Provo (Utah) -- History
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Provo Manufacturing Company ledger sheets
Handwritten ledger sheets listing financial transactions in association with Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Stephen Bliss Moore correspondence
Handwritten correspondence. Three of the items are photocopies of handwritten items and are from Brigham Young (1801-1877) approving Moore's activities and giving him permission to settle in Strawberry Valley, Utah. One letter is from Stephen Moore to his wife, Eleanor, telling her of his experiences working away from home. Another item is from Eleanor Moore telling her brother of the death of her son, Stephen.
History of my father, Stephen Bliss Moore, and my mother, Eleanor Colton Moore : pioneers and children of pioneers
Predictions made by President Brigham Young
Typewritten and notarized affidavits. The materials purport that the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), visited Provo, Utah, on numerous occasions and predicted that there would be a Mormon temple built on a bench of land northeast of the town. He also predicted that a railroad line would go west from Ogden, Utah, across the Great Salt Lake. These items are stories handed down by word of mouth through family members in Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young letter to H. B. Clawson
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated February 4, 1873 and addressed to H. B. Clawson. Young writes that a Mr. "Loughery" is not his agent and cannot pay the man's bills. Young also states that "The Company" is "Perfectly able to raise all the money they need to git machienry" for a project in Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young letter to Oscar B. Young
Photographs of a handwritten and signed letter which was composed in Provo, Utah, dated February 27, 1868, and addressed to Oscar B. Young. Brigham gives his impressions of Provo, advises Oscar on Indian problems the Mormon settlers had along the "Muddy River," and comments on politics.