Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1801 - 1868
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Levi Jackman diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 79
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company was led by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Jackman records disagreements, occasional poor behavior in the company, and Young's instructions as well as rebukes. He also writes about early life in Salt Lake City, Utah: the influx...
Dates:
1847-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Levi Jackman diary
An overland journey from San Francisco to New York by way of the Salt Lake City
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2217
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy of an article published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San Francisco, California to New York City in 1865. Verney was a well-educated traveler and his description of the overland route is extensive. Stage coach traveling was exhausting and Verney describes both the rough conditions and his fellow travelers. Trouble with...
Dates:
1866
John Pack letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233055]
Identifier: MSS SC 67
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters dated 1847, addressed to family members, describing difficulties of the journey to Salt Lake City, Utah and Pack's associations with Mormon Church leaders Brigham Young and Heber Chase Kimball.
Dates:
approximately 1847
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Pack letters
Anthony W. Street photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS P 174
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 51 photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah, and carte de visites (some photocopied) and Mormons living in Utah. The shots of Salt Lake are largely of buildings in the downtown area. Some of the visiting cards are of prominent Mormon leaders such as Brigham Young (1801-1877) and Heber C. Kimball. Most of the photographs came from the studios of Savage & Ottinger and George H. Johnson.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1880
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- Overland journeys to the Pacific 3
- Immigration and American Expansion 2
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- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel 2
- California -- Description and travel 1
- Chinese -- United States 1
- Colorado -- Description and travel 1
- Essays 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Diaries 1
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Letters 1
- Mineral industries 1
- Oregon -- Description and travel 1
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
- Panama -- Description and travel 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Pioneers 1
- Platte River (Neb.) 1
- Polygamy -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Railroads -- United States 1
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.) 1
- Reminiscences 1
- Rocky Mountains 1
- Sacramento (Calif.) 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
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- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Virginia City (Nev.) 1
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