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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lovell Wyoming Stake

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1901 May 26

Biography

The Big Horn Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now known as the Lovell Wyoming Stake, was established May 26, 1901 with Jesse Wentworth Crosby as one of the Stake Presidency's first counselors.

Citation:
The taste of Cowley, 2013: title page (by Cowley 1st and 2nd Ward Relief Society, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cowley, WY)

LDS Meetinghouse Locator, March 30, 2021 (Cowley 1st Ward; Lovell Wyoming Stake)

2001-2002 Church Almanac, 2000: page 269 (North America Central Area; Lovell Wyoming Stake; organized 26 May 1901 as Big Horn Stake; first presdient, Byron Sessions; name of Stake was normalized on 14 January 1974 as the Lovell Wyoming Stake)

Jesse Wentworth Crosby diary, 1902-1914 (counselor)

Wikia.org, via WWW, August 19, 2020 (est. 1901, Lovell Wyoming Stake)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jesse Wentworth Crosby diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2180
Scope and Contents Materials contain an account of Jesse Wentworth Crosby's activities in Cowley, Wyoming, and in nearby communities. Entries focus on canal construction, his store, and other business enterprises, plus agricultural, church, and political activities. Pre-1902 entries are mostly notes taken at LDS general conferences and other meetings, with a few diary entries interspersed. Diaries begin in earnest on January 1, 1902. Manuscript volumes, also on microfilm, span the following dates: (1) 1884...
Dates: 1884-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Wentworth Crosby diaries

Jesse Wentworth Crosby diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329127]
Identifier: MSS SC 3016
Scope and Contents

Account of his activities in Cowley, Wyoming, and in nearby communities. Entries focus on canal construction, his store, and other business enterprises, plus agricultural, church, and political activities. There are significant date gaps in the typescript, for instance, no entries for 21 September 1903-9 November 1904, nor for 14 February 1907-13 August 1908.

Dates: 1902-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse Wentworth Crosby diary

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