Latter Day Saints -- Idaho -- Franklin -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections