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Payson (Utah) -- History

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Philo Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318559]
Identifier: MSS SC 1987
Scope and Contents Photocopied and typewritten autobiography. Johnson tells mainly about his conversion to the Mormon faith, his experiences in Nauvoo with leaders of the Mormon Church and the Nauvoo Legion, and his migration to Utah. Philo mentions a retaliation by Mormon settlers against Native Americans in "Tutullry Valley" because of cattle stealing in 1850. He also mentions his own participation in this event. He first settled in Salt lake City but moved to Payson in 1857. He mentions seeing Joseph...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Philo Johnson autobiography

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