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Richfield (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

James M. Peterson diary

 Collection — Reel 000 824: [Barcode: 31197221913186]
Identifier: MSS FM 2
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary of 493 pages and several newspaper obituaries of Peterson's family. Events of Peterson's life are recounted from 1850 to 1866, after which a daily record was kept until 1899. Included are incidents from Sevier County history including politics, the Black Hawk war, census records for 1895, and personal business dealings. Peterson also writes about his family, national events, and local weather and temperatures.

Dates: 1866-1928

James M. Peterson diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3870
Scope and Contents Materials include one volume of a handwritten diary and several newspaper clippings of obituaries of members of Peterson's family. The events in Peterson's life are recounted from 1850 to 1866, after which a daily record was kept until 1899. Included are incidents from Sevier County history, including politics, the Black Hawk War, census records for 1895, and personal business dealings. Peterson also writes about his family, national events, and local weather and temperatures. Dated...
Dates: 1866-1899

James M. Peterson Jr. journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606529]
Identifier: MSS 3869
Scope and Contents

Diary includes an autobiography of Peterson, daily journal entries, newspaper clippings, Church ordinance information, and an obituary of his father, James M. Peterson (1850-1899). Dated 1879-1932.

Dates: 1879-1932

Joseph S. Thurber diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232488392]
Identifier: MSS 844
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept while Thurber was serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland. He worked in the French-speaking areas. Also included is an autobiography at the end of the record in which Thurber writes about his early life. Thurber lived in Richfield, Utah.

Dates: 1903-1904

Laura Ann Keeler Thurber autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484524]
Identifier: MSS 436
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography which has been encapsulated and bound. The item starts with Thurber's biographies of her father, James Keeler, and her mother, Eliza Shelton Keeler. James Keeler's account was copied from his autobiography and diary. Laura lived in Santaquin, Goshen, and Richfield, Utah, and in Grass Valley, Nevada. Laura married Joseph Thurber in 1876, who entered into polygamy by marrying another woman in 1885. James Keeler joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates: approximately 1900

John A. Whyte photographs of The Southern Hotel in Richfield, Utah

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239267179]
Identifier: MSS 9224
Scope and Contents

Contains four mounted photographs of The Southern Hotel in Richfield, Utah. Photographs document the alterations made to the hotel. Two of the photographs have the exterior of the hotel as their main subject, while the others focus on the interior of the hotel. Photograph mounts are stamped "Whyte, Richfield, Utah." Dated between approximately 1908 and 1911.

Dates: approximately 1908-1911