Franklin (Idaho) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330463]
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates:
1855-1885
Joshua Hawkes autobiography
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232727]
Identifier: MSS 726
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript. Hawkes was born in Missouri and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a small child. He later came to Utah and lived in several places. He eventaully settled in Franklin, Idaho. He participated in the Walker War against the Ute Indians and also in the Utah War against the United States Army.
Dates:
approximately 1884
Price W. Nelson journal and autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3121
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of Price W. Nelson. The account is largely retrospective even though much of it is written like diary entries. Also included is a diary to Nelson dated 5 Aug. 1935. Nelson writes about his birth in California in 1855, his journey to Utah in 1857. He also settled in Franklin, Idaho, in 1859 and moved to Logan, Utah, in 1864. He later moved to Glendale, Utah. He lived in numerous other places in Arizona and...
Dates:
approximately 1913-1946
Ellen Elvira Nash Parkinson papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337195]
Identifier: MSS 468
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, two typewritten letters, and two biographies. In her autobiography, Parkinson writes about her life in Utah and Idaho, the polygamous marriage of her husband, and her attitude towards the Mormon Church. Also included is a brief biographical statement of Parkinson's daughter telling of Ellen's last years. The two letters are from Isaac B. Nash to "Vie" stating that he was given a three-month sentence for polygamy. The biography is of Mary Cramer...
Dates:
1885-1940
W. C. Parkinson diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3134
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of a handwritten diary. Parkinson wrote about his life as a Mormon in Franklin, Idaho. He told about working in Franklin's bookstore, going into the canyons to cut lumber, and working on a farm. He also wrote about the death of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days, and floating logs down the Logan River to be used in the construction of the Mormon temple in Logan, Utah. He married Ellen Nash and served on a mission...
Dates:
1877-1881
William Robinson ledger books
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 788
Scope and Contents
Handwritten entries in a ledger and an account book. The item records the financial transactions of the Robinson Bros. blacksmith company in Franklin, Idaho.
Dates:
1909-1910
Preston Thomas diaries
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 739
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copies of diaries. The journals were typed by Thomas' son, Daniel H. Thomas, and entitled: "Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels." Daniel often provided introductory material between sections of the diaries. Most of the journals relate to the five missions on which he served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of these were in Texas and the other southern States. On one of these missions from 1848 to 1849, Preston visited Lyman Wight, the leader of a...
Dates:
1874-1877