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Story of the Polk and Posey Indian War in San Juan County, Utah

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Description: Transcript of Hector Lee's interview with Joseph A. Hunt in which Hunt gives an eyewitness account of the incident known as the "Posey War" in San Juan County, Utah, in 1923. Hunt's description of events begins with the murder of Mexican sheepherder Juan Chacon, allegedly by a Ute Indian named Tse-Ne-Gat, and the subsequent pursuit of Tse-Ne-Gat by bounty hunters led by US Marshall Aquila Nebeker. Hunt describes how the search led to a confrontation between the settlers and the Indian chiefs William Posey, a Piute, and Poke (Polk), an Avikan Ute. The incident involved several deaths before the Indians were subdued by the arrival of General Hugh L. Scott. Posey, Poke, and Tse-Ne-Gat were all arrested and taken to Denver, where Tse-Ne-Gat was aquitted of the original murder charge. Also inlcuded is limited commentary on the incident by Mrs. Hunt.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1946, February 16.
Call number: mssHM 72350

Settling of San Juan County, Utah

Manuscripts

This typescript describes the process that Mormon pioneers went through in order to settle San Juan County. Particular attention is paid to the creation of the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail and the roles that Charles Hall, Silas Sanford Smith, and Jens Nielson (1820-1906) played in the Mormon emigration. Also detailed are the experiences of the Mormon pioneers as they endured the hardships of frontier travel.

mssHM 66672

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Utah. San Juan Goosenecks

Visual Materials

The collection consists of 6202 black-and-white and color photographs, pen and ink drawings, and postcards, 1412 black-and-white and color negatives, 2606 black-and-white and color slides, and ephemeral materials, 1898-1982 (bulk 1920s-1930s) collected by the Automobile Club of Southern California. They form a general photographic reference collection as well as a broad visual survey of topics of interest to California motorists. Included are images of sites in North and Central America (with an emphasis on California), Europe, the Pacific Islands, and portraits, as well as images related to other subjects of interest to the Club's membership. Many of the images were published as illustrations for articles in the Club's first member magazine, Touring Topics. A large portion of the photographs were taken by authors of articles that appeared in Touring Topics; others were commissioned by the Club; and others appear to have been sent to the Club. Photographers (and authors) include, but are not limited to, Ansel Adams, Fred Archer, Viroque Baker, George Hugh Banning, Adelbert Bartlett, Virginia S. Bartlett, Andrew R. Boone, Julius Cindrich, Norman Clyde, Will Connell, Loyd Cooper, Imogen Cunningham, Asahel Curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Fred Dapprich, E.H. Davis, E.E. East, John Anson Ford, Frasher, Ewing Galloway, Forman G. Hanna, Phil Townsend Hanna, Hoag and Ford, John Edwin Hoag, Bert W. Huntoon, Philip Johnston, Dr. Frederick Monsen, Dave Packwood, C.C. Pierce, Ernest M. Pratt, Putnam Studios, E. Willard Spurr, and John L. Von Blon.

photCL 375

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San Juan County, Utah: General Highway Map

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

mssMarston papers

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Henry Huntley Haight letter to John Thompson Hoffman

Manuscripts

Haight reports that he has received Hoffman's letter regarding the case of James Fitzmorris, and gives his opinion on the matter, which concerns Fitzmorris' attempted robbery of a jeweller's shop in Sacramento "with an iron wrench in hand." Fitzmorris, who may have been drinking before the incident, allegedly planned to murder the jeweller as well, but was unsuccessful, and fled when the injured shopkeeper called for help. Printed letterhead of the State of California Executive Department.

mssHM 27913

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James Henry Rogers letter to William Augustus Fritz

Manuscripts

In this letter addressed "Dear Brother," Rogers informs Fritz of the murder of newspaper editor James King by rival editor James P. Casey in San Francisco, and the ensuing excitement in the city regarding the capture of Casey and fellow conspirator Charles Cora, with the eventual involvement of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The two-page letter is written on pages three and four of a four-page pamphlet, with the first page containing a printed account of the incident, entitled "The Revolution of the People: Surrender of James P. Casey & Charles Cora To the Vigilance Committe, on Sunday, May 18th, 1856," beneath an engraving signed by Charles P. Huestis.

mssHM 19468

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Reminiscences on Ute Indians and the cattle industry in White River Valley, Colorado

Manuscripts

Arthur Burtis Critchlow's reminiscences of his time at the Uintah Valley Indian Agency, the interactions of Ute Indians in Colorado, and the cattle industry. Includes references to the Meeker Massacre of 1879 (which refers to the death of Indian Agent N.C. Meeker and his men during fighting between Uintah Utes and White River Utes), the subsequent relocation of the White River Utes to the Uintah Reservation, the Uncompohgre Indians, the "White Outbreak," and cattle herding and sales. Typed and with commentary probably by James W. Sheridan. Also includes a letter about the typescript sent from Homer C. Crotty to Leslie Bliss in 1942.

mssHM 73069

Story of the Polk and Posey Indian War in San Juan County, Utah

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