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Utah -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Norma B. Ricketts biography of Thomas and Elizabeth Rhoades

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325885]
Identifier: MSS SC 2722
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Thomas Rhoades and his wife, Elizabeth. Thomas was a Mormon who lived near Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to California in 1846, participated in the rescue of the Donner-Reed Party, mined for gold in California, came to Utah in 1848, became the first treasurer of Salt Lake City, Utah, found gold in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, and was a polygamist. The material on Elizabeth is very sketchy.

Dates: 1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Norma B. Ricketts biography of Thomas and Elizabeth Rhoades

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