Skip to main content

Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

A. O. Smoot family correspondence, 1851-1914

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains incoming and outgoing letters from members of the Smoot family. Materials date from between 1851 and 1914.

Dates: 1851-1914

A. O. Smoot family genealogy, 1837-1947

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogical materials, correspondence, blessings, and other materials related to the history of the Smoot family. Materials date from between 1845 and 1947.

Dates: 1837-1947

A. O. Smoot family genealogy records, 1880-1899

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

This subseries includes family life sketches, family documents, and genealogical records of the A. O. Smoot family. Materials are dated 1880-1881.

Dates: 1880-1899

A. O. Smoot family photographs, approximately 1880-1890

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 5
Scope and Contents

This series contains photographs of A. O. Smoot and Orson Parley Smoot. Materials dated approximately 1880 to 1890.

Dates: approximately 1880-1890

A. O. Smoot family publications, 1847-1919

 Series — Box 3: Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197227657217], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Assorted items owned by, compiled or otherwise created by, or about various Smoot family members. Includes newspaper clippings, George E. Anderson book on the handcart trek and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, book of world maps, John M. Mcfarlane emigration diary, and Diana Eldredge Smoot memorial card, approximately 1852-1914.

Dates: 1847-1919

A. O. Smoot genealogy correspondence, 1880-1890

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Primarily incoming items to William R. Minish (1880-1890), as well as incoming and outgoing items to Abraham Owen Smoot, Alma Eldredge, William, Daniel, and other Smoot family members; pertaining to Smoot and Eldredge genealogy, and including filled forms, etc. Materials dated 1880-1902.

Dates: 1880-1890

Abner Blackburn diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233485]
Identifier: MSS SC 43
Scope and Contents

Typescript of diary which gives accounts of the Mormon experiences in Missouri, frontier and pioneer life, Indian customs and warfare, and gold-digging during the California gold rush of 1849.

Dates: 1827-1851

Stillman Churchill diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 663
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries describing the overland journey from Lowell, Massachusetts to Deer Creek, Wyoming in 1849. Volume 2 concludes Churchill's journey to California. Churchill traveled with the Sagamore and California Mining and Trading Company. After its dissolution in late June, it is likely that the author joined the Oskaloosa Company. Churchill wrote detailed entries about company politics and disagreements, and also described other companies and emigrants he met on the trail. Diary...
Dates: 1849

Clarence D. Taylor maps, approximately 1820-2005

 File — Box 43: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197232580800], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 3254 Series 4 File 7
Scope and Contents

Contains maps of South America and the Mormon trails. Undated.

Dates: approximately 1820-2005

Gordon C. Cone diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 661
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary of Cone's overland journey by ox team from Waukesha, Wisconsin to California in 1849. Cone is a descriptive writer and proud to record "only facts." Diary describes traveling conditions, encounters with Indians, cholera outbreaks, fellow travelers, and government assistance at the end of the trail. Cone also spent time in Salt Lake City and wrote about his unfavorable impressions. After arriving at California, Cone made several trips to Sacramento. Life in California was...
Dates: 1849-1850