Manuscripts
An inventory of historical resource materials on microfilm for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho
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Early history of Cache County
Manuscripts
Typed history of Cache County, Utah, compiled by M.R. Hovey between 1923 and 1925. Topics covered include the discovery of Cache Valley and the trapping period, Jim Bridger's involvement in 1824, the Hudson Bay Fur Company's visit of 1833, the visit of Captain Charles Fremont in 1843, its exploration by Captain Howard Stansbury in 1849, the ranching period, the colonization period and Maughan's Fort, the organization of Cache County in 1857, the Utah War, resettlements in the late 1850s, the early settlement of Logan in 1859 (including irrigation, industry, government, etc.), newspapers in Cache County, the development of transportation and pubic utilities, and the histories of schools, mail services, livestock, freighting, and logging. Also included are histories of the early settlements of Mendon (1859), Richmond (1859), Smithfield (1859), Hyrum (1860), Paradise (1860), Millville (1860), Hyde Park (1860), Clarkston (1864, including testimony by Martin Harris), Newton (1869), Lewiston (1870), Benson (1871), Trenton (1872), College Ward (1879), Franklin, Idaho (1860), Weston, Idaho (1865), and Preston, Idaho (1877).
mssHM 16953
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2. Cache National Forest, Idaho and Utah
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The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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Reminiscences by Bishop Tuttle of his mission days in Utah, Idaho and Montana
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This typescript of Tuttle's reminiscences is the not the same as the text he had published in 1906. This account, which is much shorter in length, focuses upon Tuttle's stagecoach journey west to Salt Lake City, including a stop in Denver, and his experience traveling in the West while he was Bishop of Montana, Idaho, and Utah. He talks about specific stagecoach drivers and employees of Wells, Fargo & Company, and tells stories about stagecoach robberies and accidents. This account also includes Tuttle's meeting with Brigham Young shortly after he arrived in Salt Lake City in 1867
mssHM 66249
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Harris family history
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This typescript was collected and copied by Austin E. and Alta Fife from a typescript loaned to the Utah Humanities Research Foundation by Charles Martin Harris of Logan, Utah, on June 19, 1946. It covers the Harris family history, including their emigration to the United States, their activities in early America, Martin Harris' involvement with Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and the Mormon Church, and Emer Harris' reading of the first published copy of the Book of Mormon and his subsequent conversion.
mssHM 66588
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Utah State Historical Society. Letter to Joseph C. Loughran. Salt Lake City, Utah
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The collection consists of correspondence, essays, bibliographical notes, bound volumes, and ephemera either pertaining to or collected by Joseph C. Loughran. The majority of the items relate to Utah history from the 1860s to the 1940s and focus on Weber County, particularly the Ogden area. Items of note include genealogy records for the Fuller, Jacobs-Huntington, Hansen, and Young families; extensive bibliographical records related to Mormon history; a book of poetry and essays by Reba B. Pratt (1880); a book of annotated newspaper clippings by Mormon dissenter Lamoni Call; shopkeeper's day books and account books kept in Ogden from the 1860s-1880s and which feature entries for Lorin Farr, Edwin Smout, George Lake, Seth M. Blair, R.D. Sprague, H.B. Scovill, and others; a wage and account book for Ogden gravedigger Joseph Compton (1880-1883); a record of temple work in Ogden (c.1921-1922); record books of the Primary Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 11th Ward, Logan Stake, Utah (1931-1934); and a record book from the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Hall Fidelity Lodge No.3 of Ogden (1894-1900).
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Levnetsbeskrivelse, eller Dag Bog, begyndende fra den 6 April 1865 fra den tud jeg blev besekikket Mission til Europa eller Danmark
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Peter Hansen's "Levnetsbeskrivelse, eller Dag Bog, begyndende fra den 6 April 1865 fra den tud jeg blev besekikket Mission til Europa eller Danmark, Peter Hansen from Hyrum City : Cache Valley, Utah Territory in Zion" ("Biography or Day Book beginning 6 April 1865 when I became a missionary to Europe and Denmark"). Describes Brigham Young calling Hansen to serve on a mission to Denmark and Hansen's experiences while serving there. The inside of the front cover includes a collection of stamps from Europe and the United States. The last page contains a blessing for Peter Hansen from John Smith (December 20, 1870). The back of the ledger is entitled "Sange" ("Songs") and contains song lyrics in English and Danish. Also includes a genealogical record and a record of marriages in Logan Temple. In Danish. Bound. Also contains two stamps.
mssHM 72907