Flanigan, David Alma, 1872-1951
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1872 - 1951
biographical statement
Citation:
History of the building of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill, 1901-1907 (David Alma Flanigan; Dave Flanigan)Ancestry.com, via WWW, July 30, 2013 (David Alma Flanigan; David Allen Flanigan; David A. Flanigan; David A. Flanegan; b. June 29, 1872 in Toquerville, Utah; parents: Thomas Emmett Flanigan and Ida Jane Johnson; m. June 8, 1893 in St. George, Utah to Clarinda Melvina Stout (1873-1939), 11 children; lived in Washington County, Utah; d. Nov. 1, 1951 in Provo, Utah; farmer, farm laborer)
Deseret news, Nov. 2, 1951: p. B7 (David Alma Flanigan; d. in Provo, Utah; prominent pioneer in the lumber industry in southern Utah, engineered tramway at Zion National Park; funeral at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, 1912: vol. 183 p. 1259 (David Alma Flanigan; assignor for the Utah Aerial Navigation and Power Company; patented design of an early helicopter)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
History of the building of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306992]
Identifier: MSS SC 935
Scope and Contents
Photocopied portions of Flanigan's diary pertaining to the decision to build and the actual construction of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill. Describes how the use of the cable saved ten day's from a wagon journey to haul goods around Zion's Canyon, and how the saw mill served the people of the area.
Dates:
1901-1907