrapbooks. Several theses and dissertations related Utah and Mormon history are also included. The majority of the material was originally microfilmed between November 1955 and February 1956 in Logan, Utah, and Preston, Idaho. Material was later added at Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah.

mssHM 72352

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An inventory of historical resource materials on microfilm for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho