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Battle with the Indians in pioneer days : Little Creek raid

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3049
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a story of Indians stealing cattle and horses near Parowan, Utah, on 21 July 1867 during Utah's Black Hawk War. The attempt to take the cattle was thwarted, and the Indians were forced to retreat. The author of the item is unidentified. He writes that he was "nine or ten" at the time of the raid and that his uncle was Joseph Fish, a prominent militia leader in Parowan. The writer also states that he was the brother of Horace Calvin Smith.

Dates: 1900

Brief history of the Adams Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers of American Fork, Utah : from July 1957 to May 1965

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2841
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. The item also includes photocopies of microfilmed copies of photographs of members os Adams Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers of American Fork, Utah. With the collection is a poem, In Tribute to our Pioneers, also by Timpson.

Dates: 1965

Brief history of the Adams Camp of American Fork, Utah

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2750
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history of the Adams Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Also included are photocopied photographs of members.

Dates: 1958

A brief sketch of the life of Samuel Gould

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1381
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Samuel Gould by his daughter. The date of composition is unknown. Gould was a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early pioneer in Parowan Utah. Also included is a program from the Iron County Centennial Celebration of 1951 and a brief history of the Parowan Ward of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1920-1951

Collection on Utah Expedition

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2379
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the original and typescript of "The Echo Canon War," probably written by William Stowell, and a typed document regarding the Weber Military District and the Utah War, beginning with Chapter 3 [no author].

Dates: 1857-1858

Community and civic affairs 1839-46

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 758
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of "courts, law enforcing agencies, theaters, celebrations, parades, bands, Nauvoo Legion, masonic lodge, and other activities" of Nauvoo, Illinois, while the Mormons were there.

Dates: 1970

Eldredge family history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1749
Scope and Contents

Typescript history of the Eldredge family in Massachusetts and Utah written by several family members. The history describes the "miracle of the seagulls" and gives an account of "Johnston's Army" in Utah.

Dates: 1932-1938

Founding of Cardston and vicinity

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1925
Scope and Contents

Bound and printed history co-authored by Zina Alberta Woolf Hickman. Bates and Hickman talk about the founding of Cardston and vicinity. They emphasize the underlying theological principles of Mormon doctrine which motivated the settlers to endure many difficulties.

Dates: 1975

The handcart companies of 1856 and Arza Erastus Hinkley

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1770
Scope and Contents

Softbound typescript of an account of the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, taken from journals and oral family histories.

Dates: 1980

Isaac Julian Harvey history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1913
Scope and Contents

One typewritten and photocopied volume of recollections of a journey to California by Isaac Julin Harvey, two photocopied and handwritten letters to his wife Sarah M. Harvey, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1839-1928

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Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 3
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 3
Barth, Solomon, 1842-1928 1