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John Crook early history in England, undated
Item — Folder: 1, Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 158 Item Pages 25; 100-107
Dates:
undated
John Crook journal entry entitled "My Father's Diary in Leaving Liverpool, England for the United States and Destination Utah", undated
Item — Folder: 1, Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 158 Item Pages 96-99
Scope and Contents
Contains entries on migration to Utah in 1856; settlement in Provo, Utah; efforts to build irrigation canal in 1859; organization to settle Provo Valley (Heber); economic effect of Utah War; and the early development of Heber. Beginning in 1861, the retrospective account ends, and entries are made by month and day, including entries on farming, work on railroad, and the quarry name change.
Dates:
undated
John Crook journal of labor, 1876-1878
Item — Folder: 1, Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 158 Item Page 58
Dates:
1876-1878
John Crook journal "No. 4 Book", 1851-1907
Item — Folder: 1, Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 158
Scope and Contents
Journal kept by John Crook. Contains records related to the Lake Creek Coal Mining Company, founded in 1878 and in which Crook was president, including a list of stockholders (page 2 and 9) and a financial accounting for various stockholders or employees of the mine company, 1878 (page 5-22). Also includes a life history/journal of John Crook from his birth in 1831 to 1875 (page 23-57), including an account of his travels from England to Utah in 1851 (page 25, 100-107); "Journal of labor,"...
Dates:
1851-1907